Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival Now Accepting Applications From Student Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, Composers, Individual Musicians
24 October, 2011
Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival Now Accepting Applications From Student Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, Composers, Individual MusiciansThe Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since its inception in 1958, is pleased to announce the 8th Annual Next Generation ...
| Spyro Gyra Bassist On New Dark Chocolate Release 'Caper'
24 October, 2011
One of the most respected modern day jazz outfits is undoubtedly Spyro Gyra, whose free-flowing yet instrumentally complex music has been turning the music world on its ear for decades by this point. And Kim Stone, who has supplied bass for Spyro Gyra (in addition to the Rippingtons), can also be spotted ...
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Michael Buble "Christmas" Album Released!
22 October, 2011
Michael Buble's highly anticipated "Christmas" album - his holiday gift to fans around the globe is being released, October 24th. "Christmas" is the record the multi-Grammy winning Canadian has been dreaming about making for years. "It's always been my favorite holiday and I knew that one day I would ...
| Jazz Legend Barbara Morrison Presents 'Glamour Girls,' A New Play By Former Bond Girl And Playboy Bunny Gloria Hendry
20 October, 2011
Jazz singing legend turned play producer Barbara Morrison presents Glamour Girls, a new play by former Bond girl and Playboy Bunny Gloria Hendry. Directed by Hendry and written by Hendry and Michael Cormier, Glamour Girls plays at the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles every Friday ...
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It's Pure Talent, Not Magic! 11-year-old Oliver Richman Stars As 'Young Frank Sinatra' In 'sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show,' Which Swings Into The LA Area October 25-30
20 October, 2011
Over the past year, 11-year-old YouTube phenom Oliver Richman (www.oliverrichman.com) sang with Stevie Wonder at a House Full of Toys Benefit Concert and released a new recording and video of "Abracadabra," a high powered, explosive remake of the Steve Miller Band's iconic 1982 hit.
The multi-talented ...
| Tony Bennett: The Classic Christmas Album
20 October, 2011
14-time Grammy Award-winning Columbia Records artist Tony Bennett turns his attention to his timeless catalog of Christmas recordings and personally picks 18 of his favorites - including one brand new, previously unreleased tune, "What Child Is This" - for THE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS ALBUM. The new collection ...
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New CD, "Three Musicians," Features Pianist/Arranger Joan Stiles With Saxophonist Joel Frahm And Drummer Matt Wilson
19 October, 2011
Pianist Joan Stiles's first two CDs - "Love Call" (Zoho, 2004) and "Hurly-Burly" (Oo-Bla-Dee, 2007) - showcased Stiles the resourceful and inventive arranger for octet and sextet. Her new album, "Three Musicians," on which Stiles arranges for an unusual trio with saxophonist Joel Frahm and drummer Matt ...
| Vocalist Geila Zilkha Debuts Her International Cd Release "Appearance" With A Promise To Live Life To The Fullest To The Jazz Network Worldwide
19 October, 2011
Songstress, Geila Zilkha surely has a story to tell with her latest release "Appearance", her band was in the studio recording when the Japan Tsumami struck. The band felt strongly about continuing the production that even a natural disaster couldn't stop its message. The kaos of the devastating quake ...
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Dave Koz's Ultimate Christmas Collection, Featuring 18 Holiday Classics, Is Out Now!
19 October, 2011
Ultimate Christmas, featuring 18 holiday songs performed by Dave Koz, was released today by Capitol/EMI. The collection features the six-time GRAMMY® Award nominee's renditions of such perennial holiday classics as "The Christmas Song," "Winter Wonderland," "Deck The Halls," "O Tannenbaum (O Christmas ...
| Legendary Etta James Retires With The Release Of Her Final Studio Album The Dreamer On October 25, 2011
19 October, 2011
For over half a century, Etta James has all but defined the role of the quintessential rhythm & blues vocalist. She transcends all musical categories and styles with a recording career that spans more than five decades. On October 25, 2011, Etta James will release The Dreamer,her new album through Verve ...
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10/25: Saxophonist Kim Waters Releases His 17th Album 'This Heart Of Mine'
19 October, 2011
Kim Waters has been heralded as "simply one of the planet's best saxophonists" by Jazz Times Magazine and touted as a "romantic pied piper" by The Washington Post. Waters has built an impressive and enviable career giving his fans what they want, along the way garnering praise from critics and fans ...
| Marcus Roberts' Majestic Album 'Celebrating Christmas' Transforms Holiday Classics
18 October, 2011
'Celebrating Christmas,' preeminent jazz pianist Marcus Roberts' majestic new album, brings an astounding level of artistry and insight to fifteen beloved holiday classics. Roberts is joined by Rodney Jordan on bass and his longtime drummer Jason Marsalis, together forming an exuberant trio that weaves ...
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Chick Corea Throws Ultimate 70th Birthday Party With Herbie, Bobby, John And More At Blue Note Blowout, November 1-27
15 October, 2011
The incomparable Chick Corea, known for his genre-defying brilliance, captures the evolution of his adventurous music career with a month-long 70th birthday celebration at New York's Blue Note, featuring ten different star-studded lineups in more than forty performances.
Fresh off a 70-city, multi-continental ...
| Greatest Hits Live Album And Successful U.S. Concert Tour Promises A New Day For Basia
13 October, 2011
Although she didn't play Newport or London, multiplatinum chanteuse Basia delighted American audiences from coast to coast during a successful 20-city concert tour that concluded in Seattle last week (October 5) with a sold-out show in support of her newly released From Newport to London: Greatest Hits ...
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Soul/Jazz Artist John And Gina Carey To Perform Live In Concert Benefiting The Angel Tree Charity
12 October, 2011
UK Chart toppers John and Gina Carey and The Urban Soul Project will hit the stage once again with a concert in benefit of the Angel Tree Charity. The talented couple will perform numerous songs from their new releases Melodic and New Beginnings. This two hour free concert will benefit the Angel tree ...
| Rene Marie Shows Us Her Black Lace Freudian Slip
12 October, 2011
Rene Marie, the award winning jazz, soul and blues singer-songwriter whose voice has been compared by critics to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn and her social advocacy to Nina Simone and Abbey Lincoln releases her new album Black Lace Freudian Slip (Motema Music) and begins a US tour this week.
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Saxman Richard Elliot Pays Tribute To His Jazz-funk Influences On 'In The Zone'
12 October, 2011
A contemporary jazz giant whose power and passion have made the soulful saxophonist into one of the genre's most consistent chart-toppers in the 25 years since he released his solo debut, Richard Elliot salutes the instrumental jazz-funk legends from his formative years in the 1970s & 80s that influenced ...
| Pink Martini To Make Three Bay Area Concert Appearances
08 October, 2011
Rick Bartalini Presents announced that Pink Martini will perform three Bay Area concerts this fall. The concerts are scheduled for November 17 at the Marin Center in San Rafael, November 19 at Grace Pavilion at Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa and November 20 at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland. ...
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Pianist Walter 'Spicy' Bland & 'Climate Change' Announces A New International CD Release 'Sweet Gumbo'
06 October, 2011
Seasoned pianist Walter "Spicy" Band & "Climate Change" are releasing its new international CD entitled "Sweet Gumbo" to the world through The Jazz Network Worldwide. It is centered on the creative talents of its leader Walter "Spicy" Bland, pianist, composer-extraordinaire, educator, inspirational ...
| Tony Bennett On MTV With Back-To-Back Videos In September And October
06 October, 2011
September was an historic month for singer Tony Bennett who scored several music industry "firsts," becoming the oldest artist ever to have a No 1 Album on the Billboard Album Charts while landing in Billboard's Hot 100 Singles charts with "Body and Soul," his duet with Amy Winehouse.
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