Jazz News

Jazz Portraits, Faces Behind the Music, Photographs by Paul Slaughter

Source: All About Jazz

Jazz Portraits, Faces Behind the Music, Classic photographs of jazz musicians by Paul Slaughter,opens at Parker's Jazz Gallery in Alburquerque, New Mexico on September 28 through November 2, 2001.. The exhibition includes photographs from 1969 to the present. Miles, Dizzy, Duke, Sarah, Wynton, Shank, Toots, Jordan and a host of other fine players are in the show. Parker's Jazz Gallery is located at 1425 Central Avenue NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Telephone 505-852-1920. To see photographs by Paul Slaughter go to ...

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DIANA KRALL'S THE LOOK OF LOVE DEBUTS IN THE TOP 10

Source: All About Jazz

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Miles Davis on Film: Hosted by Davis biographer Quincy Troupe

Source: All About Jazz

Producer: Jazz at Lincoln Center (co-produced with The Film Society of Lincoln Center) Event: Jazz on Film: Miles Davis on Film Hosted by Davis biographer Quincy Troupe Place: Walter Reade Theater, Rose Building, 165 West 65th Street, Plaza Level Date/Time: Wednesday, October 24, 2001, 8pm Tickets: $15, available at the Alice Tully Hall and Walter Reade Theater box offices, by calling CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500, or via www.jazzatlincolncenter.org.

MILES DAVIS ON FILM HOSTED BY BIOGRAPHER QUINCY ...

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Jazz Radio and Industry Web Site Publishes Jazz and Smooth Jazz Charts

Source: All About Jazz

Yellow Dog Jazz Report Launched

ROCHESTER, NY-Yellow Dog Communications, Inc. has launched a new web site for the Jazz Music Industry - The Yellow Dog Jazz Report (http://www.yellowdog.com/). This web site will become the primary source of information for Jazz Radio and the Jazz Music Industry.  The Yellow Dog Jazz Report provides the definitive Jazz and Smooth Jazz weekly national radio airplay charts while reporting on news, events, and activities. The weekly ...

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JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER HOLDS 75TH BIRTHDAY BASH FOR JIMMY HEATH

Source: All About Jazz

Heath will perform with small ensembles in first half and with LCJO in second half. Premieres of Heath concerto for Antonio Hart, Marsalis composition based on Heath harmonies, and several new big band arrangements of classic Heath tunes.

For the Opening Night Series of its "Jump In" 2001-02 season, Jazz at Lincoln Center (J@LC) will produce a 75th birthday bash for one of music's great tenor saxophonists, composers, bandleaders, and educators - JIMMY HEATH (born October 25, 1926). ...

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Optimist International Join Full Throttle in Concurrence

Source: All About Jazz

For Immediate Release Contact: Mona Baroudi, ODC Theater 415.701.1866 [email protected] Optimist International Join Full Throttle in Concurrence Wednesday, October 3 @ 8pm ODC Theater, 3153 17th Street @ Shotwell, San Francisco Box Office: 415.863.9834, Tickets: Reserved $8, General $6 www.ticketweb.com www.odcdance.org/theater Tix Bay Area in Union Square The popular musical series Concurrence continues in October, featuring rock band Optimist International and jazz band Full Throttle, October 3 at 8pm. The series, curated by Don Alan of Radio Valencia fame and ...

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Free Online Access to Book In Its Entirety - "New Music and the American Christian - A Critical Look"

Source: All About Jazz

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Movie on the Life of Buddy Rich Now in Preproduction

Source: All About Jazz

Cathy Rich announced recently that a major motion picture on the life of her father Buddy Rich is now in preproduction. “This has . . .been a long time coming," she wrote on her website, “but as with anything you really want, you have to keep pursuing." The film is being produced by Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney, through their company, Section 8. Cathy Rich will be Executive Producer. Her mother will also have a Producer's title, as will Steve ...

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