Jazz News

NORRIS TURNEY DIES AT 79

Source: All About Jazz

NORRIS TURNEY passed away at about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday/ last night (Jan. 17), due to complications of kidney disease. His wife Marilee was at his side. He was 79, and had been taken off dialysis a few days prior, as he body could no longer tolerate that. He began and ended his life in the area of Dayton, Ohio, where he had moved from New York about a decade ago. His New York City career spanned thirty years prior to ...

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THE STEVE DAVIS QUINTET TO MAKE ITS' BLUE NOTE DEBUT

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Danish Stunt Label Spikes New York/Copenhagen Connection Elias, Scofield, Erskine, Brecker Lend Talents to Danish Visions

Source: All About Jazz

New York, NY - Stunt Records, the premier jazz label based in Copenhagen, DK, has released three CDs in the US featuring a stunning assortment of cross-cultural jazz collaborations that are the hallmark of this label's roster.

Impulsive features the music and playing of Eliane Elias with the Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra with arrangements by trombonist Bob Brookmeyer. Recorded in 1997 in Denmark after performing concerts with the DRJO in NY and Brazil, this marks the first collaboration between these ...

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Mosaic launches True Blue Music website

Source: All About Jazz

About 2 years ago we launched the Mosaic Records website and your response has been very positive. It has allowed us to easily impart current news about Mosaic as well as provide more information about our sets since we are not limited by catalog space.

As an enhancement to the Mosaic site, we have now recently launched the True Blue Music website at www.truebluemusic.com. This allows you to use one shopping cart and therefore one shipping charge for purchases at ...

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New Max Weinberg 7 CD Information

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Jazz Matters: "After Ken Burns' Jazz," at the New School

Source: All About Jazz

The JJA invites all interested members of the jazz community -- journalists,musicians, music entrepreneurs, scholars, aficionados and new listeners -- to “Jazz Matters," a series of discussions with authors reporters, interviewers and music producers on topics of practical, professional interest co-sponsored by the New School Jazz and Contemporary Music program at its performance space, 55 W. 13th St., 5th floor (between 5th and 6th Aves, NYC).

Howard Mandel, president of the Jazz Journalists Association, assoc prof New York University, author ...

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Pianist Michael Abene and soprano saxophonist Bill Kirchner to perform at the Manhattan School of Music

Source: All About Jazz

Pianist Michael Abene and soprano saxophonist Bill Kirchner will continue their two-decade collaboration with a concert in Hubbard Auditorium at the Manhattan School of Music(W. 122nd Street and Broadway, NYC)on Thursday, January 25, at 5 p.m. There is no admission charge.

Both Abene and Kirchner, in addition to being world-class instrumentalists, are well-known composer-arrangers, producers, educators, and Grammy-winners. In 1989, the duo and Chick Corea's Akoustic Band were the first American jazz groups to play in Taiwan. Since then, Abene ...

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IndigeDisc Created By Label M For Release Of Vintage African Recordings

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