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Omar Sosa Wins Afro-Caribbean Jazz Album Of The Year

July 8, 2002

Pianist Omar Sosa received the award for Afro-Caribbean Jazz Album of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association for his latest CD release “Sentir" (OTA1009). Presented on June 19, 2002 at the Jazz Standard in New York by JJA president Howard Mandel, Omar's award was one of 39 categories acknowledged by the association. For complete JJA ...

Legislation Against Anti-Competive Practices In Radio and Concert Promotion

July 8, 2002

More On Jazzlives.org ISP and Additional Reasons to Join

July 7, 2002

Since the launch of Jazzlives.org, the Internet service for Jazz fans, we have received a number of questions concerning the availability and reliability of our service. We figured that there were probably more of you out there with questions, so we decided to try and answer some of them for you. If you have additional questions, ...

Nika Rejto Has A New CD, Midnite Kiss

July 5, 2002

Jazz flutist, Nika Rejto, soars on this new addition to the jazz world. Featuring eight original compositions, Nika and cohorts tear it up in the jazz vein. Compared to the great James Moody, Nika once again teases our souls and delights our ears with such pristine flute playing it is hard to imagine that she is ...

Rosemary Clooney: Highly Regarded Pop-Jazz Singer Dies at 74

July 3, 2002

Born May 23, 1928, Rosemary Clooney was a popular singer who overcame great personal problems to re-emerge as fine interpreter of the repertoire of writers like Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen, and Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Although she always refused to be ...

Ray Brown: A Giant of the Jazz Bass Dies at 75

July 3, 2002

By Kenny Mathieson Ray Brown was one of the greatest bass players in all of jazz history. His magisterial sonority on the double bass, innate lyricism and infallible harmonic judgement all came yoked to arguably his greatest asset of all, a meticulous rhythmic sense which drew on both swing and bop conceptions, and made him one ...

Jimena de la Frontera International Music Festival - Spain

July 3, 2002

Jazz Improvisation Masterclass in Southern Spain with Steve Waterman

July 3, 2002

Grooving on Jazz: Romero Delivers Afro-Cuban Rhythms

July 2, 2002

By Bill Reed The Gazette Ask Miguel Romero what it's like when he digs deep into an improv groove - his fingers pounding the keys, his band wrapped tight around him - and he stops as if you've asked the meaning of life. He makes strange noises for a while, grunts and tiny moans, trying to ...

Sweden's Jazz Sensation Sign With Quango and Palm "Waltz For Koop." To Be Released July 9th

July 2, 2002