Jazz News

World reknowned Top female Jazz guitarist hospitalized in Las Vegas

Source: All About Jazz

Mary Kaye, leader of the famed Mary Kaye Trio and namesake of the Fender “Mary Kaye Stratocaster" guitar, was hospitalized this month with congenetial heart failure. Mostly known for the first group to open up the lounge scene in the late 1940's in Las Vegas, Nevada and first to have the hit recording of the Rogers & Hart standard “My Funny Valentine", is currently on the road to recovery and should be back home by Christmas. Andres Segovia has said, ...

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Odwalla special project feat. Cobham, Traore',Consolmagno XXII Euro Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz

Buongiorno,

Vi comunico che in occasione del XXII EURO JAZZ FESTIVAL,

sabato 2 marzo 2002 al Teatro Giocosa di IVREA (TO) si terra'

il concerto del gruppo di percussioni ODWALLA che avra'

ospite nelle sue fila BILLY COBHAM, IBRAHIMA TRAORE' e

PEPPE CONSOLMAGNO di cui mi occupo.

Il gruppo Odwalla approfittera' di questa occasione speciale

per registrare il suo quinto CD.

Domenica 3 marzo 2002, organizzato dal Music Studio di Ivrea,

sempre nell'ambito dell' Euro Jazz Festival e nello stesso ...

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Conte Candoli: Top West Coast Trumpet Soloist

Source: All About Jazz

Conte Candoli made his debut in the Woody Herman Orchestra while still in high school, and went on to establish a deserved reputation as the major jazz trumpet player on the West Coast. He worked often with his brother, trumpeter Pete Candoli, and enjoyed a 20-year residence in the studio band for Johnny Carson’s celebrated Tonight Show. He was born Secondo Candoli. His father was an amateur trumpet player, and encouraged his sons to play music ...

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Warren Oree and The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble to Reissue Po/Jazz Connection CD at Philadelphia Museum of Art

Source: All About Jazz

December 14, 2001— Philadelphia, PA, Warren Oree and The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble will perform the Po/Jazz Connection on Wednesday, January 2nd at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia from 5:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Po/Jazz Connection will feature UVA who will perform intermittently throughout the evening, and an open mic forum that encourages other poets to perform their work while Warren Oree and The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble weave their music and instruments throughout the poetry, creating ...

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Bob Weir and Greg Osby perform at 9/11 Relief Benefit with Phil Lesh & Friends Monday night at the Beacon Theater in NYC

Source: All About Jazz

The last week of November was a busy one for music fans in NYC. Phil Lesh & Friends performed to packed houses at the Beacon Theater all week long. In an added tribute event benefiting New York's emergency workers, Lesh & Friends held a sold-out concert on Monday night which delighted fans with special appearances by Lesh's former Grateful Dead bandmate guitarist Bob Weir and saxophonist Greg Osby. The two old friends from the Dead were visibily happy to be ...

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Chicago Violinist Zach Brock Launches Site

Source: All About Jazz

Zach Brock Web site: http://www.zachbrock.com E-mail: [email protected] Booking: Contact J. Love, 5A Arts & Entertainment, 312-455-1262 Chicago is world renowned for it’s unique flavor of Jazz, dating back nearly a century ago when cities were still roaring, cognac was rich, and excitement came with a cigar. Modern Chicago is currently in a Jazz revival with fresh and young faces on the scene. Zach Brock, a violinist, has definitely ...

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Adelaide Hall double CD competition results announced.

Source: All About Jazz

Five lucky winners have now been chosen to receive the new double CD celebrating the life and work of ADELAIDE HALL. For the results see www.gmn.com/contests/

“ADELAIDE HALL....A Centenary Celebration" has been released by AVID RECORDS to commemorate the centennial of Miss Hall's birth. The double Cd contains over 50 songs she recorded between 1927 - 1945 and includes some previously unissued gems.

Adelaide Hall is musical history, a central figure in the great resurgence of African-American music that began ...

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Bassist-Composer Matthew Parrish Makes Recording Debut on HiPNOTIC

Source: All About Jazz

For Immediate Release

“Matthew Parrish, an extraordinarily gifted bassist-composer, joins th[e] noble lineage [of jazz bassist-bandleaders] with “Circles", an inspired quartet outing featuring fellow heavy-hitters Joel Frahm on tenor, Vincent Bourgeyx on piano and Steve Hass on drums." -- David R. Adler, jazz critic

December 10, 2001, Washington, DC -- HiPNOTIC Records president Tony Haywood today announced the release of Circles, an impressive debut recording by jazz bassist Matthew Parrish. The CD ...

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