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TV/FILM: Free Movie Night! "The Art of the Jazz Soloist" at Tribeca Pac

5407 days ago
All About JazzScenes Through the Cinema Lens is an original retrospective focusing on the performing arts in film. Each screening examines a different theme and allows audiences to enjoy selections from well-to lesser-known films. With its strong focus on jazz orc... more info

EVENT: Count Basie: Then as Now, Count's the King. a Film by Gary Keys, Introduced by Professor Jamal Joseph, School of the Arts, Columbia University

5411 days ago
All About JazzJazz great William "Count" Basie comes back to life in this rich documentary, which traces the history of the pianist, composer, and bandleader over several decades. Filmmaker Gary Keys juxtaposes a roundtable discussion among old cats from the Count... more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Solitaire's New Record "Born to be Blue" Will Be Released This Spring

5414 days ago
All About JazzSolitaire Miles and Willie Pickens are releasing a new album "Born to Be Blue" this Spring in Chicago. "For Born To Be Blue, Solitaire utilized some of Chicago's top musicians, all of whom have the flexibility to sound at home in a swing combo. On... more info

Ella Fitzgerald - Jazz Musician Thigpen Dies

5414 days ago
ContactMusicAmerican jazz drummer ED THIGPEN, who toured with ELLA FITZGERALD, has died. He was 79.Thigpen, who was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame, passed away... more info

Adele: what I owe Etta James

5417 days ago
Guardian MusicAdele on a singer who makes you believe in her every word"Hers is an extraordinary story – her mother was a prostitute, she didn't know her father, for years she was a heroin addict. When I first heard her, I didn't know anything about that. I must... more info

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Feinstein's Presents Veteran Cabaret/Jazz Singer and Comedian, Sue Matsuki, in Her Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald.

5418 days ago
All About JazzFeinstein's presents multi-award winning singer and the 1st Recipient of the Julie Wilson Award, SUE MATSUKI, in her highly acclaimed tribute show to the First Lady of Song herself...Ella Fitzgerald! This show celebrates Ella's Verve and Capital Re... more info

OBITUARY: Ed Thigpen 1930 - 2010

5423 days ago
All About JazzThe esteemed drummer Ed Thigpen, known for his elegant bearing and tasteful timekeeping in support of jazz luminaries such as Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald, died Wednesday in Copenhagen, Denmark at age 79.Born in Chicago and raised in Los Angele... more info

OBITUARY: Ed Thigpen Jazz Drummer Legend Dies Aged 79

5425 days ago
All About JazzEd Thigpen, Chicago-born drummer with the Oscar Peterson Trio during the famed jazz pianist's popular early-'60s period, died on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at the age of seventy-nine in Kingdom Hospital in Copenhagen after being ill for a long perio... more info

OBITUARY: Ed Thigpen Jazz Drummer Dies

5426 days ago
All About JazzJazz drummer Ed Thigpen, who often was described as "Mr. Taste" for his sensitive accompaniment of instrumentalists and singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell and Billy Taylor, died Wednesday at Hvidovre Hospital in Copenhagen. H... more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2009

5438 days ago
All About JazzHere are the Best Jazz Albums of 2009...1. Ella Fitzgerald, Twelve Nights in Hollywood (Verve).The best jazz album of 2009 was recorded in 1961 and '62, a four-CD boxed set of Ella Fitzgerald and her trio, performing live in a small club on the Sunse... more info

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