ERROLL GARNER ....

BACK AFTER 60 YEARS ERROLL GARNER'S THE COMPLETE CONCERT BY THE SEA DEBUTS #1 ON BILLBOARD JAZZ CHART AND #93 ON BILLBOARD's TOP 200 CHART    "A REVELATION" - NEW YORK TIMES    "5 Stars!" - MOJO   "A MUSICAL PHENONMENON" - THE GUARDIAN   FEATURED ON THE ALBUM PRODUCED BY GERI ALLEN AND STEVE ROSENTHAL  ARE 11 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS, BONUS ANNOUNCER COMMENTARY, NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD INTERVIEWS WITH THE GARNER TRIO IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CONCERT   Iconic Jazz artist Erroll Garner's greatest concert album was already one of the best selling jazz albums of all time. The newly expanded album, The Complete Concert By The Sea, released jointly by Sony Legacy and Octave Music Publishing Corporation on September 18, 2015 - in celebration of the concert's 60th anniversary, debuts at #1 on Billboard's Jazz chart and #93 on the Top 200 Chart. Now available on Amazon: http://smarturl.it/EG_TCCBTS_Amzn   The overwhelmingly impressive and widespread media response to The Complete Concert by the Sea marks a triumphant return and resurgence for the prodigy, once revered mainly by jazz enthusiasts and critics. The New York Times' Nate Chinen raved that the new version, "greatly expands and improves on the original album." And in his stellar review of the album for NPR's Fresh Air Kevin Whitehead enthused, "Erroll Garner is consistently resourceful, and he's relentless - the Terminator of jazz pianists." The Wall Street Journal's Marc Myers says The Complete Concert by the Sea "is a delight for jazz and pop fans." According to Michael Simmon's 5-star review in Mojo, "When it comes to pure virtuosity, even peers maintain Garner was paramount and this set presents the proof in the proverbial pudding."   After 60 years, Erroll Garner is now being recognized as not only a pioneer within the jazz community but an important composer whose brilliance influenced music history.      "I don't think I need to tell you how significant a figure Erroll Garner is in the history of American music," Grammy award-winning writer Dan Morgenstern notes. "His artistry transcended categories over four decades. Without ever saying a word or indulging in showbiz trimmings, he could just play the piano and hold thousands enraptured." FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:   Legacy Recordings/Media RelationsGabby Gibb, Media Relations 212-833-4597 Gabby.Gibb@sonymusic.com  www.legacyrecordings.com   Jim Merlis, Big Hassle Media 818-445-3136 Jim@bighassle.com www.bighassle.com   Erroll Garner Jazz ProjectJocelyn Arem, Erroll Garner Jazz Project Senior Producer and Strategic Consultant jocelyn@errollgarner.com  www.errollgarner.com   University of PittsburghSharon Blake, University of Pittsburgh News Services 412-624-4364   blake@pitt.edu  http://www.music.pitt.edu/graduate/jazz-studies

Randy Bernsen's New Release

Randy will perform 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, at Qbar Burgers & Blues, 2376 N. Federal Highway, in Fort Lauderdale. Admission is free and you can buy the CD directly from him. Call 954-565-2299 or go to QbarFL.com.  FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

The album (along with his other releases) is available via Pledge Music, at PledgeMusic.com/Projects/RandyBernsen. More information can be found at RandyBernsen.com.

Or, buy the CD at CDBaby : www.CDBaby.com/cd/randybernsen5

GRACE NOTES marks Bernsen’s return to working on a bigger canvas with another all-star cast, including Yellowjackets co-founders Jimmy Haslip and Russell Ferrante, drummers Erskine, Gary Novak and Virgil Donati, keyboardists Scott Kinsey, Mac Chew and Colin James, saxophonist Steve Tavaglione, percussionists Luis Conte, Archie Pena and blues harmonica ace Rockin’ Jake. Florida homeboys Othello Molineaux, Bobby Thomas Jr. and Julius Pastorius (Jaco’s son) also make special guest appearances on his 12th album as a leader.

"...an ambitious collection of eight songs, five written by Bernsen, that puts the soaring jazz-fusion inventiveness that his cult of fans remember from his residency at Tavern 213 into an earthy, blues setting that drips with South Florida humidity." - From SouthFlorida.com article by Ben Crandell:

http://www.southflorida.com/music/sf-randy-bernsen-album-grace-notes-20150916-story.html

Nat Adderley Jr., Longineu Parsons & Vincent Herring

Nat Adderley Jr., Longineu Parsons & Vincent Herring perform in Adderley Bros. Tribute in West Palm Beach Oct 23, 2015

Jon Batiste

Jon Batiste, National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s Artistic Director at Large brings his legendary energy and great music to the intimate and historic

Alhambra Ballroom in Harlem on October 28 at 8pm to benefit

the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

John Coltrane Quartet My Favorite Things

NJ JazzList

Profile: Composer/Pianist Jason Moran

Profile: Composer/Pianist Jason Moran

Jason Moran is an American jazz pianist, composer and educator, heavily involved in multimedia art and the theater.  He recorded with Greg Osby and debuted as a band leader with the 1999 album soundtrack to Human Motion. With eight albums to his name, in 2010, Jason was named a MacArthur Fellow and, in 2013, held residences in SFJAZZ, Julliard and Molde Jazz Festival. He is currently the Artistic Director for Jazz at The Kennedy Center and has composed music for the theatrical production, Seven Guitars, that focuses on seven African-American characters in the '40s. Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony and Drama Desk Awards, Seven Guitars will be presented on stage at Red Bank's Two River Theater starting September 12, 2015.

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NJJazzList.com adds News&Review

To add to our new look, we've added more jazz news and reviews of jazz events. Please stop by our homepage and read the news that have links to other great jazz resources in New Jersey and surrounding states.

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In the News: Jon Batiste - jazz for the Late Show

When Stephen Colbert takes over the Late Show tonight on CBS, he'll have a new partner in crime on stage: pianist Jon Batiste.

Batiste falls into a long line of jazz musicians to lead bands on late-night television. But this particular fit has a lot of people talking: He and his band are known for their spirit and energy.

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Destination NYC: Mezzrow  

MEZZROW is a great listening room and lounge in the heart of the historic district of Greenwich Village located below street level at 163 West 10th Street. Mezzrow is a jazz piano room. Mezzrow, recently endorsed by the Steinway Piano Company, has a gorgeous new model "A" (6'3") that fuels some of the very best jazz pianists in New York City. The lounge presents a rare opportunity for adults to enjoy the relaxed social atmosphere of a club devoted to jazz and, in particular, the small ensemble. The music room provides a space for music lovers to share an intimate experience with the top-name jazz artists who are performing throughout the week. Owned and operated by the the people who own Smalls Jazz Club (just a short walk over at 183 West 10th Street), Mezzrow is a unique musical environment run by musicians for musicians. Tell them NJJazzList.com sent you.

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Chick Corea and Bela Fleck in Princeton  

It would be hard to name two more iconic, versatile and timely musical artists than Chick Corea and Béla Fleck. Master songwriters, musicians, band leaders and musical innovators each in their own right, they are virtuoso performers from radically different circles who are scheduled to perform at New Jersey's historic McCarter Theater in Princeton later this month. Together, the multiple Grammy-winning duo will present their most recognizable tunes along with music from a 2007 Latin Grammy-winning collaboration, The Enchantment.

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Top NYC Jazz Venues: We You Get There

This week, JazzList has a link to a nice article on NYC jazz venues you should know about (if you don't already). Also, the venues page at JazzList sorts venues by area code so you can find venues close to you or close to your destination. We've also reinstalled driving directions  compliments of Google. Put in your starting address and we'll get you there.   

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Terri Lyne Carrington - Mosaic Project LOVE and SOUL

GRAMMY-WINNING DRUMMER/COMPOSER/PRODUCER TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON RELEASES HOTLY ANTICIPATED MOSAIC PROJECT: LOVE AND SOUL

Release spotlights vocalists Oleta Adams, Natalie Cole, Paula Cole, Lalah Hathaway, Chaka Khan, Ledisi, Chanté Moore, Valerie Simpson, Nancy Wilson, Jaguar Wright and Lizz Wright

After receiving worldwide praise and a GRAMMY for Best Jazz Vocal Album for her 2011 disc, The Mosaic Project, drummer extraordinaire Terri Lyne Carrington releases its hotly anticipated follow-up, The Mosaic Project: LOVE and SOUL, on August 7, 2015 via Concord Records. (International release dates may vary)

Like its predecessor, The Mosaic Project: LOVE and SOUL presents Carrington leading a rotating cast of superb female instrumentalists and vocalists that includes Oleta Adams, Natalie Cole, Paula Cole, Lalah Hathaway, Chaka Khan, Chanté Moore, Valerie Simpson, Nancy Wilson, Jaguar Wright and Lizz Wright, as well as saxophonist Tia Fuller, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen; bassists Meshell Ndegoecello and Linda Oh; and keyboardists Geri Allen, Patrice Rushen and Rachel Z.

On The Mosaic Project: LOVE and SOUL, Carrington juxtaposes her salute to female artists by paying homage to various male artists who have either influenced her professionally and/or informed her musicality, such as Nick Ashford, George Duke, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Luther Vandross and Bill Withers. “Whenever I do something that celebrates women, I never want it to feel like it’s something that excludes men,” she explains. “On this record, I consciously wanted to celebrate the various relationships women have with men either through original songs of mine or cover songs by male composers and song writers.” The male presence and perspective on The Mosaic Project: LOVE and SOUL is even more realized by Billy Dee Williams, who contributes insightful spoken-word interludes through the disc. 

Carrington’s musicianship has already catapulted her into the upper echelon of jazz artists of her generation. But on The Mosaic Project: LOVE and SOUL, her gifts as a producer, songwriter, and arranger emerge more to the fore with a collection of tunes that places a greater emphasis on her love for R&B. “When I grew up I wanted to be Diana Ross,” she says as she explains her wide musical influences that range from classic music and straight-ahead jazz to R&B and hip-hop. “I loved all forms of Black music and eventually started listening from a production standpoint, finding Missy Elliot, Q-Tip and Questlove to be some of my favorites.”

iTunes: http://smarturl.it/MosaicLoveSoul
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerriLyneCarrington
Official website: http://www.terrilynecarrington.com/ GRAMMY...

Bradenton Blues Festival 2015

Saturday, December 5, 2015

On the Riverwalk in one Florida's most beautiful water-front cities!

Bradenton Riverwalk Between US 41 & Bus US 41,

North of 3rd Avenue West, Bradenton, FL 34205

bradentonbluesfestival.org

Janiva Magness 

at 6:20-7:35pm

Rick Estrin and the Nightcats 

at 4:55-6:05pm

Joanna Connor 

at 3:40-4:40pm

Mike Zito and The Wheel 

at 2:25-3:25pm

Larry Garner 

at 1:10-2:10pm

Super Chikan and the Fighting Cocks 

at 11:55am-12:55pm

Girls with Guitars 

(Eliana Cargnelutti & Sadie Johnson & Heather Crosse) 

at 11-11:40am

Matthew Shipp

Matthew Shipp is the American Piano Jazz Mature Secret

In the shadow of Cecil Taylor and Keith Jarrett, he has played out his individuality through three decades. He can be described as a cross between the two giants, but he exceeds both, with its ownership of the blues and the free expression's inherent possibilities. - Arild R. Andersen,

The Conduct of Jazzrelease date, October 23^rd

New Smyrna Beach!

September 25 – 27, 2015!

Saturday & Sunday FREE!

NEW SMYRNA BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL

Flagler Avenue, Canal Street Historic District, 3rd Avenue, S. Atlantic 
and The North Causeway 

Comes ALIVE with Jazz!

Bobby Koelble Jazz Duo
Danielle Eva Jazz Trio
Dave Capp Project w/ France Neil
Dave Sheffield Trio
Doug Spoonamore
Duplicity Duo
Eddie Marshall and Tropical Jazz
Greg Parnell Septet w/ Charlie Bertini & Bobby Pickwood
Gus Simms
Harry Rios Trio
Jacqueline Jones
Jaime Hollis
Jeff Rupert Band w/ Davonda Simmons
Kayonne Riley & the Downtown Quartet
La Lucha
Lawrence App Duo
Marc Clermont & Airtight
Monica da Silva and Chad Alger
Pat Gullotta and his Stompin’ Dixie Swampcats
Ray Guiser Quartet
Reeds & Strings
Rich Walker Sextet
Rob Whiting’s Jazz Express
Smokin’ Torpedoes
Stetson U. Jazz Ensemble with Linda Cole
Sybil Gage
Thin Film Magnetism
Thom Chambers

Myriam Phiro

Official release party in NYC: October 6th, at the Iridium

With a twist of French, latin grooves and bluesy notes, Myriam Phiro will render the American and International Jazz & Pop standards that inspired her the most along her personal journey, and will accompany each song with a closer look into her fascinating worlds as an actress, vocalist & dancer. The evening will unveil the songs from her new album, “Voyages”, and will feature an all-star band:

-John di Martino (piano)
-Vinny Raniolo (guitar)
-Elias Bailey (bass)
-Rob Garcia (drums)

14th Annual "A Great Night in Harlem"

October 22nd, 2015
Apollo Theater
253 West 125th Street, New York, NY (btw 7th & 8th Ave.)

For 26 years, the Jazz Foundation of America has been keeping jazz & blues alive by helping the musicians who played with everyone from Duke Ellington & Billie Holiday to Jimi Hendrix & The Rolling Stones. We now assist in more than 5,000 cases a year nationwide.

This night will transport you with thrilling moments of music and real life stories of musicians saved by JFA. Our 2015 show will include...

Lifetime Achievement Award for Sonny Rollins

Featuring Donald Fagen (of Steely Dan), Jimmy Heath, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Bartz, Billy Harper, Randy Brecker, Clifton Anderson, George Cables, Alex Blake, Kenny Garrett, Ravi Coltrane, Al Foster, James Carter, Wallace Roney, Cecil Bridgewater Big Band,

and more...

The first annual Clark & Gwen Terry Award for Merry Clayton

Featuring Sara Dash & Nona Hendryx from LABELLE, Darlene Love & Lisa Fischer (your favorite stars from 20 Feet From Stardom), Bernard Fowler, and more...
 

A Musical Tribute to Civil Rights Hero Julian Bond Featuring Danny Glover, Keb' Mo' and Randy Weston And many surprises to come!

Musical Director: Steve Jordan

Production by: DPS

Celebrated banjoist Cynthia Sayer

Celebrated banjoist Cynthia Sayer has confirmed the 1st NYC Banjo Bash for Oct 11 at City Winery NY, bringing together the worlds of banjo music to intermingle and share the same stage for a day. The Banjo Bash is a family-friendly daytime event where people of varied musical interests can spend time immersed in the music, history, and popular culture of the banjo, America's only indigenous instrument.

The concert—featuring internationally known banjo stars Kristin Scott Benson (four-time International Bluegrass Music Association’s Banjo Player of the Year), Bruce Molsky (celebrated old-time clawhammer banjoist, fiddler & vocalist), and Cynthia Sayer (acclaimed swing banjoist)—is itself worth the price of admission for anyone who enjoys the banjo.

For enthusiasts & players, there will also be an open jam session, workshops, vendors, and a special mini-exhibit of stunning historic banjos from the collection of The American Banjo Museum, the first exhibit of its kind in NYC!  

Pickers, frailers and strummers of all levels are encouraged to bring their instrument and take part in the day's offerings.  For everyone else, there will be plenty to hear and see and eat and drink -- relax and enjoy some great food and good old foot-stompin' fun.

"We're very excited to present this first ever gathering in New York that welcomes ALL kinds of banjo and shows the fun & great diversity of the instrument," says Sayer. "We hope to really show the instrument's importance in American music and look forward to hearing attendees perform in our open jam sessions."

Schedule:

10:30am - Doors 

11:00am – 1:30ish pm - Onstage Jamming 

11:00am -12:15pm - Workshop with Kristen Scott Benson

11:30am – 12:45pm - Workshop with Cynthia Sayer

12:15 – 1:30 – Workshop with Bruce Molsky

2:00pm – 4:00pm - Concert 

*Rare banjo exhibit, vendors & food available throughout the day

City Winery NY, 155 Varick St, NYC 212.608.0555  citywinery.com

Chris Greene ....

"4.5 (out of 5 stars)...the wide-ranging album makes a case for Greene to be known on a wider scale..." - DownBeat Magazine

"[Greene's] most thematically unified album to date...the disc works well as a concept album in the mode of Songs in the Key of Life, in which each track does not tell a continuous narrative so much as offer a new slice of a musical experience. - Chicago Jazz Magazine

"4 stars. They approach music like mad scientists, dissecting it, adding and removing elements, and piecing it all back together again before offering it to audiences and sharing it with each other in an aurally thrilling package. " - Examiner.com

"Chris Greene...deserves wider recognition. Music Appreciation is his most accomplished work to date and serves both as a splendid introduction to his oeuvre and as a gratifying addition to it."- AllAboutJazz.com

Cissa Paz - Album Release Concert

Cissa Paz the album is coming out.  The album mixes the rhythms of Brazil with those of Lusophone countries in Africa such as Cape Verde and Angola. With Brazilian and African composers, songs mix rhythms and ideas with similar roots but different evolution.  Singer-songwriter Cissa Paz, a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, recorded the album in her hometown in 2014.  Her producer JP Silva is the former Musical Director for Brazilian iconic singer Elza Soares.

Special guests on the album include world famous violinist Nicolas Krassik, the voices of the traditional group "Jongo da Serrinha" and New York based percussionist Davi Vieira, former member of Forro in the Dark. Performing with Cissa at the release concert will be a band of world-class musicians including JP Silva on 7-string guitar and Bandolin, Cuban-Venezuelan pianist Cesar Orozco, Leonardo Lucini on Bass, Pablo Oliveira on Cavaco, Lucas Ashby on drums, Matvei Sigalov on violin and Fernando Saci on percussion.  DC-based Renowned progressive hip-hop and beatbox artist Christylez Bacon will be making a special guest appearance.  This will be the first performance of the full album.

Preview: Helsinki We Jazz & Tampere Jazz

From a rolling tram to a former customs house, from Vijay Iyer to Ginger Baker, Wif Stenger previews two major jazz events in Finland this autumn

Off the coast of Helsinki, young drummer Sami Nummela played solo in an abandoned 19th-century Russian building on an off-limits military island – a typically dramatic setting for the We Jazz collective to unveil the programme for its third annual festival. The group often stages its events in offbeat settings around the city. The weeklong series (7-13 December) includes shows at an art-house cinema, pianist Joonas Haavisto’s 30-square-metre flat, the old wooden headquarters of a loudspeaker company and aboard a tram circuiting the city. Another is the cosy Sävy café in the bohemian Kallio district, where Nummela and trumpeter Verneri Pohjola (pictured right by Aga Tomaszek) played solo sets later in the launch evening. 

At the coffee shop, both played sets that were distinctively Finnish – laconic and controlled, yet suffused with subtle humour and warmth. Pohjola, suffering from a severe backache, played seated, accompanied by looping and ambient electronics, channelling Frippertronics in a silent way, meditative and occasionally etched with pain. 

Nummela then offered an unusual set of standards in which the notes played mostly in his head – and ours. Traffic passing by supplied added instrumentation to tunes by Ellington, Monk and similarly minimalist bop drummer Denzil Best. The rest was fill-in-the-blanks, but as a shared creative process, not a gimmick. As Keith Richards said in a recent interview: “It’s what you don’t play.” 

The drummer returns to the same café on 9 December with his new Bowman Trio, this year’s We Jazz Rising Star. The band is inspired by imaginary explorer Johan Bowman, who (purportedly) carried Edmund Hillary to the top of Everest in 1953. The feat is recounted in his notebook, reproduced in the festival magazine, setting the bar rather high as an improvisational metaphor. 

Another 50s cool jazz-styled band, Teddy’s West Coasters, plays two nights earlier at Helsinki’s original opera house, the gingerbread 1879 Alexander Theatre. The band, led by drummer Teppo Mäkynen, are on a bill with eccentric poet-vocalist M.A. Numminen and pianist Vijay Iyer, returning a few months after a profound Pori Jazz performance. He’s the festival’s only international headliner besides German multi-instrumentalist Gunter Hampel.

read more: http://www.jazzjournal.co.uk/jazz-latest-news/967/preview-helsinki-we-jazz-amp-tampere-jazz

All About Art Pepper Live at Fat Tuesday's

Published on Sep 18, 2015

Laurie Pepper, John Koenig and Zev Feldman discuss the Elemental Music release, Art Pepper Live at Fat Tuesday's from an April, 1981 Engagement at New York's Iconic Jazz Club, Fat Tuesdays. Five extended live performances by Art Pepper from the spring of 1981, Pepper's most fertile period after his re-emergence onto the music scene in the mid-1970s after years in prison and rehabilitation from drug addiction.

Recorded April 15,1981. Featuring Pepper with a rhythm section made up of long-time associate, pianist Milcho Leviev and two all-star guests, bassist George Mraz and drummer Al Foster. The package features a 40-page booklet that includes comprehensive essays by noted jazz historian and author Brian Priestley (including a lengthy and probing interview Priestly conducted with Pepper in 1980), French music scholar and journalist Stéphane Ollivier, an extensive interview by producer Zev Feldman with Pepper's widow, Laurie Pepper, a personal recollection of Art Pepper by jazz producer John Koenig and an first-person account by Fat Tuesday's General Manager, Steve Getz, of Pepper's engagement at the club, which yielded these recordings, as well as previously unpublished photographs by Laurie Pepper. Purchase:  http://www.amazon.com/Live-Fat-Tuesda...

from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYxSwQWPZM&list=TLaSBR1L6_HRsxOTA5MjAxNQ

Doo-wop ....

post suggested by Jorge Carvalheira

by Nathaniel Jordon

Published on Jul 1, 2013

Click here to watch part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TynUj...

Doo-wop (sometimes doo-wopp) is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music developed in African American communities in the 1940s, achieving mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. Built upon vocal harmony, doo-wop was one of the most mainstream, pop-oriented R&B styles of the time. After finish this video I came to the conclusion that doo-wop didn't evolve much, but it's still nice to have all the top doo-wop songs wrapped up into one video.

Song list:
1953 The Orioles - Crying in the Chapel 0:05
1954 The Crew Cuts - Sh-Boom 0:30
1954 The Chords - Sh-Boom 0:55
1954 The Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) 1:20
1955 The Moonglows - Sincerely 1:45
1955 The Platters - The Great Pretender 2:10
1955 The Platters - Only You 2:35
1956 The Five Satins - In the Still of the Nite 3:00
1956 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love? 3:25
1957 The Dominoes with Billy Ward - Star Dust 3:50
1957 Danny & The Juniors - At the Hop 4:15
1958 The Platters - Twilight Time 4:40
1958 The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 5:05
1959 The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You 5:30
1960 The Drifters - Save the Last Dance for Me 5:55
1961 The Marcels - Blue Moon 6:20
1962 Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl 6:45
1962 The Drifters - Up on the Roof 7:10
1963 The Drifters - On Broadway 7:35
1964 The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk 8:00

Dave's Music Data Base (source):
https://www.facebook.com/notes/daves-...

Etta James - I'd Rather Be Blind

Published on Aug 14, 2012

For more info -
http://www.eagle-rock.com/artist/etta...
http://smarturl.it/EttaJamesdvd1993 -- http://smarturl.it/EttaJamesblu1993 -- http://smarturl.it/EttaJamescd1993

Etta James made many appearances at the Montreux Jazz Festival across her long and distinguished career from her first concert in 1975 through to her last in 2008.

This video focuses on the concert from 1975. It features many of her best loved tracks and songs that she is particularly associated with. Etta James was one of the most respected performers of her generation. In a career stretching over 60 years she was inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame and the Blues Hall Of Fame, won 3 Grammys and received many more nominations and was named Female Blues Artist Of The Year on no less than 14 occasions.

Etta James sadly passed away after a long illness in January 2012 and this video is a fitting tribute to one of the greatest female vocalists of the 20th century.

Mat Mathews ....

For those who are familiar with the world of Jazz Accordion, Mat Mathews needs no introduction. Born on June 18, 1924, Hubert Matieu Schwarts. To ensure his success in the U.S., he later changed his name to Mat Mathews as a stage name. His parents were catholic and his family struggled during WWII, living in occupied Holland.

Jazz in America en in Nederland MAT MATHEWS JAZZ ACCORDION Just before the war ended and due to his anti-war political views, the Nazis incarcerated him in a work camp where he played accordion as a means of survival. He escaped by jumping out of a train and managed to hide in his parent's attic for 3 months until the war was over. After the war, Mat was determined become a professional Jazz musician.

His progress was remarkable in those difficult days that followed the war. With a Quartet, Mat broadcast for over a year on Radio Luxembourg. Mathews moved to the United States in 1952. He appeared as a soloist on many radio and television shows in the U.S., Italy,Scandinavia and Germany. He was the first accordionist to play at Birdland, with his combo, featuring Herbie Mann.

He appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival and did arrangements and recordings with Carmen McRea. Metronome Magazine voted Mathews "Musician of the Year" and one of his compositions was recorded by John Coltrane. He always strived for his own "beautiful sound and the right chords". Put that philosophy together with his devotion to the great American songbook and the standards of yesteryear, and you have the essence of Mat Mathews: Poet of the accordion.
http://matmathews.com/
From: http://jazzaccordionmasters.blogspot.com.br

Armando's ....

Photo: www.youtube.com

Playing for the door ain't easy, Claudio!      

That's why I need your help spreading the word about an innovative little show I'm doing on Friday at Armando's in Martinez with my fabulous band, BOCA MUNDIAL. I'm not sure who signed this contract -- oh right, I did -- but hey the risk is all on the bandleader (me) this Friday so I'd appreciate any sharing you can do of this email. Regardless of how many show up to this intimate club (capacity 65) that has earned rave reviews among jazz fans, I am thrilled to perform new arrangements and new tunes. Sam Bevan will be there on bass (he also arranged much of the show), Jonathan Alford on keys, Colin Douglas on drumset... and a special guest, my new label mate Jet Murcielago, will be there too.

You heard right: The record label I founded 10 years ago, Crazy Monkey Productions (CMP), has signed a new artist! You and I will get to know more about Jet very soon. Though truth be told, as incredibly low maintenance as I am (I can build a small shelter out of sticks, start fire with an Indian drill and kill small animals with my bare hands before sauteing them) it can be difficult working with another singer (male, female or trans) on a label. What if she's a diva? Demanding? Your usual precious new empty ingenue scatting cryogenic promises to whiskered misters and dusty old Downbeat sifters?*

Well, the good news is that as far as I can tell, Jet is none of these. First of all it's quite possible she's ancient, which is reassuring. I mean in an ageless way. You wouldn't know it from her skin. Also she has a cardiocortical cross-dimensionality caused by a warping of continuity in the temporal fabric that binds the atoms we all time-share in this universe. So there is a big question mark around her, in my book. I know it may appear unprofessional to put this all out there. I'm just saying, she's a wild card, and this could really blow up in CMP's face.

All this means that Friday's tiny, inconsequential show, could in fact turn out to be a historic blip only the hip will trip to.

Please come out.

Siempre inventando,

Alexa

P.S. Really, if you can't come to Martinez Friday evening, I understand completely, so share the email and your good deed is done.

Quinta, Setembro 17, 2015

THE JEFF MAGIDSON BLUES BAND

Sexta, Setembro 18, 2015

Happy Hour & A Half

BOCA MUNDIAL starring Alexa Morales

Sábado, Setembro 19, 2015

THE GRANT LANGSTON BAND

Segunda, Setembro 21, 2015

THE WORLD OF JAZZ JAM

Quinta, Setembro 24, 2015

MAL SHARPE'S BIG MONEY IN JAZZ BAND

Sexta, Setembro 25, 2015

Happy Hour & A Half

CRADLE ROBBERS

Sábado, Setembro 26, 2015

THE VICTOR KRUMMEN

Johnny Meijer

Johnny Meijer (born 'Jan Cornelis Meijer' 1 October 1912 in Amsterdam; died 8 January 1992 in Amsterdam) was an accordionist who played Jazz, classical and folk. He was known as one of the great jazz accordionist of his time. His 75th birthday was celebrated at the North Sea Jazz Festival. He was also the subject of a film. He is the grandfather of pop singer Eva Simons.

From the 1950s onwards Johnny Meijer frequently toured abroad and earned the title King of the Accordion. Although the accordion is often associated with folk music, Meyer was versatile enough to play jazz and classical music. Twice he was accordion world champion in 1953 and 1954. Besides the popular songs, he also played fast swing numbers, Romanian music and classical pieces and was widely recognized as a virtuoso jazz accordionist.

In 1974 he recorded the Dutch Swing College Band Johnny Goes Dixie LP, which went gold. He will be remembered primarily as a live performer of folk music in Amsterdam. He was typically seen during performances with a cigar in his mouth, and his accordion (which can be seen at the Gert Nijkamp Muziekhuis in Apeldoorn) shows several burn marks as a result of this. In the last years of his life, Johnny Meyer was rarely invited to play large performances, mainly in connection with his short temper and his drinking, and thus the King of the Accordion saw out his final days mostly in silence, occasionally playing at weddings and parties.

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DownBeat Magazine

Jane Ira Bloom

Jane Ira Bloom Quartet

w/ Dominic Fallacaro   piano

 Mark Helias   bass

Matt Wilson   drums

Sunday,  Oct 11   8:30pm

  

CORNELIA STREET CAFE

29 Cornelia St. Greenwich Village, NY

www.corneliastreetcafe.com

Award winning soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom returns to Cornelia Street Cafe with her quartet to perform songs inspired by poet Emily Dickinson and ballads from her original repertoire. Longtime band-mates Mark Helias (bass), Matt Wilson (drums), and Dominic Fallacaro (piano) join Bloom for an evening of long lines and deep edges. Don¹t miss these seasoned improvisers playing music inspired by an American master.

The Jazz Connect Conference

The Jazz Connect Conference, organized by JazzTimes and the Jazz Forward Coalition, will be held January 14-15, 2016 in New York City and will lead into the annual APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) Conference as well as Winter Jazzfest.  Continuing the momentum from the January 2015 event which hosted over 650 registrants, the 2016 Jazz Connect Conference—based on feedback from attendees—will feature a series of essential workshops, panels and events held over the course of two days.  Early-bird pre-registration is only $95 until September 15, with additional discounts offered to members of various organizations. 

With a theme of “Fresh Horizons” the conference will again bring together a wide cross-section of the jazz community for over a dozen workshops and 5 plenary sessions, on a variety of ttimely and engaging subjects. Moderators and panelists include an impressive cross-section of artists and professionals. Returning this year will be an "Ask the Experts" networking session enabling emerging artists and professionals to connect and get informed input on their own careers and operations. 

The schedule reflects the input from and collaboration with numerous organizations such as JazzWeek (radio programmers), Chamber Music America, the Music Business Association, Future of Music Coalition and the Jazz Journalists Association, each of whom will host workshops or panels during the conference.  In addition to incorporating the involvement of various organizations, the sessions also include a wide range of voices in and out of the jazz community.

The Jazz Connect conference is organized by Peter Gordon of the Jazz Forward Coalition and Lee Mergner of JazzTimes, with assistance and input from over a dozen industry professionals.  The conference has received the support of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters organization, which hosts the world’s leading forum for the performing arts every year in New York City.  JazzTimes is the official publication for the event. 

For more information about the Jazz Connect conference, you can e-mail jazzconnectnyc@gmail.com.  To pre-register for the conference, go to the registration page.
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At Ronnie Scott's

September

Mon 7th - Sat 12th: Stacey Kent 

Sun 13th: ELAINE DELMAR with the Brian Dee Qrt (Sold Out) 

Sun 13th: Soweto Kinch 

Mon 14th – Tue 15th: Antonio Forcione presents: Sketches of Africa 

Wed 16th - Thur 17th: Courtney Pine - House of Legends feat. Mario Cononge 

Fri 18th - Sat 19th: Ian Shaw and his trio plus Special Guest Miguel Gorodi 

Sun 20th: Gary Williams "Sinatra Jukebox" 

Sun 20th: Ronnie Scott's Blues Explosion! 

Mon 21st – Tue 22nd: The Music of Charlie Parker brought to you by Gilad Atzmon with Strings 

Wed 23rd - Sat 26th: Loose Tubes! 

Sun 27th: SUNDAY JAZZ LUNCH!! The Samois Sessions 

Sun 27th : Natalie Williams Soul Family 

Mon 28th - Wed 30th: Bebel Gilberto