In the next few weeks, saxophonist Steve Wilson will be firmly set in tribute mode. On December 10, he’ll join Jon Faddis and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble as a guest artist in the Windy City’s Harris Hall for a concert honoring the 50th anniversaries of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, [...]
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Nublu’s First Jazz Festival
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Trumpeter Eddie Henderson (pictured above) and drummer Al Foster are a couple of musicians among many who will perform at the first annual Nublu Jazz Festival in November. For those unaware, Nublu is an smallish, hip venue in Manhattan’s East Village that regularly stages a wide variety of eclectic music [...]
Read more >>It’s an Asian-American Thing
Sunday, October 4th, 2009The first annual Asian-American Jazz Festival is set to unfold over three days in Los Angeles. Headliners include pianist Hiromi, Filipina singer Charmaine Clamor, Korean jazz quintet Prelude, and the champion of the 2006 London International Vocal Jazz Competition, Filipino Mon David. Those performers will be complemented by an eclectic [...]
Read more >>A Welcome Turn of Events
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009Â
Omara Portuondo, the lovely Cuban singer and dancer who will turn 80 on October 29, has been granted a travel visa to perform two shows in the United States. A member of the Buena Vista Social Club who celebrated her 60th year as an entertainer with last year’s release of [...]
James P. Johnson’s Last Rent Party
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009James P. Johnson, the father of stride piano, the composer of “The Charleston” and “The Carolina Shout,” and one of the founders of modern jazz piano, lies in an unmarked grave in the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Queens, New York. To remedy that unfortunate situation, the James P. Johnson Foundation [...]
Read more >>Berklee Honoring Brubeck at Monterey
Thursday, August 27th, 2009On September 20, during the third and final night of the 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, legendary pianist Dave Brubeck will have something in common with Bonnie Raitt, Sting, Loretta Lynn and Gloria and Emilio Estefan: an honorary Ph.D. in music from Berklee College of Music.
 Berklee President Roger Brown will [...]
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