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American Jazz Institute: Duke Ellington Reunion Project

January 23, 2004

The Duke Ellington Reunion Project At Claremont McKenna College February 7-9, 2004 The American Jazz Institute and Claremont McKenna College, located Claremont California, will bring together musicians who worked with the legendary Duke Ellington Orchestra to participate in a group oral history. Also, as a part of the reunion weekend, some of the participants ...

Sony Legacy Jazz Release Schedule: February-March 2004

January 23, 2004

February 17, 2004 DUKE ELLINGTON - 3 new expanded editions (Columbia/Legacy Jazz) “Festival Session" “Ellington Uptown" “Masterpieces by Ellington" March 2, 2004 DAVE BRUBECK - “For All Time" 5CD box set (Columbia Legacy Jazz) The albums “Time Out," “Time Further Out," “Time In," “Time Changes" and “Countdown: Time ...

Jazz for Peace Hosts Benefit Concert for Counseling Service EDNY and Bridges of Long lsland

January 23, 2004

Jazz for Peace, led by world renowned pianist and singer Rick Delaratta hosts benfit concert for two non-profit agnecies, the Counseling Service EDNY(CSEDNY) and the Bridges of long Island on Feb 7. Concert starts at 7pm at Jazz on the Park, 36 West 106 Street (between Manhattan Avenue and Central Park West). The event marks the ...

Billy May, legendary arranger has died

January 23, 2004

( from the LA Times ) Billy May, a 1950s bandleader, composer and arranger with a highly distinctive style who worked with such leading recording artists as Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee, died of a heart attack Thursday at his home in San Juan Capistrano. He was 87. May began his career as a trumpeter with ...

New from Backbeat Books: Hot Hits, Cheap Demos

January 23, 2004

Bunny Brunel Gives Bassists His Keys to Creativity

January 23, 2004

Milt Bernhart, West Coast trombonist, 1926-2004

January 22, 2004

Milt Bernhart b. 25 May 1926, Valparaiso, IN d. 22 January 2004, age 77, Glendale, CA Trombonist Milt Bernhart, a treasured icon of West Coast jazz, died of multiple organ failure on January 22, 2004 in Glendale, California. He was 77 years old. Bernhart was as good-natured a man as ...

The Holmes Brothers Celebrate New Release in Philadelphia!

January 22, 2004

AllAboutJazz.com Update #79 - The Big Push

January 21, 2004

NEWS FROM ALL ABOUT JAZZ Stop out at AAJ and read our editor's top 10 for 2003, take our fancy new jazz quiz, read our new “cover story" feature, and get news from IAJE 2004. Plus, for all you jazz musicians, a way for you to share your profile with the jazz community. (200,000 unique visitors ...

Famous Jazz Drummer Walter Perkins Presented with Plaque For 35 Years Service

January 21, 2004

Jazz drummer Walter Perkins was greeted to a jam packed house full of musicians, vocalists, friends in a special tribute to him. Walter Perkins has been treated for lung cancer with radiation and was escorted by his wife down to Carmichael's Diner in Jamaica, Queens where they play jazz in the basement room. Reuben Bankhead the ...