Jazz News

BRILLIANT CORNERS: A Bio-Discography Of Thelonious Monk

Source: All About Jazz

Compiled by Chris Sheridan

Currently in production and targeted for publication in April.

The book weighs in at 545 pages and starts by resolving many of the mysteries of dates and personnel surrounding Mr Monk's Minton's recordings and including several previously unknown sessions. Thanks to help from the Thelonious Monk website, it benefits from resolving the other major Monk mystery-the identity of Frankie Passion-and further contacts with “Frankie Passion" made by the author have yielded information that gets as close ...

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KEN WATTERS GROUP CD TO BE RELEASED APRIL 3RD ON SUMMIT RECORDS

Source: All About Jazz

On April 3rd, Ken Watters Group will release their first quartet CD, Southern Exposure, internationally on Summit Records. The CD features a mix of originals, jazz standards, and acoustic jazz renditions of traditionally non-jazz tunes ("Jessica" by The Allman Brothers, “Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell, etc).

Special guest saxophonist on Southern Exposure is Palmetto Recording Artist Joel Frahm. Frahm plays soprano and tenor saxophones on three tracks on the title.

Trumpeter Ken Watters and his group are featured on ...

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Sherman Ferguson's JazzUnion

Source: All About Jazz

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Mosaic Records The Complete Vee Jay Paul Chambers & Wynton Kelly

Source: All About Jazz

Mosaic Records Returns to The Classic Vee Jay Catalogue Chronicling the '59-'61 Sessions of Post Bop Pioneers Paul Chambers & Wynton Kelly

Mosaic Records is proud to announce the release of The Complete Vee Jay Paul Chambers-Wynton Kelly Sessions 1959-1961. The material included in the 6-CD set contains all of the recordings pianist Wynton Kelly and bassist Paul Chambers did together under their own leadership, as well as their sessions as sidemen with the excellent altoist Frank Strozier that features ...

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3/3/01 concert in Boston with Daniel Carter/Laurence Cook/Peter Kowald/Jonathan LaMaster Quartet

Source: All About Jazz

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Night of Jazz and Baseball, April 28, 2001

Source: All About Jazz

Sportscaster Bob Costas, Filmmaker Ken Burns, and Author Gerald Early will join former major leaguers Don Newcombe, Orlando Cepeda, Tommy Davis, and Carmen Fanzone for a Grand Slam Event that will honor America's two national pastimes, jazz and baseball. in Columbia, Missouri, on April 28, 2001. An all star band led by pianist James Williams will include trombonist Conrad Herwig, saxophonists Von Freeman and Bobby Watson, trumpeter Terell Stafford, bassists Christian McBride and Ray Drummond, and drummer Tony Reedus, with ...

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UI To Launch Lionel Hampton Center Project

Source: All About Jazz

Of national note is a Feb. 22 announcement by jazz artist Lionel Hampton, UI President Bob Hoover, and honorary co-chairs Former President and Mrs. George Bush and U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., to launch the new Lionel Hampton Center. This four-part project is more than a performance and education facility on the University of Idaho's campus. It includes an international jazz archive to preserve the world's jazz heritage, scholarships, professorships and endowment of the annual jazz festival to pass on ...

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BERKLEE PIANO WEEK 2001 TO FEATURE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOANNE BRACKEEN AND VISITING ARTISTS RUSSELL FERRANTE OF THE YELLOWJACKETS AND ARMEN DONELIAN

Source: All About Jazz

BOSTON, February 27, 2001 -- Berklee College of Music will present Piano Week from Monday, March 5, through Thursday, March 8. The annual series will feature concerts and clinics by visiting artists, Berklee's renowned piano faculty, and some of the college's top student pianists. All events are free except Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night concerts in the wheelchair-accessible Berklee Performance Center. BPC events are $4.00 -- $1.00 for seniors. Tickets are available at the box office, 136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, ...

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