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Mark Soskin at Sweet Rhythm May 2-3

April 29, 2008

The Mark Soskin Quartet will appear at Sweet Rhythm in New York City, Friday, May 2nd and Saturday, May 3rd. The Mark Soskin Quartet Mark Soskin - Piano Jay Anderson - Bass Billy Drummond - Drums Tim Hagans - Bass Three Sets at 8, 10 and 12pm

A Living History Event with Dr. Billy Taylor (Summer 2008) at Teachers College Columbia University

April 29, 2008

Dr. Bert Konowitz and Jazz Giant, educator, composer, writer and TV personality, Dr. Billy Taylor in a conversation and performance focusing on the process, styles, repertoire and personalities that comprise the legend of Billy Taylor. Dr. Taylor will perform and discuss musical examples from his vast music collection and memorabilia housed in the Library of Congress ...

Ullman/Swell 4 Tet with Barry Altschul in Ann Arbor, 5-2; Live from Blue Lake, 5-4 @ 8PM

April 29, 2008

Friday, May 2nd in Ann Arbor the Kerrytown Concert House “Jazz @ the Edge Series" presents the GEBHARD ULLMAN/STEVE SWELL 4TET featuring drummer Barry Altschul, an international ensemble with bassist Hillaird Greene. Then, Sunday, May 4th at 8 p.m. eastern time the Gebhard Ullman/Steve Swell 4 tet with Barry Altschul appears live on Blue Lake Public ...

Vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin Interviewed at AAJ

April 29, 2008

Sathima Bea Benjamin's amazing life reads like the plot to movie. She took time out of her busy schedule to recollect her life's journey from her childhood in pre-apartheid South Africa singing during movie house intermissions to self-imposed exile in Europe where she and pianist composer husband Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) were discovered by Duke Ellington. ...

Jimmy Giuffre

April 29, 2008

Jimmy Giuffre could play the tenor saxophone with a rhythm and blues raucousness that reflected his Texas origins. For a time in the 1950s, though, the low-register intimacy of his clarinet was one of the most identifiable sounds in jazz. Giuffre died last Thursday of complications from the Parkinsons disease that for years had limited his activity in ...

Max Roach Park CD Nominated for Best Jazz CD of the Year at the South African Music Awards

April 29, 2008

Musketeer Records is best known for working with rock bands like Seether and Fevertree but The Dan Wilson Mark Huggett Project sent the label a CD that was too good to ignore. Max Roach Park is a fascinating World Music/Jazz album that has seen the record label dive into unfamiliar territory and surface smiling. The Dan ...

Review: A Quincy Jones Concert

April 29, 2008

Quincy Jones is an icon, a legend. Heavy-laden with honorary doctorates, awards, Grammys (27 of them), Kennedy Center Honors, he is lauded for his work with Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand and Michael Jackson. Almost lost in the mists of time is the reason Jones came to the attention of such artists: his enormous talent for composing ...

Live Jazz @ Sidecar Bar & Grill in Toronto

April 29, 2008

Rebecca Jenkins, One of Canada's Most Beloved Film and Television Stars, Returns to Her Jazz Roots with the Release of the Highly Anticipated Blue Skies.

April 29, 2008

Vancouver, B.C. - Maximum Jazz together with EMI Music Canada is proud to announce the release of “Blue Skies" the highly anticipated new recording by Rebecca Jenkins. Rebecca Jenkins, one of Canada's most beloved film and television stars, returns to her jazz roots with the release of Blue Skies. Co-produced by Jenkins with Joel Bakan (writer ...

Sligo International Jazz Summer School 2008

April 29, 2008

Sligo Jazz Project has announced the faculty for its 2008 Sligo International Jazz Summer School (SJP 2008), Ireland's biggest ever jazz summer school, which runs from August 5-10 inclusive in the beautiful surroundings of Yeats Country in Ireland's northwest. This is the third in a hugely successful series of summer schools which has already attracted international ...