Jazz News

Summit Records Releases B3 Master Tony Monaco's "Master Chops T"

Source: All About Jazz

Tony Monaco is one BAD organist. -- Jimmy Smith

In jazz as well as in life, the cliche has been proven true, over and over again: One begins by crawling, and only learns to walk, later. This is an especially appropriate saying -- painfully so at times, as it turns out -- when it comes to the experience of the Columbus, Ohio-based magician of the Hammond B-3 organ, Tony Monaco, whose second full-length album, Master Chops T, has just been ...

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Mark Whitecage and Acousto - Feb. 24 - 10PM - Knitting Factory Old Office, NYC

Source: All About Jazz

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Nick Brignola: Gifted Specialist on the Baritone Saxophone

Source: All About Jazz

If the conventional history of jazz is dominated by a series of major innovators who have dictated the sweeping changes in style which have brought the music to its present point, there has been an equally important sub-strata of musicians who have contented themselves with taking those styles as a given, and refining and developing them throughout their careers.

The American saxophonist Nick Brignola is one such player. His chosen field was bop, and his preferred instrument the baritone saxophone. ...

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Oscar Peterson to be honoured by Bosendorfer

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George Colligan Trio at Blues Alley Feb. 13

Source: All About Jazz

*Special Event* - February 13th

GEORGE COLLIGAN Pianist with Dave Ephross (Bass) and Steve Hass (Drums) George Colligan is the winner of the 2002 Jazzconnect.com/DCjazz Jazz Competition. The New York City based jazz pianist has toured with Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Buster Williams, Lonnie Plaxico, Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton, Ravi Coltrane, Gary Bartz, and many others. He appears on over 60 CDs, including 10 as a bandleader.

Two shows, 8pm & 10pm

This performance will be recorded live and released ...

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Jon Regen Plays With Jimmy Scott at Birdland NYC 2/14-16

Source: All About Jazz

Jazz pianist/composer and singer JON REGEN, whose new CD 'Tel Aviv' is roaring-up the jazz radio charts, will appear with legendary singer JIMMY SCOTT at New York's famed BIRDLAND, February 14-16, 2002.

Regen, who has spent the last 3 years touring the world with both Kyle Eastwood, and his own trio, joined Jimmy Scott's group in August 2001, and will tour extensively with the band for the entire year, making stops in ...

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Fresh Sound Records is pleased to present "Breathing Room" the debut recording as a leader by trumpeter David Weiss

Source: All About Jazz

Mr. Weiss first came to the attention of Fresh Sound Records as the co-leader of the critically acclaimed New Jazz Composers Octet whose debut album First Steps into Reality (Fresh Sound FSNT-059) was lauded as a “gem” and received a Critics Pick as one of the Top 5 Albums of the Year in Jazz Times. The Octet built on the success of First Steps into Reality by collaborating with trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard on the recently released New Colors (Hip ...

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New England Jazz Hall of Fame

Source: All About Jazz

BOSTON — The New England Jazz Alliance (NEJA) has announced the names of the first 10 jazz artists elected to the New England Jazz Hall of Fame (visit www.nejazz.org for complete voting results and balloting information).

They are saxophonists Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney and Paul Gonsalves of the Duke Ellington band, drummers Alan Dawson and Tony Williams, multi-talented Jaki Byard, cornetist/trumpeter Bobby Hackett, Boston pianist/band leader Sabby Lewis, baritone sax man Serge Chaloff, and Sonny Stitt, who was known for ...

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