Jazz News

Beaune’s 2nd Jazz and Wine Festival September 13th, 14th & 15th

Source: All About Jazz

After the success of Beaune’s first Jazz and Wine Festival in September 2001, La JAZZerie, society for the promotion of jazz & wine created in March 2001, is pleased to announce the dates of its second Festival: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 13th through 15th 2002.

This year’s featured artists include:

Friday: The Baptiste Trotignon’s Trio: Baptiste Trotignon piano, Tony Rabeson drums and Clovis Nicolas bass. Sara Lazarus quartet: Sara Lazarus vocals, Alain Jean-Marie piano, Gilles Naturel bass and Andrea ...

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Red Records at Jazz & Image - Villa Celimontana - Rome

Source: All About Jazz

RED RECORDS A JAZZ & IMAGE - VILLA CELIMONTANA - Rome

25.06 SALVATORE TRANCHINI - RADIO SUITE 26.06 NICOLA MINGO guest ANTONIO FARAO’ - TALKIN' JAZZ 27.06 PIETRO CONDORELLI guest FABRIZIO BOSSO - QUASIMODO 28.06 FABIO MORGERA with S. TRANCHINI - COLORS 30.06 SALVATORE BONAFEDE - ORTODOXA best record of the year - Musica Jazz Referendum 14.07 RAY MANTILLA & BOBBY WATSON THE JAZZ TRIBE THE NEXT STEP Bobby Watson, Jack Walrath, Ronnie Mathews, Curtis Lundy, Victor Lewis, Ray Mantilla ...

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Jazz in July at the 92nd Street Y, July 16-25, 2002

Source: All About Jazz

JAZZ IN JULY at the 92ND STREET Y JULY 16-25 2002

Dick Hyman, Artistic Director Tickets: $40 ($35 for six or more) This series is endowed by a generous gift from Simona and Jerome Chazen.

New York, NY: May 31, 2002 - JAZZ IN JULY AT THE 92ND STREET Y, now in its 18th year under artistic director and jazz great Dick Hyman, continues to bring together a group of musicians that Gary Giddins ...

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The Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival at Grahamstown - 2 July - 6 July 2002

Source: All About Jazz

JOHNNY CLEGG AT JOY OF JAZZ IN GRAHAMSTOWN

This year’s Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival taking place on 2 July until 6 July at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown offers special treats covering the widest rage of jazz styles, along with a good helping of the blues.

The Festival kicks-off on 2 July with a three hour blues party at Rhodes Club , featuring Humble Man, with guest artists Masakeke Youth Choir. The exciting blend of a blues-inspired ...

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The Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival - 27 June - 3 July 2000

Source: All About Jazz

STANDARD BANK NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ FESTIVAL AT GRAHAMSTOWN

Aspiring young jazz musicians are in for a real treat again at this year’s annual Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival, taking place at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. The Jazz Festival starts on 27 June and ends 3 July.

Focusing on educating young jazz musicians, the Festival invites youths between the ages of 13 and 26 to come together and improve their jazz knowledge and skills through interaction with their ...

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Jazz Singer-Composer Cynthia Sala Tyson Performs To Benefit Nyumbani

Source: All About Jazz

Jazz singer-composer, Cynthia Sala Tyson performs with a four piece ensemble on Saturday, June 29th, 8pm at the Baby Grand Theater, 818 Market Street, Wilmington, DE to benefit Nyumbani, an orphanage for HIV+ kids in Nairobi, Kenya. Tickets may be purchased at WILM News Radio, 12th & French in Wilmington (302-656-9800) or by calling 302-658-2161.

Tyson learned about Nyumbani, while working as musical director at the Jazz Academy in Nairobi for a number of years. While there, she promoted jazz ...

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N.Y. Guitarist Jeff Ray to Serve Up Jazz-Funk at Perk's

Source: All About Jazz

For Immediate Release

Contact: Tony Haywood, HiPNOTIC RECORDS,(202) 547-0541, [email protected]

The past few years have found Toledo-bred/Rutgers-trained/Harlem-based guitarist Jeff Ray traversing the isle of Manhattan, soaking in scenes and honing his own soulful sound as a sideman in a variety of improvisational-music contexts from Co-op City to the Zinc Bar, from the Soul Cafe to Jimmy's Uptown, to late-night sessions at St. Nick's Pub. Meanwhile, between the scenes, in his uptown hideout, our sponge-eared nimble-fingered guitar-hero-in-waiting ...

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Jazz Vocalist Kris Adams Releases New CD, Weaver of Dreams

Source: All About Jazz

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 28, 2002

BOSTON, MA -- On Tuesday, June 18th, Jazzbird Records will release Weaver of Dreams, the sophomore solo effort by jazz vocalist, Kris Adams. The follow-up to her well-received 1999 debut, This Thing Called Love (Jazzbird), Weaver of Dreams documents the versatility of her working group of the last few years with ten original arrangements of jazz standards for quartet, quintet and ...

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