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The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University presents: African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston
A book reading and signing with Randy Weston and Willard Jenkins Packed with fascinating anecdotes, African Rhythms is Randy Weston's life story as told to the music journalist Willard Jenkins. It encompasses Weston's childhood in the Brooklyn neighborhood where his parents imbued him with pride in his African heritage, his introduction to jazz, and his early ...
Jazz Bridge Presents Odean Pope at the Cheltenham Art Center on February 2nd
Appearing at the Cheltenham Art Center, 439 Ashbourne Rd, Cheltenham, PA on February 2nd 2011 will be saxophonist Odean Pope with his band featuring pianist George Burton, bassist Lee Smith, and drummer Craig McIver. One show: 7:30-9PM. Tickets: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 215-517-8337 Saxophonist Odean Pope, after integrating several musical ...
Jay Phelps: Swing Is The New Avant-Garde
by Bruce Lindsay
At the age of 28, trumpeter Jay Phelps already has a broad range of musical experiences under his belt, including co-founding the award-winning jazz group Empirical. Releasing his debut album as a leader, Jay Walkin' (Specific Records, 2010), seems like a natural next step. But Phelps is clearly not a man to be rushed. The album ...
Randy Weston: African Stories, African Rhythms
by Ian Patterson
In over 60 years as a leader, pianist Randy Weston has achieved an incredible amount. He has recorded nearly 50 albums and has been hailed in the process as the natural heir to Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Three times he has been voted Downbeat's composer of the year, and his compositions have been recorded by ...
DSO presenst Grammy and Tony Award-winning jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater at Orchestra Hall In: "To Billie With Love"
DETROIT, (Oct 20, 2010)—The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) will present Grammy and Tony Award-winning jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater at Orchestra Hall on Fri., Nov. 5, 2010 at 8 p.m. in her tribute to jazz legend Billie Holiday: “To Billie With Love." This 2010-11 Jazz Series performance is sponsored by MGM Grand Detroit, and will feature ...
Central Brooklyn Jazz Anniversary Concert
Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (CBJC) will celebrate its 11th anniversary on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at Jazz966 located 966 Fulton Street in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn with a jazz concert featuring the Steven Kroon Sextet. The bill also includes a youth jazz ensemble performance by Q City Soundz and a special award presentation to ...
Eli Degibri: Israeli Song
by Dan Bilawsky
Eli DegibriIsraeli SongAnzic Records2010 If jazz buffs were approached at the start of the 1990s and asked to list some top-flight Israeli jazz musicians, plenty of them wouldn't be able to utter a single name. That just goes to show how much the times have changed. In ...
Newly produced interview with Dizzy Gillespie
Soulandjazz.com Presents: Talking Jazz with Ben Sidran Episode 2: Dizzy Gillespie Music Additions Remixed & Reproduced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" Click here to listen The story: Back in the mid-80's on National Public Radio (NPR) in America, a show ran called Sidran On Record. Presented by Ben Sidran, a musician, author, lecturer and ...
Jason Adasiewicz: Sun Rooms
by Mark Corroto
Jason Adasiewicz is making the vibraphone a necessary ingredient for music making in this century. His mallets have been featured in recordings by Josh Berman, Jason Ajemian, Harris Eisenstadt, the Lucky 7s, and Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra.As a leader, his two recordings with Rolldown, the self-titled 2008 disc on 482 Music and Varmint ...
KSDS Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Music and Arts Festival
by Robert Bush
Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Music & Art FestivalWinston's, Hodad's Stage, The Harp Ocean Beach, CA September 11, 2010 Perfect day for a party: the sun shone bright in a cloudless sky, it's heat mitigated by a cool ocean breeze. After a one year hiatus due to the terrible economy of ...
