Jazz News

Soul Note Releases Greg Burk Trio Debut September 17th

Source: All About Jazz

CONTACT: Scott Menhinick, Media Relations for Mr. Burk Improvised Communications (781) 893-9424 [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 21, 2002

SOUL NOTE RELEASES GREG BURK TRIO DEBUT SEPTEMBER 17TH BOSTON, MA -- On Tuesday, September 17th, the internationally renowned Soul Note label will release Boston-based pianist, composer and Berklee College of Music educator Greg Burk's first trio recording, Checking In, featuring New York bassist Jon Robinson and percussion legend ...

Continue Reading

Duke Ellington 1969: All-Star White House Tribute

Source: All About Jazz

On April 29, 1969, Duke Ellington was honored at the White House on his 70th birthday and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Richard Nixon. The music that was played in concert that evening by an all-star ensemble is now being released on record for the first time!

The musicians: Louie Bellson, Bill Berry, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Urbie Green, Jim Hall, Earl Hines, Milt Hinton, J.J. Johnson, Hank Jones, Mary Mayo, Gerry Mulligan, Billy Taylor, Clark Terry, and ...

Continue Reading

Sony Legacy Reissues Charlie Christian, Herbie Hancock and Weather Report

Source: All About Jazz

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN - “The Genius Of The Electric Guitar" (Columbia Legacy Jazz) - IN STORES SEPT. 24.

4-CD boxed set from the legendary '30s guitarist. Features 27 tracks previously unissued in the U.S.! Charlie Christian was to the guitar what Robert Johnson was to the blues. Both were figures shrouded in myth, urban legend and brilliance ... geniuses who were with us only briefly and left eternal legacies. Charlie Christian singlehandedly created the language of the electric guitar which flowed ...

Continue Reading

Branford Marsalis Launches New Indie Label

Source: All About Jazz

Cambridge, MA - Branford Marsalis, one of the leading saxophonists and bandleaders in jazz for the past 20 years, has announced the formation of Marsalis Music - a new record company designed to provide a home for committed creative musicians. The indie label, formed at a time when bottom-line pressures have forced the major labels to drastically reduce or eliminate their Jazz roster, is the brainchild of the 42-year-old, multiple-Grammy winning Branford with the support and collaboration of his father, ...

Continue Reading

Matthias Lupri Group with Felipe Salles - Acton Jazz Club and Berkshire Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz

Continue Reading

BCMA Announces Fall 2002 Concert Schedule

Source: All About Jazz

Continue Reading

Jazz Station Trumpets Its New Name

Source: All About Jazz

Nothing else is expected to change as KLON-FM adopts the moniker KKJZ. “We're making it easier for people to find us," general manager says.

By Steve Carney

Ask Prince, or the Soviets, or the fan of any radio station that has flipped formats: A name change usually heralds even greater upheaval.

But at public station KLON-FM (88.1), the name shift a week ago to KKJZ merely reinforced what it's been playing since 1981: jazz.

“Any time there's change, people worry. ...

Continue Reading

Tabitha Elkins Quartet Performing at Cleopatra's Needle on August 23rd

Source: All About Jazz

Continue Reading