breath of life (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is a deep week. We kick off with Miles Davis & John Coltrane, live performances from 1960, the last time they performed together in concert. Then we cross the pond to check out British media personality and songtress Mica Paris. Then check your passport because we go all over the world with 17 versions [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Monterey Jazz Festivals Next Generation Festival Now Accepting Applications From Student Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, Composers, Individual Musicians Next Generation Festival Jazz Competition Open To Middle School, High School, Conglomerate School, And College Level Musicians And Vocalists...
Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Singer “Weird Al” Yankovic is 50. Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups is 66. Director Ang Lee is 55. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 53. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 53. Bassist Robert Trujillo of Metallica is 45. Singer David Thomas of Take 6 is 43. Drummer Brian Nevin of Big Head Todd [...]
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups is 66. Director Ang Lee is 55. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 53. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 53. Singer ``Weird Al'' Yankovic is 50. Bassist Robert Trujillo of Metallica is 45. Actor Ryan Reynolds (The Proposal) is 33. Actress Masiela Lusha (George Lopez) is 24.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Dianne Reeves Page Auditorium, Duke University Durham, North Carolina October 9, 2009 Dianne Reeves' fans were in full force on this Friday evening at Duke University's Page Auditorium. The near-capacity crowd, composed of mostly females, seemed to hang on every thing Reeves said and sang. She is a wonderful storyteller, and every tune on the program began with a delightful, quite timely talk. Her...
Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
"Jazz, Funk and R&B Legend George Duke and Quartet To Perform Benefit Concert for the Bob Moog Foundation and the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, CA CARSLBAD, CA/ASHEVILLE, NC On Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7 PM, George Duke —whose very name is synonymous with funk, R&B, pop, soul and jazz and who is heralded as a world class keyboardist, synthesizer pioneer, composer and Grammy...
Biggest News (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Actor Jonathan Lipnicki (”Stuart Little,” ”Jerry Maguire”) is 19. Oct. 23: Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups is 66. Director Ang Lee is 55. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 53. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 53. [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
2009-2010 Season JAZZ @ SOPAC South Orange Performing Arts Center One SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ, 07079 All artists and prices are subject to change at the time of this release. For more details on the upcoming season, including a complete schedule and ticket information, visit SOPACnow.org, or contact the SOPAC Box Office at 973.313.2787 (ARTS)...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented By Verizon Wraps Up Emotional Weekend. 40,000 Fans Celebrate The Joy Of Jazz, September 18 - 20, 2009. Four-time Grammy-Winning Vocalist Dianne Reeves Named As MJF/53 Artist-In-Residence Once again, the festival organizers have brought together fantastic music and a warm community atmosphere for an experience that will be remembered for years to come...there's...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The T.J. Martell Foundation's 34th annual Gala, a celebratory evening of fundraising which serves to provide research to find cures and treatments for leukemia, cancer and AIDS, will take place Wednesday, October 28th at the Hilton New York Hotel.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Herbie Hancock, Dianne Reeves, Wayne Shorter, Bobby McFerrin, Kurt Elling, Ron Carter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Terence Blanchard, McCoy Tyner, Terri Lyne Carrington, Earl Klugh, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Jimmy Heath, Nicholas Payton, and many others to perform Washington, D.C.--The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz today announced its 22nd annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and all-star...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
On Positootly!, pianist John Beasley explores a variety of styles for a thoroughly enjoyable and stimulating experience. Each track benefits immensely from the indelible touch of drumming great {{Jeff "Tain" Watts = 13935}}, in alliance here with percussionist Munyungo Jackson. Hailing from Louisiana, Beasley started playing in the late seventies, getting his seasoning with such jazz greats...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
JAZZ AT SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS OUTSTANDING ARTISTS IN TWO OCTOBER CONCERTS: Vocalist Dianne Reeves on Friday, October 16; Dave Holland Plus Vijay Iyer Trio on Friday, October 30 CHICAGO - The 2009-2010 Jazz at Symphony Center concert series, presenting both living legends and today's top talent, gets underway with two exceptional programs in October. On Friday, October 16, at 8 pm, sultry vocalist...
tabloid baby (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
For about a year now, the sixth radio button in our car was set to KGIL 1260 AM in Los Angeles. That's where, while punching among Randi Rhodes, Sean Hannity, Michael Medved, Ron Reagan Jr. and Stephanie Miller, we'd get our doses of hate from Glenn Beck and Lars Larson and settle in for old school jazzman hilarity from Michael Savage, the crackpot hipster who offers the most inspired, personal
The Textile Blog (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
Jim S Smoote Dianne Reeves. 2005 Gwendolyn A Magee Jazz - Hot! 2006 This exhibition of contemporary African American quilts and quilt makers, is another in a series of diverse and excellent textile themed exhibitions being held at the American Folk Art Museum in New York. Carole Gary Staples Honey's Mango Bob. 2006 Peggie L Hartwell Jammin' - Passing It On: Celebrating the Life of Weldon Irvine (1942-2002)....
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