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Cuneiform Artists on Tour: September 2008

September 5, 2008

AHLEUCHATISTAS September 9 - The Grey Eagle - Asheville, North Carolina September 13 - Black Cat - Boone, North Carolina Friday, October 24th - Hunter Gatherer - Columbia, SC Saturday, October 25th - MACA - Marion, NC Saturday, November 1st - New French Bar - Asheville, NC at New French Bar (with The Usaisamonster) ...

Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival Promises Musical, Actual Fireworks

September 5, 2008

The free seven-hour Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival brings a high-quality parade of performers on Saturday to either the Riverfront Amphitheatre or the Palace Theatre (19 Clinton Ave., at N. Pearl St., Albany), depending on another parade — of tropical storms or hurricanes. Visit albanyevents.org for an update on Saturday morning. For now, check out the lineup, ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 25, 2008

September 5, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Roy Hargrove Earfood (Emarcy) 281 317 -36 1 63 1 6 2 2 — David Sanborn Here And Gone (Decca) 204 186 +18 4 57 2 4 3 6 5 Cedar Walton Seasoned Wood (HighNote) 194 153 +41 2 59 3 5 ...

Satoko Fujii: Jazz, with a Little Japanese Rock for Good Measure

September 5, 2008

MONTREAL -- Consider Satoko Fujii something of a late bloomer. Even though she started playing piano at the age of 4, she didn't realize that improvisation was her calling until she was 20, and she didn't start recording as a jazz musician until 1996, when she was in her late 30s. Since then, however, the 49-year-old ...

Guelph Jazz Festival 2008

September 5, 2008

The Guelph Jazz Festival, which focuses on innovative and creative improvisation, runs in Guelph, Ont., from Sept. 3 to 7, with concerts, workshops and symposiums. Here are some of this year's highlights. Sept. 3: DJ Spooky and Vijay Iyer. A collaboration between one of New York's most adventurous turntablists and one of jazz's most promising young ...

Corea and McLaughlin: Jazz Legends to Perform in Turkey's Capital

September 5, 2008

Jazz legends, Chick Corea and John McLaughlin, will give a concert in Turkish capital Ankara next month as part of their European tour that reunited the artists after 30 years since they played with Miles Davis in the 1970s. Playing as the “Chick Corea and John McLaughlin Five Peace Band", including Kenny Garrett on saxophone, Christian ...

Jimi Hendrix's Influence on Jazz

September 5, 2008

Never underestimate Jimi Hendrix's influence on jazz music, on both sides of the Atlantic. Take Acoustic Ladyland: the London post-jazz darlings started out doing Hendrix covers (hence the name). They've broadened their palette quite a bit since then, not least their keys player Tom Cawley. His second album with side project Curios, Closer (Impure), shows off ...

BJ Papa: North Beach loses a jazzman, and a friend

September 5, 2008

B.J. Papa died on Monday. I'm not sure what he died of and I don't know how old he was -- somewhere north of 70, I'm sure. I heard he died in his sleep. I hope so. Let the obit pages take care of the details. He'd been feeling under the weather lately but said he ...

Scott Sherwood & Bob Rodriguez's "Ripples" CD & MP3 Digital Download Release

September 5, 2008

Art of Life Records is pleased to welcome guitarist Scott Sherwood and pianist Bob Rodriguez to its roster of recording artists. For their debut release on Art of Life Records, Scott and Bob have composed seven original compositions of guitar and piano duets recorded and mixed by Kent Heckman at Red Rock Recording in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania ...

Melody Gardot Chats with CNN | Melody Gardot | News

September 5, 2008