WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation announced that Jordin Sparks, Celtic Woman, Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau will perform at the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony 2009. They will join previously announced entertainers Sheryl Crow, Common and Ray LaMontagne for the annual holiday event, which will be streamed live at www.thenationaltree.org...
Amalgamation is the bringing together of different elements. It is also the name of group that wants, on its debut Therefore, to present a unique sound. Based in Cleveland, Mississippi, this saxophone/guitar/bass/drums quartet is heavily influenced by the blues, but with a sound that's more a mix of rock, pop, jazz and fusion, its members count {{Chris Potter = 10384}} and {{Joshua Redman = 10606}}...
Join us this Friday, November 20th, for an in-store Barnes and Noble interview with saxophone innovator George Garzone. Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Barnes and Noble 150 East 86th Street New York, NY 10028 About George GarzoneGeorge Garzone is a renowned saxophonist and jazz educator residing in the Boston, Massachusetts area. Garzone is a member of The Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes bassist...
Chris Yates has come up with the following suggestion: Nominations for the Gig of the Year. Chris's own suggestion is: "Gateshead Jazz Festival March, 2009 : the double bill of JOSHUA REDMAN TRIO and GUY BARKER JAZZ ORCHESTRA. The Joshua Redman Trio would have been my 'Gig of 2009' by itself, but sharing a concert with Guy Barker's terrific Jazz Orchestra...no contest, as they say." I'll...
Chicago-raised New Yorker Jon Irabagon won the Thelonious Monk competition in the USin 2008. Previous winners include Joshua Redman and Jacky Terrasson. His prize included a recording with Concord- it's the first time this has been part of the prize. So far, SO impressive. Irabagon, not doing things by halves, was off into the legendary Van Gelder studios in New Jersey to record with with Kenny Barron...
This week, we've got some video footage of bassist Christian McBride, who will be in St. Louis from Wednesday, November 18 through Saturday, November 21 to perform with his new band Inside Straight at Jazz At the Bistro. As McBride explains in a short promotional video made for the band's record lab...
This week, we've got some video footage of bassist Christian McBride , who will be in St. Louis from Wednesday, November 18 through Saturday, November 21 to perform with his new band Inside Straight at Jazz At the Bistro. As McBride explains in a short promotional video made for the band's record label - a clip that, alas, has had the embedding feature disabled - Inside Straight was formed as an acoustic...
Murcof (le) Poisson Rouge October 14, 2009 Murcof, whose real name is Fernando Corona, hails from Tijuana. His distinctive form of minimalist electronica lately seems to be moving closer towards classical music, and simultaneously becoming even more skeletal in nature. He's been active for nearly a decade, and has evolved from a minimal house pulsation towards collaborative works with massed strings...
We get lots of press releases here at HubArts and almost all of them are worthy to one degree or another. We might have gone with this item anyway, but I think you'll agree: The picture sells it. Credit photographer...
I can’t remember when I first heard about Joshua Redman. It was at least 15 years ago. I ran out and bought a CD. I wasn’t ready. I like my Jazz to be very rhythmic like RnB. This wasn’t. I think that I have grown since then. Thank goodness. Artist: Joshua Redman Tune: Jazz Crimes
The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz honors its namesake by hosting its annual International Jazz Competition, which since 1987, has provided a springboard to some of the genre's brightest young stars. Past winners include Joshua Redman , Joey DeFrancesco , Chris Potter , and Jane Monheit , making the competition the most prestigious in the world. On Friday, as part of its Discovery Artist series,...
As many of you will know, I saw Steely Dan live a month or two ago. Their touring band is smoking hot - three lovely backing singers, a Grand piano, and a four piece horn section all feature. Their trumpet player is Michael Leonhart. He has been with the Dan since 1996, both in the live band and as their arranger, performer, and conductor on Two Against Nature and it's follow-up Everything Must
Welcome, music fans! It’s another Free Music Monday for you today. If you’ve been paying attention thus far, you’ll know we’re celebrating the #musicmonday tradition on Twitter. We pick 10 tracks from around the web and either embed a stream or link you to the free download. Last week was a special electronica edition which followed a rock and pop genre edition. This week’s...
Review Joshua Redman/Brad Mehldau Wigmore Hall, Thursday Ocetober 15th 2009 Jazz musicians adapt. They always make the music work in the context. Brad Mehldau had given a lot of forethought into making music to suit the Wigmore Hall. He talked about this special playing situation: the pared-down (paired-down') resources of his duo with a musician he admires: Joshua Redman. They were regular collaborators...
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