25.01.2008

• Poogie Bell Nominated for a Grammy Accomplished drummer Poogie Bell and his percussive prowess have been nominated for a Grammy for his performance on the international sensation Angelique Kidjo's 2007 album Djin Djin. The album is up for a Grammy in the “Best Contemporary World Music Album" category. Showcas...

• Charles Lloyd Celebrating  His 70th Birthday Since leaving Memphis for Los Angeles in 1956, Charles Lloyd's journey has been one of unique musical vision and intensely felt passion, conjuring up sounds of elegant beauty and soulful spirit. For over four decades, Lloyd has fronted some of the most profound and far-reac...

• Pamela Hines Trio climbs the charts again Pamela Hines Trio climbs the charts again, and lands at #13 on the Jazzweek Chart, after 3 weeks of Promotion. Return, recorded in 2007 for a January of 2008 release, features Pamela Hines shining in her most stellar offering to date, a combination of well placed standards am...

• National Jazz Competition Savannah Music Festival has selected twelve outstanding high school jazz bands from across the nation to participate in its expanded high school jazz band program, Swing Central, which takes place April 3-5, 2008. This year, the well-established three-day workshop program features some of the country's finest high school...

24.01.2008

• Marty Sheller to Release "Why Deny" Marty Sheller's long and busy career as a valued arranger-composer-producer for many of the biggest names in Latin jazz and salsa music--including Tito Puente, Willie Coln, Ruben Blades, Hector Lavoe, Larry Harlow, the Fania All-Stars, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, an...

23.01.2008

• 2008 Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Award-winning 2008 Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Award-winning Jamaican musician, Marjorie Whylie, is among the artists who will be beamed to the world as the 2008 Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues festival gears up for a live Webcast. Whylie is set to perform on opening night, Thursday January 24th, along side Myrna H...

22.01.2008

• A Morning in Paris with Duke and Sathima Bea Benjamin South African vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin's long-lost debut album, A Morning in Paris, recorded in 1963, produced by Duke Ellington, and featuring Sathima in performance with Duke, Billy Strayhorn, and Abdullah Ibrahim sharing piano duties, is once again availabl...