Kazakhstan Jazz festival 2013

The annual jazz festival will be held on April 3-5 this year in Kazakhstan, Tengrinews.kz reports citing the organizers.

The jazz fest will include performances of musicians from France, Holland, Hungary, Austria, the United States and Turkey. Besides, Almaty residents will get a chance to listen to Kazakhstan jazz performers as well.

David Reinhardt quintet(video) and Mike del Ferro will be the first to perform on the first day of the festival. The second day will start with performances of Austrian The Mary Poppins and will be continued by Hungarian K.Basco quartet.

American Misha Tsyganov trio and Turkish Bari Duyarlar quartet will close the festival.

The jazz fest will be held in Zhambyl State Philharmonic Hall at #23 Tole be street (corner of Kaldayakov street) in Almaty.

New Release: Beata Pater "Red" (B&B Records BB0418) Street Date April 2, 2013

New Release: Beata Pater "Red" (B&B Records BB0418) Street Date April 2, 2013 Listen to Red Click HERE Top Five Jazz Adds on the CMJ Jazz Chart “music that pushes the envelope of vocal jazz and R&B" - C. Michael Bailey AllAboutJazz.com "Beata Pater gets 4.5 Stars. The future of vocal jazz is in good hands!" - Brent Black / CriticalJazz.com

Artist: BEATA PATER Title: RED Label: B&B RECORDS Catalog Number: BB0418 UPC Code: 826049000043 Street Date: April 2, 2013 Track listing, track times and composer:  1. BUTTERFLY (Herbie Hancock) 4:21 2. AHMAR (Pater-Little) 4:05 3. BACHNOVA (Marek Bałata) 3:37 4. SIR DOUG OF EDWARDS (Pater-Little) 3:57 5. BIG RED (Pater-Little) 4:05 6. BIS (Beata Pater) 4:36 7. LADY CARMEN (Mark Little) 3:48 8. PRAISE (Mark Little) 6:52 9. RAINY BOMBAY (Beata Pater) 4:11 10. RED CLAY (Freddie Hubbard) 4:17 11. TRAGIC BEAUTY (Pater-Little) 5:16 12. VERMELHO (Pater-Little) 3:03 Artist Home Market (s): California - Japan - Poland Musicians: Beata Pater vocal & violin, Mark Little keys, Aaron Germain bass, Andre Bush guitar, Darius Babazadeh sax flute, Ranzel Merritt drums, Raul Ramirez percussion, Carl Lockett guitar, Celia Malheiros guitar, Kush Khanna tabla, Tom Peron trumpet, Buca Necak contrabass, Doug Edwards voice Produced by: Beata Pater Red is the third album in Beata Pater’s color series, her sixth solo recording. With her previous release Blue, Beata’s voice became the lead instrument, vocalizing in original compositions expressing her unique tone and character, leading to the album receiving airplay around the globe. In Red, Beata expresses her unique jazz vocalizations with an energetic infectious groove built by a stalwart of musicians. Comparisons have been made to Flora Purim and Tania Maria, with the feeling and intensity of Sarah and Nina. She started going to music school in Poland when she was six and was extensively trained as a violinist. Because her father loved a wide variety of music, she not only grew up hearing classical music but jazz and pop. Among those who she has cited as early inspirations were Donny Hathaway, Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Also very important was her violin professor’s wife, who noticed her strong voice when she was eight and helped her get started as a singer with the Warsaw opera. After completion of her education in England, she had an opportunity to go to Japan for six months, receiving a contract with CBS/Sony as a recording session artist. The six months eventually became ten years. During her decade in Japan, Beata was constantly busy, making commercials, singing in movies, appearing on a countless number of sessions, and working as a Yamaha School of Music educator. She was also a regular in jazz clubs, performing with such jazz artists as pianist Walter Bishop Jr. and drummer Jimmy Smith in addition to talented local musicians. She toured Asia, performed at Birdland in Manhattan and grew to love acoustic straight ahead jazz. Moving to the United States in the 1990’s, Beata has continued to compose, perform, and produce her unique fusion of the world of music. Unique, colorful, and musically rewarding are adjectives that perfectly fit the career and music of Beata Pater, an international recording artist who after all of her accomplishments still gives one the impression that the best is yet to come.

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Torben Waldorff plays the music from his latest release Wah-Wah on ArtistShare in New York, Toronto and Montreal

Torben Waldorff plays the music from his latest release Wah-Wah on ArtistShare in New York, Toronto and Montreal this week. Click HERE to Listen

April 2 - The Bar Next Door, 129 MacDougal St, Manhattan, music at 8.30 and 10.30   Torben Waldorff - gtr, Adam Birnbaum - keys, Jon Wikan - drums   April 5 - The Rex Jazz Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, 194 Queen Str. W, Toronto, 9.45 - 12.30   April 6 - Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grille 1254 Mackay, Montreal, 8.30 pm- 12.00   Torben Waldorff - gtr, Hans Glawischnig - bass, Adam Birnbaum - keys, Jon Wikan - drums   With the release of Wah-Wah, Torben's 4th CD on New York based ArtistShare, the groundbreaking company where also Maria Schneider and Jim Hall releases music, Torben Waldorff has found a new sound. Guitar based quartet, very interactive, with intricate and lyrical melodic lines, lush harmonies, staggering virtuoso interplay and excitement.   Here's what we read in press on the Wah-Wah CD :   -Jazztimes Michael J. West about Wah-Wah december 2012. .."Torben Waldorff leading an American band that's long on melody but also on texture and atmosphere."   -Eyal Hareuveni, allaboutjazz contributor in Israel, ends a great review with : "A beautifully crafted set of melodies".    -Also in allaboutjazz Mark F. Turner in US writes :  "It's another fine release from a guitarist who merits wider recognition".    -The USA music blog Something Else ! goes : "right up there with Rosenwinkel and Metheny, with a tad more sting in it than those other two guys".    -"Music that takes you back and propels you forward" is what Marc Myers said, he's a writer for The Wall Street Journal.

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JOE SAMPLE STARS ON THIS WEEK’S 12th STREET JUMP, PUBLIC RADIO’S WEEKLY JAZZ, BLUES & COMEDY JAM

JOE SAMPLE STARS ON THIS WEEK’S 12th STREET JUMP, PUBLIC RADIO’S WEEKLY JAZZ, BLUES & COMEDY JAM

Jazz Crusaders founder and Grammy nominated pianist and composer Joe Sample tears it up on this week’s 12th STREET JUMP, public radio’s weekly jazz, blues and comedy jam. Heard each week on forty-six stations around the country, 12th STREET JUMP is one of America’s most popular live jazz radio shows. Ask your local public radio station to check it out on PRX or Content Depot. “We had a great time with Joe on the show,” commented 12SJ host Pete Weber. ”He played several of his biggest hits, including Street Life, It Happens Every Day and Put It Where You Want. He and 12SJ musical director Joe Cartwright go at it on the Horace Silver tune Nica’s Dream. And our vocalists Nedra Dixon and David Basse had a ball covering One Day I’ll Fly Away and Soul Shadows, two more Joe Sample hits. 12th STREET JUMP’s tribute to Joe Sample can be heard on-line on most of its affiliate stations; for a listing, check out the show’s website at www.12thstreetjump.com. Here’s a sample of stations and broadcast times this week (now thru April 7); all times are EDT: THURS 7PM www.wdna.org  or www.wvpe.org FRI 6PM www.bostonfreeradio.org FRI 7PM www.wwfm.org SUN 1AM  www.kcur.org SUN 1PM www.radiophoenix.org SUN 4PM www.kjza.org   Upcoming guest artists on 12th STREET JUMP include drummer Jeff Hamilton (April 29-May 5). For a complete list of weekly shows, check out the show’s website.

Kosovo, Pristina: Turkish jazz goes to Kosovo for a week

Turkey’s leading jazz musicians are set to come together during Turkish Jazz Week in Kosovo’s capital, Pristina.

The event, which is organized by the Turkish Embassy in Pristina in collaboration with the Istanbul Independent Musicians and Producers Association, will take place between April 2 and 6.

During the second edition of the Turkish Jazz Week, musicians will take the stage at different venues of the city. There will also be workshops by Turkish and Kosovar musicians while impromptu jazz concerts will be organized at Hamam Jazz Bar after the concerts throughout the week.

The opening of the event will be made on April 2 at the Kosovo National Theater with Kerem Görsev Chamber Jazz. It will continue with MadenÖktemErsönmez on April 3 and the Cereyanlı Project on April 4. The project features jazz music with different arrangements on computer. Alp Ersönmez and jazz vocalist Elif Çağlar will also perform at the Oda Theater within the scope of the project.

The Selen Gülün Quintet will take the stage on April 5 at the Shehi21 concert hall, while the closing concert of the event will be performed by Burhan Öçal and the Istanbul Oriental Ensemble on April 6 at the National Theater.

In a written statement, the embassy said Anatolia and Balkans had been bringing together musicians from different origins for centuries.

“Turkey and Kosovo are Balkan countries that have perfect relations in every field. The Turkish Jazz Week, which was first organized last year, brought a new dimension to these relations and made the cultural heritage between the countries deeper. As the Turkish embassy, we are proud of bringing together Turkish and Kosovar people,” it said.
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Bobby McFerrin Surprises Us Again, Bringing It All Back Home With New Album spirityouall

Bobby McFerrin Surprises Us Again, Bringing It All Back Home With New Album spirityouall (via PR Newswire)

Honors Legacy of Bobby's Father, the Great Metropolitan Opera Baritone Robert McFerrin, Sr. Re-imagines Americana, Combining Classic Spirituals and Original Tunes Available May 14, 2013 On Sony Masterworks NEW YORK, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For decades, Bobby McFerrin has broken all the rules…

GERMANY, HAMBURG: A Jazz Piano Celebration Fünf Jahre Jan Matthies Music Management

04. April 2013 
A Jazz Piano Celebration 
Fünf Jahre Jan Matthies Music Management 

Do, 20:00 / Laeiszhalle Hamburg / Kleiner Saal 

Veranstalter: Jan Matthies Music Management 

-Alan Broadbent 
-Boris Netsvetaev 
-Ayako Shirasaki 
-Wolfgang Schlüter Quartett 
-Hammer Klavier Trio 

Great American Songbook & Originals 

Jan Matthies Music Management feiert den 5. Geburtstag mit einem Abend, der dem Solo Jazz Piano und Trio gewidmet ist. 

20.00 – 20.30 Uhr Alan Broadbent, Solo & Trio 
http://www.alanbroadbent.com 
Der 2-fache Grammy Gewinner wurde von der Los Angeles Times als »einer der größten lebenden Jazz Pianisten« bezeichnet. Zuletzt war er neben Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis und Hank Jones erneut für den Grammy »Best Improvised Jazz Solo« nominiert. 

20.30 – 20.50 Uhr Boris Netsvetaev, Solo 
Als »Hoffnungsträger der Hamburger Jazzszene« bezeichnete ihn das Hamburger Abendblatt. Dies bestätigt er eindrucksvoll in seiner täglichen Arbeit, er ist der erste Künstler der jemals in der Elbphilharmonie aufgetreten ist (Neujahrsempfang des Hamburger Abendblatts 2010) und natürlich mit dem Wolfgang Schlüter Quartet sowie dem Hammer Klavier Trio. 

20.50 – 21.20 Uhr Ayako Shirasaki, Solo & Trio 
http://www.ayakoshirasaki.com 
Ayako ist mehrfache Finalistin der großen Jazz Piano Wettbewerbe in Washington D.C. und Jacksonville, USA. 
Das Jazz Magazine Jazzthetik nach ihrem Deutschland Debut 2009 im Konzerthaus Berlin: “Weltklasse.” 

21.20 – 21.40 Uhr Pause 

21.40 – 22.10 Uhr Wolfgang Schlüter Quartett 
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Der deutsche Jazz hat nur wenige internationale Stars hervorgebracht. Wolfgang Schlüter ist einer der wenigen Deutschen, die es in die Critics Poll des größten US-amerikanischen Jazz Magazins DOWNBEAT geschafft haben. Für das Hamburger Abendblatt gilt er als »wichtigster Jazzvibrafonist Europas«. 

22.10 – 22.40 Uhr Hammer Klavier Trio 
http://www.hammerklaviertrio.com 
Das aufstrebende Hammer Klavier Trio (kurz hKT) geht seinen Weg. Als kleine Sensation gilt ihre Nominierung durch die US-amerikanischen Jazz Journalists Association im Jahr 2011 für den Award »Best Video of the Year« und die Einladung zur Awards Gala nach New York. Die neue CD »Rocket In The Pocket« ist laut Kommentaren verschiedener US Radiostationen sehr gut gelungen: »This is jazz at its best« (WUMR U92FM, Memphis, TN), »inventive and most enjoyable« (WWNO, New Orleans, LA). 

22.40 – 23.00 Uhr Alan Broadbent, Boris Netsvetaev, Ayako Shirasaki 

Ayako Shirasaki und Alan Broadbent werden im Trio von Phil Steen am Bass und Kai Bussenius an den Drums begleitet. »…ein Solo jagt das nächste - bis die drei im Finale ihrem Improvisationstrieb freien Lauf lassen und dabei wie ein echtes New Yorker Jazzpiano-Trio klingen«, schrieb die Jazzthetik. 

Wir freuen uns sehr auf diesen Abend und Sie begrüßen zu dürfen. 

Karten sind für 11 € - 39 € hier erhältlich: 

http://www.elbphilharmonie.de/events/000000e9:000182aa.de 

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