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Verdine White: Shining Star

by Scott Mitchell
August 7, 2012

Arguably the most recognizable bassist in the world, this music icon is one of the original members and co-founders of soul/R&B mega-group Earth, Wind & Fire. White has earned six Grammy Awards, has over fifty gold and platinum records on his walls, and has sold more than 90 million albums worldwide, in a career that is ...

News: Performance / Tour

Keyboardist Kevin Toney To Perform Sizzling Summer “California Concerts” Through August With Jazz Trio The Kevin Toney 3 And A Reunion Of '70s Soul-jazz Pioneers The Blackbyrds

August 7, 2012

KT3’s V.I.P. CD Release Show at Vitello’s for Album - NEW AMERICAN SUITE Blackbyrds Share Opening Night of Long Beach Jazz Festival with The Isley Brothers “These performances represent the new (KT3) and the vintage (Blackbyrds) and is the culmination of my journey in music!" —Kevin Toney Keyboard wizard Kevin Toney is about kick the temperature ...

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The Wolff & Clark Expedition Featuring Jazz Legends Michael Wolff And Mike Clark To Play Vitello's In Studio City, CA - August 17, 2012

August 5, 2012

New York, NY: Jazz legends Michael Wolff and Mike Clark, the Wolff & Clark Expedition, will be performing at Vitello's Jazz and Supper Club in Studio City, CA on Friday, August 17, 2012, promising unforgettable evenings of hot jazz and funk. The duo will be joined by renowned bassist Brian Bromberg (Dizzy Gillespie, Tom Scott, Elvin ...

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Jazz Vocalist Judy Wexler Announces East Coast Dates In October

August 3, 2012

Los Angeles vocalist Judy Wexler, whose 3rd CD, “Under a Painted Sky," was released last year to glowing notices, will be singing in New York at the Kitano Hotel on Wednesday, October 17th and at An Die Musik in Baltimore on Thursday, October 18th, 2012. Appearing with her will be pianist Mark Soskin, a stellar NYC ...

News: Recording

"Keystone Companions/The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings" By Merl Saunders And Jerry Garcia In Four-cd Set From Fantasy Records

August 1, 2012

Deluxe four-CD box set, due September 25th, contains vintage photos, extensive liner notes and memorabilia Double vinyl LP reissue of the very first Saunders/Garcia album. Live at Keystone due to be released concurrently. BERKELEY, Calif. — Keystone Companions/The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings, recorded live on July 10 and 11, 1973 at the Keystone club in Berkeley, ...

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Prepare To Live Love And Laugh With Soul Jazz Singer Gina Carey This September

August 1, 2012

After two successful Top 30 UK Soul Chart CD releases , Soul Jazz recording artist Gina Carey prepares for her 3rd CD “ Live Love & Laugh” all in the same year. Over the years, many recording artist have been known to drop no less than one CD per calendar year. However, multitalented singer, songwriter and ...

News: Education

First West Coast Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute At UCLA Held August 7-11; Culminates With Wild Up Concert On August 11

July 31, 2012

The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University (CJS), in cooperation with The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, and EarShot, the National Orchestra Composition Discovery Network, will present the second Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute (JCOI) from August 7-11, 2012 for the first time on the West Coast at UCLA. JCOI ...

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Want Some New Music To Chill By? Vocalist Kathy Sanborn To Release Six Degrees Of Cool

July 26, 2012

Six Degrees of Cool, the latest jazz project from singer, pianist, and composer Kathy Sanborn, will release late August 2012 through the Pacific Coast Jazz label. Drawing from renowned influences such as Cool Jazz giants Miles Davis, Chet Baker, and Anita O’Day, Sanborn’s new album brings Cool Jazz into today’s contemporary scene. Sanborn says her latest ...

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Fred Frith & Friends Play Gravity

July 26, 2012

FRED FRITH & Friends play GRAVITY Saturday, Aug. 25 @ SLIM'S 333 11th St, San Francisco, CA (415) 255-0333 Doors 8:00 pm, Music 9:00 pm PRICE: $20 (Dinner and admission: $44.95) Imagine a world where dance, rock, punk and DIY music, experimental classical, prog and free improvisation mix ...

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Yoshi's Jazz Club Presents Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña

July 25, 2012

Enjoy a night of hot salsa by one of Miami’s best musicians at one of San Francisco’s most famous jazz clubs, Yoshi’s. On Wednesday, August 15, Marlow Rosado and his band, “La Riqueña,” will be performing at the club beginning at 8 PM. From salsa to rock, from merengue to hip-hop, from bachata to reggaeton, producer / composer / pianist ...