Jazz News

Saxophonist Bob Pollitt Quartet In Collingswood NJ Thurs. March 6th!

Source: Jim Miller
February 18, 2013

Jazz Bridge in Collingswood! presents saxophonist Bob Pollitt and his quartet, appearing at the Collingswood Community Center—30 Collings Avenue in Collingswood, New Jersey—on Thursday, March 7th. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. Information: 215-517-8337. Bob Pollitt has been deemed a legend for his tenor saxophone sound as big as a house, an unparalleled feeling for everything from ballads and bop to blues and funk, while continuing to be stylistically ...

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Nimrod Speaks At The Cheltenham PA Center For The Arts On Wednesday, March 6th

Source: Jim Miller
February 18, 2013

Jazz Bridge in Cheltenham! presents bassist Nimrod Speaks, appearing at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts—439 Ashbourne Road in Cheltenham—on Wednesday, March 6th. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. Information: 215-517-8337. Nimrod Speaks has been playing acoustic and electric bass for more than half of his 30 years. He started playing electric bass in high school, mentored by Ricardo Jackson, and took up the acoustic instrument during his first ...

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Hot Club Of Philadelphia @ Kennett Flash, Kennett Square Pa On Wednesday, March 6th

Source: Jim Miller
February 18, 2013

Jazz Bridge in Kennett Square! presents the Hot Club of Philadelphia, appearing at Kennett Flash—102 Sycamore Alley in Kennett Square—on Wednesday, March 6th. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. Information: 215-517-8337. Guitarist Barry Wahrhaftig and violinist Mark Campiglia founded the Hot Club of Philadelphia in 2001 as an ensemble dedicated to performing, preserving and celebrating the music and the style of one of the most influential guitarists in jazz ...

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Jazz Bridge Presents Dizzy Gillespie Play "Last Call at the Downbeat" on April 5-6 and 12-13

Source: Jim Miller
February 17, 2013

Last Call at the Downbeat, an original show about Jazz pioneer Dizzy Gillespie’s famous stint at Philadelphia’s Downbeat nightclub in November of 1942, will open in the Red Room of the Society Hill Playhouse—507 South 8th Street in Philadelphia—on Friday April 5th and run through the first two weekends in April (International Jazz Month) ending on April 13th as part of PIFA, the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. Tickets for the show are $25, and show time is 8 ...

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Announcing The 12th Annual Brubeck Festival "Dave Brubeck Across Time--A Tribute To His Legacy," March 18-23, 2013

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
February 16, 2013

University of the Pacific’s Brubeck Institute presents the Twelfth Annual Brubeck Festival, titled Dave Brubeck Across Time, which honors his legacy as a jazz giant and his Stockton, California roots. The 2013 Festival is a broad-based tribute to his legacy that covers the spectrum of jazz in its fullest expression: live concert performances ranging from jazz legends to local bands (in civic concert halls and college campuses as well as jazz clubs), a documentary film about jazz history, jazz education ...

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Enter the "Christian Howes - Southern Exposure" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
February 15, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Resonance Records “Christian Howes - Southern Exposure“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on March 15th. Click here to enter the contest

(Becoming a fan of Christian Howes at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Resonance Records About Southern Exposure

Throughout his life and career, Christian Howes has thrived on venturing outside of his comfort ...

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John McLaughlin, Steely Dan, Phil Lesh, Miles Davis, James Taylor Sidemen Form New Touring Band - The Ringers

Source: Abstract Logix
February 15, 2013

Los Angeles, CA: Talk about one of the most amazing group of musicians playing together, debuting in early 2013 – they are THE RINGERS featuring three top notch Rock-Blues Guitarists Jimmy Herring (Widespread Panic, The Dead, Phil Lesh) Wayne Krantz (Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Michael Brecker), Michael Landau (James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis) , drummer Keith Carlock (Sting, Steely Dan, John Mayer) and bassist Etienne Mbappe (John McLaughlin, Ray Charles, Joe Zawinul). This super-group of talent, with such varying ...

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Photographer William Ellis's column One LP comes to All About Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
February 15, 2013

All About Jazz has partnered with world-renowned photographer William Ellis to bring you One LP, a new column focusing on musicians and the albums that proved influential and inspirational in their musical lives. William Ellis on One LP “Through my work I have spent a lot time talking with musicians—and of course the talk always gets around to the reason we're all there— the music. During the conversations I was often struck by the breadth of musical styles and ...

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