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Lewis Nash All-Star Quintet: Phoenix, AZ, October 3, 2012
by Patricia Myers
Lewis Nash All-Star QuintetThe NashPhoenix, AZOctober 3, 2012Drummer Lewis Nash led a quintet of New York-based musicians in two concerts to mark the grand opening of The Nash, a new jazz educational and performance center in Phoenix, Arizona, operated by Jazz in Arizona Inc. and named for the city's native son, ...
35th Paradise Valley Jazz Party
by Patricia Myers
35th Paradise Valley Jazz PartyMusical Instrument MuseumPhoenix, AZApril 21-22, 2012A kaleidoscopic history of jazz was delivered during three sessions of the 35th annual Paradise Valley Jazz Party, from post-bop, ballads and blues to a swinging recreation of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France.Peak moments that elicited the ...
Lewis Nash All-Stars with Wynton Marsalis, Phoenix, AZ, April 11, 2011
by Patricia Myers
Lewis Nash All-Stars with Wynton MarsalisMusical Instrument MuseumPhoenix, AZApril 11, 2012An evening of bebop, swing, Latin and blues celebrated acclaimed drummer Lewis Nash and raised funds for youth programs of Jazz in Arizona. The 35-year-old nonprofit jazz-support organization recently opened The Nash, a performance and youth education center established in Phoenix ...
Freddy Cole Performs Two Concerts On May 31 In Phoenix, AZ
The Freddy Cole Quartet will perform two shows on Thursday, May 31, 2012, at The Nash, the new Jazz in AZ education and performance venue in Phoenix, AZ. The concerts, fundraisers to benefit the programs of The Nash, are at 5:45 p.m. for wine-hors d’oeuvres preceding 6:30 concert is $75; the 8:30 p.m. concert is $30. ...
Newport Beach Jazz Party 2012: Newport Beach, CA, February 16-19, 2012
by Patricia Myers
12th Annual Newport Beach Jazz PartyNewport Beach Marriot HotelNewport Beach, CAFebruary 16-19, 2012An abundance of top-level jazz in the glamorous ocean-side setting of the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel has made the annual Newport Beach Jazz Party one of the most popular on the circuit. The extended President's Day weekend event attracted ...
12th annual Newport Beach Jazz Party
By Patricia Myers Tributes to Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson,Chet Baker, Paul Desmond and the “Four Brothers" sound made famous by Woody Herman will be among the 44 sessions of the 12th annual Newport Beach Jazz Party, Feb. 16-19 in at the Newport Beach Marriott in southern California. This year's edition has the biggest advance sale ...
Paris Jazz Diary 2011
by Patricia Myers
Woody Allen's 2011 film, Midnight in Paris was a hit summer film in the U.S. and Paris, and also a theme that resonated during my annual two-month sojourn to the City of Light. At that hour, I was often happily sitting in jazz venues, my spirits lifted both by the music and seeing the clubs filled ...
Philippe Duchemin / Philippe Le Van / Christophe Le Van: Massilia
by Patricia Myers
Born in Toulouse, France, Philippe Duchemin began classical piano studies at age nine, and was attracted to jazz at 15. Self-taught, he spent eight years studying his idols, Fats Waller, Erroll Garner and Oscar Peterson. Drawing from this classical and jazz background, Duchemin delivers a brilliant balance of melodic exploration and pulsating rhythm from first to ...
34th Paradise Valley Jazz Party, April 16-17
The 34th annual Paradise Valley Jazz Party, one of the longest running jazz events in the world, again will bring top-level musicians to Arizona from across the nation on April 16-17. The weekend party was first staged in 1978 by Don Z. Miller and his late wife, Sue. During the past 33 years, the events have ...
Paris Jazz Diary 2010
by Patricia Myers
Travelers who stay in Paris for more than three days without hearing live jazz will miss a vital element of Parisian life. Jazz is as easily available as French wine and crusty baguettes, with performances seven nights a week throughout the City of Light. It's been this way since jazz first entered Paris in the 1920s, ...
