Jazz News

“Feels Like Home” Thanks To Saxman MacArthur’s Friends

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
March 25, 2013

Album “Sanctified” by the appearance of Brian Bromberg, Rick Braun, Jeff Lorber and Jeff Golub Tampa, FL: “When are you going to let me make a record with you?” For years, Grammy-nominated bassist Brian Bromberg posed this question to saxophonist Mike MacArthur. Finally the saxman acquiesced. He grabbed his tenor horn, hopped a jet and camped out in Bromberg’s Los Angeles-area home studio until the record was complete. The two musicians invited a handful of their high-profile friends over to ...

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Two Formidable Figures Go Berserk! - Lorenzo Feliciati & Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari Join Forces On Rare Noise Release

Source: hubtone PR
March 25, 2013

Lorenzo Esposito - Fornasari Voice, Guitars, Organ, Effects Lorenzo Feliciati - Bass (electric & acoustic) Gianluca Petrella - Trombone and Effects Eivind Aarset - Guitars Jamie Saft - Keyboards Fabrizio Puglisi - Piano, Arp Odyssey Sandro Satta - Alto Sax Cristiano Calcagnile - Drums, Effects Pat Mastelotto - Drums, Electronic Percussion Simone Cavina - Drums ABOUT THE LABEL - Rare Noise Records ...

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Chihiro Yamanaka Trio, March 28 At Kuumbwa Jazz Center In Santa Cruz, Ca

Source: SF Media
March 25, 2013

The Chihiro Yamanaka Trio will perform March 28 at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA. The concert marks the Kuumbwa debut and first multi-city west coast tour by Chihiro, a Universal Music recording artist and influential jazz pianist and composer whose high-energy live performances have inspired comparisons to such modern greats as Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett. Kuumbwa Jazz Center is at 320-2 Cedar St. in Santa Cruz. The concert begins at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $18 at the ...

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Guitarist Dave Haskell Releases Debut Album, "Pivot Point", Feat. Robben Ford, Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
March 25, 2013

The history of jazz is strewn with brilliant players who have inexplicably eluded widespread recognition, flying under the radar of labels, journalists, and fans. But guitarist Dave Haskell’s stealth status over the past two decades isn’t hard to explain. He’s spent most of that time on the move as a commercial pilot, fulfilling a dream that took root as a child, about the same time he became enamored with the guitar. Before Haskell took to the air as a profession, ...

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Tine Bruhn & Johnny O'Neal Release "nearness" On March 26 featuring Special Guest Stacy Dillard

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
March 25, 2013

Tine Bruhn (pronounced Tina Broohn) moved to New York City in 2001 after having graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston. She quickly became part of New York’s jazz scene performing at some of the city’s best music venues including Smalls and Bar Next Door. She consistently plays with some of the top musicians in NYC and she has become a regular at the well-known jazz club Zinc Bar. Ms. Bruhn performs weekly in duo setting with pianist Johnny ...

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Farmers Market and Sidsel Endresen & Stian Westerhus Win Norwegian Grammy Awards

Source: All About Jazz
March 25, 2013

Saturday evening at Vossa Jazz was an even greater cause for celebration than the performances to that point and still to come. Two of the festival's artists received news that they had been awarded Norwegian Grammy Awards: Multi-instrumentalist Stian Carstensen (accordion, guitar, pedal steel guitar, Kaval, banjo) and his longstanding group Farmers Market won in the Open Category for the group's 2012 release, Slav to the Rhythm (Division Records). Carstensen was at Vossa Jazz unveiling a new commission that, in ...

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Enter the "Aaron Diehl - The Bespoke Man's Narrative" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Mack Avenue Records “Aaron Diehl - The Bespoke Man's Narrative“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on April 23rd. Click here to enter the contest

(Becoming a fan of Aaron Diehl at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Mack Avenue Records About The Bespoke Man's Narrative

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Worldwide Celebration Of Dexter Gordon's 90th Birthday In Philadelphia: "Round Midnight" Film Event March 24th

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2013

5:00 pm As part of the Dexter Gordon worldwide 90th birthday celebration, “Dexter @ 90,” International House, Philadelphia, PA (37th and Chestnut Street) will present an uncut screening of the iconic jazz film Round Midnight with an in-person appearance by Dexter Gordon’s widow, Maxine, an active jazz scholar and director of the Dexter Gordon Foundation. Maxine will introduce the film and lead a discussion after the screening. WRTI DJ Bob Perkins will host. A reception will follow. Round Midnight (dir. ...

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