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SAXOPHONIST RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA'S KINSMEN RECEIVES UNIVERSAL CRITICAL ACCLAIM
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Posted by: editor on Monday, January 05, 2009 - 09:07 AM |
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ALBUM IS TOP JAZZ CD ACCORDING TO NPR, Rolling Stone, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Village Voice, Boston Globe, Seattle Times, Denver Post, Boston Phoenix, JazzTimes, Slate.com, PopMatters, All Music Guide + MANY MORE
Kinsmen is the highly acclaimed, groundbreaking project by alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa (rude-RESH mah-HAHN-tha-pa) that melds jazz with South Indian music into a single organic whole. Mahanthappa -- recently named a Top 10 alto saxophonist in the 2008 DownBeat Critic's Poll, the #2 jazz album of 2008 in The Village Voice's Third Annual Jazz Critic's Poll, Artist of the Year by the venerated All About Jazz-New York and one of Take Five's Best Jazz CDs of 2008 on NPR Music -- is clearly one of the most innovative young musicians in jazz today.
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Jazz Corner celebrates 10th anniversary
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Posted by: bobmast on Monday, January 05, 2009 - 09:05 AM |
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The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island's premier international jazz club , is celebrating it's 10th anniversary throughout 2009 with 10 concert weekends, each one comemmorating a historical figure in jazz history. The list of performers will include Bucky Pizzarelli, Judy Carmichael, Mark Shane, vibist Christian Tamburr, and the legendary Freddy Cole among others. For a complete schedule of events, consult the Jazz Corner website at thejazzcorner.com or phone 843-842-8620 for information and reservations.The celebration kicks off with Mark Shane and a tribute to Fats Waller on Jan 23-24.The Jazz Corner is considered to be one of the top ten clubs in the world
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CD Reviews: Arild Andersen— ‘Live at Belleville’ By Joe Bendel
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Posted by: editor on Monday, January 05, 2009 - 09:05 AM |
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ECM Records)
In 1905 Norway dissolved its union with Sweden, becoming the only country to ever democratically elect a sovereign monarch, Haakon VII, formerly Prince Carl of Denmark. To mark the centennial of Norwegian independence from Sweden , bassist Arild Andersen composed the “Independency” suite, which is now the centerpiece of his new trio recording, “Live at Belleville.”
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Funeral Services Announced For Freddie Hubbard
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Posted by: editor on Monday, January 05, 2009 - 09:03 AM |
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Funeral Services for
Freddie Hubbard
will be on
Tuesday January 6, 2009
Faithful Central Bible Church
The Tabernacle
321 N. Eucalyptus Avenue
Inglewood, CA 90301
(310) 330- 8000
www.faithfulcentral.com
Viewing 11am- 1pm
Service 1 pm
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CD Reviews: Brian Charette, “Missing Floor”
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Posted by: editor on Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 11:54 AM |
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By: Edward Blanco
New York pianist and organist Brian Charette offers a new album playing the laptop and piano but is primarily heard on the Hammond B3 organ, recording ten originals and four covers with his unique organ trio modal joined by Jochen Rueckert on the drums and Leon Gruenbaum performing on the saxophone, samchillian and the piano on the tune “Three Lights.” A martial arts expert and avid chess player, the press clippings suggest that Charette draws on the discipline required for Kung Fu and chess as inspirations for the compositions found here.
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CD Reviews: Saltman Knowles, “Return of The Composer”
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Posted by: editor on Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 11:53 AM |
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By Edward Blanco
Bassist Mark Saltman and pianist William Knowles have made four previous recordings and continue their collaboration with strong melodic charts focusing on what the liner notes state“is a return to solid song writing and compositions,” which explains the title of the album. One major difference from other recordings, according to the co-leaders, is freely employing what they say is the “use of vocalese (using the voice as another instrument). To this degree, the group enlists the help of vocalist Lori Williams-Chisholm on some tracks as part of the instrumental ensemble in which she is heard primarily on wordless vocals and scatting except on the finale “Pain Management” where she sings the lyrics in her high-register voice.
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Album and show to honor Blue Note legends
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Posted by: editor on Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 10:06 AM |
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A Blue Note Records celebration puts old tunes in a new light — on a new CD and a jazz-septet tour.
By Hugo Kugiya
Special to The Seattle Times
The record label marks its 70th year with an album, "Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note Records," and concert tour, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle; $28-$35 (206-292-2787 or www.themoore.com). When Bill Charlap was a teenager in New York City — he was a music student at the school immortalized by the movie "Fame" — his best source of reference material was the public library near Lincoln Center, where he checked out jazz records by the musicians he emulated. More often than not, the records were Blue Note releases.
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29th Annual North Carolina Jazz Festival Brings World-class Musicians to Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
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Posted by: editor on Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 10:04 AM |
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Since its inception in 1980, the North Carolina Jazz Festival continues a tradition of bringing world-class jazz musicians to Wilmington, North Carolina. During the weekend of February 5 through 7, 2009, the 29th Annual North Carolina Jazz Festival will present concerts by more than a dozen traditional jazz artists who will perform in a cabaret-style setting at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside's ballroom. Aficionados can see and hear their favorite traditional jazz musicians perform live, along with opportunities to meet and mingle with the artists.
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Jazz Festival in need of a new home
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Posted by: editor on Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 10:03 AM |
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Metro Park is booked all spring, so event needs a new venue, date
By Matt Soergel, The Times-Union
City officials say they're committed to hosting the Jacksonville Jazz Festival this year - but where and when is still up in the air. For now, the venerable festival is homeless.
"I don't want anyone to get panicked. We've just got to tweak the date, tweak the venue," said Theresa O'Donnell, the city's director of special events.
The festival was originally scheduled for the first weekend of April in Metropolitan Park. But the city, which runs the jazz festival, agreed to move from that date to avoid clashing with the Springing the Blues festival in Jacksonville Beach, O'Donnell said.
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Music Promoter Defrauds Bose Eboda, Arrested
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Posted by: editor on Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 10:01 AM |
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By Gbenga Olumide
Bose EbodaA Lagos-based music promoter, Mr. Isiaka Olaiya Fatai, has been quizzed by police in Ibadan for defrauding the public.
In an attempt to prove smart over an album by Lady Evangelist Bose Eboda-Gbadebo, an Oyo-based gospel singer, the promoter allegedly produced a set of songs composed by the artiste under two different titles without her consent.
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Foreign Artistes Take Cross River By Storm
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Posted by: editor on Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 10:00 AM |
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Makesela NAJEE, an American Jazz exponent has described Obudu Cattle Ranch as one of God’s greatest creations bestowed on mankind.
While performing during the Jazz Nite segment of the musical entertainment programme of the Cross River State Christmas Festival at Calabar Municipal Council ground, on Monday, Najee, an African-American, disclosed that his visit to Cross River was his first to Nigeria.
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CD Reviews: Rob Mosher's Storytime
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Posted by: editor on Friday, January 02, 2009 - 10:13 AM |
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Glenn Astarita
“The Tortoise”
CD-2008 Independent (Canada Council for the Arts)
Twenty-eight year old composer and multi-reedman Rob Mosher’s mission statement entails a modern, large ensemble sound built upon layered charts and memorable melodies. It’s all quite impressive for this Canadian gent who relocated to New York City approximately four years ago. Yet, Mosher’s bio includes numerous grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, segueing to this 2008 debut album as a leader.
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CD Reviews: Greg Skaff, “East Harlem Skyline”
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Posted by: editor on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 09:12 AM |
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By: Edward Blanco
Featuring a guitar/Hammond B3 organ trio set up on this second ZOHO release for New York guitarist Greg Skaff, performing a collection of ballads, blues and providing new reads on a couple of old standards, East Harlem Skyline presents melodic straight ahead jazz in the vain of traditional organ trio music. To this end Skaff is joined by pianist George Colligan who here mans the Hammond B3 organ and is accompanied by E.J Strickland on the drums forming the core trio of the album. The rhythm section is different only on the opening piece “Willie D” where the guitarist is joined by George Laks on the organ, Darryl Jones on bass and Charles Drayton on drums.
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CD Reviews: Jay Epstein, “Long Ago”
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Posted by: editor on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 09:11 AM |
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By Edward Blanco
Originally released in 1997, “Long Ago” is a re-release of drummer Jay Epstein's debut as leader featuring pianist Bill Carrothers and bassist Anthony Cox on a twelve-piece session of rhythm-based music taking a couple of originals and some jazz classics to new interpretations. The repertoire consist of a fairly nice blend of classic standards like Miles Davis' “Solar,” Wayne Shorter's “Lost,” and the Kern/Gershwin tune “Long Ago & Far Away” from which Epstein draws the title for the album.
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Jazz Legend Freddie Hubbard dies at 70
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Posted by: editor on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 12:58 AM |
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Jazz legend Freddie Hubbard passed away in Sherman Oaks Hospital this morning (December 29) in Sherman Oaks California at the age of 70. The cause of death was complications of a heart attack he suffered on November 26.
David Weiss, his longtime manager, arranger and producer who also organized and played trumpet in Hubbard's last band, The New Jazz Composers Octet, recalls "He played faster, longer, higher and with more energy than any other trumpeter of his era."
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Jazz musicians look to federal budget for bailout support
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Posted by: editor on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 09:30 AM |
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Washington, D.C. (CNN)
In light of the recent downturn in the American economy, the nations jazz musicians have joined the long line of lobby groups looking to Washington for support as the economy slides into a deepening recession.
The jazz industry is asking Washington for a bailout package and major subsidies on par with that of the auto sector.
As such, jazz musicians also want access to credit and tax breaks to stimulate investment and help the development of new recording and performance opportunities.
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THE VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA'S
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Posted by: editor on Sunday, December 28, 2008 - 10:19 AM |
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THE VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA'S RECEIVES 2 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
Planet Arts Recordings congratulates the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (VJO) on receiving 2 GRAMMY nominations for their critically acclaimed recording Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard.
After five GRAMMY nominated and award winning studio recordings, the VJO decided to go live at the august and famous Village Vanguard in New York City, their Monday night home for the past forty-three years.
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Obituaries: Newman, Ledger, Hillary Among 2008 Passings
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Posted by: editor on Sunday, December 28, 2008 - 08:53 AM |
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Posted By: Jason Kobely
Whether they were stars of the stage or screen, world leaders or hometown heroes, those who died in 2008 left an indelible mark on our lives.
A look at lives lost this past year:
THE ARTS
Edie Adams, 81, blond beauty who as an actress and singer won a Tony Award as Daisy Mae in Broadway's Li'l Abner and played television foil to husband Ernie Kovacs. Cancer, Oct. 15.
Eddy Arnold, 89, whose mellow baritone on songs like Make the World Go Away made him one of the most successful country singers in history. Folksy yet sophisticated, he became a pioneer of "The Nashville Sound," a mixture of country and pop styles. He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1966. Cause not given, May 8.
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Phil Johnson: The best Jazz albums of 2008
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Posted by: editor on Sunday, December 28, 2008 - 08:52 AM |
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‘Arve Henriksen came of age with an album of astonishing grace and power’
Independent.co.uk
After three interesting albums for Rune Grammofon, the Norwegian trumpeter and composer Arve Henriksen came of age with 'Cartography', a fully realised solo work of astonishing grace and power.
Henriksen's delicately whispered trumpet and wordless vocals combine with the electronics of producers Jan Bang and Erik Honoré to create edgily ambient music where a sense of the sublime is never far away.
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Cuba's Young Revolutionaries Fight for Their Art
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Posted by: editor on Sunday, December 28, 2008 - 08:48 AM |
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As the country's 50th year of communism approaches, artists are testing the boundaries of tolerance.
The electronic beat swelled louder, pumping up the crowd, and spotlights beamed onto the catwalk for the night's most dramatic entrance. Maykel González, an ebony beauty, scythed down the walkway on Rollerblades wearing nothing but sparkling gold hotpants, a magnificent Afro and a coy smile. The crowd cheered, hooted and whistled. Fashion shows were not supposed to be this much fun.
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33% Off
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Posted by: editor on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 12:55 PM |
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You know physical retail is on its last legs when Bruce Springsteen creates a special product for Wal-Mart. It's like there's a flood and everyone has retreated to high ground. In this case, the one location that seems able to sell physical product. But it's really more like a drought. The consumer is no longer raining money. And it's even worse, there's not enough food at Wal-Mart. Bryan Adams' album didn't sell there. Not everything moves in the big box store. Not everything is moving period.
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Jazz pianist-singer Page Cavanaugh dies at 86
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Posted by: editor on Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 08:39 AM |
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Jazz pianist-singer Page Cavanaugh dies at 86
18 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jazz pianist and singer Page Cavanaugh, whose popular trio in the 1940s and 1950s played in motion pictures and on Frank Sinatra's radio show, has died at 86.
Cavanaugh died of kidney failure Dec. 19 at a nursing home in San Fernando Valley, said Phil Mallory, his bass player of 18 years.
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CD Reviews: JazzTrenzz's Clef Notes
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Posted by: editor on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 01:18 PM |
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Somewhere (Blix Street Records 2008)
Eva Cassidy
The repository of accolades will again intensify, for Somewhere, has Eva Cassidy's enchanting aura rekindled; never to extinguish. With each spin from her captivating songbook, Eva Cassidy's warmth falls from our eyes. No thought, script, or judgment can offer justice to the impact Eva Cassidy and her storyline has on each of us.
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Ejazznews.com Top Ten Jazz Recordings 2008
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Posted by: editor on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 12:23 PM |
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1. Chick Corea/Gary Burton - New Crystal Silence - ECM
2. Lizz Wright The Orchard - Verve
3. Norma Winstone Distances – ECM
4. Taylor Eigisti – Let It Come To You – Concord Jazz
5. Roy Hargrove – Earfood – Emarcy
6. Dafnis Prieto Sextet – Taking The Soul For A Walk – Dafnison Music
7. Joe Lovano – Symphonia – Blue Note
8. Take Six – The Standard – Heads Up
9. Bill Frisell – History,Mystery – Nonesuch
10. Brad Mehldau Trio – Live- Nonesuch
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CD Reviews: JazzTrenzz's Clef Notes
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Posted by: editor on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 12:20 PM |
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Echo (Sunnyside Records 2008)
Alyssa Graham
Karl Stober
The many moods and expressions of the jazz vocalist is what ignites the fawning desire for the craft. Thus, this basic instinct necessitates the audio scrutiny of fine jazz, with lyrical compassion as its liberator.
With restless yet clinical arrangements; the aphrodisiac weight of Alyssa Graham's style is refreshing. Sunnyside 2008 release of Echo unleashes the delicate and seasoned vocals of this free-spirit.
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LA Phil Presents - A Tribute to Ray Brown
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Posted by: tmgla on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 10:34 PM |
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The late, great Ray Brown, who performed with such recording legends as Frank Sinatra, Billy Eckstine, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson and Peggy Lee, was also a great influence on young musicians and mentor to our own Christian McBride. Join Christian with Ray’s former band mates and friends to pay homage to this beloved jazz giant.
Visit LAPhil.com for tickets and information.
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Tony Adamo Reviewed by L.A. Jazz Scene’s Jim Santella
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Posted by: rocarmani on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 05:13 PM |
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Tony Adamo Reviewed by L.A. Jazz Scene's Jim Santella
UrbanzoneRecords
Franki La Mantia
www.myspace.com/tonyrocadamo
Pop songs with R&B horns make Tony Adamo's STRAIGHT UP DEAL sizzle with excitement. He sings with the bold character of a man who knows how to entertain, recalling pop singers Tom Jones, David Clayton-Thomas and Brook Benton as well as jazz singers Al Jarreau and Mark Murphy. His program, however, goes well beyond the pop and R&B arena into Jazz interpretations of standards such as "Milestones," "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy," "Stolen Moments," "In the WineLight," and "Speak Low."
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Berklee to Hold Scholarship Auditions in Australia for the First Time
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Posted by: opi on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 05:12 PM |
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Berklee College of Music, the world's premier college of contemporary music, will be holding audition and interview (A&I) events in Australia for the first time as part of the college’s World Scholarship Tour. Berklee’s A&I events offer talented musicians the chance to be awarded scholarships to attend the college. Auditions will be held in Melbourne on January 6, 2009, and in Sydney on January 13, 2009. For more information or to apply, visit http://www.berklee.edu/wst or email scholarships@berklee.edu.
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WYNTON MARSALIS, SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR TO LEAD
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Posted by: editor on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 11:14 AM |
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“A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA”
HOSTED BY ANDERSON COOPER & SOLEDAD O’BRIEN
LIVE ON CNN
To be held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on
Monday, January 19th at 7 p.m.
[New York, December 23, 2008] – Jazz at Lincoln Center and The Rockefeller Foundation will present “A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA” in the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater on the occasion of the Presidential Inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 19, 2009 live on CNN at 7 p.m.
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We read the morning paper for you!
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Posted by: editor on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 09:20 AM |
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Holiday Greetings
The Jazzinstitut will be closed until January 4th, and for once, we will also discontinue this newsletter during this time. But don't worry: We will be back next year. Thanks for all encouraging mails which come in after every issue. We really appreciate them; it makes us feel that we don't do this just for ourselves. By the way, you can re-read all jazz news since summer 2006 on our website: www.jazzinstitut.de.
We wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy and swinging 2009.
The staff at the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt
23. Dezember 2008
McCoy Tyner
Will Friedwald talks to McCoy Tyner about his new album (Wall Street Journal) and learns that Tyner grew up playing standards, accompanying singers, an experience that made him learn a big repertoire. He also studied the classics, Chopin, Beethoven, Bach, and Tchaikovsky which helped him find his own directions in music and on the piano.
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· Tony Adamo Stays Hot On MDX Jazz/Funk Radio
(Nov 11, 2008)
· Scott Sherwood & Bob Rodriguez-"Ripples" Art of Life Records AL1034-2 CD
(Sep 25, 2008)
· Jimmy Demers Makes Concord Records Debut
(Sep 24, 2008)
· Andrea Marcelli Trio-"Sundance" Art of Life Records MP3 Digital Download
(Sep 24, 2008)
· NYC Jazz Pianist Aaron Parks Gears Up For Blue Note Debut 8.19
(Aug 14, 2008)
· Jazz band from Mumbai for Shisha Cafe
(Jul 27, 2008)
· Max Trax Jazz Cafe chart for week of July 6
(Jul 27, 2008)
· Jazz Trumpeter Mark Rapp Plays the WC Handy Festival 2008
(Jul 22, 2008)
· Jazz Duo Pays Tribute to Joe Raposo on New CD
(Jul 02, 2008)
· "Jammin' on The Hudson"
(Jul 02, 2008)
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