Jazz News

Welcome To Nutville, A Buddy Rich Documentary Fundraiser

Source: Brian Morgan
August 12, 2012

Cathy Rich, Brian Morgan and Alex Kluft have teamed up to bring you; Welcome to Nutville a journey into the life and after life of Buddy Rich. Who was Buddy Rich might you ask? He was arguably the greatest drummer in the existence of this planet. He started playing drums at the mere age of 18 months, was the 2nd highest paid child at the age of 3, known as “Traps the Drum Wonder." Buddy Rich was even in The ...

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Enter the "Bob Willoughby - Jazz: Body and Soul" Book Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
August 10, 2012

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Quayside Publishing “Bob Willoughby - Jazz: Body and Soul“ book giveaway contest starting today. We'll select TWO winners at the conclusion of the contest on September 12th. Click here to enter the contest

(Following Ella Fitzgerald at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Quayside Publishing About Jazz: Body and Soul With a foreword by legendary jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, American photographer ...

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Music Icons To Judge 2012 International Songwriting Competition

Source: Candace Avery
August 10, 2012

McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, Derek Trucks, Jeff Beck, Tom Waits, Bruce Hornsby, And Many More Join ISC's 2012 Judging Panel The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has again assembled a diverse panel of judges consisting of some of the most iconic artists in the world coupled with influential music executives from all walks of the industry. Known for its high caliber of judges, ISC gives away more than $150,000 in cash and prizes (shared among the 68 winners) including an overall ...

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Anna Mjoll Live @ Vitello's - Almost Sold Out!

Source: Anna Mjöll
August 10, 2012

“Iceland’s Anna Mjöll grew up in one of her country’s leading musical families, eventually representing Iceland in the famed Eurovision Song Contest. She then joined the band of Julio Iglesias, touring worldwide before setting out on her own career as a jazz singer and songwriter. Mjöll has quietly built a following around L.A. over the past two years, becoming one of the only vocalists to be a regular at the classy Vibrato supper club. Mjöll’s striking beauty and often-breathtaking dresses ...

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Dean Brown Addresses "Unfinished Business" On New Recording, All-Star Cast Featured On Guitarist’s Fourth CD As A Leader

Source: Dean Brown
August 10, 2012

On Unfinished Business, veteran guitarist Dean Brown, whose scintillating six-string work can be heard on over 200 recordings as a sideman, steps out with his fourth dynamic outing as a leader. Joining him on this eclectic offering, which ranges from hard-hitting funk to lovely ballads, soothing samba flavored grooves, Latin-tinged jams, greasy organ-fueled blues and cool jazz, are longstanding colleagues Marvin “Smitty” Smith on drums and Gerry Etkins on keyboards. Their intuitive sense of simpatico blends nicely on this highly ...

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Free Worldwide Live Stream Of Peach Music Festival On Moogis.com

Source: Barbara Lysiak
August 10, 2012

Moogis is, once again, here to bring you the music that you love. Moogis will be on site and webcasting from The First Annual Peach Music Festival August 10 and 11 from Montage Mountain/ Scranton Pennsylvania USA. That is the good news. The even better news is: It will be FREE ! That's right. The ability for you to sign on to watch this fantastic event will cost nothing. You will be able to stream The Peach Festival into your ...

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Calendar FAQ: Why do I have to enter the venue if it does not exist in the AAJ Database?

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2012

We've received several emails recently—from both presenters and musicians—asking why they must add a venue before they can submit an event (if the venue does not exist in the AAJ database). The answer: Once a venue (with complete address) is added to the database, All About Jazz/Jazz Near You can then map that address to a longitude and latitude. Knowing the venue's physical location allows us to place the event on our local calendar page, on our venue listing page, ...

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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: After Hours With Piano Legend Dick Hyman

Source: Don Mopsick
August 9, 2012

A Riverwalk Jazz frequent and favorite guest artist, piano legend Dick Hyman returns this week for an impromptu jam session with the Jim Cullum Jazz Band in San Antonio. 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. Dick Hyman has lent his talents as a pianist, arranger and composer to radio, the recording studio and movies, including more than a dozen Woody Allen ...

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