Jazz News

Ari Hoenig Got Rhythm (of Every Variety)

Source: Michael Ricci
August 5, 2009

The drummer Ari Hoenig performs at Smalls Jazz Club with Gilad Hekselman on guitar and Orlando Le Fleming on bass.

Ari Hoenig has a slightly compulsive relationship with his drum set. He doesnt find the groove and cruise, or at least not for long: he looks for ways to irrigate his bands music, to get trickles of rhythm seeping into all the cracks. And at regular intervals he changes the rhythm, pouring it out or stoppering it, turning its emphasis ...

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David Patrones $10,000 Swing Dance Extravaganza

Source: All That Jazz - Portuguese
March 15, 2009

David Patrone Productions, 2toGroove Dance and Viejas Casino are proud to bring you the BIGGEST single “top cash prize" swing dance competition in the WORLD.

FREE Registration begins every week on Sunday at 4:00 - 5:45 PM So please come early to register or take the FREE swing dance lesson!

COMPETITION & LIVE MUSIC Schedule

Mar 22: Billy Watson and his International Silver String Submarine Band Mar 29: Special Surprise Band!!

Cost: FREE!

The competition will be at ...

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Obliqsound Signs Vocalist and Songwriter Somi

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2009

ObliqSound is pleased to announce the signing of its newest artist, vocalist and songwriter Somi, whose label debut will release this fall. A finalist in the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Contest for her single “Ingele" from her critically acclaimed album Red Soil In My Eyes (2007, Harmonia Mundi), Somi will perform at the 2009 SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas next week. She is the second female vocalist signed to seven-year-old independent label ObliqSound. “Somi is an exciting addition to the ...

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John Cephas, Guitarist with the Duo Cephas and Wiggins, Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
March 7, 2009

John Cephas, a guitarist and singer who kept the Piedmont blues style alive as part of the duo Cephas and Wiggins, died on Wednesday at his home in Woodford, Va. He was 78.

Less celebrated than the raw Delta blues of Mississippi or its electrified offshoot in Chicago, the jaunty and melodic Piedmont sound developed in the coastal plains of Virginia and the Carolinas. Characterized by a lilting rhythm and complex fingerpicking guitar, it has echoes of ragtime and perhaps ...

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Leroy Jones' New Romantic Album "Sweeter Than a Summer Breeze"

Source: Spirit Of New Orleans Productions
March 5, 2009

"His trumpet sings with gorgeous flawlessness above the enriching string arrangements." --Geraldine Wyckoff, LA Weekly

Sweeter Than a Summer Breeze Leroy Jones’ Lush New Album Features Romantic Ballads Perfect for the Times

During tough times there's nothing more important than love, relationships and romance – and New Orleans trumpet legend Leroy Jones has created the perfect soundtrack for the era with his latest release: "Sweeter Than A Summer Breeze".

Filled with lush strings and some of New Orleans' ...

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accujazz.com Launches All Avant-Garde Jazz Radio Station

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2009

AccuJazz Internet radio continues its weekly roll-out of creatively programmed jazz channels with the release of its newest customizable radio stream, “Avant-Garde Jazz." The channel is completely free to use and available 24/7.

The channel plays plenty of great free jazz, from Albert Ayler to Han Bennink to David S. Ware, but casts a wide net in its inclusion of different Avant-Garde styles. Listeners will also hear music by daring composer/improvisers like Tim Berne and Ken Vandermark and Avant-Garde jazz/rock ...

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Marco Benevento to Release "Me Not Me"

Source: Calabro Music
December 9, 2008

Brooklyn, NY - On February 3, Marco Benevento will release Me Not Me, a new studio album featuring his interpretations of songs by artists including My Morning Jacket, Leonard Cohen and Deerhoof among others. The ten-track collection arrives within a year from release of Benevento's critically acclaimed debut studio effort, Invisible Baby. Like its predecessor, Benevento is joined by bassist Reed Mathis and drummers Matt Chamberlain and Andrew Barr. The band recorded at Chroma Sound in Seattle during days off ...

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Bassist Jaco Pastorius Tribute in NY

Source: All About Jazz
November 22, 2008

Jacofest Pays Tribute To Bassist Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius be feted during Jacofest at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York from Nov. 2023. The event will serve as an early celebration of what would have been Pastorius' birthday on Dec. 1. The bassist died in 1987.

Performers include Pastorius colleagues and former bandmates like trumpeters Randy Brecker, Miles Evans and Lew Soloff, saxophonists Alex Foster and Butch Thomas, trombonist David Bargeron, keyboardist Delmar Brown, guitarist David Gilmore and drummer ...

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