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SF Bay Area Jazz Writer Phil Elwood Dies At 79

January 12, 2006

Jazz and blues critic Phil Elwood dies at 79 Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - Phil Elwood, a revered blues and jazz critic who introduced many Californians to the blues in the early days of FM radio and wrote about musicians including Charlie Byrd and Duke Ellington, has died. He was 79. Elwood died from ...

All About Jazz's 2005 Contributor Picks

January 11, 2006

AAJ Visual Arts Center Update: January 2006

January 11, 2006

Horace Silver by Jose Manuel Horna The All About Jazz Visual Arts Center now showcases over 140 exhibits and nearly 9,000 jazz photos, paintings, and illustrations. Updated daily, look for new contributions from Brian O'Connor, David Klemencic, Jorge Lardone, Jose Manuel Horna, Juan-Carlos Hernandez, Pat A. Robinson, Richard Heiman and Sue Storey. We're currently ...

National Endowment For The Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center Partner to Create NEA Jazz in the Schools

January 11, 2006

The National Endowment for the Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center have announced that their ambitious new educational resource, NEA Jazz in the Schools, is now entering classrooms nationwide. To date, more than 2,000 high-school teachers have received this comprehensive, web-based curriculum. To help introduce NEA Jazz in the Schools, the Arts Endowment and Jazz at ...

Spatial Music Pioneer Henry Brant Featured in New CD Series

January 11, 2006

Innova Recordings Releases Henry Brant: The Henry Brant Collection, Volume 3 St. Paul, MN -- America's senior experimental composer, 92-year old Henry Brant, heard Charles Ives's spatial work The Unanswered Question many decades ago. Brant has since composed over 100 pieces that similarly involve multiple groups of musicians spaced throughout the auditorium (or sometimes ...

The Omer Avital Group @ Fat Cat on Jan 13-14

January 11, 2006

THE OMER AVITAL GROUP Fri, Jan 13 Sat,, Jan 14 Fat Cat (75 Christopher St @ 7th Ave) Jason Lindner (p), Joel Frahm (sax), Avishai Cohen (tr), Eric Mcpherson (dr) Celebrating the new album, Asking No Permission (out nationally 2.14.06 on Smalls Records. Omer will be touring Europe during the ...

The Omer Avital Group "Asking No Permission" on Smalls Records

January 11, 2006

Bassist / Composer To Release First Of 4-Volume Set, Asking No Permission, February 14, 2006 On Smalls Records Rare Live Recordings From 1996-1997 Document One Of The Most Acclaimed Jazz Groups In Decades “(Avital's) idea of jazz includes old and new definitions of swing and temperament, as if the stylistic and generational ...

Jan-Feb 2006 Issue of AAJ:Seattle Now Available

January 11, 2006

Download the Jan-Feb 2006 issue of AAJ:Seattle or pick it up at a Seattle area jazz venue, book store or music store. In this issue: Seattle Jazz News Album Spotlight: Greta Matassa by Todd Matthews MORE Heaven and Hell AND Howlin' Wolf Jack Gold's Interview with Bill Ward, Part 2 Ballard Jazz Festival Review by Bill ...

Cuban Percussionist/Composer Arturo Stable appearing at Fat Cat Jazz Club

January 11, 2006

Cuban Percussionist/Composer Arturo Stable will be appearing at New York City's Fat Cat Jazz club Wednesday 11th of January 2006. Performing two shows each night at 10:00 pm and 11:30 pm, he will be joined by talented jazz artists Javier Vercher, Edward Perez, Aruan Ortiz and Eric Macferson among others. Mr. Stable will be performing, for ...

Faldo's Toy cooks up some "Twisted Pea Soup" with their new release.

January 11, 2006

The San Francisco Bay Area has long been known as a hotbed for great music, and holding true to it's history, 2006 is already shaping up to be a banner year for the area. Faldo's Toy has announced the release of their much anticipated CD Twisted Pea SoupFaldo's Toy was formed in 1995 in Oakland, California ...