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Boosey & Hawkes Lands Global Synch Deal with Savoy Label Group
Boosey & Hawkes (B&H) is pleased to announce its representation of Savoy Label Group, home to veteran jazz label, Savoy Jazz, for synchronization on a worldwide basis. The deal includes all of Savoys label imprints, including the jazz catalogs of Savoy, 32 Jazz, Muse and Landmark, the classical label Denon Classics, and SLGs growing indie rock ...
Jacksonville: Big City, Big Band, Big Plans
by Jack Bowers
Almost everyone who's even mildly interested knows that the big band scene in the US isn't what it used to be. On the other hand, the big bands aren't yet dead, as some alarmists have claimed, or even on life support. Thanks in part to college and armed services programs, there are perhaps as many or ...
Dr. John Coming to the Pageant on Tuesday, August 4
New Orleans pianist and singer Dr. John and his band the Lower 911 will return to St. Louis to play a concert at The Pageant on Tuesday, August 4.The good Doctor has been a frequent visitor to the Gateway City over the years, dispensing his musical gumbo of blues, jazz, R&B and funk most ...
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2009
by Gary Firstenberg
If you want to experience music as wide and as deep as the mighty Mississippi River, it is best to go right to the source. In the lush surroundings of the oldest horse racing track in The Big Easy, the 40th Annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival celebrated a diverse assortment of music, and provided ...
2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
by Joel A. Siegel
The 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival marked the return of pre-Katrina level attendance. Despite the national recession, the festival announced sales of more than 400,000 tickets for the seven-day event over two weekends. As usual, producer Quint Davis did a masterful job blending the various musical components, including New Orleans jazz, national jazz acts, ...
Bobby Broom: Plays For Monk
by Mark Corroto
Monk lives! Perhaps it can be said that Thelonious Monk has had many lives. Ever since the unique pianist established his repertoire in the 1940s and '50s musicians have, probably beginning with saxophonist Steve Lacy, taken up the task of covering the now infamous music. With Plays for Monk, guitarist Bobby Broom delivers one of the ...
HDtracks Releases Free "Jazz & Blues Experience" Album in a CD-Quality Download
New York, NY -- HDtracks, the world’s pre-eminent high-resolution music downloading Website, offering spectacular CD and DVD audio quality downloads, announces the release of the FREE album Jazz & Blues Experience, available for download at hdtracks.com. Jazz & Blues Experience is a seven-track odyssey of music of some of today’s finest artists. Pioneered by David and ...
Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi
by Joel Roberts
Pianist, writer, producer and arranger Allen Toussaint can justifiably be called a living legend. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he helped define the New Orleans R&B sound of the '60s and '70s through his work with Lee Dorsey, Irma Thomas, The Meters and Dr. John, then went on to collaborate with ...
Bon Jovi Set for First Jazz Fest Appearance New Orleans
Bon Jovi has been added to the lineup of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this spring. The rock act will make its first appearance at the festival on May 2. Bon Jovi joins previously announced performers Aretha Franklin, Dave Matthews Band, Wilco, James Taylor, Wynton Marsalis, Kings Of Leon, ...
Jazz Fest Daily Schedule
Jazz Fest Daily Schedule Jazz Fest '08 by McCullough The 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, set to run April 24-26 & April 30-May 3, has released their daily schedule. They've also announced that Bon Jovi will join already announced headliners: Wynton Marsalis, Dave Matthews Band, James Taylor, Sugarland, Joe Cocker, Ben Harper, Tony Bennett, ...
