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Rob began his musical path at the piano, taking lessons at age 5. Later he studied classical guitar and in his teens began songwriting and recording original songs. His earliest memory of improvising was at the piano, changing and adapting the classical peices he was being set to learn. |
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Joan Chamorro's impact on the development of young jazz musicians within the region of Barcelona is truly remarkable. Small groups. Big bands. Instrumentalists and singers. He is a prime example of what highs a dedicated individual can achieve.Jazz News Worldwide
Duane Eubanks brings his jazz sound home to Chris' Jazz Caf this weekend
Duane became a jazz musician, and this weekend, on Friday and Saturday night, he comes home to Chris' Jazz Caf with a stellar band: pianist Orrin ......
Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Play Merrill Auditorium, 2/11
With many musicians related to the original players by blood - and all ... these musicians play the indigenous, traditional Crescent City jazz in a way ......
We Insist! Jazz's Five Greatest Protest Songs
In the 1950s and 1960s, jazz musicians began eagerly addressing inequality and bigotry, bringing to the foreground the sounds and images of the ......
Memory of Malcolm X Returns to Boston in Prison Letter Auction
The six-page letter to a friend combined 25-year-old Malcolm X's recent conversion to Islam and the jazz musicians he had come in contact with while ......
The 2014 Litchfield Jazz Festival
The 19th Litchfield Jazz Festival took place August 8 - 10 at the Goshen .... He spoke of other jazz musicians who had strong faith, including Louis ......
Nighttown at 50: Cleveland Heights jazz club celebrates 'first 50 years' w…
"Take Booker T. and the MGs, for instance,'' said Wadsworth. "Booker T for all his training, including classical as well, he's a very adept jazz musician....
Brooklyn Rider's Namesake Destiny
Today's conservatory-trained musicians often have a footing in rock and jazz, and the currents of world music continue to inundate all genres. In short ......
Music review: Belgian jazz pianist ...
Neve's gifts as a composer/arranger were again on display in the second set as was his ability to form an instant connection with musicians he'd ......
Brit embraces history, culture of Algiers Point
"I researched and produced two self guided walking tours of Jazz musicians' homes in Algiers and venues where they played. In the 1920s the ......
Arts and Culture Don't Miss This: December 23 - 29
Kubeka, who started her music career in 1957, is one of the musicians who has helped to keep the Sophiatown jazz sound alive. She will be joined by ......
Danish saxophonist Lotte Anker continues to push against jazz conventions
... new classical musicand the cast of musicians represents a true melding of once disparate sensibilities: free jazz, experimental, and contemporary ......
Winter jazz heats up Medfield library
Winter jazz heats up Medfield library ... concerts happening at the Library each month through March, featuring local and renowned jazz musicians....
Gov't Mule Featuring John Scofield- Sco-Mule (ALBUM REVIEW)
The esteemed jazz musician, who had worked with Miles Davis and Billy Cobham among others, had just begun his cross-pollination of genres and ......
High school jazz bands to perform for each other at Winter Jazz Blast Jan. 24 in St. Paul
The noncompetitive festival offers high school musicians a chance to ... Other performers include the McNally Smith Jazz Orchestra, Hornheads ......
Some Jazz for the Record
But that's just it: Likely due to their inherently collaborative nature and generally busy schedules, these musicians often favor live settings over ......
Jazz guitarist Watson debuts album at concert Saturday
Jazz guitarist Steve Watson has performed with Bruce Hornsby and Dolly ... Watson will be joined by other prominent Greenville musicians for a jazz ......
What Would Monk Do? Play at Jazz Central, January 30
For a long time, only the most sophisticated jazz musicians, including Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane, appreciated his genius. Yet today ......
Several favorites return for 2015 CJBF
The Northwest Iowa Musicians are one of the mainstays of the popular ... For the last 24 years, Dunn has played jazz in Sioux City and around the ......
Concert to help Denver homeless get back on their feet
KUSA - New York-based Broadway phenom Mykal Kilgore presents an evening of gospel, soul and jazz in a Dazzle Jazz Club show to benefit New ......
Martin Luther King Jr. On the Power of Music
It is no wonder that so much of the search for identity among American Negroes was championed by Jazz musicians. Long before the modern ......
Charity Spotlight: Jazz Juice Fundraiser Benefits Young Singers of Orange County
Some of Orange County's top musical talent have joined together to support the next generation of young musicians, as they perform a jazz concert to ......
Jazzy season
South Florida's jazz enthusiasts get ready to get your fill. Outdoor ... we lived, our living room was host to any and all jazz musicians who were in town....
Live From New York: The State of Jazz in 2015
In his manifesto, On Why Jazz Isn't Cool Anymore, Nicholas Payton ... of forward-thinking musicians unfettered by jazz, or really any genre at all....
Faculty Recital Features Renowned Pipa Master, Gao Hong
Gao Hong is currently the only pipa musician known who can play this ... combining the pipa with jazz musicians and musicians from other cultures....
Trumpeter Chris Botti brings A-list band to SFJazz
For nearly a decade, drummer Billy Kilson, who gained renown in jazz ... With great musicians in the band I clear everything away and let them be free....
Detroit trumpeter Walt Szymanski makes a long trip home
Homecoming performances are not uncommon for Detroit-bred jazz musicians, but few have to travel quite so far to get here as trumpeter Walt ......
Artlounge Arlington to host jazz jam for all musicians
Arlington-based jazz musician and music educator Dan Fox provides an opportunity for aspiring players to play for fun. The jam will potentially ......
The Basement happy hour doubles down on jazz
Jazz Happy Hour is put on in conjunction with Synergy Jazz Foundation, ... We stress with the musicians that it's very important that they engage the ......
Darien High School musicians chosen for festival
17 and are scheduled as follows: jazz ensemble and chorus will be at 3:30 p.m. and the band and orchestra concerts will be presented at 6 p.m. ......
The 20 Best Memoirs Written By Musicians
Musicians' memoirs make for an uneven genre. .... His autobiography provides an indispensible glimpse into the jazz world of the mid-20th century, ......
You shall go to the ball this weekend thanks to C2C
His intriguing story epitomises that of the classic jazz musician. Running through the fantastic music is a narrative that actress Sylvia Syms helped ......
Naples Music Club to Host Musical Safari Jazz Concert
It will provide an opportunity to showcase Southwest Florida's talented musicians, while serving as an outlet for people to learn and explore through ......
Newport Jazz Festival Adds Jack DeJohnette, Ms. Lisa Fischer And Grand Baton To 2015 Lineu…
One of the joys of producing the Newport Jazz Festival since 1954 is the ... is the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM)....
And all that jazz
Anurag Kashyap's upcoming film Bombay Velvet looks at the city's famous Jazz Age. From the musicians who had countless fans, to the venues, ......
The music of John Lennon in Ajax
AJAX -- Jazz musician Michael Occhipinti's tribute album, 'Shine On: The Universe of John Lennon', is performed at Ajax's St. Francis Centre on ......
An Argentine classic: Astor Piazzolla and the evolution of tango
Also, while Piazzolla collaborated with top jazz musicians such as Gerry Mulligan and Gary Burton; flirted briefly with jazz-tango; adopted the quintet, ......
Baton Rouge artist known for lively paintings of musicians has died
Photo provided by Christopher Turner -- Local artist Taufeeq Muhammad, known for his paintings of jazz and lbues musicians, died Jan. 9 at age 39....
Local musician releases full-length album Island gigs kick off Tuesday
Local musician Carl Conley has been in the music business most of his life, primarily playing jazz, but infusing some blues into the mix from time to ......
NJWA Rockin' Jazz Band to hold open rehearsal on Jan. 17 in Westfield
The New Jersey Workshop for the Arts Rockin' Jazz Band will hold an open rehearsal for interested musicians on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 3-5 p.m., ......
New monthly jazz concert series begins Jan. 15
Band will offer jazz musicians the opportunity to have their new compositions workshopped and performed by local musicians. Inspired by Charles ......
Jazz great Paquito D'Rivera to perform at Wilde Lake High
While a student at Wilde Lake, Alex Brown a member of D'Rivera's band said it was a dream come true when jazz musicians he admired would ......
McNally Smith to stage Winter Jazz Blast Jan. 24 in St. Paul
High school jazz bands from across the region will perform for each other at ... The noncompetitive festival offers high school musicians a chance to ......
San Diegans to shine at national jazz conference
Korb performs with her trio Thursday at 9 p.m. Lowe and his quartet will play Friday at 3 p.m. At 92, he is likely the oldest active jazz musician ......
SAN DIEGO BALLET'S SWEET SYNERGY SUITE
The piece will feature a lineup of some of San Diego's most stellar jazz musicians, including Mr. McPherson himself. World class music and San ......
The spirit of jazz
It's the blending of age-old church hymns with roaring jazz music during a ... It will feature a host of all-star musicians, including a 24-boy choir, and a ......
Festival gathers bands and all that jazz
We in the music area, just like the Artist's Series does, we try our best to bring quality musicians to the campus for people to check out and to listen to, ......
What do the Who, Elton John have to do with New Orleans Jazz Fest?
The festival also brings in a great deal of money for local organizations and musicians, many of whom get far more exposure playing in front of crowds ......
Speakeasy to benefit The Kennedy Center
Get in the mood for fun with the Dan Martin Sextet, jazz musicians, who will perform at The Kennedy Center Children's Services benefit. A 1920s jazz ......
Stanbic Ghana Jazz Festival To See Jazz legend Earl Klugh
Earl Klugh will be supported by a number of local artistes including Arkah Blay, legendary Ebo Taylor as well as other upcoming Jazz musicians....
Dig this cat's lesson in jazz appreciation, daddio
The world's greatest jazz musicians may be the coolest but they dig warmth, big daddy. And there's no place warmer than Tucson in January. And dig ......
Tucson Jazz Festival's first weekend brings business downtown, hopes for next year
TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -. The Tucson Jazz Festival is bringing more than talented musicians to downtown Tucson. The first weekend was ......
Mingus at Mason Gross
His music is very inspirational to young musicians, Pullig says. ... He likens sharing Mingus' work with young jazz musicians to serving as a link in ......
Midge Ellis' impact on jazz scene lives on
Fondly called "Ma Jazz," the Livonia resident gave many musicians their first gig. Although Ellis was friends with Count Basie, Stan Kenton and other ......
Contemporary jazz at The Castle in Wellingborough
Formed in 2011, the group is made up of some of the finest young jazz musicians in the UK. Riley moved to London in 2002 where he studied ......
Tigran Hamasyan Among NPR's Musicians You'll Tell Your Friends About in 20…
Hamasyan's "startling combinations of jazz, minimalist, electronic, folk and songwriterly elements ... beckon listeners with a magical kind of openness," ......
Meadowdale High School choir to perform with Willamette University Musicians Wednesday
The concert will open with a vocal jazz performance by the Willamette Singers followed by the high school program and the Willamette Chamber Choir ......
The Utah Jazz are doing their own thing.
"Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does." Tony Wilson, from 24 Hour Party People. This is one of my favorite ......
Blue Notes by Robin Lynam
The Canadian-born Wheeler moved to Britain in 1952 and spent the rest of the decade establishing himself as a working jazz musician in London....
Folk Rock Musician Farrar to Open New North Bethesda Music Venue AMP
It will host 40 different acts in in its opening months, ranging from tribute bands and DJs to folk acts and jazz musicians, according to the venue's latest ......
Jazz musician Stan Getz's former fiance wants trustee removed
The woman who was engaged to renowned jazz saxophonist Stan Getz when he died has filed a petition asking that the trustee of the trust ......
Jazz on Fifth, Marc Cary, Steve Kroon at Trumpet's
The noted percussionist Steve Kroon, who has played many jazz venues ... Lately, the space has hosted a few noted jazz musicians, and Cary is ......
Chicago trumpeter George Clifford Bean played with jazz greats
George C. Bean received one of the highest accolades from his fellow musicians, who dubbed him a first call trumpeter. A first call player is just ......
Winter Jazzfest 2015 at Judson Memorial Hall: day two with Theo Bleckmann Quartet and ...
On the final day of New York City's Winter Jazzfest, Greenwich Village's Judson Church was host to some new talent in the jazz circuit as well as ......
Opportunities for artists, musicians
The awards program features 42 music categories in genres including jazz, pop, country, Latin, Americana, rock, rap and the Norman Petty Producer's ......
Jack Lion fuses jazz and electronic
With a rich history of improvisation, it might perplex some why jazz musicians would dabble in the more measured genre of electronic music yet Jack ......
Patricia Barber on the air: Welcome to 'MusicHeads'
What instantly sets "MusicHeads" apart from other jazz shows is the format: Barber converses with fellow musicians before asking them to perform ......
SFS musicians cover three centuries of chamber music in a relatively brief time
However, these are musicians used to playing together and listening to ... Like Dmitri Shostakovich, Kapustin had a fascination with American jazz; but ......
Trumpet player returning to Nebraska roots
Many of the musicians I know now in the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, I met while on the professional scene. It was a good music area, with a lot of music ......
NJWA Rockin' Jazz Band in Westfield appeals to musicians and audiences alike
The members of the Rockin' Jazz Band are so upbeat and show such spirit and energy when they play, commented a local Westfield resident, who ......
ABC Classic FM palms off jazz content to ABC Jazz
ABC Classic FM is reducing its Jazz content in 2015 by decommissioning ... Talking Jazz: Explore the favourite music of jazz musicians themselves: ......
New Orleans composer Terence Blanchard adds another film to his resume
Blanchard and local jazz and classical musicians recorded the Black or White soundtrack at Esplanade Studios. Principal photography for the film ......
Listen up, youth, jazz is the sound 2015
It is a very different jazz world in which the Glasgow festival persists, and ... to describe discrimination against white players by black jazz musicians....
Arlington's EulipaJazz to host performance series for musicians, artists
The audience is invited to bring their creative spirit and paint, draw, sketch, doodle or write some poetry while listening to the sounds of jazz standards ......
Community plans soul food, jazz event
There will be a community carry-in Soul Food Tasting & Jazz Night at ... Raw Expressions, a group local Jazz musicians from the area, will perform ......
Chang takes on role of ambassador of Gypsy jazz music
Gypsy jazz has long been associated with famous Belgian musician Django Reinhardt, the man who is said to have invented the style of music....
Children's Services Benefit 'The Speakeasy' on Saturday, Feb. 7
Get in the mood for fun with the Dan Martin Sextet, world-class jazz musicians, who will perform at The Kennedy Center Children's Services benefit....
Jam with Jazz Legend Rashad Fahim
He has taught many generations of jazz musicians, from newbies to professionals who have made it big, and still continues to do so. And now it's your ......
Vocalist Cynthia Layne remembered for talent, courage
Cynthia Layne, a jazz and neo-soul vocalist who ranked among the most active and in-demand musicians in Indianapolis, died on Sunday. She was ......
Famed Drummer Yacub Addy Passes Away
July 9, 2012; Photo by Frank Stewart for Jazz at Lincoln Center ... Addy's best-known collaboration is his work with jazz musician Wynton Marsalis....
Completely New yet Pleasantly Familiar
Later in the '60s, he was one of the first jazz musicians to compose string quartets. His band in the '70s produced classic recordings like Science ......
Afro Jazz Legend Dorothy Masuka In Zim For Starbrite Finals
Veteran jazz musician, Dorothy Masuka of "Gona raMachingura" "Nhingirikini" "Iyo Pata Pata" and "Nontsokolo" fame has arrived in the country for the ......
Blue plaque erected to honour jazz 'legend'
Canada-born Kenny Wheeler made an indelible mark on Britain's jazz ... Waltham Forest to identify the residences of jazz musicians in the borough....
MLK As Read By Bay Area Musicians On the Importance Of Jazz
Regardless: This project, produced by the SFJAZZ Center three years ago, invited some of the Bay Area's finest jazz and blues musicians including ......
ABC Classic FM moves jazz content to ABC Jazz
Talking Jazz: Explore the favourite music of jazz musicians themselves: hear what inspires and influences them. This series includes interviews from ......
File Under Jazz: Pianist Vijay Iyer on electronic music, Limp Bizkit and the limits of jaz…
In the pre-war generation, some musicians scoffed at the word jazz as a white invention; jazz meant black music, limiting their reach in a segregated ......
Film Review: 'Samba Jazz'
A host of musicians speak with passion and intelligence about the vital role samba and jazz play in their communities....
New Music Festival to Bring Four Days of Jazz to Downtown Williamsburg Next Week
Organizers of the Winter Blues Jazz Fest hope locals and out-of-town ... different eateries hosting jazz musicians during Sunday brunch, Rose said....
Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts to Honor Civil Rights Activist Rev. Ronald V. Myers, 1/16
An accomplished jazz musician, Reverend Dr. Myers services as Artistic Director of the Mississippi Jazz and Heritage Festival. He created the National ......
Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson in Rare Concert
2010 NEA Jazz Master Award winner Bobby Hutcherson plays the ... He has performed or recorded with nearly every major living jazz musician....
From the Boston jazz scene to the heart of Black Power: Letter reveals how Malcolm X was .…
In the note he asks his fellow believer to send him a list of all the jazz musicians he knows that follow Islam so he can also write to them from his cell....
Jamie Cullum reworks songbook staples on LP and at Berklee
Jamie Cullum's vision of jazz has long been a notably inclusive one. Affable ... old music and musicians and particular drummers on particular records....
Music Review: The Swiss Youth Jazz Orchestra - 'Future Steps: Live at Jazzaar Fest…
Worried about the future of jazz? ... like Future Steps and you hear the work of the talented young musicians in what is called a Youth Jazz Orchestra....
Sam Armato remembered for his jazz genius, and kind heart
Sammy Armato (right) plays the clarinet with fellow musicians (from left) Joe Aaron on clarinet, Steve Lewandowski on guitar and Bob Maynard on ......
Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage Introduces Jazz Series: Grooves at the Westin
Special guest for the evening is award-winning R&B/jazz musician Phil Perry performing with Benoit. Perry's tenth solo album, "Say Yes," was ......
Monday Night Jazz at the Bedford Arms, Bromham Road, Bedford. January 5 at 8.30pm
"But it's also a benefit for the featured musicians as they have another place where they can play, which helps support them as a performing jazz ......
High school Jazz band students prepping for benefit with help from local talent
They are preparing for the Jazz and Just Desserts event, benefiting the Helena ... Several of the student musicians enjoy what Jazz has to offer....
Symphony 'Bravura' concert features jazz legend MarvinStamm
The CSO will be swinging with an all-star rhythm section, including talented Florida jazz musicians Mark Neuenschwander (bass), Per Danielsson ......
New band Swing Street at Thursday night jazz club
"We are blessed with some great jazz musicians. Most small communities, even bigger towns and cities rarely often lack such a wealth of talent to call ......
Cherokee Jazz Blues Fest: A lifetime of experience for 'NW Iowa Musicians'
The show is dedicated in honor of RJ Baker, original organizer of the Cherokee Jazz and Blues Festival. Meet the area musicians who make up this ......
A NIGHT IN NEW ORLEANS STARRING IRVIN MAYFIELD THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ...
The orchestra, which is one of the most sought after touring jazz orchestras in the country, includes respected musicians such as Victor Atkins on piano ......
Surge Orchestra - 20 jazz musicians form together for mac Birmingham concert
It's Challenge Anneka on steroids, says Sid Peacock. You have to raise the cash and do the whole organising thing yourself that big orchestras have ......
Area musicians to take part in festival
Area musicians to take part in festival ... concert bands, two orchestras, two choirs, two jazz bands, a jazz choir, and a jazz combo at the All-State level....
Jazz at the Gods in 2015 offers concerts paying tribute to the `greats'
Geoff Page has been organising Jazz at the Gods "in one form or another" ... "There are a number of tribute concerts that refer to classic musicians of ......
Looking dapper! Actor Hugh Jackman steps out in tailored black suit for Nearness of You co…
Sydney-born Hugh posed for a photo with Susan Brecker, the wife of late 15 time Grammy Award winning jazz musician, Michael Brecker....
Clark College Jazz Festival more than a competition
Music enthusiasts may love rooting for their favorite middle or high school musicians at the Clark College Jazz Festival, but the event is actually about ......
Positively free-flowing
The list of Parker's colleagues on the free-flowing jazz bandstand reads like a Who's Who of jazz musicians who constantly push the envelope....
Leo Blanco at the Jazz Bar this Friday
LeoBlanco Musician seems hardly adequate to describe Leo Blanco, the Venezuelan pianist who appears at the Jazz Bar in Chambers Street on ......
Diana Krall: The jazz singer on being friends with Elton John, outer space and skiing in D…
I grew up meeting jazz musicians [The drummer] Jeff Hamilton, [the bassist] John Clayton and [the pianist] Monty Alexander were my mentors and they ......
Mile High Jazz Band presenting workshop to Carson middle, high school students
The workshop will give students an introduction to jazz technique and an opportunity for hands-on experience playing with professional musicians....
Tribute paid to 'brilliant' Northampton jazz musician who toured with Gene…
A brilliant' Northampton jazz musician, who was touring with Gene Pitney when the American singer died, has passed away at the age of 70....
Local jazz band swingin' to Georgia
Two upcoming concerts in February will help raise funds for the EHS Jazz Band's trip to the Swing Central High School Jazz Band Competition and ......
Upper Darby musician set to get another taste of the Grammy Awards
Since 1993, Grammy Camp Jazz Session has been gathering the top ... He is the only elite musician selected from Pennsylvania to participate in ......
Pioneer Previews: Arts for all tastes coming up
Del Lyren has once again managed to get the interest in jazz musicianship: Steve Smith, drummer with Journey during the 1980s; Graham Breedlove ......
The Haden Triplets Stick to Their Family Roots
Over the past two decades, the triplets have individually provided vocals and instrumentation to an array of prominent rock and pop jazz musicians....
'Sting was in the way. I'm sick of Sting,' said Sting
Limb knew this because, by way of an experiment, he had crammed a load of jazz musicians into his lab and attached electrodes to their heads as ......
Capturing the Jazz Jam
The Jazz Jam Session at Bay Burger has been going strong since its ... The challenge is to record the musicians and translate that feeling you get ......
Walsall Jazz Orchestra celebrates 40th anniversary at CBSO
Walsall Jazz Orchestra celebrates 40th anniversary at CBSO ... UK's leading youth bands (many renowned jazz musicians passed through its ranks)....
Review: Anthony Braxton, Cadogan Hall, Bristol
... Musicians (AACM), and one of the most prolific musicians in the area of jazz and improvisation, having released over 100 albums since the 1960s....
Art of Cool Festival Seeks Musicians for Jazz and Soul Festival in April
AOCFEST seeks North Carolina-based individual performers and groups in the genres of jazz, soul, rhythym and blues and hip-hop to join its queue of ......
Experimental Sound Studio in Ravenswood Broadens Definition of Art
ESS chief engineer Alex Inglizian said that, over the last eight years, he's worked with all types of artists: "A lot of really excellent jazz musicians and ......
Two concerts for jazz fans this month
Veteran musicians Bucky Pizzarelli, John Cutrone and Jerry Bruno take to the stage on Saturday, Jan. 17, at 7:30, performing favorite jazz standards....
Tony Bennett Lady Gaga: CHEEK TO CHEEK LIVE! Full Concert Comes to DVD/Blu-Ray Today
... soloists Chris Botti on trumpet and David Mann on tenor sax, and jazzmusicians associated with bothartists including members of Bennett's quartet, ......
Concert in the Chapel benefits Coastal Jazz Association
Local musicians for the concert include jazz trombonist Teddy Adams, Mitch Hennes and guest musicians. The musical selections will include a tribute ......
Top-drawer musicians blowing his horn
IT really is a small world when a former Winnipegger teaching jazz in New ... The group of 10 musicians -- Derek Frykas, Andrew Littleford, Simon ......
International Guitar Night on tap
This year Gore, who plays finger style guitar, will be joined by Brazilian jazzmusician Diego Figueredo, Grammy winner and classical guitarist Andrew ......
Noted violinist to highlight orchestra concert
series at 7 p.m. Friday in the junior high auditorium, with string music students and a guest musician, jazz violinist Christian Howes, taking the stage for ......
What happens to songs literally no one listens to on Spotify?
The next track we were served up by Forgotify was something called Part Six from a Danish jazz musician named Fredrik Lundin. It's a modern ......
Fox hosts jazz jam at artlounge Feb. 8
Fox, an Arlington-based jazz musician and educator, is determined to assist local budding jazz musicians with their 2015 New Year's resolution, which ......
Eight Gallatin Valley students score high on National Merit test
The jazz scene in Bozeman is pretty good, Schmidt said. Jazz musicians here are open to playing with young people. In college she might pursue a ......
Michael Foster combines jazz, dinner for free fun at Roux House
The event, Red Beans and Rice Mondays or RBRM, started in November as an initiative by Foster a 23-year veteran musician best known as the ......
Reggae unites musicians, raises West Island's profile
Rob Hutcheson, (pictured here), a West Island musician has brought ... Milena Soochan, a Montreal jazz and pop vocalist Hutcheson knew from their ......
U.D. musician set to get another taste of the Grammy Awards
"Since 1993, Grammy Camp Jazz Session has been gathering the top high school jazz singers and instrumentalists for an extraordinary Grammy ......
New Century, Jazz at the Met
Each musician had ample opportunity to share their voice and swing in the jazz tradition. The shouts and loud applauds were well deserved....
Church-operated non-profit St. Tammany restaurant vows to be born again
... non-profit restaurant's high operating costs made it difficult to take enough money to stay afloat and the build out the patio area for jazz musicians....
Codi Jazz Quintet at Bates Beach Farm Jazz Series this Friday
You can count on soulful melodies and harmonies from this 5 piece combo that includes some of Vancouver Islands finest Jazz Musicians, namely, ......
At 85, a DC jazzman is still boppin'
Ted's part of a generation of musicians that really made Washington a jazz center for the generation coming up in the '40s and '50s, says Rusty ......
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
... of the BHS jazz program, and is bringing to the stage with him several other young Bay Area musicians. The $12 acoustic jazz show starts at 8 p.m.....
Chad Lawson takes minimalist turn at Chopin
Not everyone likes listening to sophisticated, highbrow music that forces you to pause and ponder. That's a fact that jazz musician Chad Lawson has ......
Trumpeter brings classical-influenced style to Merrimans'
What are the chances that two musicians who share the same first and last ... If you're the jazz trumpeter Dave Scott, the chances are pretty good....
Full Lineup Announced For 2015 Newport Jazz Fest
Friday's daytime headliner is a thirteen piece jazz fusion group called Snarky Puppy. Other musicians pushing the boundries of modern jazz ......
Red Hot Jazz Festival at Marysville Opera House
We try to stay true to the great artists like Duke Ellington and Count Basie as well as many other great jazz musicians, added Sackman....
Hong Kong jazz musicians team with students to support special needs school
For this reason, the PTA has rallied professional jazz musicians and student musicians within the English Schools Foundation (ESF) network for a ......
A golden moment
remembered Cohran, referring to the distress jazz musicians were facing in the '60s as their livelihoods were expiring. "Why don't we do something ......
Elton John, The Who, Gaga lead 2015 New Orleans Jazz Fest lineup
File picNEW YORK, Jan 14 The Who, Elton John and Lady Gaga will headline a diverse array of musicians at this year's New Orleans Jazz and ......
Jazz Musician Jamie Cullum Shares Stories And Plays Live
Jamie Cullum is the United Kingdom's most successful contemporary jazzmusician. He has collaborated with Sir Paul McCartney, Clint Eastwood and ......
Jan. 29: The Wailers, jazzy comedy and more
... Kaseem Bentley and Johnny Taylor performing with the accompaniment of jazzmusicians. [8 p.m., Punch Line Comedy Club, 444 Battery St., S.F.]....
Top jazzers heading for Budleigh Salterton in April
Tina May, a supreme jazz vocalist, started at Cardiff's University College. Since then she's sung with most of the leading jazz musicians of her ......
Jazz vocalist brings Norwegian breeze to Istanbul
In 1995, the jazz musicians joined a band called Squid, which worked with their own original material based on soul, acid-jazz, and funk music, ......
Jim Galloway
Not only was he a wonderful musician and organiser; he was also one of the ... In a 1992 interview with Jazz Journal, he said that hearing a chorus by ......
The Danny Kolke Trio Swings Standards, Spirituals And Blues In Concert At SAM On Jazz Nort…
Danny Kolke is also the manager of Boxley's, a family-friendly restaurant which features live jazz seven nights a week. Student musicians get a chance ......
Juliet Kelly, Kate Williams and Alex Webb's Caf Society added to Jazz For Labour C…
Inspired by the Jazz For Obama concert during the 2012 American ... that so many of Britain's leading jazz musicians are showing their support for the ......
Midge Ellis, a champion of jazz in Detroit, dies at 91
Ellis was a founder and the indefatigable organizational engine behind the Michigan Jazz Festival, an annual showcase for local musicians. . She also ......
The Winter Jazzfest Marathon Unfolds
But the musicians were all working to get deeply inside it. ... rustic by comparison: they came from the time before every musician went to jazz school....
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga to Perform at 2015 GRAMMY Awards!
Recorded in New York City, the record took over a year to complete and features jazz musicians associated with both artists including members of ......
Los Angeles Musician's Earnings Fall To 15-Year Low
By David La Rosa, Editor | Jan 19, 2015, 08:06 AM The Jazz Line ... According to a new report funded by the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), ......
Musicians of Moscow Nights to take stage in Oriental's Old Theater
The musicians of Moscow Nights play authentic Russian folksongs on ... Additional upcoming shows include Cyrille Aimee Trio, jazz musician and ......
Gilad Atzmon, of the Blockheads: Something Else! Interview
At one time or another, he has also joined forces with many musicians .... The best jazz musicians, as such, are the people who can visit the same club ......
Jazz in the Gables' 2015 Schedule: Kevin Mahogany, UM Frost, New World School, 11 …
So are Satchmo's and Sandoval's. So are Gil's and the hip happy hours of hotels along the litoral where a jazz musician could make a living and then ......
Local musicians to bring diverse talents to group performances
They will play again on Jan. 30 for a show at Trent River Coffee Company in New Bern. The group features guitarist Tom Spellman, playing both ......
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Bennetts Lane Jazz Club will play host to the toe-tapping tunes, with two ... I'm inspired by a musician that shows a path of hardship and personal ......
Jazz Festival News
Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran, Elton John Lead Jazz Fest Lineup
The festival runs from April 24 through May 3. Jazz Fest is more inclusive of pop, mainstream country and older acts than most other festivals; this is ......
Spotify Playlist: 2015 Newport Jazz Festival Lineup
On January 13th, George Wein and Newport Festivals Foundation announced the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival Lineup. The 2015 Newport Jazz ......
Jamaica Tourist Board 2015 Festival and Events Lineup
Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival (Trelawny, January 29 31): This ... Mariah Carey is set to headline this year's festival. www.jamaicajazzandblues.com....
Family Day weekend Snowman Festival expands its activities
Snowman Festival staples, including the Annual Bob Foster Memorial ... We can piggyback and dovetail like we do with jazz festivals where we have ......
Local music festivals find their niches
The new and improved Desert Lexus Jazz Festival runs May 2 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden and the Joshua Tree Music Festival, which promoter ......
Will Brand Names Ruin Alt Festivals?
I've seen the Who a few times, and they've always been amazing, but what the heck do they bring to the New Orleans Jazz Festival? The billing is ......
Jazz Festivals in New Orleans and Newport Name Lineups
The New Orleans festival, which has long been only partly focused on jazz per se, alongside pop, gospel, and the deep Louisiana culture of brass ......
OHS Jazz Band earns second place at ICC Triton Jazz Fest
25, and then travel to Le Mars to compete in the Northwest Iowa Bandmasters' Jazz Festival at Le Mars High School on Monday, Feb. 16. The district ......
Spreading the gospel of jazz
Jazz bands from seven high schools in addition to the NIACC Jazz ... Giles, who has been at clinician at the NIACC Jazz Festival in the past, said he ......
Edinburgh festivals denied 10m arts cash
Both the Edinburgh Mela, Scotland's biggest multicultural event, and the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, were turned down for funding, despite ......
Newport Jazz Festival 2015
Images from the Newport Jazz Festival. WBGO Travel invites you to enjoy the sun, fun and music at the Newport Jazz Festival, July 31- August 3, 2015....
Jazz Festival hits opening notes
And organizers of 13-day HSL Properties Tucson Jazz Festival aim to make that ... "A lot of people like jazz who don't have an opportunity to get it....
Jazz Festival officials discuss transparency issues
A long time city councilman has questions about how your money is spent on the hugely successful Jazz Festival. So now we are going to follow the ......
La Verne jazz concert features Mt. SAC, Bonita High ensembles
IDB-L-SINGCOPATION -1. Mt. SAC's Singcopation wows audience during its award-winning performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 2013....
For the Arts: Foundation of Local Arts Fundraiser on Jan. 31 benefits arts education
In 2013, he won the Angel City Young Artist Competition and has won numerous awards at jazz festivals around the country. He studied jazz piano ......
'DNA' search leads singer to Red Wing
Charleston will perform DNA, other original songs and some jazz ... venues and jazz festivals nationwide, including the Dakota in Minneapolis....
More Cheltenham Jazz Festival Names Announced!
We're working hard to finalise plans for Jazz, the first of our 2015 Festivals, but here's a sneak preview of some of the exciting names so far confirmed: ......
Jazz Society's February 22 concert features Minnesota father and son jazz artists
His several decades of experience include night clubs, jazz festivals, concerts, shows, recording sessions, strolling ensembles, solo guitar or banjo ......
Chris Botti, Cassandra Wilson Dr. John Confirmed for Newport Jazz Fest
Festival producer George Wein announced the lineup Tuesday for the ... He founded the jazz festival in 1954, and later the Newport Folk Festival....
Bacharach bringing all our favorite hits to Fox
Bacharach said he might include songs from Some Lovers in the concert Wednesday, which is part of the inaugural Tucson Jazz Festival. It's one of ......
Newport Jazz Festival announces 2015 lineup: Chris Botti, Cassandra Wilson, Jamie Cullum .…
3, 2012 file photo shows Mac Rebennack, in his stage personna as Dr. John during the opening night of the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I. ......
Key dates for Lewiston Jazz Festival announced
The cool sounds of Jazz will fill the summer air when the 14th annual Historic Lewiston Jazz Festival returns on Aug. 28 and 29. The region's popular ......
Chris Botti, Dr. John, Cassandra Wilson to headline 2015 Newport Jazz Festival
NEWPORT, R.I. -- Big names Dr. John, Chris Botti, Cassandra Wilson (with a program of Billie Holiday's music) and Arturo Sandoval will mix with ......
40th annual Central Illinois Jazz Festival begins this weekend
Jazz festivals have diversified in an attempt to attract young people and fans of rock 'n' roll, Cajun and zydeco Music. Dave Bennett and the Memphis ......
Teacher preparing for guitar masterclass
Over the years, Sinclair has performed at major international festivals in the UK and Europe including the Dublin Jazz and Blues Festival, Edinburgh ......
Jazz Fest 2015: Jimmy Buffett, Elton John, Pitbull, and more; see the lineup
Over the past decade, the festival has significantly amplified its roster of ... Even by these more ambitious standards, this 46th edition of the festival is ......
Opinion: Local bars face unfair competition from festivals like Igloofest
Montreal is regularly touted as a festival city for world-renowned events like the jazz festival, the Just for Laughs Festival and many others. While we ......
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2015 lineup: day-by-day schedule
Also included on the roster for the 46th edition of the festival (April 24-26 ... Jonathon "Boogie" Long, Mark Braud's New Orleans Jazz Giants, Johnny ......
Discover the wisdom of jazz with Phronesis
Outstanding receptions at such prestigious International jazz festivals as Vancouver, Edmonton, Rochester, Monterey and Ottawa have elevated the ......
Les Sampou returns to Mansfield's Rose Garden Coffeehouse
From the Bottom Line in New York City, to the Montreal Jazz Festival, to the Music Circus right here in Cohasset, Sampou has played her heart out in ......
Area schools take home second-place honors at Iowa Lakes
Okoboji's upcoming jazz band events include the Morningside Jazz Festival in Sioux City on Thursday, Feb. 5, District Jazz Festival at Le Mars High ......
Nearly Dan ready to get into meticulous grooves at Alexander's
A TRIBUTE to '70s jazz greats Steely Dan returns to the stage at ... in 2009 with appearances at the Birmingham and Coventry Jazz Festivals, and ......
Ruby: it's great to have festivals like this
The R'n'B and soul singer headlines this year's Fife Jazz Festival and has two ... And how important does she find events such as Fife Jazz Festival?...
Celebrating Second Thursday With the Southside Aces at the Eagles Club, January 8
Their talents and enthusiasm has brought the band to the Times, Dakota, Twin Cities Jazz Festival, Doc Evans Jazz Festival and to national lindy hop ......
48th Annual Elmhurst College Jazz Festival Begins Feb. 19
One of the oldest and best collegiate jazz festivals in the country, the Elmhurst College Jazz Festival will celebrate its 48th year from Thursday, ......
The Jazz Network Worldwide Celebrates Its Seven Year Anniversary By Honoring Multi ...
The Jazz Network Worldwide has been in the marketplace for seven years ... Other services that Quality Music Services offers are: jazz festivals, jazz ......
Keilor: Meet the jazz kings at Overnewton Castle
Now in its second year, the Jazz in the Gardens festival on February 22 will feature three musical acts: the Kimba Griffith Septet with their 1950s West ......
Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival coming in March
While the festival is in the early planning stages, the city has hired the NUN Group, know for the Atlanta Jazz Festival, among other events. Williams ......
Newport and New Orleans Jazz Festivals Announce 2015 Summer Lineups
It's a new year and thus, a new season of jazz festivals is nigh. For the U.S., the two most significant summer jazz festivals have finally announced their ......
Gallery: Marshall's 46th Annual Winter Jazz Festival
Marshall University hosted one of the longest running collegiate jazz festivals in the nation on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 - the 46th annual Winter Jazz ......
Jan. 22 jazz at ACA promises cool vibes, warm soul
His newest recording draws inspiration from jazz, blues, world music, impressionist ... He has performed at jazz festivals in the US and Europe....
Jazz In the Village as duo tour rural communities
... and extensively toured Scotland, with sell-out shows over six years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and performances at numerous jazz festivals....
Open Waters Festival lures broader range of artists to Halifax
Festivals are events that stimulate conversation and ideas; even if you don't ... The talk back session has its roots in the Guelph Jazz Festival, with six ......
Beatenberg
But upstart or not, the Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) and 'Africa's Grandest Gathering' is ranked within the top 10 best jazz festivals in ......
Lebanon Valley College to Host the AnyWhen Ensemble in Concert Feb. 19
The ensemble has performed at the Jazz Gallery and the Stone in New York, and at festivals nationwide. Of particular note, they performed at the ......
Wilmington's Award-winning Riverfront Provides Backdrop for Winter Festivals
The following weekend, February 5 through 7, the 35th annual North Carolina Jazz Festival will showcase the best in traditional jazz. Between sips ......
Kathy Guillen and the Girls perform at Cherokee Jazz Blues Fest
Kathy Guillen and the Girls perform at Cherokee Jazz & Blues Fest ... who will be performing during the 2015 Cherokee Jazz & Blues Festival on Jan....
Java Jazz Festival 2015: Christina Perri and Much More!
Jakarta, GIVnews.com - From 6-8 March 2015, Jakarta will once again host one of the world's biggest jazz festivals, the Java Jazz. The event, whose ......
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The musicians, led by music professor Dr. Patrick Hennessey, have played at Walt Disney World and jazz festivals across Florida. The event is part of ......
Camera Soul Releases Third Studio Album, Dress Code
The Italian jazz-funk supergroup follows up the success of previous album, 'Not For Ordinary People', with its third ... Camera Soul intends support the album by performing at several notable jazz festivals throughout Europe and is ......
WBGO Travel: Newport Jazz Festival 2015 Day Trips
At the end of each day, buses leave from the front gate of the Newport JazzFestival. Return times leaving festival are as follows: Friday 6PM, Saturday ......
A frenzied dance party
The annual Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival winter fundraiser is being held at Roberts Creek Hall on Saturday, Feb. 7 with doors opening at 9 p.m.....
BBC Big Band to perform greatest movie soundtracks at the Regent
... festival circuit, the band has recently appeared at the Aber-deen, Gateshead, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Great North and Brecon jazz festivals, as well ......
Elton John, the Who top 2015 NOLA Jazz Heritage Festival lineup
Festival organizers note that this year's event is to include more than 500 acts representing jazz, rock, soul, R&B, gospel, folk, country, hip-hop, Cajun, ......
Taylor Swift, Metallica, No Doubt lead Rock in Rio USA lineup
The festival headliners will perform on the festival's main stage and ... Country and jazz festivals are most likely, as multi-day rock and pop events ......
Latin jazz piano phenom to highlight NSU Jazz Festival
South Dakota Jazz Festival events will take place during the day on Thursday, also in the Civic Theatre. Vocal jazz ensembles start in the band room ......
Touring duo brings guitar melodies to Soka
Jordan, a Chicago native, has performed in 60 countries, as well as at the Kool Jazz, Concord Jazz and Montreaux International Jazz festivals....
Deep River: Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks concert continues Essex Winter Series
Submitted photos Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks play hot jazz from the ... the Newport Jazz Festival, and many other major venues and festivals....
2015 New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival presented by Shell
The mission of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc. is to promote, preserve, perpetuate and encourage the music, arts, ......
George Wein Announces Lineup for 2015 Newport Jazz Festival
After producing a successful and exciting 60th anniversary celebration last year,George Wein today announced that the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival ......
How Elton John ended up on the 2015 New Orleans Jazz Fest schedule
But Davis could never convince the Rocket Man to land at Jazz Fest. Though he works constantly all over the world, Elton rarely performs at festivals, ......
Exclusive Interview: Molly Ringwald Sings!
PC: The Concord Jazz Festival was a big deal around that time as well. ... MR: Once in awhile, we would come through there for different festivals....
Trombone With A View
Drummer Moe Green asked why so few band play Jelly Roll Morton compositions
The question Moe Green poses about the absence of compositions of Jelly Roll Morton in the repertoire of the performing bands is one that has interested me from time to time. Let me say that I have a great admiration for both Jelly Roll Morton and his bands - particularly The Red Hot Peppers. Also too the musicians he employed. They...
The Stonehenge City Jazzmen
Sometimes I have a feeling that telepathy is a tangible phenomena. Ian Maud who runs the excellent website http://www.sandybrownjazz.co.uk asked if I would contribute an article about playing with the support band on a Mick Mulligan Band gig at RAF Yatesbury in nineteen fifty nine. I have been pretty busy over the past few months and thought that I really...
The First Valamar Jazz Festival. Porec, Istria, Croatia. Festival Diary
Festival Diary 8th. of July 2010 Long drive from Brussels 1350 km. Just to add to the joys blew out a rear tyre on the car around 6.00am en route to Stuttgart. The wheel having been put on at a tyre centre and the bolts tightened with a pneumatic device - impossible to loosen the wheel. Had to call out a...
Croatian jazz great Petrovic dies at 75
ZAGREB (AFP) – Croatian jazz great Bosko Petrovic, who has played and recorded with many international stars, died here Monday at the age of 75, the national musicians' association said. Petrovic, born in 1935 in the northern town of Bjelovar, was a vibraphone player, composer, arranger, producer and pedagogue. In 1959 he founded the Zagreb Jazz Quartet, inspired by the local musical...
Osmosis - Or - Technique Is In The Genes
My good friend Joe Higham sent me the link to an interview with Charlie Parker that had been posted on YouTube. Most interesting because in general not having had much opportunity to listen to Bird in verbal exchanges rather than the musical variety. He comes across as being a highly intelligent and very articulate individual. What really made me really sit...
Willy Vande Walle - Saxophonist
I played for more than five years with Willy Vande Walle's 'Jazz Express'. Willy was a great guy but a lot of the time was overwhelmed by the complications of a life that included three former wives and a partiality for Genevieve - a type of Gin that is a speciality of Belgium - so much so that in the...
Monday Night Jazz Jam In Ljubljana
Though I have often traversed Slovenia en route to Croatia - my Son Adam and his family live and work in Zagreb - my visits have always been transitory, just stopping to fill the car with petrol, or to take money from a cash machine. I decided to take a holiday in the Slovenian coastal resort of Isola. My daughter Laura...
The First Valamar Jazz Festival. Porec, Istria, Croatia.
Festival Diary 9th. of July 2010 Porec is a town located on the west coast of Istria. Due to its extraordinary geographical position, its natural attractions and cultural monuments, Porec is today one of the most important touristic sites in Croatia. The town which was designed in its current form by Romans two thousand years ago still preserves the traces of...
Pre-Chewed - Easy To Swallow
Easy listening. What is its function? The first food given to babies following on from an exclusive diet of milk is normally some smooth and macerated mélange that will slip down easily. Though one has to admit that these preparations do at least have the virtue of being nutritious. Easy listening - slips down easily - but in general lacks...
The Past Is A Different - And Unknown - Country
Ask any student within a classical music conservatory who Beethoven was and ask him or her to say something about his music and I am confident that you would receive a coherent reply. Their preference may be for the for work of Harrison Birtwhistle, Stockhousen, or maybe Steve Reich. Nevertheless I am reasonably sure they could, in the majority of...
Real Book and The Smart Phone
It has become a familiar sight. At jam sessions - forgivable - perhaps. On gigs - not so acceptable - just my opinion. What am I referring to ? The array of one or more Smart Phones being used to display the Real Book. Propped up on the music stand of the piano. The bass player his eyes glued to...
Simple Isn't Easy
The late Red Mitchell composed and penned the lyrics for a song entitled 'Simple Isn't Easy" the title track of an album of the same name. Red was a man who knew a thing or to about jazz. For there exists in the mind of those aspiring - or those perhaps wanting to aspire - the delusion that Simple = Easy. Take...
A Joyful Sound
All too often, when attending jazz concerts, the music on offer resembles an audio chapter of some particularly obtuse Neitzichian analysis. Not that I have anything against Neitziche. I am as interested in Zarathustra as the next man. However what I do appreciate is leaving a jazz club on a high. Mandy Gaines, a singer from the USA, was appearing for...
Would You Let Your Daughter Marry A Jazz Musician
Some years ago I was working on a web development project for an international school in Luxembourg. I was having lunch with four English ladies - parents and the school marketing team. By way of conversation I mentioned a good friend of mine - Dutch, but living and educated in Belgium. Even in his young teens he played the drums -...
Under Thirty Five - And Do Like Jazz - But the bar owner doesn't
Some time ago I wrote about the Indigo Bar in Manchester that was running a really great jam session organised and directed by saxophonist Ed Kainyek. The bar was very often packed to capacity with students who contrary to perceived wisdom really did seem to appreciate the music and the ambience. However. This great gig is no more. Not sure why...
Under Thirty Five - And Do Like Jazz
If you are in Manchester, England of a Wednesday evening check out The Indigo Bar. 460 Withington Rd. Withington, South Manchester, M20 4AN. Its a delight. You will find a weekly jam session organised and directed by saxophonist Ed Kainyek. This dynamic individual knows just how to keep the proceedings under control in a manner that renders his underlying firmness almost...
Talent - Where does it come from ?
A few days ago I was doing some research on the Internet to collect material for a linguistics project I am developing with and for a colleague who is based in Stockholm. The project concerns 'Intranslatable Words' and the website www.lagomsisu.com provides the web presence for the book 'Lagom Sisu Mañana' written by John Alexander AB. Looking on YouTube at Peking...
The Club 43 Manchester, England
The Club 43 Manchester, England was extremely influential in promoting the appearance of live performances of American jazz musicians. Up until the later part of the sixties performances by American musicians were very difficult to arrange because of the Musicians Union insistence that there should be a reciprocal agreement: one or more American musician performs in the United Kingdom -...
Good News From Perth Australia
I received this letter from Roy Burton from Perth in Australia. Though he outlines some of the problems confronting jazz in Australia - also applicable to many other parts of the world - his story in general is very heartening indeed. It does go to show, yet again, how much the jazz scene depends upon the enthusiasm of individuals. Dear Jazz...
The House of Sam Widges
One of the really interesting features about the Internet is almost stream-of-consciousness mode you can slip into as the direct consequence of a somewhat specific search. ' The House of Sam Widges ' floated into a view. It was a coffee bar with a jazz club in the basement. I became something of an habitué even at one point working behind...
Derek Wadsworth
A very great friend of more that forty years, the late Derek Wadsworth, who died on th 3 December 2008 at his home in Aynho, Northamptonshire, England. Derek was to use the old but apt cliche: a musicians musician. Derek's career started as a member of a Brass Band in Yorkshire and was to develop into an astonishing CV that included jazz,...
Hard Bop Is Alive And Well - No Need For An Apology
There is a tendency in some zones of the jazz world to devalue what can be loosely described as earlier styles. This particularly so by a certain species of jazz critic who want to proclaim that they are riding on and perhaps exclusively appreciating the crest of some new wave. Why should we not appreciate the musicians, bands and styles...
Saxophone Mouthpieces and the Quest for the Perfect Reed
A year or so in a moment of barely concealed lunacy I decided I would start to learn the Soprano Saxophone. "So What" you might say. Well I do play the Valve Trombone. But I must also add that I have always been attracted to the saxophone, but in the long ago days of my youth, saxophones were a rarity....
Hot Clube De Portugal - Fire Totally Destroys This Historic Club
When I put Jazz Clubs Worldwide online some thirteen years ago, the very first club to send me information was the Hot Clube de Portugal. So it is with considerable sadness, following on from a call on Skype from Claude Moreira, that I must tell you that The Club has been totally destroyed by fire. Not only The Club, but...
The Enthusiasm of Individuals
To paraphrase the quotation 'I have always depended on the kindness of strangers' It is in my view a truism that jazz,has to a great extent, looked for its promotion, venues, and general wellbeing 'on the enthusiasm of individuals '. To take the example of jazz clubs. It would be interesting to evaluate just how many were founded and run...
All it Needs is 10.000 Hours
There has been quite a lot of comment recently concering the notion that 10,000 of practice is the formula to a virtuosity that will transcend mere talent. Do you believe this? I do not. You cannot doubt that such a 10.000 hour regimen will lead to a high level of competence in any field. But as a proven threshold to genius...
Doom And Gloom - But We Still Have The Music
Reports from many parts of the globe and conversations with musicians give a definite impression that in general things are tough. Fewer gigs. Less money. A general malaise. I suppose it would be naive to expect that jazz should be excluded from the financial problems that continue to plague large numbers of people. Economic troughs - in a recognizably contemporary...
Never Mind The Quality Feel The Hype
How often do we hear proclaimed loudly by the publicists, in newspapers, in magazines, on radio, on television " Behold the new Billie Holiday " or the linking of some rather average talent to artists - usually dead - who really were great. It really is astonishing what hype can and does achieve. Constant repetition drives the message in. Large numbers...
Social Networking. Fred Burnett was well ahead of the pack.
Welcome to my world of Traditional Jazz. The pages which follow are a tribute to the musicians who have dedicated themselves to playing the music of New Orleans and Dixieland in the North West of the British Isles. Although I try very hard to ensure all the information about the bands and events are correct, please check with the venues concerned...
Under 35 Likes Jazz
This morning I had a sad email from California following on from my 'Jazz Clubs Worldwide September Newsletter' where I talked about the current health of the jazz scene internationally. I quote: "Hello Peter: I wanted you to know, in case you haven't heard, that Charlie O's Jazz Club in Southern California closed down for good on August 31, 2011. You...
Jazz Festivals Minus The Jazz
Looking at some upcoming some major jazz festival programmes one wonders just what are the jazz credentials of many of the listed Headliners. Rock musicians yes. World Music maybe. Who knows what kind of music much of the time. The problem is that many of the big festivals built their reputations and the ability to draw in large audiences by...
Four Bar Intro - The Door to Possibilities.
Most jazz musicians - and maybe even non-musicians - will know just how evocative good four bar intro can be. It starts your foot tapping. It attunes your ear to what is to follow. It is the passport control to a musical journey that can lead anywhere. You just never know in advance. Routine licks. Something special that just appears from...
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Each month. Five tracks from the albums of groups worldwide. Diverse musicians and diverse styles. The track that gets the most votes will get a one month dediated promotional page on Jazz Clubs Worldwide.
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