JazzMN Big Band Opens New Season With 'Ellington and Beyond' Featuring 'Young Lion' Ryan Kisor, Trumpet, Carole Martin, Vocalist, 7:30 PM, Saturday, November 5, 2005
MINNEAPOLIS, MI. (JazzMN Big Band) - JazzMN Big Band opens its 2005-2006 season with "Ellington and Beyond," featuring "Young Lion" trumpet player Ryan Kisor, a soloist in the Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Mingus Big Band, and guest vocalist Carole Martin on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005, at 7:30 PM, under ...
| An All-Star Line-up Set to Perform at the Barbados Jazz Festival January 9 - 15, 2006
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (Barbados Tourism Authority) - A dazzling line-up of international performers, including singing sensation Lionel Richie and musician Jill Scott, make the Thirteenth Annual Barbados Jazz Festival a must for music lovers of all ages. There is an assortment of music for every taste, ...
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New Blue Note Series - The Artist Select
NEW YORK (Blue Note Records) - Blue Note Records launches a new series called, The Artist Selects. This new series features Blue Note tracks selected and sequenced by the artist themselves. All of the artists involved in The Artist Selects series have gone back through their original Blue Note titles ...
| Robert Glasper Releases Blue Note Debut CD - Canvas
NEW YORK (Blue Note Records) - "There isn't a young musician with more buzz at the moment than Glasper... His group has its own crisp, skittering cooperation, with hip hop in its bounce." THE NEW YORK TIMES "At 26, Robert Glasper is already impressive - a gifted jazz musician with a brilliant, energetic ...
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Soul Yatra
India (Soul Yatra Website) - Jazz in India has arrived, especially amoung Goans who have consistently produced their own legends in this great art form that originated in America. Hennessy cognac has supported jazz for decades through a series of 'Hennessy smooth jazz concert tours' featuring American ...
| Rosie Carlino Debuts Her New CD 'So In Love With You' on Jaijai Jackson's 'Woman of Jazz' Radio Show on xradio.biz October 12, 2005
LAS VEGAS, (Rosie Carlino oficial website) - Emerging jazz vocalist, Rosie Carlino, will debut a selection of vocal jazz arrangements by Richard Rome, as well as a 30-minute personal interview about her life and musical influences. She can be heard on the "Woman of Jazz" program on Wed. October 12 ...
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Kenny G's The Greatest Holiday Classics a Collection of Seasonal Favorites, in Stores October 18th
NEW YORK,NY. (Arista Records) - Arista recording artist Kenny G - the biggest-selling instrumental musician and biggest-selling jazz musician of the modern era, with total global sales of more than 75 million albums, singles and videos since 1982 - has personally selected the tracks for THE GREATEST ...
| Singer Harry Connick Jr. Testifies Before Senate Finance Committee About Hurricane Relief and Recovery
WASHINGTON, (Habitat for Humanity International) - New Orleans native Harry Connick Jr. urged the government to involve local communities and provide the means to rebuild his hometown and the Gulf region in testimony before the Senate Finance Committee today. "There are more than 300,000 families in ...
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Music Hall's 2005 Detroit International Jazz Festival - Most Successful in 26-Year History of the Event
DETROIT, (Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts) - Detroit's Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts announces its 2005 Detroit International Jazz Festival was the most successful in its 26-year history. The Festival earned an operating surplus for the first time in years and drew an estimated ...
| Fusion Jazz Guitarist Extraordinaire Hugh Ferguson and His New Band Will be Playing at Gallagher's Pub & Grill in Huntington Beach on October 12th
(Hugh Ferguson) - Hugh Ferguson who has numerous write-ups on the Internet will be performing with his new band. Featured in the Guitar Player Magazine spotlight Hugh has opened for such acts as Larry Carlton and Al Dimeola and was the former guitarist for Graham Nash. Originally from the Boston area, ...
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Grammy winner Eddie Palmieri celebrates 50 years of music
(Aaron Davis Hall) - Aaron Davis Hall (ADH) continues its 25th Anniversary season with Listen Here! 50 Years of Eddie Palmieri! Jazz & Salsa Guest Artists celebrate the Musical Career and Birthday of 7 time Grammy Award Pianist Aaron Davis Hall presents two explosive performances with Latin music's ...
| Jazz at CCM Welcomes Clayton Brothers Quintet for 'In A Whirl Of Jazz 6'
Cincinnati, OH (BLUELINE EDITORIAL LLC) - The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) presents 'In a Whirl of Jazz 6,' its sixth annual jazz benefit concert and supper on Sunday, October 23 at 5 p.m. in Corbett Auditorium. Hosted by the Friends of CCM, the event features a concert ...
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Jaijai Jackson Launches Her 'Woman of Jazz' Radio Show On Xradio.biz
Las Vegas, NV (FIVE STRING PRODUCTIONS)- Accomplished Jazz artists and new independent Jazz artists are jumping on Jaijai Jackson's bandwagon promoting themselves on worldwide radio. Jaijai Jackson, daughter of Jazz legend bassist "Chubby" Jackson, known as the "Woman of Jazz" is on the hunt for new ...
| Charlie Peacock Unveils Jazz Album
(Charlie Peacock Official Website) - GRAMMY-Award winning producer and pianist Charlie Peacock unveiled his first-ever jazz album Love Press Ex-Curio this past September 20th featuring an all-star cast of jazz luminaries such as trumpeter Ralph Alessi, saxophonists Kirk Whalum, Jeff Coffin (of the ...
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Tony Adamo and the Groove Masters
LOS ANGELES (BackDoor Records) - Groove masters James Gadson (drums) and 'Ready' Freddy Washington (bass) laid down the rhythm and groove tracks on 'No Strings' and 'Up In It' for singer/songwriter, Tony Adamo's new CD release (2006). This session pair extraordinaire's musical tracks were produced ...
| Patricia Adams Center Stage, Ryles Jazz Club, Sunday Brunch
NEW YORK (www.cdBaby.com/all/patadams) - Ryles Jazz Club combines delicious menu and straight ahead jazz with chanteuse Patricia Adams [vocals] and jazz master Ray Santisi [piano] singin' and swingin' jazz and blues standards from Tin Pan Alley and Harlem renaissance. Hear timeless stories of passion ...
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Mt. Washington Valley NH Jazz Fest to Benefit Gulf Coast Disaster Relief
North Conway, NH (MONARCH EVENTS) - Jazz in New Orleans may have been silenced over the past four weeks, but it's going to come alive again with Mt. Washington Valley Jazz Fest to Benefit Gulf Coast Disaster Relief. The benefit concert will be held at 8pm, Thursday, September 29 at Cranmore 10th Mt. ...
| Noted Jazz Musician Says MTV/Hip Hop Generation May Kill Classical and Jazz Music
WASHINGTON, (American Youth Symphony) - The MTV/Hip Hop Generation, which is indoctrinated in electronic and non-melodious music, has placed classical music and jazz in "grave" danger according to trombonist Gregory Charles Royal, an alumnus of the Grammy Award winning Duke Ellington Orchestra. ...
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Guitarist Lage Lund Wins 18th Annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition Sponsored by General Motors
Washington, DC (Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz/ www.monkinstitute.org) - The 18th annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, which this year was devoted to jazz guitar, came to a close this evening with three winners among a strong field of 10 competitors. Taking top honors and the $20,000 ...
| Jazz Stars to Take the Stage at Herb Alpert's Vibrato Grill Jazz in Bel Air for a September 26 Fundraiser for Hurricane Katrina Relief
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Vibrato Grill Jazz)- What better way to celebrate - and renew - the spirit of New Orleans than with an evening of great jazz? On Monday, September 26, Los Angeles area hotspot Vibrato Grill Jazz ... etc. is just the place to do it as the combination fine dining destination & premier ...
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