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Steve Wilson to Honor Zawinul, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Ornette Coleman

October 28, 2009

NPR: Wilson is “One of the Finest Saxophonists in the Business" JAZZIZ: “An Especially Skilled and Sensitive Jazz Saxophonist" Acclaimed saxophonist Steve Wilson shifts from sideman to center-stage in the months ahead, with a series of events celebrating and honoring the work of jazz legends Joe Zawinul, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman. Recently hailed ...

Vista Del Mar's First Annual Jazz Festival

October 28, 2009

Nearly 800 music lovers and supporters of troubled children turned out for Vista Del Mar Child and Family Service's first annual jazz festival. The Oct. 18 fundraiser for Vista Del Mar - one of the nation's most comprehensive care facilities for youngsters experiencing mental health, behavioral, emotional, or social problems - was held at Vista's West ...

Berklee Holds Scholarship Auditions in Istanbul for the First Time

October 28, 2009

Berklee College of Music, the world's leading institution for the study of contemporary music, will be holding audition and interview events (A&I) in Turkey for the first time as part of the college's World Scholarship Tour, offering talented musicians the chance to be awarded a scholarship to attend the college. The events, hosted by Modern Mzik ...

Interview: Marty Sheller (Part 1)

October 28, 2009

The name Marty Sheller may not ring a bell. But anyone hip to Latin-jazz is aware of his enormous contribution to the music. First, that's Marty's trumpet solo on Mongo Santamaria's 1962 hit recording of Watermelon Man. The single helped launch the boogaloo, a dance beat that merged Puerto Rican and Cuban rhythms with jazz and ...

2010 Artists in Residence Program at the Artists' Enclave at I-Park

October 28, 2009

Application Deadline: January 11, 2010 (postmark date) I-Park announces its tenth season hosting The Artists' Enclave. Self-directed artists' residencies will be offered from May through November 2010, with possible off-season sessions in April and December. Most sessions are four weeks in duration. Residencies will be offered to visual (including digital) artists, music composers, environmental artists, landscape ...

Phish Festival 8 Broadcast by Sirius Jam_on

October 28, 2009

Phish Festival 8 To Be Broadcast by Sirius Jam_ON Phish's Festival 8 will be broadcast by SIRIUS XM's Jam_On channel live from Indio, CA starting Friday, October 30 and continue through Sunday November 1. The broadcast will feature all eight of Phish's sets. Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio tells Jam_On how the stuff-of-legend Phish Festivals were born ...

Wednesday - Celebrate Hadley Caliman

October 28, 2009

Wednesday, October 28 Celebrate Hadley Caliman Seattle Art Museum, downtown 7:30pm $18 general, $10 students An all-star quintet featuring renowned saxophonist Hadley Caliman, the legendary Curtis Fuller (trombone), Larry Vukovich (piano), Jeff Chambers (bass), and Eddie Marshall (drums) concludes its Pacific Northwest tour in a special tribute concert ...

Daysahead Joins Missile Productions Lineup

October 28, 2009

Laurel, MD - Daysahead, a rock, jazz and soul-infused band that has made an indelible impression in the indie music industry, has joined Missile Productions, a multi-genre, live music booking agency with more than 170 bands on its roster. “Missile Productions is a great fit for our music and we look forward to partnering with them ...

Swallow/Talmor/Nussbaum and Previte: New Releases on Auand Records

October 28, 2009

Is the Pot Calling the Kettle Black?

October 28, 2009

I got a chuckle today when reading a Web posting (Kenny G Steps Back Into the Spotlight) by AOL's PopEater entertainment news and celebrity gossip site about the Pied Piper of non-jazz saxophonists. It's an update on his career including work on a track ironically called “I'm Your Daddy" on alternate rock band Weeezer's latest album, ...