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News: Event

Poncho Sanchez And His Latin Jazz Band In San Diego on May 31st

April 29, 2013

Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band will appear live on Friday, May 31st at the Bob Guess Theater for Performing Arts. This is a one night only performance brouht to you by the Grossmont Union High School District Band Directors and the Parent Music Advocacy Group. The theater is located on the West Hills High ...

News: Festival

Wayne Shorter Celebrates 80th Birthday In Newport At Festival & Gala

April 29, 2013

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. Continues Six-Decade Tradition Of Presenting Once-In-A-Lifetime Jazz Celebrations, This Year Featuring Wayne Shorter’s 80th Birthday Tribute NEWPORT, RI: Legendary tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter will celebrate his 80th birthday year at the annual Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. fundraising benefit, which will be held at Rosecliff, one of Newport’s historic mansions, on Saturday, August ...

News: Performance / Tour

Off Tour With Sting, Laila Biali Is In Residency At Subculture May 10, 24 & 31 With Guests John Ellis, Jo Lawry And Zach Brock / The Requestomatic Audience Challenge

April 29, 2013

Award-winning Canadian pianist, vocalist and songwriter Laila Biali has toured with Grammy award-winners Suzanne Vega, Chris Botti and Paula Cole and has recorded with and supported pop icon Sting. Laila has an acute awareness and appreciation for pop and rock that she combines with her jazz training to create thrilling arrangements. Her recent CD, Live in ...

News: Event

Vocalist Gretchen Parlato Closes Lawrence University 2012-13 Jazz Series on May 3

April 29, 2013

Innovative vocalist Gretchen Parlato closes Lawrence University 2012-13 Jazz Series Friday, May 10 with an 8 p.m. performance in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel. Hailed by jazz legend Herbie Hancock as “a singer with a deep, almost magical connection to the music” Parlato has been attracting fans and critics alike since winning the 2004 Thelonious Monk International ...

News: Award / Grant

Women Jazz Ensemble Composers Wanted!

April 29, 2013

The First Annual Jazz Ensemble Composition Contest for Women Composers is now open for submissions! This contest has been created to encourage the composition of the highest possible quality of jazz ensemble literature playable by high schools, honor bands, college bands and professional bands alike. The winning composition will be performed and recorded live by the ...

Article: Profile

Eric Harland's Voyager: Going Places

by Zach Hindin
April 28, 2013

Where most debut acts aim to make a statement, Eric Harland's first lead project, Voyager, is decidedly conversational. Harland, arguably the consummate jazz drummer of his generation, has staffed his quintet with a potent if precocious musical brain trust. The year after pianist Taylor Eigsti first played with pianist Dave Brubeck (he was 12 at the ...

Article: Album Review

Deborah Latz: Fig Tree

Read "Fig Tree" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
April 28, 2013

West Coast/East Coast vocalist Deborah Latz has release two well- received CDs to date: 2004's Toward Love and 2008's Lifeline (both on June Moon Productions). Coming from a stage background, Latz has no problem instilling drama into her interpretations and does so without sounding like she is trying too hard, a pitfall of many of her ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Dan Lehner's Memory Field - Spoken Migration" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

April 28, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Dan Lehner's Memory Field - Spoken Migration“ download giveaway starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on May 27th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Dan Lehner at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! About ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: From Benin to Berklee and Beyond with Guitarist and Singer Lionel Loueke

April 28, 2013

Thie week, let's peruse some video clips from guitarist and singer Lionel Loueke, who's coming to St. Louis to play Wednesday, May 8 through Saturday, May 11 at Jazz at the Bistro. Born in the west African nation of Benin, Loueke studied starting in 1990 at the National Institute of Art in Ivory Coast and from ...

News: Education

New York Jazz Workshop Set For Annual Summer Sessions

April 28, 2013

NEW YORK, NY: More than beach and barbeques, for jazz musicians around the world summer is the time to take their playing to the next level in the world capital of jazz, as the New York Jazz Workshop School of Music (NYJW) will again offer focused four-day workshops, July 25 through August 18, with sessions for ...