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Vista Del Mar's First Annual Jazz Festival Strikes Note of Success

source: PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)

WEST LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/26/09 -- Nearly 800 music lovers and supporters of troubled children turned out for Vista Del Mar Child and Family Service's first annual jazz festival. The Oct. 18 fundraiser for Vista Del Mar -- one of the nation's most comprehensive care facili...

Published Mon, Oct 26

Upcoming area world-music performances

source: San Jose Mercury News

  USA Since her self-named 2007 debut shot to the top of Billboard's World Music chart and earned two Grammy nominations, the São Paulo native has continued to refine her sound, which blends bossa nova restraint with a taste for reggae, jazz and electronica ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

IN oRBit: FUNNY, YOU DON'T LOOK TABOO-ISH

source: redbankgreen

 NJ This weekend, Grammy winning Latin jazz flautist Dave Valentin teams up with Bill O'Connelle and Richie Flores for some sets that promise to be 'smooth and spicy and, like a sun shower, bright yet cool.' 06.26 - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons The ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

Jazz singer Tierney Sutton takes a spiritual look at 'Desire'

source: Baha'i World News Service

 Israel Ms. Sutton, whose previous two albums each won Grammy nominations, says she has wanted for years to do a record challenging the modern tendency to exalt material wealth and self-gratification over humanity's higher, spiritual nature. ...

Published Sun, Jun 14

Diana Krall leads the resurgence of interest in the standards

source: Examiner.com

Krall had her wider breakthrough with lipuma added orchestrations by Johnny Mandel for the 1999 "When I Look in Your Eyes", one of the rare jazz-oriented discs to receive a Grammy nomination in the overall Album of the Year category. ...

Published Sun, Jun 14

Good vibes for gay jazz artist

source: MiamiHerald.com

 FL Multiple Grammy Award winner Gary Burton, who lives in Poinsettia Park in Fort Lauderdale and will be a guest of the South Florida Pride Wind Ensemble Sunday at Broward Center for the Performing Arts, feared the worst when he came out in the 1980s. ...

Published Sun, Jun 14

Hard Road: Wilco Battles Bizarre Twists to Roll Out New Album

source: California Chronicle

Wilco, which rose from the ashes of 1990s alt country band Uncle Tupelo, has evolved musically and personnel-wise over its 14 years together, but the music, a seductive blend of country, folk, blues, jazz and rock influences, from punk to traditional, ...

Published Sat, Jun 13

Ledisi Returns With All-Star Producers For Soulful New Album 'Turn ...

source: Top40-Charts.com

 NY Ledisi's 2007 major label debut 'Lost Found' garnered the Bay Area resident two GRAMMY nominations including Best New Artist. The recognition led to a series of high-profile appearances in 2008 including performances at the JVC and Monterey Jazz ...

Published Fri, Jun 12