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Drummer Manu Katche Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
Manu Katche is one of the most original drummers anywhere, defying categorization and straddling musical genres with ease and flair. A French national of Ivorian background, he has turned his hand to pop, rock, fusion and jazz, and his exposure to all these elements, plus his classical training, is indelibly stamped in a playing style all ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Erroll Garner
All About Jazz is celebrating Erroll Garner's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Erroll GarnerBorn in Pittsburgh in 1921 (Sy Johnson\'s biographical note in The Erroll Garner Songbook has June 15, 1923 as Garner\'s birthdate), Errol Garner started playing piano at the age of two (three according to ...
Playboy Jazz Festival Has the Bowl Jumpin'
“Who's got some extra suntan oil, man?" asked singer and unflappably cool customer Kurt Elling from the stage Saturday at the 32nd annual Playboy Jazz Festival. Marking his first appearance at the festival, the sharply dressed Elling had just finished a spry cover of Joe Jackson's “Steppin' Out," and the temperatures were climbing. “You look good ...
Allan Sherman's Warner Bros. LPS Reissued on Collectors' Choice
Song parodist chronicled Jewish suburban life and more through the '60s with songs like “Harvey & Sheila," “Sarah Jackman," “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" and “Pop Hates the Beatles." LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- If Stan Freberg owned the '50s when it came to song parodies, Alan Sherman owned the '60s. His string of three #1 albums in ...
Brooklyn Dance Company Makes Lincoln Center Debut
Brooklyn, NY -- In celebration of Caribbean Heritage Month, Brooklyn's own Something Positive Dance Company will perform an exciting Lincoln Center concert debut at Pan Jazz 2010 on Saturday, June 19th at 4:30PM. The event, titled Folklore: Tales of the Caribbean will be hosted by philanthropist and former Miss Universe, Wendy Fitzwilliam. In addition to Something ...
The Smooth Jazz Cruise Becomes Title Sponsor of the 2011 Seabreeze Jazz Festival
St. Louis, MO: Jazz Cruises, LLC, the St. Louis-based producer of jazz themed cruise vacation experiences, is proud to announce that it has become the title sponsor of the 2011 Seabreeze Jazz Festival under The Smooth Jazz Cruise brand. One of the biggest weekend festivals in contemporary jazz in the U.S., the Panama City, Florida event ...
Stan Tracey, Get the Blessing, Ronnie Scott's and Gwyneth Herbert for Made in the UK in NYC
This week sees the Made in the UK concert series return to New York at venues throughout Manhattan. Legendary jazz pianist, Stan Tracey, kicks off proceedings with two shows at Dizzy's tonight in his first appearance in New York since touring with the Ted Heath Orchestra in 1959. Tracey's 1965 recording 'Under ...
31 Years... and the Celebration Continues with a Record Number of Free Performances!
Montreal -- Yes, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, presented by TD in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, celebrated its three-decade existence last year... but with this new fanfare of festivities, you might think the celebrations had never ended! Not only is this 31st edition of the Festival readier than ever to host high-profile guests, ...
I Want My @MTV: Cable Network Seeks Its First Twitter Jockey
If you can remember MTV 1.0 personalities like Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, Nina Blackwood and J. J. Jackson, you may already be too old to contend for a new hybrid on-air and online position that the cable network is creating. On Monday MTV, the network that in the 1980s gave us the first video jockeys (or ...
The Jazz Session #177: Sunna Gunnlaugs
Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs is giving the power back to the people to fund her new CD, The Dream. She's using micro-patronage to raise the funds for the CD and for her tour of the U.S., which begins June 15, 2010. In this interview, Gunnlaugs discusses her decision to use a fan-based funding system; how Kool ...
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