Jazz News

Boston Jazz Repertory Orchestra To Showcase Music of the Duke

Source: All About Jazz

Tribute to Ellington Kicks-off Winter/Spring Series Sax Legend Andy McGhee Special Guest Artist To Appear

7 February 2002 - Boston MA - The Boston Jazz Repertory Orchestra, under the artistic direction of Carl Atkins and Bill Lowe will kick-off their 2002 Winter/Spring Series with a special tribute to the music of Duke Ellington on Monday, February 11th at the Tremont Theatre in Downtown Boston. Saxophone legend, and former featured soloist with the orchestras of Lionel Hampton and Woody ...

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THE ITALIAN WAY OF JAZZ on Red Records - Milano 19,20,21 Febbraio 2002

Source: All About Jazz

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J@LC Celebrates Music Of Coltrane & Mingus With Concerts & Educational Events In February 2002

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Grammy-Winning Vocalist Janis Siegel Celebrates The Art Of The Song On I Wish You Love

Source: All About Jazz

An Album of Love Songs with a Woman’s Touch

This stunning Telarc debut illustrates how great singers, like The Manhattan Transfer’s Janis Siegel, can renew great songs. Siegel not only pays homage to the legendary Brill Building – a veritable hit factory and the heart of New York’s pop songwriting industry from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s – but also expands the concept by spotlighting jazz songs made famous by women. I Wish You Love is set for ...

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Patti Austin, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, Bob Mintzer, Janis Siegel, New York Voices are performing at the 12th annual GPU Berks Jazz Fest

Source: All About Jazz

READING, PA -- February 6, 2002 -- The GPU Berks Jazz Fest, presented by the Berks Arts Council, is a special event whose roots grow deep into this community’s fabric. This year’s 12th edition of the festival runs from Friday, March 15 through Sunday, March 24 and features more than 120 events at multiple and various venues throughout Berks County.

With a smorgasbord of jazz guaranteed to satisfy all musical appetites, March winds in Berks County have distinctive jazz overtones. ...

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Blue Note's SOULIVE releases "Next" pre-order online

Source: All About Jazz

For Immediate Release February 6, 2002 Conact: John Gulino, [email protected]

Soulive announces “Next" Pre-order and Contest

Next is a largely collaborative affair. Self-produced, it features appearances from artists as diverse as hip-hop trailblazers like Black Thought of The Roots and Talib Kweli, the angelic soul songstress Amel Larrieux, and new friend Dave Matthews as well as the addition to the band of Sam Kininger on alto saxophone.

This is Soulive's first modern record. While the band's organic live essence still ...

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JON REGEN APPEARS WITH JIMMY SCOTT AT BIRDLAND 2/14-16

Source: All About Jazz

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New York, NY:

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 ...

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Eddie Bert Returns to Town Hall: Tribute to Legendary Trombonist Celebrating His 80th Birthday

Source: All About Jazz

On May 16, 2002 at The Town Hall, New York City, tribute will be paid to legendary trombonist Eddie Bert on the occasion of his 80th Birthday. The concert will feature Eddie Bert himself with the George Gee All-Star Jazz Orchestra under musical direction of Walt Szymanski, and with many special guests to be announced.

This will be a Town Hall homecoming for Eddie: In 1945 he played in a Red Norvo concert at Town Hall which also was recorded. ...

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