Charlie Christian (guitar, electric) - 1916
Diego Maldonado (drums) - 1983
Don Redman (arranger) - 1900
Eduardo Niebla (guitar, acoustic) - 1955
Ellyn Rucker (piano) - 1937
Frank Axtell (guitar) - 1958
Jeremy L.A. Reese (sax, alto) - 1988
Joe Beck (guitar) - 1945
Lindsey Rahn (drums) - 1985
Martyna (vocals) - 1981
Michael Pedicin (sax, tenor) - 1947
Nicholas Urie (composer/conductor/leader) - 1985
Nick Roseboro (trumpet) - 1982
Patricia Dean (drums)
Roger Friedman (piano) - 1954
Ron Turso (drums) - 1948
Celso Vernon (guitar) - 1958
Charlie Biddle (bass) - 1926
Dan Bodanis (drums) - 1959
Dan Cahn (piano) - 1960
Dave Christianson (drums) - 1957
David Chao (piano) - 1965
David Silliman (percussion) - 1960
Delfeayo Marsalis (trombone) - 1965
Glenn Pinto (drums) - 1966
Greg Laabs (sax, tenor) - 1988
Jean Rohe (vocals) - 1984
Jim Knapp Orchestra (composer/conductor/leader) - 1939
Junior Kimbrough (guitar) - 1930
Kara Kriss (sax, alto) - 1985
Leon Prima (trumpet) - 1907
Matt Adams (saxophone) - 1972
Michael Bloomfield (guitar, electric) - 1943
Mike Turk (harmonica) - 1951
Nnenna Freelon (vocals) - 1954
Ray Ellis (arranger) - 1923
With the world’s eyes affixed to the disaster in Haiti, it’s likely that there will be plenty of benefits organized by the jazz community to raise money for the earthquake victims. However, the acid-jazz-funk band Groove Collective may be the first with its impromptu benefit concert scheduled for Tuesday, January 19 at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. The concert will feature that band, plus DJ Logic, Bernie Worrell and Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio, as well as various surprise special guests.
Thursday and Friday Morning this week, January 14 e 15
9 - 10AM New York Time (one hour each day)
Ben Sidran specials on WBGO jazz radio with Gary Walker
On the internet at http://www.wbgo.org/
Live at 88.3 FM
Thursday they tell stories about the jazz life
Friday it's all about the new Dylan album
Duke Ellington will become the first African-American to appear on an American coin, when the late jazz legend is introduced on a new District of Columbia quarter, the latest in the U.S. Mint’s line of state-themed quarters. The Ellington coin is being introduced today at the Smithsonian.
Jazz
Best Contemporary Jazz Album: Randy in Brazil – Randy Brecker
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Loverly – Cassandra Wilson
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo: Be-Bop – Terence Blanchard
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: The New Crystal Silence – Chick Corea e Gary Burton
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard – The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album: Song For Chico – Arturo O’Farrill e The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
The city of Oakland Park, Florida has scheduled a ribbon cutting at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, December 1st for the grand opening of Jaco Pastorius Park at 4000 North Dixie Highway. The ceremony will be followed by a free Jazz on the Green concert featuring several artists who were closely associated with the new park’s legendary namesake Jaco Pastorius.
Esbjörn Svensson, the Swedish pianist and composer whose group the Esbjörn Svensson Trio, or e.s.t., was considered one of the most successful European jazz outfits of recent years, died in a scuba diving accident on Saturday, June 14th. He was 44.
Buddy Miles, the powerhouse drummer best known for his brief stint as one-third of Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys, died Feb. 26 in Austin. The cause of death was congestive heart failure. Miles was 60.
Teo Macero, who produced many landmark albums for Miles Davis, such as Kind of Blue, Bitches Brew and In a Silent Way, died Feb. 19 at his home in Riverhead, New York. He was 82 and succumbed following a long illness.
Macero, who was also a saxophonist and composer, was hired by Columbia Records in 1957 and became a staff producer two years later. There he worked not only with Davis but with artists such as Dave Brubeck (Macero produced the best-selling album Time Out), Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Mose Allison, Johnny Mathis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Carmen McRae, Woody Herman, Tony Bennett and many others, in addition to recording under his own name.
Oscar Peterson, acknowledged as one of the most significant and beloved jazz pianists of all time, died Dec. 23 at age 82 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. www.oscarpeterson.com
Two concerts, two sold out for Groovinators live-october 10-11 , Casa del Jazz, Rome
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