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Jerry Wexler: 1917 - 2008

August 16, 2008

Jerry Wexler: January 10, 1917 - August 15, 2008 Jerry Wexler The legendary Gerald “Jerry" Wexler was a music journalist turned record producer who evolved into one of the most influential music men of all time. He was part of the foundation that would give the world R&B and is even coining the term “Rhythm & ...

Tromboners put Stamps on new disc

August 16, 2008

EDWARDSVILLE - Two trombones lead the newly released compact disc, “Bad to the Bone," the collaborative work of local professional music men Brett Stamps and Jim Owens. The smooth, sultry sound of Stamps, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's professor of jazz studies, and Owens, an SIUE music master's degree alumni, on trombones, combined with the rhythm of ...

Free Jazz Alto Summit Fei/Feichtmair/Adams/Dijkstra at The Uptown

August 15, 2008

250+ New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center

August 15, 2008

The AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center has just been updated with 257 new releases, reissues, imports and DVDs. The Upcoming Release Center is updated weekly and can be searched by artist, month of release, record label and type (reissue or new release). It is the most comprehensive new release listing for jazz music on the internet. ...

Grant Opportunity: French-American Jazz Exchange - October 15, 2008 Deadline

August 15, 2008

Chamber Music America and the French American Cultural Exchange are now accepting applications to the French-American Jazz Exchange Program. Created by Chamber Music America, the French Embassy, and the French American Cultural Exchange, this program fosters collaborations between French and American jazz artists. Projects may include composition, touring, recording, and/or audience development; and activities may take ...

Mark Taylor Quartet: A Four-Part Fusion of Friendship and Music

August 15, 2008

Mark Taylor and Gary Fukushima play Aug. 15 at Tula's as the Mark Taylor Quartet. Jazz musicians -- and, more broadly, boys -- bond over predictable things, so the collaboration between pianist Gary Fukushima and saxophonist Mark Taylor started with a question that went something like this: “Hey Mark, you want to watch the Sonics game ...

Steely Dan Plans Tour Finale in Santa Rosa

August 15, 2008

Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen will soon be wrapping up their Think Fast, Steely Dan Summer Tour 2008, but not before two last blow-out concerts in the Sonoma Wine Country! Becker and Fagen have decided to end their critically and popularly-acclaimed tour in Santa Rosa, August 26 and 27. Tickets ...

Freshman Trombonist Wins 2008 Pitt-Bny Mellon Jazz Scholarship

August 15, 2008

University of Pittsburgh freshman and trombonist Brandon Hang has been selected as the winner of the 2008 Pitt-Bank of New York Mellon Jazz Scholarship. The $5, 000 tuition prize is awarded annually to a Pitt music student after tapes of jazz standards are submitted and then judged by a panel of nationally recognized jazz musicians. Hang ...

Gatsby Jazz at the American Riviera

August 15, 2008

Inspired by the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic, Barbecue Club Entertainment presents the Gatsby Jazz Festival, Saturday, August 30, 2008, with headlining artist Brian Culbertson. Embodying the richness and glamour of the era, the inaugural “white linen & lawn" event will be held at the sophisticatedly hip Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, with access to the ...

Shoreditch Festival Announces Vibrant Music Programme

August 15, 2008

The Shoreditch Festival, now in its 7th year, has announced one of the most exciting and musically diverse line-ups that will grace any festival all year and it all takes place on The Lift Main Stage and the Rising Tide EQ Stage, on Saturday 16 August in Shoreditch Park - the free opening day of the ...