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Dave Brubeck and Joao Carlos Martins in an Extraordinary Collaboration
August 27, 2009 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: Jazz Promo Services DAVE BRUBECK AND JOÃO CARLOS MARTINS IN AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLABORATION Celebrated friends to perform at Lincoln Center October 2, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: This October get ready for some fun, as conductor João Carlos Martins brings the Bachiana Filarmnica from Brazil to Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln ...
Self-Generated Energy Fuels Go-for-Broke Improvisation
The jolts in Linda Oh’s songs arrive early and continue all the way through. A young Chinese-Malaysian bassist raised in Australia, Ms. Oh has been studying and playing around New York for a year and a bit. Unless you’re involved in jazz education, there’s little reason you’d know of her before now, but suddenly you should. ...
"Jimmy Forrest, Basie and Me"
Los Angeles composer and arranger Roy Phillippe and I have been exchanging e-mails on a range of topics. Recently we were on a Neal Hefti tear, particularly Hefti's movie soundtracks. Following my recent post on tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest [pictured in the 1950s with trumpeter Harry “Sweets" Edison], Roy passed along this story: “In 1976, Harry ...
Jazz This Week: "A Night of Jazz Greats" with Clark Terry; Eastern Blok; Free Outdoor Concerts; and More
Vacation season is winding down, and there are a number of noteworthy jazz and creative music performances over the next few days in St. Louis, including several free concerts. Let's take a look at the shows in chronological order:Tonight, saxophonist Willie Akins and his group will give a free concert as part of a ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Lester Young
All About Jazz is celebrating Lester Young's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Lester YoungLester “Prez" Young was one of the giants of the tenor saxophone. He was the greatest improviser between Coleman Hawkins and Louis Armstrong of the 1920s and Charlie Parker in the 1940s. From the ...
Jazz Mafia Performs Astounding 'Hip-Hop Symphony' -- And They're Taking the Show on the Road
"Brass, Bows, and Beats: A Hip-Hop Symphony" is one of the most exciting new works of American music in years--a seamless fusion of jazz, funk, hip-hop, electronica, and digital turntable that deserves to be heard worldwide (now!), from the Main Stage in Monterey to the Auditorium Stravinsky in Montreux. With the first electronic-accented dirge beat of ...
The Anat Fort Trio Performs for Parkinsong 4--A Night to Benefit Parkinson's Research in Bethesda, MD on Sept 7th
Celebrated pianist and composer Anat Fort will perform an evening of music with her Anat Fort Trio on September 7th at the Ratner Museum in Bethesda, MD to benefit Parkinson's disease research for Parkinsong 4. Parkinsong Records will produce the event as part of their long standing tradition of bringing great music and artists to the ...
Pianist/Composer/Vocalists Deanna Witkowski and Brenda Earle Share a Sacred Jazz Double-Bill at Cornelia Street Caf on Thurs, Sept 10 at 8:30 PM
What: Deanna Witkowski Quartet and Brenda Earle’s Sacred Voices with Felipe Salles, soprano and tenor sax; Ike Sturm, bass; Scott Latzky, drums (Deanna Witkowski Quartet); Julie Hardy, Jonathan Kline and Nathan Hetherington, voices; Keith Ganz, guitar; Ike Sturm, bass; Jared Schonig, drums (Brenda Earle’s Sacred Voices) When: Thurs, Sept 10 from 8:30-10:30 pm Where: Cornelia Street ...
Gently, Gently, a Drummer Leads His Pack
Why are so many good jazz gigs led by drummers these days? Possibly it’s just labor logic: the star system has broken down, the circuit has shrunk and there are fewer high-profile working bands led by great front-line soloists — saxophonists, trumpeters, guitarists. The burden to be charismatic has drained away from jazz a bit, too, ...
Mike Garson, Long-Time David Bowie Pianist, on "Dreaming the Duke" at Tanglewood Jazz Fest Sept 5
The unlikely trio of long-time David Bowie pianist, Mike Garson, classical vocalist Harolyn Blackwell and Grammy nominated jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon will perform with a double quartet, a single jazz quartet and a string quartet in “Dreaming the Duke” at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 5. In a first-of-its-kind production, Garson serves as the ...
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