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Philadelphia's jazz elders riff on the golden times
The walls of Conference Room 310 at WRTI are lined with a gray cushion that dulls sound. To the roomful of elderly jazz musicians who came of age in smoky, boisterous clubs, the acoustics can be challenging. “I can't hear a thing in this room!" exclaims Morris “Mo" Bailey, stationed in a motorized wheelchair at one ...
"From California with Love" CD to Benefit Japanese Earthquake-Tsunami Victims
July 13, 2011 Release Features Vocal Tracks by Sue Raney, Johnny Holiday, Leslie Lewis/Gerard Hagen, Kurt Reichenbach, Diane Hubka, Tierney Sutton, Dick Noel, Frankie Randall, Pinky Winters, and Chris Connor Includes Solo Piano Performances by Alan Broadbent, Christian Jacob, and Jim Cox All tracks are new and/or previously unreleased The story behind this project is a ...
First LP Release from a Paris Based Band: Urbs
Since 2009, the Urbs quintet has been tinting its modern jazz with touches of funk music, hip-hop and pop music. Their compositions weave subtle links between these different genres, while constantly experimenting with new rhythms and musical colors. Their new album is available on iTunes or directly from their website. You can download two full tracks ...
George Wein’s Foundation Already Set for Newport Festivals in 2012
By Dan Kassell As impresario and swing jazz pianist, George Wein is best known for creating the first Newport Folk Festival (NFF) in 1954 and Newport Jazz Festival (NJF) in 1959, supported almost entirely by jazz fans Louis and Elaine Lorillard and, at that point in time, nonprofit entities. In a telephone interview, just before this ...
Thomas Dolby's First New Studio Album in 20 Years
Release follows conclusion of groundbreaking transmedia game. Guests include guest artists Mark Knopfler, Regina Spektor, Natalie MacMaster, Bruce Woolley and Imogen Heap. LONDON, U.K.—Thomas Dolby, the iconic '80s star whose smash hits “She Blinded Me With Science" and “Hyperactive" helped define the MTV generation/revolution, will break his 20-year silence with a new release later this year ...
Acclaimed Vocalist Rebecca Kilgore Returns to Feinstein's in "Some Like It Hot: the Music of Marilyn Monroe"
FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York" by New York Magazine and “an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post will continue its Summer 2011 season with the return of jazz vocalist REBECCA KILGORE in her new show “Some Like It Hot—The Music of Marilyn Monroe." She will be joined ...
Concord Music Group's Stax Remasters Series Continues on September 13 with Reissues from Rufus Thomas, the Dramatics, and Shirley Brown
Rufus Thomas's Do the Funky Chicken, Shirley Brown's Woman to Woman, and the Dramatics' Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get are fortified with bonus tracks LOS ANGELES, Calif.—In 1968, on the heels of the label's severance from Atlantic Records, Stax Records president Al Bell decided to initiate a massive 28-LP release program that would auger the label's ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 18, 2011
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 1 Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White Forever (Concord) 261 163 +98 0 65 1 8 2 1 5 Gerald Wilson Orchestra Legacy (Mack Avenue) 235 173 +62 1 70 1 5 3 — — Amina Alaoui Arco Iris (ECM) 178 — +178 8 ...
Bobby Broom's Deep Blue Organ Trio Salutes the Music of Stevie Wonder with "Wonderful!," out on Origin 8/16
With the release of their new CD Wonderful!, Chicago's acclaimed Deep Blue Organ Trio reveals just how well Stevie Wonder's songs adapt to a jazz-rooted setting. The disc, due out August 16 on Origin Records, features guitarist Bobby Broom, organist Chris Foreman, and drummer Greg Rockingham and their deeply informed, strongly felt versions of nine Wonder ...
Jackson Evans "Song Noir" CD Release Party at Blowin Smoke BBQ in Savannah on July 31
On Sunday, July 31 jazz guitarist Jackson Evans will release his first recording as a solo artist at Blowin Smoke BBQ in Savannah, Georgia. The album, titled Song Noir, features a collection of original jazz compositions paired with a few jazz standards. The songs range in energy from the quirky, forward moving Adventures of Maximilian to ...
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