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Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Morristown Jazz Festival
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TICKET GIVEAWAY: Beres Hammond/Monty Alexander this Friday 7/31 at NJPAC
Billed as an evening or romantic reggae, vocalist Beres Hammond joins forces with jazz icon Monty Alexander for a great night of music for lovers and New Jersey's premier venue, NJPAC in Newark, NJ. All you have to do to be in the running for a pair of tickets is give us a quote about NJJazzList--how you like it, use it or how we can improve it.
Asbury Park Loves Jazz - August 7th-9th
With jazz lovers in mind, the seaside town of Asbury Park is kicking off a new tradition at the shore, ASBURY PARK LOVES JAZZ WEEKEND , a three-day weekend of jazz scheduled for August 7th-9th, 2015 in historic Asbury Park. This weekend promises to bring back the glory days of a music scene that once featured the hippest jazz music played anywhere.
Morristown Annual Jazz Festival - Aug 15th
The Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival has become one of the most popular events in the region for so many reasons. Of course, Morristown has a wonderful town center with a beautiful Green, but is also offers plenty to do when the music stops. The all-star lineup includes Swingadelic Big Band, Bucky Pizzarelli, Bria Skonberg, Roomful of Blues and Charlie Musselwhite.
New Jersey Jazz Society's Newsletter, Jersey Jazz
There are a number of jazz festivals happening in New Jersey during the next few months including the Morristown Jazz and Blues Festival on August 15, the Central Jersey Jazz Festival on September 18, and Jazz Feast on September 20. Other exciting events and festivals are advertised throughout each issue of Jersey Jazz, New Jersey Jazz Society's publication. In this issue, you'll also find Schaen Fox interviewing notable vocalist, Roseanna Vitro, who talks about her newest CD “Clarity, Music of Clare Fisher.
Young Women of Jazz - Summer 2015
Musicians and mentors are creating a dynamic partnership at NJPAC's all-female jazz residency this summer. The weeklong residency, which is hosted by NJPAC’s Department of Arts Education on the Montclair State University campus, was held for a second year in July, solely for young women intent on honing their craft. The summer intensive attracted 13- to 25-year-olds from throughout the country and as close as Newark.
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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Sarah Hayes ....
Sarah Hayes,Vocalist and Bandleader, has been at the forefront of New York’s music scene for the last 10 years- Performing Jazz and Swinging Standards with numerous bands and orchestras, lighting up New York's finest Jazz Clubs with her vibrant voice, enormous repertoire and sunny personality.
Sarah is wowing audiences around the country and internationally, having just returned with rave reviews from performing on board the beautiful Crystal Serenity World Cruise 2014.Whether performances at the Montreal Jazz Festival, cruise ships, concerts with Steve Rossi (Allen & Rossi), repeat singing engagements for NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, touring the country with The Artie Shaw Orchestra, (A position once held by Billie Holiday), w...View Full Biography
Jeff Oster ....
Jeff Oster has always amazed me. Anyone who sounds like no one else amazes me, but a guy who grows so stunningly as a composer and player in the space of a few years inspires nothing but awe. NEXT is a step in musical evolution from where we last heard from Jeff… rather like the apes harnessing fire and inventing French cuisine. It’s a joy as his friend and co-producer to watch someone you love and respect grow into an artist of true importance and significance in a world of background noise. Listen to this. It matters." - Will Ackerman
"I have recorded many of the world's greatest trumpet and flugelhorn players. In fact, some of the most important that music has to offer…talk about tone, intonation, phrasing and all things wonderful about the instrument, Jeff has it all..." - Bruce Swedien (Engineer of Michael Jackson’s THRILLER)
"In essence all of Jeff Oster’s music is special…He has created a masterpiece of instrumental bliss. Next slides down into your soul like your favorite ice cream on a hot summer day. You feel satisfaction and complete joy. This is relaxation and satisfaction taken to the next level." - Keith Hannalek, New Age Music Review
Often described as Miles Davis meets Pink Floyd, trumpet/flugelhorn artist Jeff Oster has just released his fourth album this spring. Jeff’s sound is a unique combination of his parents’ influences of 30s and 40s lyrical standards and his own passion for progressive rock, with some jazz/funk thrown in for good measure.
As a child, his father would sing the standards as Jeff would play his trumpet. His horn became his voice, singing the lyrics. And as his taste in music developed, Jeff began to add his love of progressive and jazz/funk music into his own songs – mixing the groove and the haunting sound of his horn with people walking or talking, the sounds of nature, and more.
After years of playing jazz and funk music in Los Angeles clubs in the evenings and driving a limo during the day to make ends meet, Jeff chose an unusual path for a musician – he became a financial planner at the urging of a friend. As his business career grew, this lifestyle afforded him the luxury to approach his music with a comfort that other musicians may not have. “I have the freedom to play music exactly the way I want to play it,” explains Jeff. “And I get to play with the people I always dreamed of playing it with.”
In 2002, Jeff’s music transformed into what it is today with the simple purchase of a Sony Vaio computer. Creating a combination of electronic synth loops, ambient sounds, and his own flugelhorn, Jeff developed the unique sound that he has become famous for: layered soundscapes with a lead melody and horn arrangements that perfectly harmonize with the rest of the song. When Jeff uploaded his new ambient- style sounds to mp3.com, he quickly topped the ambient charts there, and knew he
was on to something fresh and different.
was on to something fresh and different.
Encouraged by his online success, Jeff decided to create his first album, and followed his dreams by reaching out to one of his heroes, Grammy-winning guitarist and producer Will Ackerman, founder of Windham Hill Records. Jeff has now recorded three albums with Will: Released (2005), True (2007), and now next (2015). He also released Surrender (2011) (co-produced by Jeff and Bryan Carrigan).
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Monday, July 27, 2015
John Hiatt & The Combo
John Hiatt & The Combo
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The Taj Mahal Trio
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The Taj Mahal Trio
Tueday, August 18, 2015 ~ 8 PM
Au-Rene Theater at
201 SW 5th Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale FL 33312
Known for captivating crowds with his exceptional guitar performances and enthusiasm, John Hiatt continues to write brilliant character studies with entertaining storylines, cunning lyrics and wry humor. The Los Angeles Times calls him "...one of rock's most astute singer-songwriters of the last 40 years."
With a lineup that also features the two-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal, who remains one of the most influential American blues and roots artist of the past half-century, this concert promises to deliver a passionate showcase of musical range and discovery.
With a lineup that also features the two-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal, who remains one of the most influential American blues and roots artist of the past half-century, this concert promises to deliver a passionate showcase of musical range and discovery.
Howard Rumsey: 1917-2015
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Whether you are a musician, a club owner, recorded producer or concert impresario, Jazz has always been a tough business to be in.
I mean one answer to the question - “How do you make a million dollars playing Jazz?” is to “Start with two million dollars!” - basically says it all.
So when a nice guy comes along and touches the lives of Jazz musicians, fans, record labels, club owners and concert promoters in such a positive way, the least we can do is call attention to him as a way of saying “Thank You.”
Such a person was bassist, bandleader and Jazz entrepreneur Howard Rumsey who passed away on July 15, 2015.
I knew Howard Rumsey for 57 years and every time we met he asked after me, gave me words of encouragement and told me “How nice it is to see you again.”
Here’s Steve Chawkins’ loving tribute to Howard which appeared in the July 25, 2015 of The Los Angeles Times.
"Howard Rumsey, a bass player who turned a down-at-the-heels sailors’ hangout in Hermosa Beach, CA into ground zero for West Coast jazz, has died. He was 97.
"He came along at precisely the right time," Poston said, "and was able to establish what became an iconic place in the history of jazz."
In 1949, the Lighthouse drew a rough crowd of longshoremen and merchant seamen. Rumsey, a tall, self-effacing musician who played dime-a-dance halls along the coast before hitting the road with big bands, wandered in for a beer one afternoon in May. Tired of traveling, he was patching together local gigs and tried to talk owner John Levine into letting him stage Sunday afternoon jazz performances.
"Hey, kid," Levine said, "Sunday is the worst day of the week for the liquor business."
But Rumsey persisted. "I pointed to the empty club and said, 'What can you lose?'" he told The Times in 1989.
"The next week we propped open the two front doors and blasted music out onto the street, and in a couple of hours there were more people in there than he'd seen in six weeks."
Rumsey drew on his old pals from Stan Kenton's big band, and within a couple of years, his Lighthouse All-Stars played hard-driving bebop six nights a week. Big names in jazz — drummer Shelly Manne, composer-trumpeter Shorty Rogers, saxophonist Jimmy Giuffre — were part of the house combo.
In later years, Max Roach, Miles Davis and Lee Morgan swung by to play. Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey, Wes Montgomery — all eventually took their turns.
"He was trying to be very incognito, sitting quietly at the end of the bar," Rumsey recalled. "Then his name was announced. He walked to the piano, played 'Round Midnight,' got up, took a bow and walked right out the front door. I never saw him again."
In the early days, African American musicians had a tough time navigating around local police officers, who sometimes tailed them through town. To the chagrin of Levine and Rumsey, many quit coming and didn't resume for several years. Rumsey "just had to stick with it and overcome it," Poston said.
"He became a trusted member of the community and was able to break down some of that stuff."
At Levine's urging, Rumsey joined the local Chamber of Commerce. He wrote music columns for a local newspaper. The Lighthouse co-sponsored an annual beauty contest and participated in parades.
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Mark Weinstein plays Body and Soul
Jazz flutist plays the classic jazz standard on alto flute with guitarist Paul Meyers.
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Featured Website: Chris Greene
Saxophonist and composer Chris Greene was born in Evanston, IL. He began playing saxophone at 10, and he eventually spent his formative years in the award-winning Evanston High School Wind and Jazz Ensembles. Around this same time, he began to play professionally with many local pop/rock and jazz bands.
Greene eventually went to Bloomington, IN to attend the prestigious Indiana University Jazz Studies program and studied with renowned professor and cellist David Baker. Greene quickly made his mark within the ranks of the music departments; he rapidly developed his individual style by studying the recorded works of the masters (Davis, Parker, Ellington, Coltrane, etc.) and becoming lead alto saxophone in the IU concert and lab jazz bands.
Greene left the Indiana college town in 1994 and returned to Chicago. He immersed himself in the regional music scene and has since collaborated with some of the nation's most creative and versatile musicians. In the Chicago area alone, Greene can be seen with the soul/funk/jazz musical collective Booty Movement Coalition., hip-hop band, The J Davis Trio, and his own critically-acclaimed group, the Chris Greene Quartet.
He has also performed or recorded with the following artists: Common, The Temptations, Steve Cole, Michael, Manson, Andrew Bird, Typhanie Monique, Zach Brock, Chris Rob, Vic Lavender, Jesse De La Pena, Liquid Soul and The Mighty Blue Kings.
Greene eventually went to Bloomington, IN to attend the prestigious Indiana University Jazz Studies program and studied with renowned professor and cellist David Baker. Greene quickly made his mark within the ranks of the music departments; he rapidly developed his individual style by studying the recorded works of the masters (Davis, Parker, Ellington, Coltrane, etc.) and becoming lead alto saxophone in the IU concert and lab jazz bands.
Greene left the Indiana college town in 1994 and returned to Chicago. He immersed himself in the regional music scene and has since collaborated with some of the nation's most creative and versatile musicians. In the Chicago area alone, Greene can be seen with the soul/funk/jazz musical collective Booty Movement Coalition., hip-hop band, The J Davis Trio, and his own critically-acclaimed group, the Chris Greene Quartet.
He has also performed or recorded with the following artists: Common, The Temptations, Steve Cole, Michael, Manson, Andrew Bird, Typhanie Monique, Zach Brock, Chris Rob, Vic Lavender, Jesse De La Pena, Liquid Soul and The Mighty Blue Kings.
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Official Website: http://www.chrisgreenejazz.com
The incomparable Rhett Tyler performs Solo and Acoustic
Rhett Tyler takes his audience on a soulful musical journey with an energetic house rockin’ show. Early Warning is a progressive fusion-blues power trio that propels modern blues-rock to the next level. Pete Hoff, host of Uncle Pete’s Blues Party on WNTI, NJ, describes Rhett’s performance as “Musical Lightening!”
Tyler's career spans over forty years of innovative music, blending genres and pushing the boundaries of modern blues. Rhett has independently recorded eight CDs including his latest effort, entitled “The Rhythm, The Power, The Blue” (2013). Following a decade long near fatal battle with Lyme disease this virtuoso guitarist has returned to the stage with a renewed appreciation for life and direction of purpose and was honored in 2011 with an induction into the Blues Hall of Fame as Master Blues Artist.
“Rhett is not just proficient throughout the spectrum of today's blues, he’s a universal master of all… You gotta hear him live!”
- Donald Wilcock/Buddy Guy Biographer
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