Chris Botti performs Concert Live on QVC
WEST CHESTER, PA. (QVC, Inc/ www.qvc.com) - Virtuoso jazz trumpeter Chris Botti will make his debut on leading electronic retailer QVC when he performs a live concert Tuesday, December 21 at 7:00 PM (ET). Botti will play several songs before an intimate studio audience during the live, one-hour QVC ...
| Ron Korb, Internationally Renowned Flutist, releases new Live DVD / album
TORONTO, Canada (Ron Korb/ www.ronkorb.com) - From Toronto to Taiwan, from Singapore to Shanghai, Ron Korb's innovative musical style is garnering a buzz around the world. Ron Korb https://www.ronkorb.com/profile.html is a Toronto based, Japanese Canadian flutist and composer. Ron and his band have ...
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Saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith dies at 70
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Legendary saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith has died of cancer yesterday. "He died yesterday in hospital after a long battle with cancer. He was a giant of the music industry," musician and long-time friend Roger Bunn said. Heckstall-Smith was born Richard Malden in September ...
| Rochester International Jazz Festival announces 2005 dates
ROCHESTER, NY (DALMATH ASSOCIATES INC./ www.rochesterjazz.com) - We're back! The Rochester International Jazz Festival returns to Rochester, New York June 10-18, 2005, welcoming jazz enthusiasts from around the world for more than nine days of extraordinary and diverse music. 'The 4th Rochester International ...
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Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'farrill's Rose Theater Debut: A Celebration Of Great Latin Jazz Vocalists
NEW YORK (Jazz At Licoln Center/ www.jalc.org) - Jazz at Lincoln Center's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill (ALJO) makes an eagerly awaited debut performance at Rose Theater in Jazz at Lincoln Center's new home, Frederick P. Rose Hall, with A Celebration of Great Latin Jazz Vocalists on ...
| Quintin Gerard W. completes debuit album 'Fnkysax' in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, LS. (OTS MUSIC / www.quintingerardw.com) - Smooth Jazz recording artist Quintin Gerard W. (OTS Music) has returned home after pursuing a successful career in music. Moving to Los Angeles, California in 1989 to pursue his career in smooth jazz, he has worked with many of the top names in ...
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Bay Area West Coast Jazz Octet Octobop releases third album 'After Dark'
SAN JOSE, CA. (Anne Smith Communications/ Mystic Lane Productions) - Octobop, (www.octobop.com) the popular Bay Area West Coast jazz octet, today announced the release of their third recording "After Dark." Recorded August 2-3, 2004 at the famed Fantasy Studios in Berkeley Calif., the latest recording ...
| Ravi Coltrane, Al Jarreau, George Duke and Earl Klugh are scheduled to appear in first annual India Jazz & Heritage Tour
WASHINGTON, DC. (BET (Black Entertainment Television)/ www.bet.com) - BET Jazz, MTV India, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and the U.S. Department of State announce plans for the 2005 India Jazz and Heritage Tour from January 12-20, 2005 in Mumbai (formally known as Bombay) and New Delhi, India. ...
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Blue Note & Manhattan Records @ The Hook
NEW YORK (Blue Note Records) - On Wednesday, December 15th Blue Note Records and Manhattan Records present an evening of new music featuring Keren Ann and Raul Midon. Who is Keren Ann?: "...quietly devastating" Village Voice "Her clear, calm voice is one of serene mystery and subtle melancholy" New ...
| Tony Dancy targets baby boomers with Smooth new album 'Midnight Dancing'
LOS ANGELES (Tony Dancy Music) - Tony Dancy, singer / songwriter from Los Angeles, CA has released his new CD "Midnight Dancing". Featured are 14 tracks of sophisticated adult pop with a hip 70's sound, including danceable disco and love songs with Tony's signature harmonies. "The songs are light, smooth ...
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Blue Note Grammy Nominations
NEW YORK (Blue Note) - Congratulations to all our artists recieving Grammy nominations. Norah Jones, Anita Baker, Al Green and Dr. John earn multiple nominations: Norah Jones Best Pop Vocal Album: Feels Like Home Record of the Year: Ray Charles & Norah Jones "Here We Go Again" from Genius Loves Company ...
| 'Billy Crystal Presents: The Milt Gabler Story' on New Verve Compilation
NEW YORK (Verve Music Group/ www.ververecords.com) - On Tuesday, January 11, 2005, Verve Records will release Billy Crystal Presents: The Milt Gabler Story, a music and video tribute compilation featuring songs related to the influential music business man and visionary, Milt Gabler. The songs were ...
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Boney James caps banner year with Second Grammy Nomination
NEW YORK (www.sacksco.com/ Warner Bros. Records) - Boney James, one of the most successful artists in the worlds of Instrumental Pop, Contemporary Jazz and Urban Adult Contemporary music, today earned his second consecutive Grammy nomination for "Best Pop Instrumental Album." This year's Grammy nod, ...
| Eagle Rock Entertainment to release 'Miles Electric: A Different Kind Of Blue' on DVD
NEW YORK (www.eaglevisionusa.com/html/music_p/MilesBlue.htm) - 'It takes courage to leave all your security blankets behind and jump without a parachute' – Carlos Santana on Miles Davis. While featuring the Isle of Wight performance from 1970 , Miles Electric – A Different Kind of Blue also ...
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Singin' & Swingin' in The Allen Room with Bill Henderson & Rene Marie
NEW YORK (Jazz at Lincoln Center/ www.jalc.org) - Veteran of screen and song, Bill Henderson and hot, new songstress Rene Marie, bring three consecutive nights of Singin' and Swingin' In The Allen Room to Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall on January 20, 21 and 22 at 7:30pm. The vocalists' ...
| Nat King Cole Estate and Capitol/EMI team with VH1 Save The Music to restore music education in Public Schools
HOLLYWOOD, CA. (VH1/ www.vh1.com) - In conjunction with upcoming CD and documentary DVD releases titled The World Of Nat King Cole, the Nat King Cole Estate and Capitol/EMI Music Catalog Marketing have partnered with the VH1 Save The Music Foundation. Donations in Cole's name have been made to the nonprofit ...
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Unified Tribe from Austin (Texas) has released a jazzy R&B/Big Band-style version of the holiday classic 'Sleigh Ride'
AUSTIN, TX. (MAGIC MUZIK PRODUCTIONS/ www.unifiedtribe.net) - Unified Tribe has released a jazzy R&B/Big Band-style version of the holiday classic 'Sleigh Ride.' They've furnished the tune to select radio stations around the country and it's available for download on their web site. Now sure, plenty ...
| 'Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson' Movie Soundtrack (Original Score) by Wynton Marsalis
NEW YORL (Blue Note Records) - The Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has lent his superb compositional and performing talents to the creation of the original score for the new PBS Ken Burns documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise And Fall Of Jack Johnson, a detailed ...
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Joyce Randolph releases sophomore CD, 'Just a Little Blue'
SAN JOSE, CA. (Myrlys Music/ www.joycerandolph.com) - With the release of her first CD, "I Send Him Roses," in 1995, Joyce Randolph had not yet fully claimed her identity as a jazz singer. Nine years later, the Stanford University music graduate and retired English teacher is in her element as a composer, ...
| Jazz in January returns to Experience Music Project with Live Performances by Larry Coryell, Tom Scott
SEATTLE, WA. (MWW Group for Experience Music Project/ www.mww.com/ www.emplive.com) - Jazz in January, the popular month-long tribute to jazz, is returning to Experience Music Project (EMP) for its fifth annual series, EMP officials announced today. The fifth annual Jazz in January, which begins Jan. ...
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