Moacir Santos, whose two recent Adventure Music releases, “Ouro Negro” and “Choros & Alegria,” have earned considerable acclaim from such respected media outlets as the New York Times, National Public Radio, and Downbeat and Jazz Times magazines, has just been awarded the prestigious Shell Music Award for 2006 in his homeland of Brazil. The jury, which was composed of journalists...

In March 2006 Mon David...

Gospel music is the chicken soup for the soul and Andrae Crouch has assembled a superlative group of musicians to back his familiar...

From the outset, you can tell this is a working band.  When they come out of the head on the opener, “The Great Divide,” there’s an immediate hookup between organist Jared Gold’s surging bass lines and drummer Tony Reedus’...

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2006 MJF COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ALL-STAR BAND
 
EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND PERFORMANCES HIGHLIGHT TWO-WEEK TOUR OF JAPAN, JULY 25 - AUGUST 7
 
TOUR STARTS WITH PERFORMANCE AT THE NATIONAL STEINBECK CENTER IN SALINAS, JULY 24


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MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL RECEIVES OVER $350,000 IN GRANTS  FOR RESTORATION OF HISTORIC ARCHIVE RECORDINGS
 
ARCHIVAL RESTORATION SUPPORTED BY SAVE AMERICA’S TREASURES FUND, NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS & RECORDS COMMISSION, AND THE GRAMMY FOUNDATION®
 
RARE RECORDINGS FEATURE MJF PERFORMANCES BY DIZZY GILLESPIE, BILLIE HOLIDAY,...

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(New York, NY) – V.I.E.W. Video, a leading home video label and producer of jazz, performing arts, and pop music programs, announced the July 2006 DVD release of Bob James: Live, from his legendary performance at the Queen Mary Jazz Festival.Since the 1960’s jazz pianist Bob James has made an impactin the musical world, playing, arranging, and composing for...

(New York, NY) – V.I.E.W. Video, a leading home video label and producer of jazz, performing arts, and pop music programs, announced the July 2006 DVD release of AIRTO & FLORA PURIM: The Latin Jazz All-Stars, from their critically acclaimed live concert at the Queen Mary Jazz Festival. When the sizzling sounds of Brazil entered the mainstream of American...

Blues legend Sam Myers passed away July 17th in Dallas after a long and valiant battle against throat cancer. He was 70. An award winning harmonica player and vocalist, Myers spent the last 20 years performing and recording with Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets. They were considered one of the top 3 Blues bands in the world, and toured...

The new CD will feature the Watters Brothers with lots of special guests, including Kevin Bales (piano), Neal Starkey and Robert Dig” Dickson (acoustic bass), Justin Varnes and Jay Frederick (drums), and Tom Wolfe (guitar)....

The historic times of Swing Nights at the Palais Royale are coming back. The return of The Palais Royale has given Toronto back its greatest lakefront entertainment venue, and will once again give musicians and music fans alike the chance to experience a night to remember along the boardwalk...

Historically speaking, jazz has often served as a springboard for change and a mechanism to highlight any number of community-oriented activities. Although the genre is most commonly known as an art form and a source of entertainment, numerous charitable organizations have used jazz to bring focus to their overall mission. As has been the case, benefit performances have also...

Brett Boyd is becoming one of the most talked about up and coming jazz artists of our time. Not only does the 19 year-old play a sweet and swingin' trumpet, but he can sing the pants off any of today's so called "singers". His unique style and enormous stage presence brings a new sort of feeling to old songs....

Phoenix, Arizona--July 10, 2006--Trumpeter, pianist, vocalist, and writer Juan Oskar released Christmas Is For Grownups Too around Thanksgiving in 2005. The weather was a bit different than it is right now but you can actually celebrate Christmas in July if you listen to the eclectic recording by Oskar. People say it every year around the holidays, why can’t we...

July 10, 2006--New York, New York-- Christopher Leighton, known as the performing artist Cjeff, hails from the Bronx, New York. He has been performing and recording for three decades, taking the influences of such artists as Mark Knopfler, Pat Metheny, Weather Report, George Gershwin, Keith Emerson, Thelonius Monk, Alan Holdsworth, Van Halen, and Lee Rittenour to formulate his own...

This will be Roberto's first appearance at Los Angeles, California's most popular...

“We are delighted to welcome Cormac into the CANDID fold. He is a uniquely talented vocalist as well as being an accomplished songwriter. His seemingly effortless professionalism...

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