06/10/2008
jazz birthday october 6
Oct. 6: Sammy Price (1908-1992), Norman Simmons (1929)
05/10/2008
jazz birthday october 5
Oct. 5: Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942), Bill Dixon (1925), Joe Cusatis (1931), Clifton Anderson (1957)
04/10/2008
27/09/2008
27/09/2008
26/09/2008
05/09/2008
21/08/2008
29/07/2008
25/07/2008
23/07/2008
02/07/2008
19/06/2008
Esbjörn Svensson dies in diving accident.
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.
29/05/2008
20/05/2008
02/05/2008
25/03/2008
24/03/2008
23/03/2008
23/03/2008
22/03/2008
29/02/2008
Buddy Miles, Drummer for Hendrix, Dead at 60
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.
26/02/2008
26/02/2008
24/02/2008
23/02/2008
Teo Macero, MIls Davis producer, dies at 82.
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.
12/02/2008
GRAMMY AWARDS: JAZZ WINNERS
Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Jazz Album:Herbie Hancock for Hancock’s River: The Joni Letters, a tribute to the songs of Joni Mitchell, During his acceptance speech, Hancock noted that this was the first time in 43 years that a jazz album had nabbed the Album of the Year honors, the last one being Stan Getz and João Gilberto’s Getz/Gilberto classic.
The evening’s other jazz awards were as follows:
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Patti Austin, Avant Gershwin
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo: “Anagram,” Michael Brecker, soloist
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: Michael Brecker, Pilgrimage
Best large Jazz Ensemble Album: Terence Blanchard, A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina)
Best Latin Jazz Album: Paquito D'Rivera Quintet, Funk Tango
08/02/2008
07/02/2008
14/01/2008
GOLDEN GLOBE ALL'ITALIANO DARIO MARIANELLI
26/12/2007
Oscar Peterson dies at 82.
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
02/12/2007
24/11/2007
12/10/2007
SOLD OUT IN ROME
Two concerts, two sold out for Groovinators live-october 10-11 , Casa del Jazz, Rome
