By All About Jazz News on June 27, 2012
The album “Joy Luck,” featuring my New Trio with Vardan Ovsepian on keyboards and Damian Erskine (my nephew) on electric bass, gets its title inspiration from Amy Tan’s epochal novel “Joy Luck Club.” This play-along “Joy Luck” compilation gets its inspiration from there being a need for a modern jazz-based trio “music minus one” offering that was…
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By All About Jazz News on June 27, 2012
East End Arts is thrilled to present the Alex Sipiagin Quintet in concert on Saturday, August 4, 2012, in collaboration with Full Moon Arts Center. The intimately-set performance will take place at Full Moon Arts Center in East Moriches, with a special opportunity to meet the artists prior to the concert during a private cocktail party with Alex and the quintet, and a special performance and gift; starting at 6 PM, the VIP entry ticket is $125 per person. General admission starts at 7 PM for $50 per person, and the one-hour performance will begin at 7:30 PM. A question and answer session with the artists will take place after the performance. Tickets must be purchased in advance of the concert. This event is sponsored by Peconic Bay Winery and Hamptons.com. For tickets, contact the East End Arts Gallery at 631-727-0900…
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By All About Jazz News on June 27, 2012
July 2nd | Modern Jazz 6:00pm – 8:00pm 2600 Block of Broadway
SEVA (featuring Hristo Vitchev and Weber Iago)
SEVA is a modern jazz formation combining elements of classical, folk, rock, latin, and world music under the umbrella of the jazz sensibility and seeks to explore vibrant and distant harmonic landscapes with their modern and sophisticated sound. SEVA was formed in late 2010 by Bulgarian modern jazz guitarist Hristo Vitchev and Brazilian (Latin Grammy Nominee) piano sensation Weber Iago. Vitchev and Iago have a long musical relationship as band mates, and each of their musical endeavors have received critical acclaim at the national and international jazz scenes. With their brand new formation SEVA, the duo seeks to explore even more distant harmonic landscapes. For this endeavor Vitchev and Iago are joined by virtuoso bassist Dan Robbins, and master drummer/percussionist Mike Shannon…
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By All About Jazz News on June 27, 2012
San Jose, Calif., a€’ Mike Portnoy proves for a second-straight year that his prog drumming makes him perhaps the most popular drummer in the world. Portnoy won a€oeBest Drummer and a€oeBest Progressive Drummer with more than 9000 drummers voting in DRUM! Magazine’s 17th Annual Reader Poll.
The following results highlight key races and significant winners in the 17th Annual Drummies. For a complete listing of all winners in the 40+ categories that comprise the Drummies, visit our website…
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By All About Jazz News on June 26, 2012
Andy De Campos performs Top of the Jazz Season and Summer.
Toronto’s favourite jazz crooner Andy De Campos plus trio play in prime time at Gate 403, a venue with perfect hybrid of slightly upscale local pub and classy piano bar.
Surprisingly, one of the few places in town where the piano actually sounds like a piano! Gate 403 is beloved by musicians and fans alike as an intimate setting…
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By All About Jazz News on June 26, 2012
Title track inducted into GRAMMY Hall of Fame in 1999 and Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry in 2012
LOS ANGELES, Calif. a€’ Concord Music Group will release Booker T. and the MGsa€(TM) Green Onions as part of its Stax Remasters series on July 24, 2012. Enhanced by 24-bit remastering by Joe Tarantino, two live bonus tracks and newly written liner notes by Grammy Award-winning Stax historian Rob Bowman, the reissue not only spotlights one of the most entertaining and influential soul and R&b recordings of the 1960s, but also reaffirms the albuma€(TM)s enduring nature a half-century after its original release…
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By All About Jazz News on June 26, 2012
The Cornelia Street CafA(C), which celebrates its 35th Anniversary this July, is a true New York City landmark, an epicurean destination, an artist’s cafA(C) that cultivates and inspires, and one of the few remaining Greenwich Village bastions for creative music, spoken word, art, theatre, cabaret and much more…
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By All About Jazz News on June 26, 2012
NEWPORT, RI: Following its mission to educate and inform young people about jazz, the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. is offering $15 Student Discount Tickets to encourage music students from Boston University, Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island, Berklee College of Music, and New England Conservatory to attend the Newport Jazz FestivalA(R) on Saturday and Sunday, August 4-5…
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By All About Jazz News on June 26, 2012
Pianist m: Teddy Wilsona€(TM)s concert appearances with m: Benny Goodman in 1935 and m: Quincy Jonesa€(TM) employment as a corporate executive at a major label in 1964 appear to be foremost references in the popular music literature on the integration of African Americans. Yet the pioneering accomplishments of lesser known figures are often neglected in favour of the more overt activism of m: John Hammond, e: Paul Robeson, Helen Oakley and the likes. But the chances of there being a slew of other as enterprising yet unacknowledged trailblazers are many…
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By All About Jazz News on June 26, 2012
Jazz: Brooklyna€(TM)s Beat Wraps Up Six-event Series in the Heart of Brooklyn with Jeremy Pelt Quintet at Brooklyn Museum Thursday, June 28, 7:00 pm
Brooklyn, NY: Jazz: Brooklyn’s Beat, a unique partnership between Heart of Brooklyn and WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM featuring an eclectic mix of free and low-cost jazz performances at six of Brooklyna€(TM)s favorite cultural institutions, concludes this Thursday, June 28, at 7:00 pm with the Jeremy Pelt Quintet as part of the BrooklyNites Jazz series at the Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway…
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