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Recording

The Cookers Release "Time And Time Again" On Motema Music - Worldwide Tour Scheduled!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
August 18, 2014

THE COOKERS Release Time And Time Again On Motema Music Available September 16, 2014 WORLDWIDE TOUR SCHEDULED IN SUPPORT OF THE ALBUM! The Cookers are: Billy Harper (Tenor Sax), Eddie Henderson (Trumpet), David Weiss (Trumpet), Donald Harrison (Alto Sax), George Cables (Piano), Cecil McBee (Bass) and Billy Hart (Drums) After seven years together, The Cookers, who “embody the serious-as-death commitment that it took to thrive on the New York scene some four decades ago" (Andrew Gilbert, The Boston Globe), entered ...

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Event

A Decade Of Rock And Roll Photo Exhibit And All Star Pro Jam August 21

Source: Scott Mitchell
August 18, 2014

House band featuring Tyra Juliette, Paul Ill, Tony Moore, Doug Webb, Haakon Graf, Ricky Zaharaides Confirmed Performances: Arturo Sandoval, Divinity Roxx, Mellow Man Ace, John Beasley, Keith England, Nick Smith, Ronald Bruner Sr, Tony Moore, Barbara Morrison, Jamie Hodes & Deep Pink, Rebel House Radio, Doug Webb, Haakon Graf, Clayton Cameron, Paul Ill, Herman Jackson, Hans Zermuehlen, Michael Blumberg, Tyra Juliette, Sherry Pruitt, Dale Fisher, Janis Mann, Dan Farrow, Gonzales, Dayren Santamaria, and more... Scheduled to Attend: John Densmore (The ...

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Interview

For Gerard And Linda Carelli, A Life In Showbiz And Artistic Reinvention

Source: Michael Ricci
August 17, 2014

This month's Westchester neighbor profiles a trombonist and dancer from Bedford Hills who’ve seen it all. In 1987, 28-year-old Broadway starlet Linda Sabatelli was enjoying a relaxing dinner out with the cast of 42nd Street when she caught the eye of Gerard Carelli. The talented young trombonist, back from a 10-month stint touring with Ray Charles, had in 1980 relocated to Manhattan and began subbing in the orchestra pit for the production. “I was invited to that dinner, and sat ...

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Contest

Enter the "Tom Chang - Tongue & Groove" Giveaway!

Source: All About Jazz
August 17, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Tom Chang - Tongue & Groove“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on September 16th. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Tom Chang at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! About Tom Chang and Tongue & Groove All the while maintaining an active playing schedule, Chang also successfully curates jazz for New York’s critically acclaimed Cornelia Street Cafe. Tom ...

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Opinion

Let's Give a Boost to American Jazz, Too

Source: Michael Ricci
August 15, 2014

Lawrence A. Johnson, a music critic who also runs a group of web-based classical-music sites, has had a corker of an idea: He's launched a nonprofit foundation whose purpose is to boost the number of performances of American classical music. Not only will Mr. Johnson's foundation commission new compositions and ensure that they get performed and recorded, but—even more interestingly—it will also make grants to musical ensembles and concert presenters that want to perform previously existing works by American composers. ...

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Recording

Father Knew Best: Kiki Ebsen Records A Jazz Tribute To Her Late Dad, Actor Buddy Ebsen

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
August 15, 2014

Scarecrow Sessions, due September 30, is comprised of standards and songs associated with her father’s showbiz career; “If I Only Had A Brain” is the No. 2 most added radio single this week. Calabasas, CA: Singer-songwriter Kiki Ebsen stubbornly refused her famous father’s repeated suggestions to learn how to sing jazz standards. Rebelliously she insisted upon forging her own path as a solo artist and accompanying keyboardist-vocalist with a bevy of A-list pop stars. Eleven years after the passing of ...

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Performance / Tour

Allison Adams Tucker Spends "April In Paris" For Jazz Tour

Source: Allison Adams Tucker
August 15, 2014

If Allison Adams Tucker’s new album, April In Paris, radiates a certain international chic, it’s because the San Diego vocalist recorded her second solo album in the City of Love with a cast of international musicians and arrangers — on UNESCO’s first International Jazz Day. The multi-lingual jazz artist (she can sing in six languages) was also on her last leg of a major European tour. Since its June 3 release, April In Paris has been good to Tucker, hitting ...

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Performance / Tour

Joe Henderson Hotplate Festival At SFJAZZ Center In San Francisco

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
August 14, 2014

Grammy-Winning Saxophonist and jazz legend Joe Henderson had a long and memorable history with SFJAZZ in San Francisco performing over a dozen times in various settings including a duet with tabla great Zakir Hussain at Grace Cathedral, a salute to Antônio Carlos Jobim with Herbie Hancock, and a 1993 tribute night entitled “We Love Joe” featuring his quintet with John Scofield, Charlie Haden and Al Foster, his Big Band, and the Kronos Quartet. On Thursday, August 14, SFJAZZ formally dedicates ...

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