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Jazzfest Berlin '09 Program Now Available Online

August 31, 2009

Blue Notes! From Blanchard to Booker T. JazzFest Berlin '09 will take place from November 4 to 8. The central theme chosen this year by artistic director Nils Landgren is Blue Note: 70 Years. The world-renowned US record label was founded in 1939 by two Berlin migrs, Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. This historical context is ...

The Best Indian Band You've Never Heard Of

August 31, 2009

Meet Indian Ocean: Waves of Indian Music and Western Rock Hit the US Ask the four musicians in Indian Ocean, one of India's most popular bands, about how they made it to where they are today. They made it by not thinking about how to make it. Lounging in the verandah of the beautifully dilapidated home ...

Premik Russell Tubbs & Friends @ Beanrunner Caf

August 31, 2009

PREMIK RUSSELL TUBBS & Friends @ BeanRunner Caf September 5th at 8:00pm (Seating begins at 7:00pm) The highly praised composer/ arranger/ producer and multi-instrumentalist returns with a talented group of musicians Peekskill, NY, August 25,, 2009: Internationally acclaimed composer, arranger, producer and accomplished multi-instrumentalist Premik Russell Tubbs returns to the BeanRunner Caf with his ...

New Slavic Soul Party! Album "Taketron" on September 22 Plus Us Tour Dates

August 31, 2009

Slavic Soul Party! is more than a band, it's a promise. Anyone who has seen them live can attest to that. The massive brass band is a supercollider of Eastern European sounds from the Balkans and all the funk of American musical traditions like second-line, gospel, and jazz. Hybridity isn't just a buzzword with this New ...

Tania Maria Live in Yerevan

August 31, 2009

Joe Louis Walker's Incendiary Between a Rock and the Blues

August 31, 2009

“I want to be like Louis Armstrong and B.B. King. Play everywhere, all the time, as often as I possibly can. Travel anywhere there’s an audience for my music, take every opportunity, and keep playing and singing as well as I know I can.” It’s Joe Louis Walker talking, a man who goes through passports way ...

The Adam Meckler Quintet Announces Release of Debut Album

August 31, 2009

Jazz trumpeter Adam Meckler and his quintet are set to release their first full-length album. Since relocating to Minneapolis in 2008, Meckler — who hails from Chicago and studied at Lawrence University — has quickly established himself as a bright star in the Twin Cities jazz scene. As a trumpet player, Meckler already finds himself in ...

"The Believer": John Coltrane Memorial Concert's 32nd Annual Weekend, Sept. 26-27

August 31, 2009

THE 32ND ANNUAL JOHN COLTRANE MEMORIAL CONCERT presents “THE BELIEVER” a weekend of concerts & visual art featuring “The Believer: Concert 1” with The John Coltrane Memorial Ensemble: Carl Atkins, Leonard Brown, Sa Davis, Mark Harvey, Tim Ingles, John Lockwood, Bill Lowe, Jason Palmer, Bill Pierce, George W. Russell Jr., Syd Smart, Stan Strickland, Alvin Terry ...

Myron Walden Returns from Recording Sabbatical

August 31, 2009

Much like Sonny Rollins before him, the gifted saxophonist Myron Walden has taken a sabbatical from recording to master the tenor saxophone, woodshed, and compose; this winter will see his reemergence, with the release of three albums of original material. Demi Sound Records will release Momentum on November 17 with In This World and Countrified following ...

Big Apple Jazz Presents Omar Edwards with the Alex Violette Sessions at Minton's Playhouse

August 31, 2009

Gordon Polatnick of Big Apple Jazz partners with The Uptown Lounge at Minton's Playhouse to present tap dancer Omar Edwards with The Alex Violette Sessions every Tuesday night throughout September. Edwards, a longtime performer at Minton's Playhouse, will be appearing with the rising star saxophonist Alex Violette for the first time. Violette recently completely a successful ...