Lionel Hampton (Jazz Great), 94, Dies
MIAMI (Jazz Greats Website) - There was more than musical magic on stage that day in 1936 when Lionel Hampton joined Benny Goodman in a Manhattan ballroom - it was a breakthrough in American race relations. Hampton, a vibraphone virtuoso who died Saturday, broke a barrier that had kept black and white ...
| 2nd Annual Berkshire Jazz Festival
BERKSHIRE, Mass. (Top 40 Charts) - The 2nd Annual Berkshire Jazz Festival is all geared up and ready to roll August 24 & 25 at Butternut Ski Basin in Great Barrington in Western Massachusetts. Twenty bands will perform on 3 different stages, with jam sessions, clinics, food and crafts. Headliners include ...
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Stars unite for jazz awards
LONDON, UK (Jazz Online Magazine) - Stars from the world of jazz have been honoured at a glittering ceremony hosted by Courtney Pine. Among the artists picking up awards were trombonist Chris Barber, who was given a jazz heritage award, and Hugh Masekela, who picked up the best international artist ...
| Jazz singer Marion Montgomery dies
LONDON, UK (Jazz News) - Jazz singer Marion Montgomery has died after losing a long battle with cancer. The 67-year-old star did not smoke and believed the disease was caused by passive smoking in cabaret clubs. Montgomery was born in Natchez, Mississippi, but lived in England for the past 30 years. ...
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Cuban bands add to the heat at Montreal jazz fest
MONTREAL, Canada (Montreal Jazz Festival Website) - This year's 23rd annual Montreal International Festival had drawn an estimated 2 million fans by the time it ended Sunday, with festival founders Andre Menard and Alain Simard adding Cuban heat to a lineup that sampled the history and geography of ...
| Cuban flavor spices Montreal jazz festival
MONTREAL, Canada (Montreal Jazz Festival Official Website) - Jesus "Chucho" Valdes and Gonzalo Rubalcaba , two brilliant Cuban jazz pianists who took different paths to stardom, brought their own brands of mastery to separate four-night stands at the Montreal International Jazz Festival this week. ...
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Ray Brown, Pioneering Bebop Bassist, Dies At 75
INDIANAPOLIS (Jazz News Website) - Ray Brown, the bassist whose peerless musicianship spanned the birth of bebop up to the present, died in his sleep Tuesday (July 2) in Indianapolis at the age of 75. An official cause of death has not yet been disclosed. Brown had appeared with his trio Monday (July ...
| Grooving on jazz: Romero delivers Afro-Cuban rhythms
COLORADO SPRINGS (Colorado Springs Festival Website) - Ask Miguel Romero what it's like when he digs deep into an improv groove - his fingers pounding the keys, his band wrapped tight around him - and he stops as if you've asked the meaning of life. He makes strange noises for a while, grunts and tiny ...
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Chris Botti, Sting, & Shawn Colvin's Night Sessions Set For DVD
LOS ANGELES (Jazz-y News Website) - Rising jazz star Chris Botti's December 2001 show featuring Sting and Shawn Colvin is coming out on DVD Aug. 6 via Columbia. Night Sessions: Live in Concert, taped as a Chris Botti & Friends concert on Dec. 4, 2002 at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles, features Sting ...
| Carnegie Hall Jazz Band Bids 'Goodbye'
NEW YORK (Jazz-y Daily News Website) - Carnegie Hall has a rich jazz history, including the Jan. 16, 1938 concert when the "King of Swing" Benny Goodman brought America's indigenous art form into the country's most prestigious concert hall. The latest chapter was written Friday night when the JVC Jazz ...
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Bush honors black music, hears 'Take the A train'
WASHINGTON (Jazz mania news) - President Bush nodded along to the Duke Ellington classic "Take the 'A' Train" Friday as he marked Black Music Month by inviting a black high school choir to sing at the White House. Joined by his wife Laura, Bush heard a string of songs, including signature Ellington ...
| Hot Jazz in South Florida
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. (Top40 Charts) Catch the sounds of saxophonist/flutist Bobby Ramirez performing at Las Olas Riverfront situated in downtown Fort Lauderdale on the banks of the New River, on Sunday, June 2nd, 2002 starting at 10 AM. Performing with Bobby will be: JC Johnny Conga on congas/percussion, ...
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Montreal jazz fest an eclectic mix of top names
MONTREAL, Canada (Top40 Charts) - Guitar greats, Cuban pianists, and renowned female vocalists are on the eclectic lineup for this year's Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, which will also feature Peter Gabriel and Wynton Marsalis , organizers said Tuesday. The 23rd version of the festival, ...
| Bob Dylan to Play Aspen Jazz Festival
ASPEN, Colo. (Top40 Charts) - Bob Dylan will perform this fall at the annual Jazz Aspen Snowmass festival. Dylan will play Sept. 1. Opening acts haven't been announced. "It's been a long time coming," said Jazz Aspen executive producer Jim Horowitz, who has been trying to bring Dylan to the festival ...
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International Jazz students take Washington stage!
WHASINGTON (Kennedycenter.org) - Growing up in Indonesia, watching his father play the bass and alto saxophone in Jakarta's handful of jazz clubs, Nial Djuliarso inherited his father's passion for the uniquely American art form. Now he is in the United States to do what his engineer father did not ...
| Jazz plays at crossroads
HOLLYWOOD (Jazz Notes) - Don't expect to find the hottest new talent in jazz singing her heart out two shows nightly, one week per city in local bebop clubs. Norah Jones, the 22-year-old vocal phenomenon, is going the route of Mathew Shipp, Cassandra Wilson, Olu Dara, Charlie Hunter and Medeski, Martin ...
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Eagle Vision Premieres Home Video and DVD Release from Artist Diana Krall
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Just after being awarded the prestigious National Jazz Awards for Musician Of The Year, Best International Musician and Record Of The Year for The Look of Love, Diana Krall will be releasing her first ever VHS and DVD concert performance. Eagle Vision Inc., the North American ...
| Nancy Wilson wants to take a break
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (Columbus TV Show) - Fifty years after she began her professional music career on a Columbus television show, jazz singer Nancy Wilson says it's time to relax a bit. Wilson told the Chillicothe Gazette she's tired of having an itinerary and that she wants to spend more time at home ...
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Lauryn Hill, India Arie, Wynton Marsalis on the road to Caribbean Jazz Fest
St. LUCIA, Ca (St. Lucia Jazz Festival Web site) - Neo-soul songstress Lauryn Hill will headline a May 11 concert as part of the annual St. Lucia Jazz Festival in the Caribbean. The event, now in its 11th year, will also feature performances by India.Arie, Branford Marsalis, Smokey Robinson, Chucho ...
| Aretha Franklin goes to NY Jazz Festival
ROCHESTER, NY (Rochesterjazz.com) - Aretha Franklin will be the headliner at the first Rochester International Jazz Festival. Franklin will be the grand finale singer at the festival, which will run June 3-9. More than 50 jazz and contemporary music artists are scheduled to appear, including Dr. John, Sonny ...
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