Jazz News

Saxophonist Jeff Coffin & The Mu'tet To Release 6th CD, "Into The Air, Sept. 4

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
August 8, 2012

Saxophonist/composer Jeff Coffin has maintained a singular balancing act for the last 15 years: His demanding, high-profile stints with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and Dave Matthews Band provide a creative counterweight to his thriving careers as bandleader and educator. Since 2001, he’s led the one-of-a-kind Mu’tet, whose 6th CD, Into the Air, expresses off his unique, wide-ranging musical passions and will be released by Ear Up Records on September 4. “This is not easy music to play, but these ...

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Piano Master Joe Sample Brings Trio To Maryland's Birchmere Music Hall Saturday September 29

Source: Inque Public Relations
August 8, 2012

Music master Joe Sample is bringing his jazz trio to Silver Springs, Maryland for a special concert at the Birchmere Music Hall, Saturday, September 29, 2012. Sample has just released a fine new Live CD (with singer Randy Crawford), but for this engagement, the spotlight will solely be on his piano mastery and that of his trio which includes world renowned drummer Steve Gadd and his accomplished son Nicklas Sample on upright bass. Joe Sample is world renowned as a ...

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Jazz Music In A Jazz Music Room: Andy De Campos At The Winchester In Toronto

Source: LMC Media
August 9, 2012

Jazz Vocalist Andy De Campos and his trio are very happy to be performing at The Winchester on Thursday, August 9th, 2012. The Winchester is one of the very few music rooms in Toronto that is actually built as a music room! It's beautiful architecture and high ceilings are perfect for enhancing the subtleties of Andy's swooning as well as the highlights of his crooning! Maybe that's why it is one of the Toronto Jazz Festival's official venues. Jazz vocalist ...

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All About Jazz Top 5 MP3 Downloads: July 2012

Source: All About Jazz
August 7, 2012

All About Jazz features and syndicates an exceptional song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the 31 tracks featured in July, these five represent our personal favorites. We also included the top five reader favorites as indicated by total downloads.

If you are a musician or record label, you can submit your full length MP3 for consideration here.

Enjoy!

Editor's Picks Spuds Rich Halley From: ...

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Unconscious Collective Album Announced!

Source: Sean Mehl
August 7, 2012

Tofu Carnage Records is pleased to announce the upcoming album by Dallas-based ritualistic improv jazz-rock trio, Unconscious Collective, due out on October 13th! Pre-orders are available now and will come with a FREE bonus DVD featuring exclusive artist profiles, interviews, and performance footage. Witnessing Unconscious Collective live is a voyeuristic act of ritualistic transmogrification, one that transcends the interpersonal though unwavering cries of sacrifice and rebirth, demanding a deeper spirituality and self-awareness. In an arrangement of improvisations and musical compositions, ...

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Veteran Jazz Pianist, Donn Trenner Returns To New York City For First Major Engagement In 25 Years

Source: Shaynee Rainbolt
August 7, 2012

EMMY NOMINATED VETERAN JAZZ PIANIST, DONN TRENNER RETURNS TO NEW YORK CITY FOR FIRST MAJOR ENGAGEMENT IN 25 YEARS JOINED BY MAC/BISTRO AWARD WINNING JAZZ VOCALIST, SHAYNEE RAINBOLT Hear the music Fridays in September at 9:30pm: 9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28, at the Metropolitan Room, New York, NY NEW YORK, NY, August 1st, 2012 – It was just over 10 years ago that Shaynee Rainbolt was performing at the Plush Room in San Francisco and met Emmy nominated musical director, conductor, ...

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Keyboardist Kevin Toney To Perform Sizzling Summer “California Concerts” Through August With Jazz Trio The Kevin Toney 3 And A Reunion Of '70s Soul-jazz Pioneers The Blackbyrds

Source: Inque Public Relations
August 7, 2012

KT3’s V.I.P. CD Release Show at Vitello’s for Album - NEW AMERICAN SUITE Blackbyrds Share Opening Night of Long Beach Jazz Festival with The Isley Brothers “These performances represent the new (KT3) and the vintage (Blackbyrds) and is the culmination of my journey in music!" —Kevin Toney Keyboard wizard Kevin Toney is about kick the temperature up in August several more degrees with a series of exciting “California Concerts.” With the July 24 release of his classical jazz concept album ...

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Hudson City Records Releases "Northern Light" By The Scott Healy - Glenn Alexander Quartet

Source: Scott Healy
August 7, 2012

Los Angeles pianist and composer Scott Healy has teamed up with NYC guitarist and composer Glenn Alexander and released a quartet record from the vault. Recorded live in the studio to 2-track in New York in December, 1991, Northern Light features Kermit Driscoll on bass and Jeff Hirshfield on drums. This record features the compositions of Scott and Glenn, and reflects the pacing, sound and style of much of the original jazz in the early 1990's. A melding of the ...

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