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Tom Tallitsch's 2nd Album "Medicine Man" to be Released 2/19/07 on OA2 Records

January 14, 2008

Following his self-released album Duality in 2005, Philadelphia area jazz saxophonist and composer, Tom Tallitsch is scheduled to release his second album Medicine Man (OA2 22042) on February 19, 2008 with Seattle based jazz record company OA2 Records. “Performing articulate, modern jazz, Tallitsch's band explores alternate sonorities with its vibes and guitar led rhythm section of ...

This Week on JazzPianoOnline.com

January 14, 2008

Improvising over Solar Miles Davis wrote this tune in 1954 and it first appeared on his recording Walkin' with Horace Silver on the piano. Watch this lesson to learn how to improvise over this tune with chord tones, guide tones, arpeggios, scale passages and approach patterns. What is JazzPianoOnline.com? Online interactive streaming video jazz ...

Band Plays All That Jazz: Marsalis' Choices Are Not All Traditional

January 14, 2008

When the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis comes to Ann Arbor on Wednesday, it will be a homecoming of sorts for one member of the ensemble: Drummer Ali Jackson grew up in Detroit and graduated from Cass Tech High School in 1993. Jackson says some members of his family plan to attend the ...

Armen Nalbandian Meets Jean-Michel Basquiat at the Fresno Art Museum on March 20th

January 14, 2008

Pianist/Composer Armen Nalbandian will present original music inspired by artist Jean Michel Basquiat as part of his Rhythms of Art program at the Fresno Art Museum on March 20, 2008. The concert will feature The Armen Nalbandian Trio and special guests. Armen Nalbandian is currently in his fourth season as the Artist in Residence/Musical Director of ...

Frank Senior Gig at St. Nick's Pub on January 17th, 10pm

January 14, 2008

Frank Senior will be appearing at St. Nick's Pub in Harlem, New York. Blind from birth, Frank Senior is a native New Yorker and was raised in Harlem where jazz played a major role in his musical career. His style of music is jazz, blues, standards and gospel, ranging from the 1930s to the present. Early ...

Jazz Drummer Saw Career Fade; Now He's Back

January 13, 2008

Eric Kamau Gravatt made do as prison guard for 20 years At age 21, Eric Kamau Gravatt was McCoy Tyner's drummer, one of the most coveted jobs a jazz musician could hope to get. After 20 years of working as a prison guard, he's back behind the kit -- again as Tyner's drummer. “My career started ...

Oscar Peterson: A Grand Goodbye to a Jazz Giant

January 13, 2008

They began to gather in the quiet hours before dawn, fans ready to swell with praise once more in a dulcet adieu to the late, great Oscar Peterson Derek Giles considers himself to be Oscar Peterson's biggest fan. He surely demonstrated that yesterday, showing up in the dark hours before dawn to be the first person ...

Contemporary Rock Star David Gray to Perform Live in Dubai, on the Night of February 29th at the Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival 2008!

January 13, 2008

The countdown has begun to the 6th Annual Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival 2008; the event that is easily going to surpass anything that has been seen or heard in Dubai Media City Amphitheater! Don't Miss the artist of a very different kind - Pop idol David Gray who is set to appear for the first ...

The Grant Green Memorial Jazz Festival

January 12, 2008

IAJE 35th Annual Conference Schedule: Saturday, January 12, 2008

January 12, 2008

Today's Schedule: 9:00 AM Conference Registration, Metro Toronto Convention Centre. (until 4:00 PM) Clinic: Channeling the Melody in Jazz Improvisation. Using compositions by Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and others as models, this clinic will demonstrate exercises that can help jazz students better incorporate the melody into their improvisations, ultimately resulting in a more integrated ...