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Ronnie Laws plays the Hard Rock Cafe Philadelphia on July 3rd
PHILADELPHIA — Jazz saxophonist Ronnie Laws takes the stage for two shows at the Hard Rock Cafe Philadelphia on July 3rd at 7:00PM and 9:30PM. The shows mark Laws first appearance at the Hard Rock Cafe and the start of the veteran artist's east coast tour. Philly pop/R&B singer Ty “TheGuy" Ward will open the shows, ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Ahmad Jamal
All About Jazz is celebrating Ahmad Jamal's birthday today! In 1951, Mr. Jamal first recorded \'Ahmad\'s Blues\' on Okeh Records. His arrangement of the folk tune \'Billy Boy\', and \'Poinciana\' (not his original composition), also stem from this period. In 1955, he recorded his first Argo (Chess) Records album that included \'New Rhumba\', \'Excerpts From The ...
Southern Cross Kitchen Strikes A Chord In Conshohocken With New Music Lounge
Acclaimed Bar and Restaurant To Open “The Barrel Room” Featuring Live Music Nightly July 2, 2014 – “When you see the Southern Cross for the first time, you understand now why you came this way…” – Crosby, Stills & Nash. Named after one of the most iconic classic rock songs of our generation, it seems only ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Erik Friedlander
All About Jazz is celebrating Erik Friedlander's birthday today! Cellist Erik Friedlander is a composer and an improviser, a first-call studio player and a jazzbo. A veteran of NYC\'s downtown scene, his 12 CDs as a leader recently include, Block Ice & Propane, his solo cello reinterpretation of American roots music; The Broken Arm Trio, a ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Andrew Hill
All About Jazz is celebrating Andrew Hill's birthday today! Over nearly half a century, composer-pianist-ensemble leader Andrew Hill gained international jazz renown for his uniquely original music and recorded ouevre, which is by turns dark, fragile, funny, stark, unforgettably tuneful, percussive, insightful, oblique, transparent and mysterious. With the release of Dusk (Palmetto Records), his first album ...
Horace Silver Memorial Service Set For Monday, July 7, 2014 At St. Augustine Of Hippo, Episcopal Church (NYC)
Blue Note Records is deeply saddened by the passing of Horace Silver (1928-2014), the great pianist and composer whose contribution to the Blue Note legacy is immeasurable. Horace passed June 18 at 85 years of age. A pioneer of hard bop and original founder of The Jazz Messengers, Horace tempered bebop with elements of gospel, blues ...
Kansas City’s jazz community works to hook the next generation
A steady thump of bass quiets the wiggling toddlers and preschoolers gathered in the atrium of the American Jazz Museum. Two-year-old Isaac Newcomer, who’s here from Overland Park with his mom, settles his little legs, too. From up front, close to the upright bass and drums, jazz singer and storyteller Lisa Henry scans the crowd. “Raise ...
Jazz Town: Kansas City jazz community looks for ways to improve the scene
They come into jazz with impressive skills and big dreams. But what happens to young musicians when reality catches up to them? There are so many good young players and singers who want to perform jazz, with more coming in all the time. And the veteran performers still need their hard-earned pieces of the pie. As ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Julian Priester
All About Jazz is celebrating Julian Priester's birthday today! Julian Priester is an American jazz trombonist and composer. He has played with many artists including Sun Ra, Max Roach, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and Herbie Hancock. Priester attended Chicago\'s DuSable High School, where he studied under Walter Dyett. In his teens he played with blues and ...
NEA Jazz Masters 2015 Class
Initiated in 1982, the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship is the nation’s highest honor given to those who have devoted their lives and careers to jazz, an art form uniquely rooted in American history and culture. Described by The New York Times as a “rare public accolade for jazz”, the recipients represent a wide variety of musical ...
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