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News: Music Industry

Quick Live Picks This Weekend

May 16, 2008

There's plenty of great live Latin Jazz happening this weekend, so I wanted to point out a few highlights. If you're lucky enough to be in any of these locations this weekend, please support Latin Jazz and check out the shows! In Los Angeles this week, The Jazz Bakery will be hosting legendary percussionist Francisco [...] ...

News: Music Industry

Compelling Profile of a Compulsive

May 16, 2008

After David Remnick took command as editor of The New Yorker in 1998, he curtailed the late Whitney Balliett's contributions to the magazine, relegated him to writing about celebrities like Barbra Streisand and eventually dropped the pre-eminent jazz writer altogether. Characteristically, Balliett kept quiet about the slight, but he was hurt and humiliated. In their fury, ...

News: Music Industry

Swami Lateplate - Doomjazz (Veal Records, 2007) ****a1/2

May 16, 2008

As its title and the cover suggest, the music on this album is dark, gloomy, depressing, but more than that, it is minimalistic, repetitive, slow and all about style. Jamie Saft plays piano and bass and Bobby Previte drums, two musicians who no longer need any introduction, and what they're doing here is to move away ...

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News: Website

Get More Jazz News Direct from a Musician's Profile Page

May 15, 2008

All About Jazz readers can now access recent news items associated with a musician direct from their profile page. Click the “News" link on the Musician Profile “Index" bar or scroll down the page to the news section (just below “Related Aricles"). We show the three most recent news items associated with the musician. For examples, ...

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News: Recording

Disco Diva Donna Summer's Studio Album

May 15, 2008

Donna Summer's Crayons Is Her First Album With New Music In 17 Years/ Crayons with all its songs co-written by Donna Summer, is an international banquet of musical delights and surprises. Singer/songwriter/pop culture icon Donna Summer has been working hard on Crayons, her bold and long-awaited new collection of songs, the artist's first full-length studio album ...

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News: TV / Film

Syesha Mercado's Idol Long Goodbye

May 15, 2008

'Idol' elimination: Say So Long to Syesha Syesha Mercado's long, bulletproof thrill ride finally came to an end Wednesday night on American Idol. Faced with the daunting task of outpolling the dynamic David duo (Archuleta and Cook), she didn't stand out sufficiently and justified Tuesday's unusual third-place prediction from ultra-optimistic judge Paula Abdul. She auditioned for ...

News: Festival

Bob Dylan Tops New Festival

May 15, 2008

Inaugural New American Music Festival SouthSide Works in Pittsburgh, PA Add another multi-day music event to your summer schedule, as Bob Dylan, the Raconteurs, the Roots, Gnarls Barkley and Spoon will headline the inaugural New American Music Festival on August 8 & 9 at SouthSide Works in Pittsburgh, PA. The festival is sponsored by ...

News: Performance / Tour

Omar Sosa Summer Tour Schedule 2008

May 15, 2008

Monday, May 19: Festival Suoni e Visioni: Rolling Stone Milan, ITALY provincia.milano.it Thursday, May 29: Tribu Jazz Festival: Auditorium de Dijon Dijon, FRANCE tribufestival.free.fr Friday, June 6: Lecture-Demonstration with John Santos: La Pea Cultural Center Berkeley, CA, U.S.A. sfiaf.org Saturday, June 7: ...

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News: Festival

Lineup Announced for 2008 IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival

May 15, 2008

DAVENPORT, Iowa - Grammy-award winner Koko Taylor, dubbed “The Queen of Blues" for having won more Blues Awards than any other blues artist-male or female, returns to the 2008 IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival. The Mississippi Valley Blues Society (MVBS) today announced the festival lineup of 28 acts performing on two stages, July 3 - 5, ...

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News: Video / DVD

Marcia Ball at the Highline Ballroom

May 15, 2008

New York, NY -- Fresh off the release of her new studio album Peace, Love, and BBQ, critically acclaimed contemporary blues artist Marcia Ball (Alligator Records) is on the road and bringing her swamp-inspired sound to fans across the nation. Marcia and the band recently took their good 'ole hometown southern jives all the way up ...