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)



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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.



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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.



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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



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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



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12/10/2007

SOLD OUT IN ROME

Two concerts, two sold out for Groovinators live-october 10-11 , Casa del Jazz, Rome



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