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BEFORE NIGHT FALLS SOUNDTRACK TO BE RELEASED FEBRUARY 27th, 2001

Music from acclaimed film highlights Cuban legends and more On Tuesday, February 27th, 2001, Blue Thumb Records will release the soundtrack to the acclaimed film Before Night Falls. The CD features many renowned artists from several decades of Cuban music. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Venice Film Festival, Before Night Falls is ...

James Louis "J.J." Johnson dies

INDIANAPOLIS -- James Louis “J.J." Johnson, an influential jazz trombonist who later forged a career arranging and recording scores for motion pictures and television, died Sunday. He was 77. Johnson, who had been ill in recent months, committed suicide at his home Sunday morning, the Marion County Sheriff's Department said. The Indianapolis native, who began playing ...

Avishai Cohen's International Vamp Band to Appear at Jazz Gallery

Virtuoso bassist, pianist, composer, arranger, Avishai Cohen, has launched a new band called The International Vamp Band. The group will perform February 9-10 at The Jazz Gallery in New York City and again on March 15, 2001 at Smalls. The group's members are Avi Leibovitch-trombone, Diego Urcola-trumpet, Yagil Baras-bass, Antonio Sanchez drums and Ayishai Cohen on ...

Premier Exponent of Jazz Trombone

By Kenny Mathieson The death of J. J. Johnson by self-inflicted gunshot wound has not only ended the life of the greatest jazz exponent of his instrument, the slide trombone, but also erodes one of the few remaining links to the formative era of modern jazz. Johnson emerged from a basic grounding in swing to establish ...

Subtle But Groovin' Soul Jazz Star

By Kenny Mathieson 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 ...

BILLY HIGGINS UPDATE

As many of you may be aware legendary drummer Billy Higgins is very sick and in need of a liver transplant. We have been in communication with Billy and he wants everyone to know that his spirit is strong and that he is grateful for all the support, prayers and donations that he has received. However, ...

Chuck Zueren: Why Not?? - Red Records

Cuck Zeuren Why Not?? 1. Why Not?? 2. Wuz Up?? 3. Boos 4. Frunk 5. Old Friend 6. Ber-Goz-Crazy 7. At Last 8. Samber 9. Put Yo Foot In Yo Mouf ...

LARRY CORYELL * STEVE MARCUS * STEVE SMITH * KAI ECKHARDT - COUNT'S JAM BAND - REUNION (Tone Center)

Before fusion became popular in the early 70s, there was a community of musicians in NYC experimenting with Jazz/Rock in the mid-to-late 60s. Two of the leaders of this movement were guitarist Larry Coryell and saxophonist Steve “The Count" Marcus. They documented these radical new ideas on two classic recordings made in 1967 and 1968 using ...

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Brooklyn Sax Quartet CD now out on innova Recordings

"The Way of the Saxophone" Brooklyn Saxophone Quartet innova 549 “...one of the strongest reed units anywhere, one that is focused in ensemble and distinctively individualistic in solos." -- Bob Blumenthal, The Boston Globe The Brooklyn Saxophone Quartet, co-founded by tenorist David Bindman and baritonist Fred Ho, and joined by Sam Furnace ...