Sonny Rollins To Play The Tarrytown Music Hall: Benefit concert for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater

Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins and his band will perform a special benefit concert for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at the Tarrytown Music Hall in Tarrytown, NY. The concert will begin at 2:00 pm.
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Sonny Rollins’s performance in Tarrytown on behalf of Pete Seeger’s Clearwater [...]

Pianist Eldar Djangirov Performs At Catalina’s In L.A.

Child prodigies don’t always live up to their early promise. Pianist Eldar Djangirov (known simply as Eldar), on the other hand, has only soared higher and higher. A decade since catching the attention of Dr. Billy Taylor as an 11-year-old whizkid, Eldar is a veteran touring artist with his fourth major-label release, Virtue (2009). With [...]

Benefit Concert Honoring Paquito D’Rivera and Downbeat Magazine

WBGO 88.3 – a radio station serving the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area with mainstream jazz, blues, and award-winning news and public affairs programming – celebrates 30 years with the annual Champions of Jazz benefit concert honoring nine-time Grammy-Award winner and NEA Jazz Master, Paquito D’Rivera, and the venerable jazz industry authority, Downbeat Magazine, celebrating [...]

Vocalist Sophie Milman To Visit The Dakota October 26th-27th

Born in Russia, spending her childhood in Israel and then emigrating again to Canada as a teenager, 26-year-old Sophie Milman’s diverse life experiences no doubt inform the passions of her music. Winner of the 2008 Juno Award for Best Jazz Album (and nominated in 2006), Sophie’s rise to fame has been meteoric. In addition [...]

Two Great Jazz Pianists In Chicgo: Chuchito Valdes plays University of Chicago & Willie Pickens at the Green Mill

Call it the weekend of colossal pianism: Two of the mightiest keyboardists in jazz will be holding forth on opposite ends of the city Friday, October 23rd, 2009. Chuchito Valdes will be playing at Mandel Hall at the University of Chicago at 7:30. Cover is $25, and you can inquire about details by [...]

Spencer Day To Play Hotel Cafe In Los Angeles November 4th

A little while ago, we let you know about Spencer Day’s latest release on Concord Jazz, Vagabond. The album continues to do well, and Spencer is currently touring around the west coast, promoting the album and getting new fans every day.
On Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 Spencer will be in Los Angeles, booked to play [...]

All Your Jazz Review Of Coltrane’s “Side Steps” Box Set

As mentioned in an earlier post, the release of this 5 CD box set, Side Steps, completes the reissue in remastered form of John Coltrane’s legendary Prestige recordings that had been begun with the Fearless Leader and Interplay sets, released in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
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Happy Birthday Dizzy Gillespie! Alumni All Stars Performing through October 26th at the Blue Note

All Your Jazz sending out a remembrance of Dizzy Gillespie on what would have been his 92nd birthday. The Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All Stars are celebrating with a slew of shows at the Blue Note in New York. October 20th – 26th, 2009, the band will be performing as part of “Dizzy’s Birthday [...]

All Your Jazz Adds New “Community Jazz Calendar”

All Your Jazz is excited to welcome another addition to the site. Our new Community Jazz Calendar has been created to help keep everyone up to date on the current and upcoming jazz events throughout the country.
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Kurt Weill Project Exclusive Performance: Hosted by DigitalRicks.com

DigitalRicks.com presents an exclusive performance by the Kurt Weill Project recently filmed at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency. The performance is schedule for Sunday, October 18th (8:00 pm).
The Kurt Weill Project (pianist Frank Ponzio, bassist Peter Donovan, drummer Vito Lesczak, and vocalist Hilary Gardner) was conceived in the spirit of collaboration, united by their [...]