Detroit Jazz Festival And DTE Energy Foundation Enhance Greening Program
08 August, 2012
For the fourth consecutive year, the Detroit Jazz Festival presented by the Chrysler brand, DTE Energy Foundation and Recycle Detroit are continuing the Greening of the Detroit Jazz Festival, a program designed to reduce the carbon footprint of the Labor Day weekend event by recycling and reducing waste.
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| The Blue Room Weekly Line Up For August 6th - August 11th
07 August, 2012
The Blue Room weekly line up for August 6th -August 11th
Kansas City, Mo August 6th 2012- The Blue Room, one of Down Beat Magazine's top ranked jazz clubs, has another week of great performances lined up.
The Blue Monday Jam on the 6th will be hosted by Gerald Dunn and his group the Jazz Disciples. ...
| Jambalaya Brass Band To Perform At The 'Brooklyn Brass Clash' At Brooklyn Bowl
03 August, 2012
Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing in support of their hit CD release It's a Jungle Out There in the second round, "Midway to Mardi Gras,"of Brooklyn Bowl's "Brooklyn Brass Clash" on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 9:30 PM.
At Brooklyn Bowl, along with tunes from their successful CD It's a Jungle ...
| Diana Krall: For Immediate Release?
03 August, 2012
It was just like any other night; pulling 78rpm records from a big stack in the den or playing half-remembered melodies from song folios piled up by the piano.
"I thought everybody knew about these things," said Diana Krall speaking of listening again to the marvelous, mischievous records that ...
| Tracey Whitney's New CD - "I Am Singing...Songs I Love"
30 July, 2012
On her stunning sophomore album, Tracey Whitney pays joyful homage to a diverse mix of musicians who have inspired her own singing and songwriting. Rounded out by three original tracks, "I Am Singing…Songs I Love" (a nod at her cover of the Stevie Wonder classic, "Ngiculela - Es Una Historia/I Am ...
| PRA Records To Release Randy Crawford & Joe Sample - Live Featuring Steve Gadd On Drums And Nicklas Sample On Bass In Stores July 31st
27 July, 2012
Randy Crawford and Joe Sample have been making music together in one form or another for nearly 36 years. From their first hit together in 1979, "Street Life" (which Randy sang with Joe and The Crusaders) to "One Day I'll Fly Away," "When Your Life Was Low" and "Last Night at Danceland," to their recent ...
| Blue Note Releases Six Jazz Classics In High Definition Audio For The First Time On HDtracks
27 July, 2012
Blue Note/EMI is pleased to announce today's high definition, master-quality audio release of six classics from the label's legendary catalog on HDtracks (www.HDtracks.com). John Coltrane's Blue Train, Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch, Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage, Wayne Shorter's Speak No Evil, Horace ...
| The Either/Orchestra Completes Summer Stand At Lily Pad In Cambridge, Prepares for Debut At Jazz Standard In NYC; Performances Feature Jazz, Latin, Ethiopian Music
27 July, 2012
The 10-piece Either/Orchestra, based in Somerville, MA, is currently preparing for two final appearances of the summer. Friday July 27 finds the band at its favorite tiny venue, the Lily Pad performance space in Cambridge MA; Wednesday August 8 they make their debut at the Jazz Standard in NYC, one ...
| Jambalaya Brass Band To Perform Live At D.B.A. New Orleans
26 July, 2012
In support of their highly successful CD release, It's a Jungle Out There, Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing two live sets at D.B.A. in New Orleans on Thursday, August 2, 2012, starting at 10:00 PM.
At D.B.A., along with tunes from their popular CD, Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing ...
| Bay Area Jazz Pianist Eric Vaughn To Release First Nationally Distributed CD "Minor Relocation," On August 7, 2012
23 July, 2012
Eric Vaughn has devoted most of his life to jazz, but recognition for his distinctively personal music has long eluded him. Vaughn's luck can be expected to turn, however, with the release on August 7 of "Minor Relocation," the 58-year-old pianist/composer's first nationally distributed album.
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| Featured This Week On The Jazz Network Worldwide Former Ray Charles "Raelette" Tracey Whitney With Her New CD, "I Am Singing... Songs I Love"
23 July, 2012
"I Am Singing… Songs I Love", features the Los Angeles/Albuquerque-based singer Tracey Whitney's stirring renditions of classic yet lesser-covered songs by artists like Stevie Wonder, Michael Franks, and Antonio Carlos Jobim and is rounded out by three original tracks. A beautifully moving follow-up ...
| Don't Say It's Tony Adamo And The Headhunters
20 July, 2012
Mike Clark, legendary drummer and former member of Herbie Hancock's Headhunters band, can now add another name to his illustrious music career as the Funk Wizard of Manhattan.
In addition to producing his new discovery, singer/nu-hip spoken word artist Tony Adamo's CD,Clark brought in four members ...
| Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Sign With Savoy Jazz
19 July, 2012
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, longtime purveyors, custodians and distillers of a modern big band swing sound are back and newly signed with Savoy Jazz. In celebration of twenty years bringing an irrepressible groove to the adoring masses, the band has recorded "RATTLE THEM BONES"—their eighth studio album. ...
| Prolific And Adventurous Brian Bromberg Salutes A Pair Of Legends On Two New Albums
19 July, 2012
It's no ordinary summer for bassist Brian Bromberg, who yesterday released his second and third albums this summer via Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Records. "Bromberg Plays Hendrix" and "In The Spirit Of Jobim" pay tribute to music icons Jimi Hendrix and Antonio Carlos Jobim respectively and arrive six ...
| Rova Announces A Rare Live Concert Of Electric Ascension - Kickstarter Campaign
18 July, 2012
Rova:Arts, the not-for-profit organization of Rova Saxophone Quartet, is proud to announce a rare concert of Electric Ascension at the Guelph Jazz Festival near Toronto, Ontario. On September 7, Rova's four members - Jon Raskin, Larry Ochs, Bruce Ackley and Steve Adams - join Nels Cline on electric ...
| Jazz Crooner Anthony Caceres Adds Personal Touch To Standards On New EP
16 July, 2012
When producing an album of covers, young artists often make the mistake of trying to duplicate the originals, especially the performers who made them famous. This was something that jazz vocalist Anthony Caceres carefully tried to avoid on "Don't Call It Love," his new EP. "When I recorded these songs ...
| Chrysler Named 2012 Detroit Jazz Festival Presenting Sponsor
13 July, 2012
Today the Detroit Jazz Festival announced that the Chrysler brand will be the official presenting sponsor for the 2012 festival. The sponsorship is an extension of its successful "Imported from Detroit" campaign, celebrating the spirit and determination of Detroit and its residents.
"The automotive ...
| Concord Music Group Releases Five New Titles In The Very Best Of Jazz Series
12 July, 2012
Concord Music Group is launching five new titles in its Very Best Of jazz series, which showcases some of the very best tracks culled from the recordings of some of the most influential artists in the history of the genre. The five new titles, which highlight the work of Dave Brubeck, Vince Guaraldi, ...
| "LifeTimes," New CD By Brubeck Brothers Quartet, To Be Released July 24
12 July, 2012
Since the early 1970s, Chris and Dan Brubeck have performed and recorded frequently with their father Dave in Two Generations of Brubeck, the New Brubeck Quartet, and Trio Brubeck. Now, on the Brubeck Brothers Quartet's new CD "LifeTimes," they and "honorary brothers" Mike DeMicco (guitar) and Chuck ...
| Random Touch's 'Flock' Concludes Their Career With A Bang
12 July, 2012
Thirty-three years of collaboration and sixteen releases culminates in the masterpiece Flock, Random Touch's final album. The ten tracks range from the bigger-than-life "Arena" to the uninhibited joy of "Dance of the Elementals" to the psychedelic final track, "She Wore Sheepskin". In-between is found ...
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