Antoinette Montague will perform at The Many Colors of a W*O*M*A*N XXIV Free Jazz Festival (Aetna Theater at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Hartford, CT on Saturday Sept. 6 and at The September Concert: The Heart of Jazz in New York on Thursday, September 11. Born and raised in Newark, Antoinette Montague recently released her first CD, Pretty Blues but she has had many invaluable musical experiences. She worked in gospel and R&B ensembles after college, serves as the vice president of the International Women in Jazz, and considers Carrie Smith, Etta Jones, Della Griffin and Myrna Lake to be her mentors...

With this week's news that Dave Liebman is coming to St. Louis in November to play a free concert for Washington University's Jazz at Holmes series, it seems an opportune time to look at some videos of the veteran saxophonist. First up is Liebman's take on "My Favorite Things," a song popularized in...

A Penny Peyser / Doug McIntyre film Trying To Get Good- the Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon Dear Jack Sheldon Fans, This is to let you know that TRYING TO GET GOOD - the Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon is now available on DVD for purchase on our website. Thank you for your interest and your patience...

Step inside the sound of 3 Cities, Bombay Dub Orchestras sophomore release, and experience the crossroads where Mumbai, Chennai, and London musically meet. Since the release of their self-titled debut, the name Bombay Dub Orchestra (consisting of composer/producers Garry Hughes and Andrew T. Mackay) has built quite a reputation. From main-stage performances at the UKs Big Chill Festival and DJing across the globe, scoring feature films to remixing such world-renowned artists as Bob Marley, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Bebel Gilberto, fans and critics have been eagerly awaiting their next album. For 3 Cities, both Hughes and Mackay traveled to Mumbai and Chennai to record with the cities premier musicians and vocalists before returning to London to mix the album. 3 Cities is where their cinematic soundscapes meet Indian Classical and electronica featuring a huge cast of over 75 musicians...

An almost-real-time, behind-the-scenes look at the assigning, writing, editing, and designing of a Wired feature. This is a one-time experiment, tied solely to the Charlie Kaufman profile scheduled to run in our November 08 issue. Photo Issues, Pt. I By Jason Tanz September 05, 2008 | 2:13:19 PM Kaufman does not sit for magazine photo shoots. That posed a problem; we take design very seriously at Wired, and without a quality, original shot, it would be difficult to run this story at any length. Here's our first conversation about it...

Whether or not you can get out to the Pacific Coast Highway, check out a list of tunes that would be perfect for that ideal California road trip. As you drive up the PCH (that's "Pacific Coast Highway" for you non-Californians) from San Diego to San Francisco with a surfboard strapped to the top of your Woodie, you may be thinking, "Dude, I need some tunes." So before you head to the bonfire on the beach, load up your iPod with these California classics. "California Girls" by The Beach Boys (1965): Infectious and lighthearted, this song definitely captures the essence of a time and a place. You'll understand why they wrote this tune when you spot the surfer girls on Manhattan Beach one of The Beach Boys' famous hangouts...

Enjoy the Edmund Velasco Quintet on Thursday, September 18 at the Kobe Japanese Steakhouse at 7 PM. The band, led by Edmund Velasco on sax, features Francesca Delfin-Proponis on vocals, Matt Politano on piano, Steve Venz on Bass, Jimmy Ford on Drums Edmund Velasco is a native Southern Californian that has been recognized as one of the top sax men in the area...

All About Jazz now assigns global region designations to our articles, so international readers can quickly access articles relevant to their location. AAJ currently assigns the following regions to our articles and news announcements: Africa Asia Australia/NZ Canada Europe Latin America Middle East United States...

WHEN Jesse Hameen II, a prominent drummer, was growing up in New Haven after World War II, perhaps 10 jazz clubs thrived within an eight-block radius of his home in the Dixwell neighborhood. Today, the clubs are gone, and with them, the core of a once-vibrant scene. But jazz in New Haven is showing signs of revival. The New Haven Jazz Festival, which went dark last year after a slow decline, was resurrected last month, luring back to the city favorite sons who have gone on to major performing careers. A performance space, Firehouse 12, is drawing packed houses, providing a possible template for clubs catering to avant-garde tastes. And feeding it all are collectives dedicated to improvised music...

Listen Now Set List "I Thought About You" (Mercer, Van Heussen) "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Koehler, Harris, Moll) "While We're Young" (Wilder, Engvick) "Twilight World" (McPartland, Lee) "Last Night When We Were Young" (Arlen, Harburg) "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (Bloom, Koehler) "All of Me" (Marks, Simons) "Blackberry Winter" (Wilder, McGlohon) "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Russell) About Tony Bennett...

Director Giuseppe Tornatore is known for having an eye for faces -- not in the narrow all-American sense of "beauty," but rather faces of all shapes and sizes that leave an impression long after you see them. Where the masterful Italian doesn't get his due is in the sound department, or more specifically, with music. Again, not so much the straight-up fare that passes for popular music, but from jovial riffs to haunting strains that also leave an impression long after you hear them. Case in point is Tornatore's 1998 epic "The Legend of 1900," which has as one of its many subplots the seminal days of jazz and its quick rise to mainstream acceptance. In one scene trumpet player Max Tooney (Pruit Taylor Vince) auditions for a playing gig aboard a transatlantic steamship and plays a chutzpah-laden piece that leaves the otherwise surly harbour master (Niall O'Brien) in total awe...

Luke Sayers may not have heard much folk music growing up in the Detroit suburb of Sterling Heights, Mich., but he did receive an auditory education that has helped shape his American roots sound. “As a teenager in Detroit, I was listening to jazz, rock and the blues,” Sayers says by telephone from a vacation stop in San Francisco, “but back then, I was also playing in these garage-type bands.”...

THE Hamilton Jazz and Blues Festival kicked off yesterday (Friday). And top of the bill will be saxophonist Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra who will play at Hamilton Town House to mark the opening of the three-day event. The concert will feature the music of Joe Williams and the incredible Ray Charles, while talented pianist Brian Kellock and Tam White, one of Scotland’s leading blues singers, will bring some added class to the proceedings...

"JAZZ noir" or "Mozart in the style of Mickey Spillane" are some of the evocative phrases that describe the work of Guy Barker. His The Amadeus Project is a jazz interpretation of Mozart's The Magic Flute, with the action rewritten by crime writer Robert Ryan and narrated by Michael Brandon. He brings the unique show to the Philharmonic Hall on September 25...

Humans have been dreaming about going to Mars since the first telescopes were invented four centuries ago, and now that we have spaceships landing on the planet regularly and rovers motoring around, taking photos and digging in the soil, the dream of earthlings visiting the red planet is more real than ever. Space music maestro Ian Tescee, who has been dazzling electronic music aficionados for the past 22 years, has now created A Traveler's Guide to MARS, the soundtrack for humankind's pending journey to our closest neighboring planet (sometimes only 40 million miles away)...

An iconic Queenstown jazz festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary with an exhilarating ten-day programme of live music and a star-studded line up of performers. From 18 to 27 October more than 50 bands and 200 performers will inspire and entertain at the ASB JazzFest Queenstown with a programme of 80 free events and ticketed headline concerts in 'God's Amphitheatre'. Haunting blues, big band swing, vibrant Latin sounds, Dixie bands, and jazz-influenced dance music are just a few of the international jazz styles that will be showcased around the region...

Samstag, 6. September, 19:30 Rathaus Korneuburg, Innenhof (Hauptplatz) Sonntag, 7. September, 21:00 Tunnel (Florianigasse 39, Wien) beide Konzerte Eintritt frei Maria Neckam - voice and songs Lars Dietrich - alto saxophone Samir Zarif - tenor saxophone Franz von Chossy - piano Zack Lober - bass Paul Wiltgen - drums...

With this week's news that Dave Liebman is coming to St. Louis in November to play a free concert for Washington University's Jazz at Holmes series, it seems an opportune time to look at some videos of the veteran saxophonist.

First up is Liebman's take on "My Favorite Things," a song popularized in the jazz world by John Coltrane, who's an important influence on Liebman's playing. Though not explicitly a Coltrane tribute, this clip help makes audible some of the the things Liebman got from Trane, and also gives an idea of how their approaches differ. (The backing band, with Joey Calderazzzo on piano, Dave Holland on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums, is pretty darned impressive, too.) The second video up above is a short interview that features Liebman talking about Coltrane and playing a bit with McCoy Tyner, the pianist in Coltrane's classic 1960s quartet.

Down below, we have three clips demonstrating Liebman's prowess in various musical settings. The first, "Saxophone Warrior" shows him doing his thing with a small jazz group. The second features Liebman's big band performing a composition called "Phillipe under the Green Bridge," with Liebman as featured soloist. The final clip shows Liebman in an intimate trio setting with bassist Mike Richmond and tabla player Badal Roy.

Michael White Quintet Officially Nominated For 2008 Hollywood Music Awards The Hollywood Music Awards (HMA), presented by eWorld Music annouced that Michael White Quintet "Mechanical Man" from the album "Voices" has been officially nominated for 2008 HMA in the Jazz Category.Michael White Quintet "Mechanical Man" has been awarded for 2006 Second Place Winner in The International Songwriting Competition and 2007 Winner in The 6th Annual Independent Music Awards.The most successful and influential names in music supervision, publishing and licensing are members of the HMA Advisory Board and Selections Committee. Such as Nile Rodgers (Producer / Artist / Composer / Label Executive),Christopher Young (Film Composer), Art Ford (Music Supervisor / Executive Producer), Richard Glasser (Music Supervisor / Consultant), Maureen Crowe (Music Supervisor), Scott Austin (A&R Exec/producer), Michael Todd (Sr. Director of Film and TV Music, ASCAP) and many others.Michael White Quintet is in the running to receive an award at the Hollywood Music Awards Main Event taking place in Hollywood, California on November 20, 2008 at The Hollywood Highlands in the world famous Kodak Theatre complex.About Hollywood Music AwardsThe Hollywood Music Awards (HMA) is the only red carpet style event in the world that celebrates music in visual mediums. Honoring a variety of music styles, from traditional to experimental, the awards show will give equal attention to both signed and unsigned music artists for their music recordings. Separate categories will focus on artists whose music is used in films, television, video games, commercial advertisements, movie trailers, web-based videos and other new media. We'll also spotlight those responsible for choosing and placing music in those mediums, including music supervisors, licensers, directors, publishers and producers. In addition, there will be a special Lifetime Achievement Award and Career Achievement Award presented to iconic individuals for musical contributions to the art of film, television and other forms of media. Live music performances and celebrity appearances will highlight the star-studded gala. HMA will host the show once a year in Hollywood, California. Best of all, it's open to any and all music artists, because we believe it's not "who you are," but rather "what you are."Hollywood Music AwardsHMA Session 2 Nominee Listing...

Music Festival Jazzes Up Recycling Efforts Turning Green is easier with three simple ways to recycle, includes six economic and environmental benefits ST. LOUIS, Missouri - September 6, 2008 -- Jazz and blues fans struggling to see the benefits of recycling can learn how to make a difference with "Three Simple Ways to Recycle" later this month during the Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival on Saturday, September 20, 2008...