Jazz News

Marathon Jam Will Raise Needed Money For Kenny Dorham's Backyard Event Venue In Austin Texas

Source: Willie Oteri
October 20, 2013

JazzOutSide Super Session & Kenny Dorham's Backyard Fundraiser WD-41 featuring Willie Oteri Dave Laczko and friends, word/jazz lowstars, Brazilian Space Program and 20+ other talented musicians and improvisers Sunday, November 3rd, 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Kenny Dorham’s Backyard, 1106 E. 11th Austin, TX 78702 Cost: $5+ suggested donations Get ready for a jazz experience like none other in Austin! Following the success of the Jazz OUTside series started in 2012, DiverseArts presents Jazz OUTside Super Session, a music marathon ...

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Jeremy Monteiro Heads Jazz Organ Summit At Singapore's Esplanade, 23-24 October

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2013

Three for the price of one seems like a damned good deal, especially when we’re talking about three of jazz’s finest exponents of the organ, the KeyB organ to be precise. Jeremy Monteiro (Singapore), Alberto Marsico Italy and Tony Monaco (USA) are getting together for this Jazz Organ Summit –at the Esplanade Recital Studio, Singapore, the culmination of a whirlwind Asian tour that will also take them to Bangkok and Hong Kong, courtesy of sponsors EFG Bank. Monteiro has returned ...

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Why Can't Digital Music Services Get Jazz & Classical Right?

Source: Michael Ricci
December 10, 2014

By Ian Dahlman, Future of Music Coalition 20.7 million Americans (8.8% of all US adults) attended a classical music performance in 2012, according to the National Endowment for the Arts’ recent survey highlights. 19 million (8.1%) attended a jazz gig. But if these millions of classical & jazz fans tried to use any of the most popular digital music services to access classical or jazz music at home, they’d likely end up confused and unable to find what they’re looking ...

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Enter the "Samo Salamon Quartets - Stretching Out" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
October 18, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Samo Salamon Quartets - Stretching Out“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on November 18th. Click here to enter the contest

(Becoming a fan of Samo Salamon at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! About Stretching Out

The album features 12 original compositions and two great bands: The first CD features some of the best NYC jazz musicians, with Donny ...

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Eric Clapton's "Give Me Strength: The 1974/75 Recordings" 6-Disc Box Due November 26

Source: Universal Music Enterprises
October 18, 2013

In early 1974, after a three-year absence that followed Eric Clapton’s major success with Derek and the Dominos’ seminal album Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs, which sealed his stature as one of rock's most revered guitarists, a rejuvenated and musically refreshed Clapton stepped into the recording studio and staged a massive resurgence with his 1974/1975 trilogy of albums — 461 Ocean Boulevard, which featured his first No. 1 hit single “I Shot The Sheriff,” There's One In Every Crowd ...

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"The Spiritual Side Of Wynton Marsalis" to be Released October 22

Source: Sony Music Entertainment/Legacy
October 18, 2013

Pulitzer Prize and nine-time Grammy Award®-winning musician, and Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis digs into his rich collection of spiritually inspired recordings at the Columbia and Sony Classical labels for The Spiritual Side Of Wynton Marsalis. This special collection of 15 divine tracks will be available everywhere October 22 through Columbia/Sony Classical/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. The release of The Spiritual Side Of Wynton Marsalis coincides with the month-long Abyssinian: A Gospel ...

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Jazz Icon Herb Alpert is "Steppin' Out" with New Album November 19

Source: Rogers & Cowan
October 18, 2013

Grammy®-winning jazz great Herb Alpert is Steppin’ Out on November 19 with a new album on Shout! Factory. Combining pop instrumentals and timeless jazz along with Latin-influenced rhythms reminiscent of the Tijuana Brass, Steppin’ Out explores standards from the American Songbook as well as Alpert’s own catalog, and features his wife, the Grammy®-winning vocalist Lani Hall, on several tracks. Steppin’ Out includes 16 songs, including a contemporary version of Irving Berlin’s “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” a video for which has ...

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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: The Great Innovator---benny Goodman

Source: Don Mopsick
October 17, 2013

Benny Goodman, the clarinet virtuoso from Chicago, became a central figure of the Swing Era and popularized the jazz form with a worldwide audience in the 1930s and beyond. To celebrate Goodman’s innovative style, Riverwalk Jazz has assembled performances and stories from our stable of jazz greats drawn into his orbit—Lionel Hampton, Doc Cheatham, Helen Ward—and our own Ron Hockett and Jim Cullum. In 20 years of Riverwalk Jazz radio broadcasts, we’ve welcomed several artists closely associated with Goodman, or ...

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