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Quartet Has Ambitious Plans for Blue Wisp in Cincinnati
It would seem the future of jazz in Cincinnati, as embodied by the legendary Blue Wisp Jazz Club, is in good hands now that a dedicated group of jazz lovers - who happen to be successful businessmen - has purchased the club. The four partners took over operations two weeks ago after submitting the top bid ...
Maria Schneider Reimagines the Big Band
From simple start, a sophisticated style A small-town childhood in southwest Minnesota, complete with figure-skating lessons and swoops across the vast emptiness of the plains in a six-seater aircraft piloted by a dad who works in the crop business, isn't exactly a classic antecedent of a career in jazz. more stories like this But there's nothing ...
Boston Modern Orchestra Project Launches Record Label BMOP Sound
"BMOP is emerging as the national leader among orchestras of its ilk." --Boston Globe Roslindale, MA--The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the nation's leading orchestra dedicated exclusively to performing, commissioning, and recording new music, announces the prospective launch of its own CD label, BMOP Sound. With its debut scheduled for January 2008, BMOP Sound will become ...
Steve Wilson's "Tortola" is Chosen as HLSCC President's Official Song
"Consistent, Incisive Rhythmic Dexterity..." Dr. Michael E. O'Neal, President of H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, has honored Steve Wilson by choosing the saxophonist's song “Tortola" as the “official song of his Presidency." “Tortola", from Wilson's Soulful Song CD (MaxJazz,) was written after his second trip to the island in 2002. Dr. ...
24th International Blues Challenge Jan 31 - Feb 2, 2008 in Memphis
The Blues Foundation presents the 24th International Blues Challenge (IBC) January 31 through February 2, 2008 in Memphis, TN. The world's largest gathering of Blues acts represents an international competition by The Blues Foundation and its affiliated organizations to provide a career springboard for the winning Blues band and Blues solo/duo artists. Due to the exponential ...
Farmington Hills, MI Firefighter Doubles as a Jazz Musician
Doctor, lawyer, police officer, firefighter -- each was a dream career for Stan Barnes as a child. But a choice was made for him, he says, when he had to help save his two younger brothers from a blaze in his mom's Detroit home at the tender age of 14. The experience defined his life, he ...
After Neighbors Complain, Judge Tells Saxophonist to Get Quiet or Get Gone
Thirty years ago Manhattan Plaza opened its doors in Hell's Kitchen as an affordable, rent-subsidized haven for artists like respected saxophonist David Schnitter. But Schnitter now may be on the verge of eviction, he says, thanks to neighbors who no longer embrace the vibrant spirit of the midtown apartment complex. Schnitter, 59, has been ordered by ...
Albert Ayler: Free-Jazz Pioneer, Aware of His Legacy
he Ohio-born tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler probably would have gotten a kick out of Kasper Collin's documentary about his life, “My Name Is Albert Ayler," which opens today at the Anthology Film Archives. Named after one of his albums and built around snippets of audio interviews with Mr. Ayler, it attempts and often achieves a fresh, ...
Big Easy is Still Tops for Music
Imagine four recently retired baby boomers, life-long music lovers, who frequent the Yale and Railway clubs in Vancouver. We set off on a six-week road trip, travelling 14,000 kilometres on a quest to experience music in the deep South, where the roots of all modern music began. Our journey took us to New Orleans, the Mississippi ...
Exalt Entertainment Group Celebrates Return of Jazz Music
Detroit, Michigan -- eXalt Entertainment Group premiering jazz and spoken word artists nationally. Today announced that the love of jazz music is returning and acquiring new audiences. The company reports that they have seen a resurgence in demand for the art form of jazz music as new rebirth passion in the US and world-wide. Jazz music ...
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