Archive for June, 2009
Monday Jazz At The Turning Point Cafe
With its screened porch, woodstove, bright quilts, wainscoting and gleaming wood floors, the Turning Point Cafe is full of old-fashioned charm. The cafe, with ample bar, is crowded four or five times a week for performances.
Monday appears to be their feature night however, and on top of their great Monday lineups, they are [...]
Memorial Service Scheduled For Baritone Sax Player Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz, a jazz baritone saxophonist who played in the Woody Herman and Stan Kenton big bands and in the group “Supersax,” died Wednesday of complications from emphysema at his home in Studio City. He was 79 years old.
Born in Washington, D.C., in 1930, Nimitz began playing clarinet at an early age and alto saxophone [...]
Susie Meissner Releases New Album “I’ll Remember April”
Susie Meissner began performing professionally with a dinner theater group in the mid-70s earning a paltry $7 a night. The education she received during that tenure goes beyond anything tangible. Prior to that sojourn her lifetime love for jazz and great songwriters began in her youth by exploring that wonderful world through the recordings of [...]
Michelle Obama Votes “Yes” On Jazz
Jazz has a big fan in the White House — Michelle Obama. The First Lady proved her affection for and comittment to what she called “America’s indigenous art form” by hosting a Jazz Studio at the White House on Monday, June 15th, where she called jazz “America’s greatest artistic gift to the world.”
About 150 middle [...]
Full List Of Winners: 13th Annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards
Here is the full list of winners announced at the 13th Annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards.
Lifetime Achievement in Jazz
Lee Konitz
Musician of the Year
Sonny Rollins
Composer of the Year
Maria Schneider
Up & Coming Artist of the Year
Esperanza Spalding
Events Producer of the Year
George Wein
New Festival Productions Record
of the Year
Appearing Nightly
Carla Bley Big Band
(Watt/ECM)
Latin Jazz Album of the Year
Song [...]
Winners Announced For 13th Annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards
A large group of jazz’s best singers convened at the 13th annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards at the Jazz Standard Tuesday afternoon (June 16th) as Kurt Elling, Sheila Jordan, Roberta Gambarini, Giacomo Gates and Venissa Santî gathered around bebop-vocalist Mark Murphy to wish him well. Murphy, age 74, was recipient of the first [...]
Hollywood & Highland Center, Together With 88.1 KJAZZ, Welcomes 6th Annual Wine, Jazz & Moonlight Series
Join Hollywood & Highland Center and KJAZZ 88.1 FM for the 6th annual Wine, Jazz & Moonlight series. Enjoy free concerts by some of the country’s top jazz performers every Tuesday from 7 to 9pm in the Central Courtyard of Hollywood & Highland Center.
The event is FREE to the public and a wine tasting [...]
“Burnin”: A highly anticipated release from saxophonist Paul Taylor
Those familiar with the soulful saxophonist Paul Taylor know that he his last album release, Ladies’ Choice, was back in 2006, creating his most intriguing instrumental tracks ever and keeping company with three of today’s most acclaimed female R&B vocalists.
His new album, Burnin, now scheduled for release July 21st, 2009, is highly anticipated [...]
Vocalist, Composer and Guitarist Suzahn Fiering
Suzahn Fiering is a jazz vocalist, guitarist, composer who has worked with a who’s who in music. Suzahn has had success as a writer, a session singer, a touring artist, an educator and a proponent of jazz preservation. Her knowledge, enthusiasm and positive energy has charmed audiences worldwide.
Suzahn plays original [...]
Cafe 939 In Boston Hosts The New Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Ensemble
Hear the latest crop of young Thelonious Monk Institute wizards—five of them Berklee alumni—in their only public performance before heading off to New Orleans for studies with Terence Blanchard, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and other jazz greats.
When: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 (8:00 pm)
Where: Cafe 939 (Boston, MA)
Tickets: $10 and are available at www.cafe939.com or [...]
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