Jazz News

Lenore Raphael & Friends In New Jazz Concert Series In NYC

Source: Lenore Raphael
September 21, 2012

Renowned jazz pianist/Steinway Artist Lenore Raphael is heading up a new jazz series on Manhattan's West Side. Having had a full house at a concert in May, a series was the best way to constantly feature great jazz by world-class artists at affordable prices. Co-produced by “West 64th Street Jazz" and The New York Society for Ethical Culture, the first of the series on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th, will feature Ms. Raphael on piano with the wonderful guitarist Howard Alden to ...

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Women Jazz Composers Festival Premieres October 12th And 13th At 18th Street Arts Center And World Stage, Los Angeles

Source: Nicole Mitchell
September 21, 2012

OFF THE PAGE 2012: Women Jazz Composers Festival premieres October 12th and 13th at 18th Street Arts Center and World Stage, Los Angeles: including concerts by Maia, Tomeka Reid, Manisha Shahane, Dawn Norfleet, Leah Paul and Nicole Mitchell. October 12-13, 2012—Six women composers from diverse musical backgrounds will present original music at the OFF THE PAGE 2012: Women Jazz Composers Festival. Each night will feature three sets of original music encompassing jazz, blues, world, folk and experimental traditions. Chicago-based cellist, ...

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Upcoming Album Releases and Future Articles Links Moved

Source: All About Jazz
September 20, 2012

Two navigation changes to All About Jazz The “Events" option on the navigation bar (above) will soon change to “Near You" and link directly to the Jazz Near You website. In anticipation of this change, we've moved the Upcoming Album Releases and Future Articles links to the CD Review Center and Article Center respectively. To access the Upcoming Releases Schedule: Click “Articles" on the navigation bar; Click “CD Reviews" in the dropdown menu; Click “Future Releases."

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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Red Nichols

Source: Don Mopsick
September 20, 2012

This week on Riverwalk Jazz the Jim Cullum Jazz Band tells the story of Red Nichols and his Five Pennies, illustrated with numerous historical recordings of Nichols and the ensembles he led. 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. 1920s New York was full of young jazz musicians who’d rolled in from somewhere else. Ernest Loring Nichols, a redheaded kid from Utah ...

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Real Gone Music Late October, November Releases Feature El Topo, David Peel, Barbara Harris, Johnny Mathis, More

Source: conqueroo
September 20, 2012

Also, Christmas stocking stuffers from Percy Faith, Doris Day and a Perry Como collection produced by Richard Carpenter LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Real Gone Music is hitting the election season with a slate of releases designed to appeal to every party. The mind-bending soundtrack from the movie El Topo will return as a deluxe CD and 180-gram LP on October 30. Northern soul legend Barbara Lewis’ Atlantic years are collected on The Complete Atlantic Singles. Lower East Side habitué and ...

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Paul Kelly Springs Forward Without Falling Back

Source: conqueroo
September 19, 2012

Legendary Australian singer-songwriter, delivers an intimate classic with his first new album in five years Spring and Fall to be released on November 6 on Gawd Aggie through CEN/RED Distribution in U.S. MELBOURNE, Australia — Paul Kelly’s remarkable new 11-song album Spring and Fall — his 19th studio album and first collection of new material in five years — ranks with the seminal Australian singer-songwriter’s most memorable and resonant work, demonstrating why he’s virtually a national hero in his home ...

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Finalists Named For Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
September 19, 2012

Finalists Named for Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jon Hendricks, Melissa Walker, Michael Bourne and Larry Rosen to Pick Winner Newark, NJ: In 1942, a teenage Sarah Vaughan won the Apollo Theater’s amateur singing competition in a performance that was a launching pad for a career that transformed one of America’s original art forms and elevated the craft of jazz vocal music. Seventy years later, Vaughan’s legacy continues to resonate and will be celebrated with the ...

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Denis DiBlasio @ Collingswood (NJ) Community Center, Thursday Oct. 4th!

Source: Jim Miller
September 19, 2012

Appearing at Jazz in the 'Wood! at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 Collings Avenue in Collingswood New Jersey, 08108 on Thursday October 4th, will be baritone saxophonist/flutist Denis DiBlasio and his band, with guitarist Brian Betz, bassist Steve Varner and drummer Jim Miller. One Show: 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10, $5 for students and are available at the door only. For info: 610-745-3011. Jazz Bridge, a 501C public charity that helps local jazz and blues musicians in crisis, is sponsoring ...

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