Jazz News

Dimitrije Vasiljevic, Pianist And Composer, Promotes His Debut Album In NYC

Source: Danijela Milic/LeitmotivArts
September 21, 2013

Dimitrije Vasiljevic debut album as a leader, The Path of Silvan is set for release on September 24th at New York City's club DROM. This album consists entirely of original compositions. Cover song “Silvans' Dance“ which was AllAboutJazz.com featured as download of the day in August 2013 was the #1 downloaded song for the entire month of August. Praised by many jazz masters such as Jean-Michel Pilc, Laszlo Gardony, Brad Shepik, Andy Milne and others, this album is receiving outstanding ...

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Golub’s "Pusherman" Goes No. 1

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
September 21, 2013

First single from the soul-jazz guitarist’s “Train Keeps A Rolling” album tops the Billboard chart. New York, NY: If “It ain’t no. 1 until it is no. 1 in Billboard,” guitarist Jeff Golub can justifiably claim to have a no. 1 single with his ripping retelling of the gritty Curtis Mayfield street chronicle, “Pusherman.” The first single from Golub’s newly released “Train Keeps A Rolling,” which he recorded with jazz-rock keyboard pioneer Brian Auger,” “Pusherman” pulls into the no. 1 ...

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Enter "The Jost Project - Can't Find My Way Home" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
September 20, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Dot Time Records “The Jost Project - Can't Find My Way Home“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on October 20th. Click here to enter the contest

(Becoming a fan of The Jost Project at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Dot Time Records About The Jost Project and Can't Find My Way Home

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Porgy And Bess Part I This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
September 19, 2013

For the next two weeks, Riverwalk Jazz presents a two-part special, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band’s acclaimed jazz transcription of George Gershwin’s American folk opera Porgy and Bess. Theater legend William Warfield, the award-winning bass-baritone famous for his memorable stage role as Porgy, appears as narrator in this encore presentation. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in ...

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Guitarist Jimmy Ponder (1946-2013)

Source: Michael Ricci
September 19, 2013

By Colter Harper I first met Jimmy when he was teaching at a jazz camp for high school students in Pittsburgh. I was 15, recently turned on to Wes Montgomery, and trying to make sense of the music. Ponder was the first guitarist I had heard in person who embodied the music. He poured himself through the instrument. The sound of his thumb on the Gibson Super 400 was rich, warm, lyrical, and immediate. It was as if he had ...

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George Wein: The Life Of A Legend - October 3 & 4, 7pm, The Allen Room

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
September 19, 2013

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER CELEBRATES GEORGE WEIN: THE LIFE OF A LEGEND George Wein and the Newport All-Stars Featuring Lew Tabackin, Randy Brecker, Anat Cohen, Howard Alden, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash and Host Nate Chinen Jazz at Lincoln Center’s The Allen Room October 3 & 4 at 7pm New York, NY: Jazz impresario and pianist George Wein, affectionately referred to as “The Father of Jazz Festivals” after creating the Newport Jazz Festival in 1954, celebrates his 88th birthday by performing ...

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Bassist/Composer Alexis Cuadrado Presents "A Lorca Soundscape" At The Jazz Gallery, This Friday & Saturday Night!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
September 19, 2013

CD RELEASE CONCERTS THIS FRIDAY & SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 & 21 Located at 1160 Broadway, NYC Alexis Cuadrado - bass, percussion, background vocals, compositions, Claudia Acuña - voice, Yosvany Terry - alto saxophone, Dan Tepfer - piano, Henry Cole - drums To be released on September 24, 2013 on Sunnyside Records, A Lorca Soundscape is a new cycle of original jazz protest songs drawn from Federico Garcia Lorca's poetry Long before terms like “1 percenters" and ...

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Christine Tobin Trio For Limerick Jazz Festival 2013

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2013

Jazz retakes the city of Limerick for four days as the Limerick Jazz Festival returns for its second edition from the 26th – 29th September at various venues around town. Legendary Irish jazz guitarist Louis Stewart kicks off the festival on Thursday, in an intimate duo performance with pianist Jim Doherty. Winner of the special jury prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968, Stewart is described by Cormac Larkin of The Irish Times as “one of the finest, most ...

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