Entries from April 2008
OBITUARY: Bebe Barron, Scored the Science Fiction Film "Forbidden Planet"
Bebe Barron, a pioneering composer who started manipulating sounds after receiving a tape recorder as a wedding present and later scored the 1956 science-fiction film “Forbidden Planet,” the first full-length feature to use only electronic music, has died. She was 82.
Barron died April 20 of complications related to old age at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in […]
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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: The New School Standards Ensemble, Directed by Reggie Workman, Wed, April 30, 9PM, Free.
Featuring new creations (using standard progressions) and exciting lyrics set to instrumental “classics,” all drawn from Jazz Standards and the Great American Songbook.
The New School STANDARDS MUSIC ENSEMBLE Directed by Reggie Workman
Wed. 4.30.08 9pm/Free @ Jazz Performance Space (The New School) 55 West 13th St., 5th Floor NYC… Continue Reading >>
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OBITUARY: Another Train, Another River: Jimmy Giuffre, 1921-2008
Jimmy Giuffre–a clarinetist, saxophonist, and composer-arranger who made significant musical contributions to late-1940s big band, 1950s West Coast and cool jazz, and the early-1960s avant-garde–has passed away at the age of 86. Giuffre was… Continue Reading >>
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GENERAL/INDUSTRY: Glows in the Dark’s Kung Fu Obsession
Glows in the Dark returns to Commercial Taphouse this Sunday, April 27. The band, led by Scott Burton and known for its original pieces inspired by Warren Oates films and Kung Fu flicks, is premiering a new piece called “One Armed Swordsman.”Read more about why you should come and drink a lot.Glows… Continue Reading >>
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FESTIVAL: 51st Annual Monterey Jazz Festival
The Monterey Jazz Festival is the longest running jazz festival in the world. It is held annually on the 20-acre, oak-studded Monterey Fairgrounds, located at 2000 Fairground Road in Monterey, California. This has been the site of the Festival since its inception in 1958.
More than 500 top jazz artists perform throughout the weekend on 9 […]
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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Leslie Byers at Chris’ Jazz Cafe on April 28, 2008
On Monday, April 28, Chicago-based jazz vocalist, Lesley Byers will be swingin’ hard at Chris’s Jazz Cafe, 1421 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA from 8:00 PM - Midnight.
Byers and her trio will be touring the East coast performing their interpretations of wonderful standards from the Great American Songbook as well as some lesser known […]
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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Lare Opens New Jazz Venue-This Thurs/Fri Damarino’s in the Heart of the Theatre District!
Another new Jazz venue!
7x award-winning Jazz singer songwriter musician/composer LaRe will be opening this delightful 3 star Italian Restaurants new Jazz series-every Thursday and Friday! This past first week was splendid! Janice Friedman and Aaaon Graves accompanied LaRe and it was just two beautiful nights of Live jazz! what a way to get the spring […]
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