By All About Jazz News on January 31, 2011
“Tempi con Variazioni is a toast to the art of music—in all its diversity of styles, time periods and genres…”
violin virtuoso/composer helmut lipsky’s melosphere cd tempi con variazioni (chestnut hall music) garnered the prestigious conseil quA(C)bA(C)cois de la Musique (CQM- Quebec Music Council) Prix Opus (Opus Prize) for Album of the Year in the World Music category. The fourteenth annual gala of the Music Council, held in Montreal on January 31, 2011, celebrated the best musical achievements in the province of Quebec, rewarding excellence in the production and performance of concert music. Helmut Lipsky and his Melosphere ensemble were finalists for the same award for Best Concert of the Year in 2007…
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By All About Jazz News on January 31, 2011
The Jorge Gavidia and Sarah Begin Quintet are thrilled to announce the release of their debut jazz album, “You Never Know.” The album represents a big step forward for Toronto based musicians, Jorge Gavidia and Sarah Begin, the masterminds behind the project.
Consisting of 9 original songs, the album showcases the songwriting talents of Jorge Gavidia, with one song written by Sarah Begin. “You Never Know” is relaxing mix of jazz and blues, intermixed with odd-time compositions. A number of fantastic musicians are featured on the album, including saxophonist David Rubel, bassist Kevin Braun, and drummer Matt Wills…
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By All About Jazz News on January 31, 2011
Charles Lloyd’s name alone might sell tickets as a symbol of integrity and spiritual health and every-man-has-his-season. A saxophonist and bandleader, he was a friendly and popular face of post-Coltrane jazz in the 1960s. Then he retreated for much of the next two decades, and came out the other side an elegant older man with a stronger, softer art…
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By All About Jazz News on January 31, 2011
Egypt’s shutdown of the Internet within its borders is an action unlike any other in the history of the World Wide Web and it might have only taken a few phone calls to do it.
“It’s something I’ve never seen; it’s totally unprecedented,” said James Cowie, the co-founder and chief technology officer of Renesys, an IT company in New Hampshire that helps Internet service providers monitor the security of Web networks and infrastructure…
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By All About Jazz News on January 31, 2011
Cancel the office pool. Forget the Vegas bookmakers, who still think a certain Facebook movie is the odds-on favorite. And if you’re looking for a cliff-hanger on Feb. 27, you may as well watch Big Love on HBO, because there won’t be much suspense over at the 83rd awards ceremony of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on ABC. In all likelihood, the Oscar race is over…
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By All About Jazz News on January 31, 2011
“The King’s Speech” collected an impressive 12 Oscar nominations last week. It might have stopped short of a dozen without help from a British entrepreneur who has planted his business at the tricky intersection of film and music.
In an unconventional deal that may promise a revival in film music, the Cutting Edge Group, based in London, and its chief executive, Philip Moross, effectively bought the musical portion of “The King’s Speech” months ago…
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By All About Jazz News on January 31, 2011
Chapel Hill, NC—-jazz fans are extremely pleased and very happy about what looks like a great fruitful, immensely-fulfilling, first-class music season this spring of 2011, in the “triangle” area of north carolina (raleigh, durham and chapel hill). it is very fortunate to have an enthusiastic, strong, large, loyal jazz fan base; three major universities and numerous colleges and universities, with jazz ensembles and jazz studies departments; schools and organizations that present jazz performances throughout the year, and last, but, certainly not least, two, 24-hour jazz radio stations. There are also several clubs and restaurants that offer live jazz every night of the week…
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By Jazz News on January 31, 2011
LP from 7-9pm Professor Bop will be playing music from the classic album, “Sketches of Spain,” with Miles Davis and Gil Evans.
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By Music Genre: Jazz & Blues on January 31, 2011
For those in the know, it’s usually more fun to talk about Wynton Marsalis and his institution than it is to talk about their music. But the JLCO’s recent tour reminds us that the house band ain’t so bad, either.
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By Jazz News on January 31, 2011
Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, one of the most historic jazz clubs in the country, sold today in a bankruptcy auction in downtown Detroit, for $395,000. The new owners, Hugh W. Smith III and Eric W. Whitaker of SB Media, plan to keep Baker’s as a jazz club, but give it a much-needed cleaning and freshening.
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