Jazz News

Page Cavanaugh Returns to Chaya Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
August 25, 2002

Page Cavanaugh makes his second appearance at Chaya Brasserie, 8741 Alden Dr., Beverly Hills, Ca. Page packed the house in his last appearance, and is returning with his outstanding trio consisting of Phil Mallory, bass, and Dave Toll, drums, on Sunday, Sept. 1, Labor Day weekend from 7 to 10:30. Guest vocalist will be Mark Miller. Chaya Jazz is nearing its one year anniversary. Along with Page, guests artists have included Dini Clarke, Betty Bryant, Jane Getz, Ralph Penland, to ...

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Jeffrey Shurdut: PROPHECY in Greenwich Village

Source: All About Jazz
August 24, 2002

PROPHECY in Greenwich Village

Jeffrey Shurdut continues to perform his “American Dream" to live jazz in NYC's Greenwich Village. Upcoming show with 1687 to be announced. Check listings on All About Jazz in Sept/Oct.

In June 2001 Jeffrey Shurdut installed “Virtual Liberty" online. One month earlier Shurdut's “Prisoner of Hope" (Prisoner of Freedom) opens in Chelsea, New York City. Works are an amalgam of Nazi Germany and Corporate America. In 2000, November 19, The New York Times documents Jeffrey Shurdut's ...

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First Six Cuts of "Hydronium" Now Available for Free on Mp3.Com

Source: All About Jazz
August 24, 2002

Nick Drozdoff's Next CD, “Hydronium" Is In The Works at MP3.COM The First Six Cuts are Now Available For Free, Online!

Trumpeter, composer, Nick Drozdoff, is in the process of completing his next CD, “Hydronium" for MP3.COM. It is in the idiom of ACID JAZZ and features the high tech loops from Sonic Foundry mixed with trumpets, flugelhorns and piccolo trumpets.

The tunes now availavble are as follows: “On The Steps Of The Temple" ...

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Fez Dispenser Creates Driving Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
August 24, 2002

West Coast Nu-Jazz Gurus 'Fez Dispenser' were hired to create custom tracks for this years international car show at the L.A Convention Center. Matt A Thorne composed and arranged the 6 pieces with veteran L.A producer Jeff Buffa. “The songs supported this 30 foot wall of video monitors at the Isuzu booth. They played in a loop all weekend long." Collaborating on music for video is becoming a common outlet for new Jazz artists. Says Buffa, “Personally, I dont care ...

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Polish Composer and Trumpeter Tomasz Stanko Awarded

Source: All About Jazz
August 24, 2002

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AllAboutJazz.com Update #63 - From Montreal to Istanbul

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2002

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IAJE to Hold 30th Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2002

First time ever outside the continental USA!

The International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) will hold its 30th Annual Conference in Toronto, January 8 - 11, 2003. The Fairmont Royal York, Sheraton Centre Toronto and the Crowne Plaza Centre Hotels, along with the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, will host the world's largest jazz gathering, with over 7,000 educators, musicians, enthusiasts and industry representatives from 35 countries expected to attend.

This will be the first IAJE Annual Conference held outside of ...

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Capitol Jazz Reissues Louis Prima's - The Wildest, Julie London's - About The Blues, and Nat King Cole's - At The Sands

Source: All About Jazz
August 21, 2002

LOUIS PRIMA - The Wildest (Capitol Jazz 38696)

The Wildest! (1957) is the first album by Louis Prima and Keely Smith with Sam Butera and The Witnesses. Prima had found the right cast for his mad mixture of swing, Italian double talk and deadpan humor, and this album became an instant classic. Every track is a gem, infused by Prima's infectious vocal and trumpet work. Among the hits are “Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" and “Jump, Jive 'An Wail," ...

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