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Laura Ellis New CD Release: "Femme Fatale: Music, Movies and Mayhem"

May 16, 2011

Laura Ellis is pleased to release the original soundtrack recording of her theatrical jazz show, Femme Fatale: Music, Movies and Mayhem. This CD features music from Film Noir motion pictures of 1940's and 1950's such as, “Blue Gardenia," “Again," and “Put The Blame On Mame." This is Ms. Ellis' second CD. Her first, Here Lies Love, ...

SEVA Featuring Hristo Vitchev and Weber Iago "LIVE" at Piedmont Piano Co. (Oakland) on June 3rd

May 16, 2011

SEVA is a modern jazz formation combining elements of classical, folk, rock, latin, and world music under the umbrella of the jazz sensibility and seeks to explore vibrant and distant harmonic landscapes with their modern and sophisticated sound. http://www.sevatheband.com/ SEVA was formed in late 2010 by Bulgarian modern jazz guitarist Hristo Vitchev and Brazilian piano sensation ...

George Kahn with the Award-Winning Santa Monica High School Jazz Band June 12

May 15, 2011

George Kahn With the Award-Winning SaMoHi Jazz Band at Catalina Jazz Club, Sunday June 12 A special afternoon “Jazz Brunch" for lovers of both Big Band and Small Group Jazz will be presented at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood on Sunday, June 12 from Noonש:00 PM. George Kahn and his Quintet featuring special guests Doug ...

Willie "The Lion" Smith - "Ain't Misbehavin'/St. Louis Blues" (1966)

May 14, 2011

Billie and the Blessed Child

May 10, 2011

Billie Holiday recorded what was almost her last hit song, “God Bless the Child," on this date in 1941,with the Eddie Heywood Orchestra featuring Roy Eldridge on trumpet. Shortly before this session, she had co-written this tune with Arthur Herzog, Jr., asongwriter with whom she sometimes collaborated. In her autobiography, LadySings the Blues, Holiday claims that ...

Ken Field's Revolutionary Snake Ensemble Returns to NYC

May 9, 2011

Boston's Acclaimed Revolutionary Snake Ensemble Returns to New York City Bringing their Avant Second Line New Orleans Funk Back For the First Time in Two Years “The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, a writhing, horn-heavy group led by the Boston-based saxophonist and composer Ken Field, dresses in feathered masks and sequined robes and covers a broad range of ...

Dizzy Gillespie - "And then She Stopped" (1966)

May 6, 2011

A Treasure Trove of Jazz from Norman Granz

May 4, 2011

Norman Granz was the producer of the famous Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series, a constantly changing all-star jazz band that toured the United States and Europe from 1945 to 1959 and at one time or another included just about every significant jazz artist of the day. He was also a record producer and founder of ...

"The Many Faces of Barbara Morrison" opens May 5 at The Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center

May 2, 2011

LOS ANGELES—Barbara Morrison will sing songs popularized by Aretha Franklin, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald and Big Mama Thornton, the performing artists who were the greatest influences on her career, in “The Many Sides of Barbara Morrison" at the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center in Leimert Park. The show opens May 5 and continues May 12, May ...

George Kahn Quintet Returns to the Culver Club - with a Tribute To Horace Silver

May 1, 2011

The George Kahn Quintet, featuring George Kahn on piano, returns to the Culver Club in Culver City for an exciting night of West Coast Jazz on Friday, May 20th, 2011. The evening will feature music from George's most recent highly regarded album, Secrets From The Jazz Ghetto, as well as a very special tribute to the ...