Results for "All About Jazz Publicity"

Beyonce Knowles Styles Etta James

November 19, 2008

With A Double-Album, A World Tour, Starring Roles In Two Movies And Several Ad Campaigns In the Works, The Heat Is On For Beyonce On a brisk March day in Rahway, N.J., Beyonce and Adrien Brody are filming a crucial scene for their upcoming movie Cadillac Records. The set is an old Ukranian social club that ...

Great Singers in the Studio

November 19, 2008

One of the most interesting aspects of singing is that the instrument is contained within, and ultimately theres nothing to lean on except the vocalists own skills and talents. Those moments of inner exploration are captured in this special gallery that accompanies the Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Continue below to see Kurt ...

Tony Reedus, 49, Top Jazz Drummer

November 19, 2008

A man with a big heart and a big beat, drummer Tony Reedus cared for other people the way he cared about making a band swing. “He was true blue, he'd do anything for you," said pianist Mulgrew Miller, who knew Mr. Reedus as a youth in Memphis, where the drummer was born, and later employed ...

South African Ensemble Soweto Gospel Choir and Banjo Master Bela Fleck & the Flecktones Perform Their Own Twist on Holiday Classics at the Kimmel Center This December

November 19, 2008

Soweto Gospel Choir Wednesday, December 10, 2008 | 8pm Verizon Hall Price: $29-61 “Dressed in a sunburst of colors, they danced, clapped, drummed and even whistled through a fast-paced program, building song after song to heart-stopping pitches of intensity." --Washington Post Rich harmonies, earthy rhythms and ...

Announcing the Winner of the Jazz Icons "Series 2" 8-DVD Giveaway

November 19, 2008

Guitarist/Vocalist Nick Colionne Interviewed at AAJ

November 19, 2008

No one likes hearing dire predictions about the imminent demise of jazz as an art form. And yet it's hard to deny that jazz seems at times to be slowly fading into the background. The genre receives relatively scant airplay, and is frequently relegated to little more than footnotes in the annual Grammy awards show. Increasingly, ...

Sten Hostfalt & Blaise Siwula Live in NYC November 20th

November 19, 2008

WHO: Sten Hostfalt - guitar Blaise Siwula - saxophone/clarinet WHEN: 9 pm Thursday November 20 2008 WHERE: Stain Bar 766 Grand St Williamsburg BKLYN NY (L to Grand) AND WHEN: 11.20 pm Thursday ...

Jimmy Owens and the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Musics Improvisation Ensemble to Perform at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola

November 19, 2008

December 15, 2008, Sets at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. NEW YORK, NY - The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Musics Improvisation Ensemble presents a tribute to Dizzzy Gillespie and Tom McIntosh under the direction of Jimmy Owen with special guest Wycliffe Gordon on trombone on Monday, December 15, at Dizzys Club Coca Cola at Lincoln ...

Celebrate Christmas with the Jus' Blues Music Foundation

November 19, 2008

Jus' Blues Music Foundation, Inc. proudly presents its inaugural “Christmas Blues Gala, “ Friday, December 5th at 8 pm at the Holiday Inn Select Downtown Atlanta on Capital Avenue near Turner Field. Entertainment will be by international recording artist, Prince of the Blues Lucky Peterson, the 1st Lady of Blues and Soul Trudy Lynn and the ...

Music World/Columbia Records Set to Release "Cadillac Records"

November 19, 2008

Music World/Columbia Records proudly announces the release of Cadillac Records - Music From The Motion Picture available everywhere Tuesday, December 2. The keenly-awaited album of classic rhythm & blues covers and new soul sounds performed by Beyonce, Solange, Jeffrey Wright, Raphael Saadiq, Mos Def and others arrives three days in advance of the nationwide opening of ...