Emilia Dahlin Releases Her 3rd CD, 'God Machine,' Following Performances at Telluride and North by Northeast Festivals
PORTLAND, Maine (By Angie Helton/ Northeast Media Associates) - Singer/songwriter Emilia Dahlin will kick off the release of her latest CD and her Northeast tour at the Paradise Lounge in Boston, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, June 20th at 9 p.m. "God Machine" is Emilia's third CD, and is packed with clever ...
| Montreux Jazz Festival To Honor Atlantic Records
New York, NY (Atlantic Records) - In celebration of this year's 40th Montreux Jazz Festival, two very special concerts will be presented in honor of Atlantic Records. The first concert, a tribute to Atlantic Founding Chairman Ahmet Ertegun, will take place on Friday, June 30th, the opening night of ...
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Jazz And Blues Legends Join To Help Save Louisiana's Coastal Wetlands
NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts/ www.americaswetland.com) - Jazz and blues legends The Neville Brothers and Dr. John will join artists who include Mavis Staples and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band as part of The Sprit of New Orleans: America's WETLAND Revival Tour to help bring attention to the continuing loss ...
| Jazz Vocalist Hale Baskin of Menlo-Atherton High School Wins Her Second DOWNBEAT Magazine Student Music Award
Elmhurst, IL (Top40 Charts/ RENOWNED JAZZ ASSOCIATES) - Menlo-Atherton High School student Hale Baskin is awarded an 'outstanding performance' for her submission to the 29th DOWNBEAT Student music awards. DOWNBEAT Magazine was first impressed with Hale's vocal talents when they awarded her first place ...
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Blue Note Records Signs Suzanne Vega!
New York, NY (Blue Note Records) - Suzanne Vega has signed an exclusive recording deal with Blue Note Records, the singer-songwriter's first new label since she first signed with A&M in 1984. Vega will record her Blue Note debut this Fall for a likely release in Spring 2007. Vega's surprise hit 'Luka,' ...
| Jazz Masters Perform For Harlem Teens On June 17, 2006 For Free
NEW YORK, NY (Jazz Museum in Harlem) - In a rare free public date in Harlem, Grady Tate and Sarah McLawler will perform live on June 17, 2006 uptown at the Oberia D. Dempsey Center auditorium. Both artists participated in the Jazz Museum in Harlem's Harlem Speaks Education Initiative this spring at ...
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Detroit International Jazz Festival Expands; Adds Stages and Artists, Remains Free!
DETROIT, MI. (Detroit International Jazz Festival) - The newly expanded Detroit International Jazz Festival will welcome a wide spectrum of musical artists on Labor Day weekend, the 27th annual celebration September 1-4. The heart of the festival remains pure Jazz at historic Hart Plaza on the ...
| Puerto Rican Pianist And Jazz Musician Pianist Hilton Ruiz Passes Away
NEW YORK (www.zondelbarrio.com) - Famed Puerto Rican/New York Composer, Pianist and Jazz musician Hilton Ruiz passed away this morning at 3:51 a.m. at the East Jefferson General Hospital, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was still on life support when he peacefully expired. His daughter and wife, both ...
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EVTV1 Jazzes Up Its Video Network
Mokena, IL (EVTV1) - Video portal EVTV1 is banking on the notion that it can strike the right chord with its new Jazz Video content category. By expanding its fast growing Video Music Channel to include such musical jazz greats as Herbie Hancock, Grover Washington, Joe Williams and the legendary Billie ...
| New Connoisseur Series Titles
New York, NY (Blue Note Records) - June 6th, brings several new titles in the Blue Note Connoissuer Series: Andrew Hill- Pax Art Blakey- Holiday For Skins Gil Evans- The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions Jackie McLean- It's Time Lou Blackburn- the Complete Imperial Sessions Solomon Ilori- African ...
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Jazz Bassist Releases A Decade's Worth Of Music
LOS ANGELES (BLUE CANOE RECORDS) - JPM is a master bassist, equally proficient with upright and electric instruments; his technical virtuosity and artistic curiosity have taken him in pursuit of many musical styles. It is apparent that Moore's works are inspired by mainstream jazz and contemporary jazz ...
| A Benefit Jam Session for Pianist Hilton Ruiz
NEW YORK, NY (LQ's) - Famed Puerto Rican/New York Composer, Pianist and Jazz musician Hilton Ruiz is in a coma at a New Orleans hospital Intensive Care Unit with severe trauma to the face and a fractured skull. The circumstances surrounding this tragic incident are under investigation by the New Orleans ...
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Maverick Blues and Soul Artist Al 'Coffee' McDaniel Releases New Independent Album
TAMPA, Fla. (By Al McDaniel/ CPA Records) - CPA Records announced today the release of the latest album by featured recording artist Al "Coffee" McDaniel, "A Shoe Is A Shoe." This double disc will be available nationwide on June 16 and consists of 17 enticing tracks, with songs ranging from blues to ...
| Soul-jazz crooner Victor Fields' new single is a Diane Warren composition
LOS ANGELES (By Rick Scott/ Great Scott Productions) - Song stylist Victor Fields must fall in love with the songs he selects to sing in order to be able to infuse the material with the inspired passion he's known for on his soulful jazz recordings. He has always wanted to record a Diane Warren composition ...
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Ignacio Berroa Releases New Album 'Codes' On Blue Note Records
New York, NY (Blue Note Records) - Over the past 26 years, drummer Ignacio Berroa has boasted an impressive resume of sideman recording and performance duties with such maestros of the jazz world as Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, and Charlie Haden, as well ...
| Vernon Neilly Jumps Into Billboard Top 10 Retail Chart!
LOS ANGELES (Boosweet Records/ www.boosweet.com) - Against what would seem insurmountable odds in today's music business, where not only terrestrial radio, satellite, cable, internet radio, brick and mortar retail, online stores, and digital download retail are dominated by major and major independent ...
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Jazz Guitar Great Larry Coryell To Play Club Passim On June 2, 2006
Cambridge, MA (CALLANAN & KLEIN COMMUNICATIONS) - Legendary Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell will play Club Passin on June 2, 2006 at 8:00 p.m. One of the world's acknowledged guitar masters, Larry Coryell first played Club Passim in the 1960s, Dubbed "the Godfather of Fusion" by Dan Ouellette of Down Beat ...
| Successful Jazz and Neo Soul Podcasts Prove to be Viable Marketing Mediums for Artists and Advertisers
Panama City, FL (DJ CONSORTIUM) - Podcasting is proving to be more than a viable medium for advertisers. In simple terms, podcasts are free, downloadable mp3 programs hosted by DJs and podcasters. At the forefront of the urban market are two notable shows. "Soul Music of the World" and "The Jazz Suite" ...
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Tokeli: Jazz CD Release 'Where Do You Start?'
San Diego, CA (Tokeli Mushovic) - Emerging jazz vocalist Tokeli will debut her CD "Where Do You Start?" co-produced by Peter Sprague on Sunday, June 4, 2006 at an outdoor concert series presented by Coronado Concert in the Park. Tokeli and her 7-piece ensemble will play standards and originals at this ...
| Memorias Do Brasil
LOS ANGELES, CA (tedfalcon.com) - Los Angeles string master and Brazilian music virtuoso, Ted Falcon, performs with the prestigious Los Angeles Choro Ensemble and special guests at the Vic for Jazz, Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 8:30 and 10:30 pm for the release party of his 4th CD, Memórias do Brasil. ...
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