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Helen Sung Group CD Release Party @ Chris' Jazz Cafe on Novermber 15

November 13, 2007

Sung's new CD Sungbird (After Albeniz) with saxophonist Marcus Strickland, bassist Reuben Rogers, drummer Nasheet Waits, and percussionist Samuel Torres, is the long-awaited follow-up to Sung two Fresh Sound/New Talent label recordings, Helenistique and Push. Sung sterling pianism blends Chopinesque lyricism and Bill Evans improvisational logic with a linear and logical sense of swing on the ...

Rick Germanson Trio at Smalls Jazz Club, Thursday November 15th

November 13, 2007

The Rick Germanson Trio has performed at Smoke, Smalls, The Kitano and Fat Cat in N.Y.C., Blues Alley in D.C., The Indianapolis Jazz Festival and The Artists' Quarter in Minneapolis. Currently, the RICK GERMANSON DUO can be heard every Wednesday and Thursday evening at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Manhattan. As a solo pianist, Rick performed five ...

Trumpeter Frank London Interviewed at AAJ

November 13, 2007

Frank London is one of the most interesting and colorful figures in the current revival of Jewish music--mistakenly identified only as Klezmer music--of the last two decades. London seeks consciously and constantly to expand the terminology and vocabulary of Jewish music with groups including Hasidic New Wave, Shekinah Big Band and Klezmer Brass All-Stars. The Klezmatics ...

The Weather Channel's "Smooth Jazz" Strikes Chord with Viewers

November 13, 2007

Every day, millions of U.S. television viewers tune into the Weather Channel to get their latest forecast. But, as VOA's Doug Levine tells us, weather may not be the only reason people are watching. Neither snow nor rain nor heat have dampened the spirits of a growing number of Weather Channel viewers who are tuning into ...

All-Access Jazz: "JazzArtsSigns" a Feast for the Senses

November 13, 2007

ADMITTEDLY, IT CAN be overwhelming: A singer in a wheelchair scats while her quintet jams behind her; a sign-language interpreter translates music and lyrics into body language while an LED screen scrolls the lyrics and dialogue; an artist paints the music onto a huge canvas; and an audio describer attempts to explain it all. But that's ...

JVC Special Event "It's a Hardbop Life" Released on Youtube

November 12, 2007

November 12, 2007 Washington, DC (AYS)--The 2004 New York JVC Jazz Festival Special Event, It's a Hardbop Life has been released on Youtube (go to americanyouthsymphony.org for the link). The play, written by America's Hot Musician judge and trombonist Gregory Charles Royal, is the first play to feature an entire cast of jazz musicians. The cast ...

Billy Crystal PBS Special

November 12, 2007

This is a reminder that the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize honoring Billy Crystal will air on PBS Monday, November 12 at 9 PM (tonight!). Our band (David Berger & the Sultans of Swing) performed as the house band. This may be the swingingest awards show in decades--and also one of the funniest. Performing with us, ...

Farmington Hills, MI Firefighter Doubles as a Jazz Musician

November 12, 2007

Doctor, lawyer, police officer, firefighter -- each was a dream career for Stan Barnes as a child. But a choice was made for him, he says, when he had to help save his two younger brothers from a blaze in his mom's Detroit home at the tender age of 14. The experience defined his life, he ...

JIMS - Summer Studies for Jazz & Improvised Music Salzburg 2008

November 12, 2007

JIMS 2008: July 14th - 19th JIMS is the most progressive summer workshop for Jazz and Improvisation in Europe - beyond Jazz standards. Focus is on improvisation, composition, new sounds, avantgarde, “playing what you hear". Courses are for: Jazz theorie (Peter Herbert) piano (Huw Warren) guitar (Wolfgang Muthspiel) ...

Sistas' Place (NYC) November-December Saturday Night Schedule

November 12, 2007