Results for "All About Jazz Publicity"

LJC Community Conversation: Artist Run Record Labels

May 28, 2008

LJC Community Conversations are designed to explore major ideas in the Latin Jazz world together as a community and inspire conversation through comments. My main motivator here is my belief that LJC readers hold a great deal of knowledge and passion around Latin Jazz, and I think that we can learn something from everyone. Whether [...] ...

Schlippenbach Trio - Gold is Where You Find It

May 28, 2008

Jose Gonzalez Summer Tour

May 28, 2008

JOSE GONZALEZ NEW TOUR DATES INCLUDING APPEARANCES AT: BONAROO MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL, SLED ISLAND FESTIVAL, OTTAWA BLUES FESTIVAL, AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Jose Gonzalez Jose Gonzalez kick's off a string of North American tour dates June 13 with an appearance at the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, TN. Additional festival appearances ...

Saxophonist Roy Nathanson Interviewed at AAJ

May 27, 2008

Saxophonist Roy Nathanson was in one of the earliest versions of The Lounge Lizards, which he left to found The Jazz Passengers, a group that slowly morphed into his new ensemble, Sotto Voce. In between he also co-led a duo with keyboardist and composer, Anthony Coleman and released, among others, the ground-breaking album I Could've Been ...

Fantagious: Latin Jazz CD by Ritmo Masacote

May 27, 2008

Joel Massicot returns with second Latin Jazz Album “Fantagious" “IRRESISTIBLE, TOE-TAPPING, HIP, & HEAD-SHAKINGLY GROOVY!" - Kevin Ball (WGBH 89.7, Boston) Musicians: Joel “Masacote" Massicot - Piano & Musical Director Panagiotis Andreou - Bass & Vocals Pablo “Chino" Nuez Jr. Timbales, Bongos, Minor Percussion Pablo Bencid ...

Wilfrid Mellers Musicologist and Critic Passes

May 27, 2008

Wilfrid Mellers, an English musicologist, composer, critic and teacher who published more than 20 books on subjects ranging from 17th-century English and French composers to the music of the Beatles and Bob Dylan, died on May 16 in Scrayingham, North Yorkshire. He was 94 and had homes in Scrayingham and the nearby city of York. His ...

Jazz Surviors

May 27, 2008

THE VIBRAPOHONIST TEDDY CHARLES Teddy Charles was tearing through some of Charlie Parker's most daunting tunes with a quartet at the Dix Hills Center for the Performing Arts, (Huntginton, NY) here as the audience of nearly 200 people roared its approval. Given the energy he exuded -- despite a leg injury -- it would have been ...

TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival: June 20-29 - Let Your Imagination Run Wild!

May 27, 2008

Imagine if Art Tatum was alive and fans could hear him play in person? Imagine if there were no instruments and yet a band could still make music using only their voices? Well, imagine no more as the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival, running June 20 to June 29, explores these very questions. Experience Art ...

Tuesdays on the Terrace: Ari Brown at the MCA Terrace and Sculpture Garden (Chicago)

May 27, 2008

Tuesdays on the Terrace presents another inspiring season of free evening jazz concerts on the MCA's Terrace and Sculpture Garden. Hosted by local radio personalities, visitors are invited to enjoy cocktails, Puck's Express snacks, or a dinner buffet from Puck's Cafe while listening to Chicago's finest jazz musicians. Dinner reservations at Puck's are recommended, call 312.397.4034. ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 19, 2008

May 27, 2008

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 39 29 Lorraine Feather Language (Jazzed Media) 348 80 +268 20 63 1 6 2 49 — Esperanza Spalding Esperanza (Heads Up) 243 67 +176 41 65 2 2 3 1 1 Bobby Watson From The Heart (Palmetto) 229 215 +14 0 62 1 9 ...