Jazz News

Cuban Pianist Alfredo Rodríguez, Quincy Jones Co-Produce "Sounds Of Space"

Source: Michael Ricci
March 28, 2012

Alfredo Rodríguez brings a lot to the jazz table. But the pianist and composer has been through a lot in his 26 years. Growing up in Havana, Cuba couldn't have been easy. Having an entertainment industry giant such as his father (TV presenter, popular singer) certainly provided the creative outlet, on-the-job training, and fostering of such amazing music to offset such hardship. Because this was Cuba, Rodríguez couldn't just pick up the drum sticks and go to town. He had ...

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"BBQ Suite" Will Get The Full Treatment

Source: David A. Orthmann
March 28, 2012

Kansas City Jazz Orchestra and Bobby Watson will bring the heat to a saucy project. This is no big-band tribute to sounds of the past. The next show by the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra is all about now. This time, the KCJO, a powerful alliance of 17 of our town's top musicians, gives free rein to the music of Bobby Watson, the reigning boss of the city's jazz scene. On Friday they will perform his “Gates BBQ Suite" and some ...

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New Orleans Jazz Fest: Bruce Springsteen To Play 2 1/2-hour Set

Source: Michael Ricci
March 28, 2012

The Boss will take an especially long ride on “Thunder Road." Eddie Vedder will go head-to-head with Florence + the Machine. And for the first and likely last time in history, Zebra is sandwiched between the Dixie Cups and the Beach Boys. These and many more points of discussion emerged from Tuesday's unveiling of the “cubes," the schedule of times and stage assignments for the 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell. Jazz Fest producer/director Quint Davis ...

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"Azul," Debut Recording by San Francisco Pianist/Composer Anne Sajdera, Due for Release 4/17

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
March 28, 2012

Pianist/composer Anne Sajdera has long been an invaluable part of the San Francisco Bay Area Brazilian music scene—as leader of her own band Pelo Mar and member of ensembles such as Rio Thing and the award-winning Bat Makumba. Her much-anticipated debut Azul, which will be released April 17 by her label, Bijuri Records, highlights her exquisite touch, rhythmic acuity, and melodic resourcefulness front and center. Sajdera (sazh-dair-uh), who co-produced the CD with veteran guitarist/composer Ray Obiedo, utilizes her dynamic trio ...

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Improved mobile.allaboutjazz.com!

Source: All About Jazz
March 27, 2012

We further optimized the mobile friendly version of our website at mobile.allaboutjazz.com. Give it a look the next time you access All About Jazz from your phone! More about mobile.allaboutjazz.com:

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MC Yogi Announces New Album Pilgrimage Set For June 19 Release

Source: Susan Blond, Inc.
March 27, 2012

"MC Yogi is changing the face of devotional music in America." —NPR “The world needs more artists like MC Yogi." —Russell Simmons Mindful Talent recording artist MC Yogi will release his highly anticipated sophomore album, Pilgrimage, on June 19, 2012. A prolific MC and genre-bending musician, Yogi draws from his life's journey—a high school drop-out graffiti artist who reemerged as a student of Hindu philosophy, a revered yoga teacher, an icon for the alternative lifestyle movement—to offer a refreshing and ...

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Paul Thorn Turns to Top Songwriters for New CD

Source: conqueroo
March 27, 2012

Album, out May 8, features songs by Lindsey Buckingham, Buddy & Julie Miller, Elvin Bishop, Rick Danko, Allen Toussaint, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Eli “Paperboy" Reed and others TUPELO, Miss.—For his forthcoming album Paul Thorn, who is certainly no slouch as a songwriter himself, turned to some of his favorite songwriters. The new release, titled What the Hell Is Goin' On? and due out on Perpetual Obscurity/Thirty Tigers on May 8, boasts writers both well-known and less well-known: Lindsey Buckingham, Ray ...

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Bass Master Brian Bromberg Swings Live on the Energetic Compared to That

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
March 27, 2012

Virtuoso ensemble, ten-piece horn section and a full orchestra string section help propel the eclectic mix of jazz due June 5th Sherman Oaks, CA: Grammy nominated bass maestro Brian Bromberg continues to blaze his own audacious path through the jazz kingdom on Compared To That, which will be released June 5th by Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Records. For his 20th solo collection of kinetic and combustible jazz of various forms, Bromberg produced, composed eight new songs, and herded a ten-piece horn ...

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