Jazz News

Burning Ambulance #6 Out Now

Source: Philip Freeman
May 13, 2013

The latest issue of Burning Ambulance, an independently published journal of the arts, is available now. This issue includes: a cover story on Arve Henriksen by Phil Freeman a profile of Ivo Perelman by Clifford Allen an interview with Swiss sound artist/composer Reto Mäder by Phil Freeman an interview with Dutch grindcore/jazz sax-drums duo Dead Neanderthals by MacDara Conroy an interview with French black metal duo Spektr by Leonard Pierce an interview with Japanese musician/artist Yoshiko Ohara by Phil Freeman ...

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Prog Legends Flash Featuring Ray Bennett & Colin Carter To Release New CD

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
May 11, 2013

Los Angeles, CA - British progressive rock legends Flash, featuring founding members Ray Bennett & Colin Carter, will be releasing their highly anticipated new CD on Purple Pyramid Records on May 21, 2013. Titled 'Flash featuring Ray Bennett & Colin Carter', it's the first album by the group in 40 years, taking the band to a new level of creativity and virtuosity with this current set of progressive melodic rock tunes. Founded by lead vocalist Colin Carter, original YES member, ...

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Enter the "Jeffrey Gimble - Beyond Up High" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Jeffrey Gimble - Beyond Up High“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on June 10th. Click here to enter the contest

(Becoming a fan of Jeffrey Gimble at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! About Beyond Up High

Vocalist Jeffrey Gimble's debut CD Beyond Up High is a mellow romp with an unusually broad selection of material. The recording features ...

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Artistshare Partners With Legendary Blue Note Records

Source: Brian Camelio
May 10, 2013

BLUE NOTE RECORDS TO PARTNER WITH ARTISTSHARE TO CREATE BLUE NOTE/ARTISTSHARE A GROUNDBREAKING HYBRID CROWDFUNDING/RECORD LABEL MODEL DEDICATED TO NURTURING NEW JAZZ TALENT The legendary jazz label Blue Note Records, historic home to such greats as Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Blakey and Herbie Hancock, and current home to artists such as Wayne Shorter, Terence Blanchard, Joe Lovano, Jason Moran, Jose James and Norah Jones, has joined forces with the pioneer of crowdfunding, ArtistShare, to create a groundbreaking ...

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Globetrotting Guitarist Lawson Rollins Comes “Full Circle”

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
May 10, 2013

July 16th release bodes to harness the “Momentum” generated by over 7.5 million YouTube views San Francisco, CA: Having traversed the world in search of intriguing sounds from virtually every corner of the globe with his beloved Spanish guitar en tow, Lawson Rollins has come full circle on his aptly titled fourth solo album, “Full Circle,” which will be released July 16th by his Infinita Records. Adopting a “less can be more” philosophy on the twelve new songs that he ...

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Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Vernon Reid, G. Calvin Weston Free Form Funky Freqs Cd Release Concert At World Cafe Live

Source: Jamaaladeen Tacuma
May 9, 2013

Free Form Funky Freqs present their latest release Bon Vivant and Jamaaladeen Tacuma honors his mentors at WXPN's World Cafe Live Philadelphia (Upstairs) Saturday June 8th 2013, Doors 8pm FREE FORM FUNKY FREQS The Bon Vivant Jamaaladeen Tacuma: Bass Vernon Reid: Guitars G. Calvin Weston: Drums The birth of the FREE FORM FUNKY FREQS intertwined with the untimely death of Tonic, the legendary underground center for jazz, rock performance and experimental music in lower ...

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Irving Berlin’s Music Box

Source: Don Mopsick
May 9, 2013

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, guest artists—trumpeter Bob Barnard and singers Nina Ferro and Rebecca Kilgore—interpret both familiar and lesser-known works by Irving Berlin. 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 on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. Irving Berlin made a huge contribution to the great canon of interwar American ...

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Guitarist Wolfgang Schalk Releases Special Remix Of "The Second Third Man"

Source: Wolfgang Schalk
May 9, 2013

Release Date: June 11, 2013 / Label: Frame Up Music / Format: CD, Digital Download By Walter Kolosky The collaboration with Michael Brecker was a dream come true. By 1996 standards, the compositions and performances on Wolfgang Schalkʼs The Second Third Man were impressive. The title cut stood out, as I wrote previously: “The Second Third Man" is indicative of the whole album. It is improvised music of originality and high performance. Schalk and Michael Brecker are perfect foils as ...

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