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American Jazz Museum Marks 10 Years
The American Jazz Museum is emphasizing community ties as it holds a three-day gala this week marking a decade in the 18th and Vine Historic Jazz District. The headline event Friday night is sold out, but organizers have activities planned for Thursday, Friday and Saturday including a street festival, free concerts, lectures, a domino tournament and ...
Jazz/Funk Keyboard Virtuoso Steve Weingart Announces New Band
Jazz/Funk keyboard virtuoso Steve Weingart (Steve Lukather's El Grupo, Dave Weckl Band, Warren Hill) has announced a new band featuring: Steve Weingart: keyboards, Eric Valentine: drums, Jimmy Earl: bass, Kevin Levi: saxophone, Toshi Yanagi: guitar. Weingart's new band will be performing their first show at La Ve Lee, Studio City, CA on Thursday, September 13, 2007. ...
Mitchell's Jazz Bar & Grill Opens in Brooklyn, NY
Mitchell's Bar & Grill 259 Flatbush Avenue Brookyln, NY, 11217 Map 718-484-4114 Jazz lovers will be delighted to have a new spot to experience top names on the jazz scene with the opening of Mitchell's Bar & Grill, located at 259 Flatbush Avenue, right on the Park Slope ...
Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty & Al DiMeola at the Keswick Theatre on September 20, 2007
With some of the best chops in the industry, jazz phenoms STANLEY CLARKE, JEAN-LUC PONTY & AL DiMEOLA came together in 1995 to create the now-classic album The Rite of Strings, followed by a wildly successful tour. Although very busy with individual projects, THE RITE OF STRINGS threesome reconnect for a rare tour showcasing their integrity, ...
Andy Young Quartet Signs with Hardrush Music
Progressive Jazz innovators The Andy Young Quartet have signed with ARIA label Hardrush Music. The first CD to be released will be Downside Up", a 10 track recording of just over one hour duration of sparkling class jazz. AYQ comprises Andy Young on jazz guitar, Sean Brady on drums and percussion, Hamish Stevenson on upright double ...
Kansas City & New Orleans: Sister Cities of Jazz
Birthplace & Breeding Grounds of Jazz Unite to Raise Awareness of Jazz through Education & Performance (Kansas City, MO - September 5, 2007) - It's often been said that jazz was born in New Orleans, and it grew up in Kansas City. Since the birth of America's greatest art form, its journey through America ...
Nat Hentoff Features Amanda Carr in 9/5 Issue of the Wall Street Journal
"Amanda Carr, a true jazz singer in a time of wannabes... she sings and swings with the unaffected confidence of a genuine jazz improviser. Unlike some of the present alleged jazz vocalists, Ms. Carr does not try to imitate a horn. She is an authentic musician in the front line with her longtime colleagues on 'Soon'..." ...
A Great Day in Seattle Photo by Daniel Sheehan
On May 6th, 2007 nearly 300 local jazz musicians met on the steps of Seattle's City Hall for a photograph in the spirit of Art Kane's 1958 A Great Day in Harlem." Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer Daniel Sheehan captured the event as the musicians who cross jazz music's many generational and stylistic boundaries were photographed together for ...
Suzanne Grzanna Graces the Cover of Volume 6 of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment
The Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists (FAMSPA) announced this week that Suzanne Grzanna will grace the cover of volume 6 of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment. The title of this new volume is: Entertainment Greats From the 1800's to the Present: Cinema, Music, Divas, Legends. It is authored ...
Profiles of Jazz Singers and Musicians: The Greats, Past and Present
NEW BOOK: ENTERTAINMENT GREATS FROM THE 1800'S TO THE PRESENT: CINEMA, MUSIC, DIVAS AND LEGENDS. FAME IS PRIMORDIAL. BUT TALENT IS A MUST Although fame is a name recognition and success trampoline, talent remains essential for longevity in showbiz. This is core and main theme of a recently published massive book ENTERTAINMENT GREATS FROM THE 1800'S ...


