Jazz News

Ocean Springs Welcomes Stephanie Jordan Sings A Tribute To The Fabulous Lena Horne

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
December 23, 2012

New Orleans jazz singer Stephanie Jordan is gracing the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center stage in Ocean Springs, Mississippi on Saturday, January 19, at 7:00pm, with a tribute to the fabulous Lena Horne. She brought down the house at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz Festival with her tribute to Lena Horne show, which she has performed nationally and promises to please the Ocean Springs audience just as well. Accompanied by Emmy-award winning arranger Mike Esneault on piano, the Stephanie Jordan ...

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Enter the "Bobo Stenson Trio - Indicum" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
December 22, 2012

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ECM Records “Bobo Stenson Trio - Indicum“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on January 22nd. Click here to enter the contest

(Becoming a fan of Bobo Stenson at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at ECM Records About Indicum

Free playing, Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s 'Oft Am I Glad', tunes by Bill Evans and George ...

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Toast Of The Nation: NPR Music and WBGO/Jazz 88.3 FM Ring In 2013

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
December 22, 2012

ALL NIGHT NEW YEAR’S EVE ON TOAST OF THE NATION NPR MUSIC AND WBGO/JAZZ 88.3FM RING IN 2013 WITH PERFORMANCES COAST-TO-COAST BROADCAST AND STREAMED ON MORE THAN 200 STATIONS DECEMBER 31, 9:00 PM – 5:00 AM NEWARK, NJ: Add some jazz and pizazz to your New Year’s Eve with Toast of the Nation, the annual, all-night series of performances ringing in 2013 from east to west, produced by WBGO and NPR Music for NPR stations, Sirius-XM Satellite Radio and NPR ...

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Introducing Yuto Kanazawa & Earthwards Feb 13 At Scullers

Source: Sue Auclair Promotions
December 22, 2012

Boston, MA—Scullers Jazz Club will present Yuto Kanazawa and Earthwards on Wednesday, February 13 at 8 PM. Tickets at $20.00 are on sale now at scullersjazz.com or by calling, 617-562-4111. Scullers Jazz Club is located in the Doubletree Suites by Hilton Hotel at 400 Soldiers Field Road in Allston, Massachusetts. The club is wheelchair accessible and there is ample parking on site. Tokyo-born, Fukushima-raised 26-year-old jazz guitarist and composer Yuto Kanazawa is a Berklee College of Music and Koyo Conservatory ...

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Jazz At The Chimes Presents Larry Vuckovich And Jackie Ryan

Source: Mary D'Orazi
December 21, 2012

JAZZ AT THE CHIMES’ kicks off its 2013 season with Bay Area jazz luminaries Larry Vuckovich, Jackie Ryan and John Santos — Sunday, January 20, 2012 at 2:00 pm at Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland. The “Beyond Category Quartet” – led by the versatile pianist/composer Larry Vuckovich – includes percussionist and five-time Grammy nominee John Santos, Perry Thoorsell on acoustic bass and Leon Joyce on drums. Joining the quartet will be the internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist Jackie ...

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Australian Songstress Nina Ferro This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
December 20, 2012

This week on Riverwalk Jazz: Australian songstress Nina Ferro offers up a program of jazz ballads and sophisticated standards. 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. A native of Melbourne, Nina Ferro started singing at the age of 14, and began jazz at the age of 16. Nina was classically trained and participated in a number of choirs, musicals, and elite vocal ...

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Columbus Jazz Orchestra Pays Tribute To Rosa Parks In Suite Rosa - Jan. 25-26 At Lincoln Theatre

Source: Scott Vezdos
December 20, 2012

Columbus, OH – Under the direction of Byron Stripling, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) is proud to celebrate the courage, dignity, and legacy of “the mother of the modern Civil Rights Movement," Rosa Parks in “Suite Rosa" (January 25-26, 2013 at the Lincoln Theatre). In connection with the 100th anniversary of her birth, this multi-disciplinary concert will recall the day in 1955 when Rosa Parks courageously refused to give up her seat on the bus, and, through modern and historical ...

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Xavier Casellas NY Quintet @ Zinc Bar In New York City

Source: Xavier Casellas
December 20, 2012

XAVIER CASELLAS NY QUINTET (Presenting “Unguarded Smiles") Xavier Casellas, voice & lyrics Emlio Solla, piano & arrangements Nate Radley, guitar Edward Perez, double bass Greg Ritchie, drums “Catalan jazz vocalist Xavier Casellas, after a first album as leader that took him to present it at 38th Voll Damm Barcelona Jazz Festival and Dizzy's Club at The Lincoln Center in NY, for four days, now releases Unguarded Smiles, his new musical ...

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