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Clifford Brown Jazz Festival Dates for 2001

The Clifford Brown Jazz Festival 2001 in Wilmington, Delaware will take place on Friday, June 22nd through Sunday, June 24th. This free event, in it's 12th year, will include a “jazz loop" to the local bars and restaurants once the performances are over on Friday and Saturday nights. Lunchtime concerts are planned from Monday, June 18th ...

Giampiero Boneschi, Franco Cerri e altri - Jazz In Italy In The 40s

Iris Lord...12 Famous Men

Iris Lord has achieved a sort of cubist expression with her new spoken word opera 12 Famous Men presented last week at the Knitting factory Hollywood. Cubism, usually associated with painting, such as Picasso, is defined as “... displaying several aspects of the same object simultaneously and by fragmenting the form of the depicted objects" “ ...

Subtle But Groovin' Soul Jazz Star: Jack McDuff Dies at 74

Jack McDuff, who was often known as Brother Jack McDuff, but later upgraded that honorific to Captain (an image completed by a jaunty, Count Basie-style yachting cap), was one of the handful of leading exponents of the soul jazz style created on Hammond organ by Jimmy Smith in the late 1950s. Soul jazz was one of ...

The Spring Hill Music Group Announces the Creation of the Hillsboro Jazz Label

The Spring Hill Music Group, Inc. announces the creation of a new imprint set to launch February 27, 2001 from their Nashville base of operations. The label known as Hillsboro to be distributed by EMD (EMI Distribution) will debut with three releases by pianist Beegie Adair, violinist Antoine Silverman and guitarist Jack Jezzro. To celebrate the ...

35 Years Later Here Comes The Whistleman Rahsaan Roland Kirk Again

JAZZ VOCALIST BARBARA MONTGOMERY DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM CHICK COREA ON HER NEW CD, DAKINI LAND

Described once as an “ice cream blond with a black coffee jazz voice," resplendent vocalist Barbara Montgomery announces the release of her most accomplished and spirited CD yet--Dakini Land, a 10-song collection centered on the evocative compositions of keyboard master Chick Corea. Produced by Montgomery along with her pianist and frequent collaborator, Barry Sames, Dakini Land ...

Mosaic Records Presents The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey

Mosaic Records Presents The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey - One of the Most Popular and Prolific Vocalists of the '30s From the time Mildred Bailey joined Paul Whiteman's band in 1929, becoming the first prominent big band “girl singer," her crystal clear tone and impeccable phrasing made Bailey a major influence on both jazz ...

Carla White's The Sweetest Sounds

When Carla White entered New York City's Clinton Recording Studios to record what would become The Sweetest Sounds, her seventh album, the acclaimed vocalist was striving for something different. Already enjoying a reputation as one of the finest scat singers on the scene and an extraordinary interpreter of both standard and lesser-known works, Carla took a ...

Michael Blake's DRIFT (Intuition Music), May 2001 release

DRIFT (Intuition Music): Creating a sonic environment that blends the styles of Jazz, Blues and Modern Music into a deep groove with abundant personality. Blake sees his band Free Association as a work in progress inspired by John Lurie, Roland Kirk, Fela Kuti, Ellington and other great band leaders. Like these originals, he relies on and ...