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Marie Knight Dies at 84; Gospel Vocalist Sang with Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Marie Knight was best known for her gospel duets with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, including Up Above My Head" and Didn't It Rain." She toured with the gospel legend in the late 1940s and made a late-in-life comeback as a solo artist. Marie Knight, a gospel singer who came to fame singing duets with gospel-music star Sister ...
Ralph Peterson Trio Opens the 3rd Season of "Jazz at the Turning Point Cafe" Sat Sept 26
Master Drummer Ralph Peterson brings his trio for the opening event of the 3rd season of the critically acclaimed series Jazz at the Turning Point Caf, Piermont, NY. The trio features Zaccai Curtis, piano and Dezron Douglas, bass. The TPC is just 25 minutes from NYC, NJ, CT, Westchester, Orange. The Concert ...
Enter the Abstract Logix "Wayne Krantz - Krantz Carlock Lefebvre" Autographed CD Giveaway Contest
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Abstract Logix Wayne Krantz - Krantz Carlock Lefebvre autographed CD giveaway contest starting today. We'll select THREE winners at the conclusion of the contest on October 4th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Wayne Krantz at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck!
imgiggin.com Launches Social Networking, Career Resources, Interviews for Music & Entertainment Pros
Entertainment Industry Veterans Open Exclusive Social Networking Site, Building Careers with Entertainment's Cream of the Crop In an industry where success comes largely from word-of-mouth and who you know, two entertainment industry veterans are making the process of finding entertainment gigs and building a career easier through ImGiggin.com. Launched September 1st, ImGiggin.com is a specialized social ...
Jazzed Media Releases the Jack Cortner Big Band "Sound Check" CD
Jazzed Media announces the September 8, 2009 release of the Jack Cortner Big Band Sound Check" CD. Sound Check" is the second big band recording in which Jack Cortner features Marvin Stamm's trumpet and flugelhorn playing. As on the first Jazzed Media album, Fast Track", the Sound Check" musicians are among the leading artists in New ...
You Bet! California Lottery and Warner Bros. Records Make Music Together
Warner Bros. Records and the California Lottery announced a unique partnership that will be music to players’ ears. On September 1, 2009, Warner Bros Records Scratchers will hit stores. The first-ever music promotion offers players the opportunity to win the usual instant cash prizes, but also includes unique second-chance prizes, such as music downloads and concert ...
Travis Shook Meets Jazz Comeback Head on at Tula's
The jazz pianist Travis Shook, a curiosity to some who remember his name, a cautionary tale for others, lives in rural, upstate New York, far from the city and the place he first greeted fame. People don't recognize him much these days, and for a long time he preferred it that way. I'm 40 and I ...
Interview: Howard Rumsey (Part 2)
In 1949, when Howard Rumsey began contracting musicians for the Lighthouse, a seaside jazz club in Hermosa Beach, CA, he had more talent to choose from than could squeeze onto his small stage. Los Angeles was awash with winter-weary talent hungry for lucrative work in the movie and recording studios. In the years that followed, the ...
Art Pepper's Last Chorus
Listening to the Art Pepper CDs for the new batch of recommendations in Doug's Picks stimulated memories of time spent with Pepper not long before he died. The occasion was the basis of an article in Texas Monthly. Later, in slightly different form, it ended up as part of a chapter in Jazz Matters. Here it ...
Rossland Old Fire Hall Jazz Festival - September 23-27
1 Heritage Fire Hall 5 Nights of Incredible Jazz 25 World-class Musicians 100 Lucky People For five incredible nights - September 23rd to 27th, the Old Fire Hall in Rossland will be transformed into a portal of World-class Jazz set in the warm acoustics of one of Rossland's most treasured ...

