Saturday, March 05, 2005

Jazz Music Festivals | March 2005 - October 2005

3/10/2005 - 3/13/2005
Tribute to Bix Fest 2004
Racine, WI

3/11/2005 - 3/26/2005
First Energy Berks Jazz Fest
Reading, PA

3/17/2005 - 9/19/2005
Brandon Jazz Festival
Brandon-CAN

4/2/2005
Natchitoches Jazz and R&B Festival
Natchitoches, LA

4/8/2005 - 4/10/2005
Jacksonville Jazz Festival
Jacksonville, FL

4/8/2005 - 4/10/2005
French Quarter Festival
New Orleans, LA

4/9/2005 - 4/10/2005
Pensacola JazzFest
Pensacola, FL

4/15/2005 - 4/17/2005
Cape May Jazz Festival
Cape May, NJ
4/24/2005

Kissimme Jazz Festival
Kissimmee, FL

4/29/2005 - 5/8/2005
Caribbean
St. Lucia,

5/5/2005 - 5/15/2005
Umbria Jazz Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia

5/13/2005 - 5/14/2005
Jazz-N-Gumbo Jazz
Sheveport, LA

5/20/2005 - 5/28/2005
Juneau Jazz & Classics
Juneau, AK

5/27/2005 - 5/30/2005
Topeka Jazz Festival
Topeka, KS

6/18/2005 - 6/26/2005
Hot Summer Jazz Festival
Minneapolis, MN

6/24/2005 - 6/26/2005
West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival
Philadelphia, PA

7/8/2005 - 7/8/2005
Watertown Jazz Festival
Watertown, TN

7/16/2005 - 7/17/2005
Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Festival
Sioux Falls, SD

8/4/2005 - 8/7/2005
Satchmo Summerfest
New Orleans, LA

9/2/2005 - 9/5/2005
West Coast Jazz Party
Corona del Mar, CA

10/7/2005 - 10/9/2005
Hartford International Jazz Festival
Hartford , CT

Jazz Music Releases | March 2005 - August 2005

Release Date - Artist - "Title" - Label
3/01/2005 O'2L - Dolye's Brunch - Peak
3/01/2005 Sonny Clark - Dial - Blue Note
3/01/2005 Grant Green - Feelin'The Spirt - Blue Note
3/01/2005 Herbie Hancock - Speak Like A Child - Blue Note
3/01/2005 Wayne Shorter - Night Dreamer - Blue Note
3/01/2005 Horace Silver - Horace Silver & Jazz Messengers - Blue Note
3/01/2005 Matt Bianco featuring Basia - Matt's Mood - Decca
3/01/2005 Dee Dee Bridgewater - J'Si Deux Amour - Universal
3/01/2005 Kurt Rosenwinkle - Deep Song - Verve
3/01/2005 Sakésho - Beautiful Day - JVC Victor
3/01/2005 Steve Kuhn - Mostly Ballads & More - JVC Victor
3/01/2005 Various - Best Smooth Jazz Ever - Liberty
3/08/2005 Marcus Miller - Silver Rain - Koch
3/08/2005 Nelson Rangell - My American Songbook - Koch
3/08/2005 Michael "Patches" Stewart, Blow Koch
3/15/2005 Paul Taylor - Nightlife - Peak
3/15/2005 Urban Knights - My American Songbook - Koch
3/15/2005 Steve Lacy - The Gap - Verve
3/22/2005 Chieli Minucci - Got It Goin' On - Shanachie
3/22/2005 Yellowjackets - Altered State - Heads Up
3/22/2005 SakéSho - We Want You To Say - Heads Up
3/22/2005 Samiel - Sunset - Rendezvous
3/22/2005 Ricardo Scales - It's A New Day Bay - Sound
3/25/2005 George Duke - Trust - N/A
3/28/2005 Soulive - Steady Groovin - Blue Note
3/29/2005 Various - Smooth Jazz Essentials 2 - Native Language
3/29/2005 Acoustic Alchemy - American/English - Higher Octave
4/22/2005 Marcus Click - Movin' - Seventh Realm Entertainment
8/23/2005 Najee - TBA - Heads Up

Jazz Musicians: On Stage | March 2005 - May 2005

Event Date - Artist - Venue - City/State
3/06/2005 Frank Sinatra Jr, Mohegan Sun Cabaret, Uncastville, CT
3/06/2005 Pat Metheny Grp, Chandler Ctr for the Arts, Chandler, AZ
3/06/2005 BB King, Dodge Theater, Phoenix, AZ
3/06/2005 Commitments, German House Theater, Rochester, NY
3/06/2005 Melvin Sparks Band, BB King Blues Club & Grill, NY, NY
3/06/2005 Jon Cleary, Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA
3/06/2005 Habib Koite & Bamada, Jazz Alley, Seattle, WA
3/07/2005 Jon Cleary, Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA
3/09/2005 Habib Koite & Bamada, Jazz Alley, Seattle, WA
3/09/2005 Jonny Lang Jackson, Rancheria Hotel, Jackson, CA
3/09/2005 Karrin Allyson, Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR
3/09/2005 Pat Metheny Group, Paramount Theater, Denver, CO
3/09/2005 Chris Botti, Birchmere, Alexandria, VA
3/10/2005 Chris Botti, Birchmere, Alexandria, VA
3/10/2005 David Broza, Montalvo, Saratoga, CA
3/10/2005 Hank Jones, Jazz Alley, Seattle, WA
3/10/2005 Judy Roberts, Louise Lincoln Kerr Cultural Ctr, Scottsdale
3/10/2005 Hank Jones, Jazz Alley, Seattle, WA
3/11/2005 Hank Jones, Jazz Alley, Seattle, WA
3/11/2005 Judy Roberts, Louise Lincoln Kerr Cultural Ctr, Scottsdale
3/11/2005 Manhattan Transfer, Sovereigen, Reading, PA
3/11/2005 The Abbey, Lincoln Quartet Aaron Davis Hall, New York, NY
3/11/2005 Buddy Guy, Stranahan Theater, Toledo, OH
3/11/2005 Buddy Guy, Stranahan Theater, Toledo, OH
3/11/2005 Pat Metheny Group, The Pagent, St Louis, MO
3/11/2005 Kenny Wayne Shepherd Horseshoe Casino Tunica, MS
3/11/2005 Tab Benoit, State Theater, Falls Church, VA
3/12/2005 Peter White, Lincoln Plaza Hotel Ballroom, Reading, PA
3/12/2005 Buddy Guy, House of Blues Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
3/12/2005 David Sanborn, Sovereign Perform Arts Ctr, Reading, PA
3/12/2005 Gene Watson,
Little Nashville Opry, Nashville , IN
3/12/2005 Etta James, Fox Theater, Redwood City, MS
3/12/2005 Geogre Duke, Blumenthal Perform Arts Ctr, Charlotte, NC
3/12/2005 Keith Jarrett, Royce Hall-UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
3/12/2005 Kenny Wayne Shepherd, The Pagent, St. Louis, MO
3/12/2005 Pat Metheny, Uptown Theater Kansas City MO
3/13/2005 Boney James, Sovereign Perform Arts Center, Reading, PA
3/13/2005 Pat Metheny Group, Nokia Theater, Grand Prairie, TX
3/13/2005 Hank Jones, Jazz Alley, Seattle, WA
3/13/2005 Magis Slim, The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI
3/13/2005 Pat Metheny Grp, Verizon Wireless Theater, Houston, TX
3/14/2005 Stanley Jordan, Albright College, Reading, VA
3/14/2005 Jonny Lang, Newmark Theater, Portland, OR
3/26/2005 Regina Carter,
Florida Theatre, Jacksonville, FL
5/25/2005 Acoustic Alchemy,
Florida Theatre, Jacksonville, FL
5/25/2005 Acoustic Alchemy,
Florida Theatre, Jacksonville, FL

Friday, March 04, 2005

College Music Journal Jazz Music Weekly Chart

http://www.cmj.com/industry/chart_preview.php?id=7

3/4/2005 Smooth Jazz National Airplay

http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/Smoothjazz_Chart.asp

New Music Hall in Town JC jazz club near opening

http://www.pressconnects.com/friday/news/stories/ne030405s151964.shtml

JOHNSON CITY -- After months of renovating, decorating and securing the necessary permits, Joseph Roma Jr.'s The New Arlington is about to take off as the area's newest venue for jazz and live music.


Joseph A. Roma Jr. stands in front of posters of John Coltrane and Frank Sinatra in the former Joe's Drum Shop. Roma will revive the store as a jazz club called The New Arlington, which opens this month.
DIOGENES AGCAOILI JR. / Press & Sun-BulletinWith an anxious smile, Roma said he plans a March 11 grand opening.
The storefront nightclub is at Main and Arch streets. It's taken the 51-year-old Whitney Point man nearly a year to open the club.
"It's really going to be more than just jazz," he said. "It's going to be good music, more like an 'unplugged' music format where people come to hear good music, talk and enjoy yourself."
And he plans to draw on the talents of local musicians and singers.
"Already," he said, "there is buzz around town about the place."
The long, narrow room, which has a neon sign in the front window, features a small center stage, complete with theatrical lighting and a sound system. The new nightclub is the latest incarnation of Joe's Drum Shop, which Roma closed last year.
Looking about the room, Roma said his club can accommodate about 80 people, either seated at the 17 cafe tables or at the bar. He plans to have beer, wine, desserts and coffee for his music lovers.
Posters of musicians like John Coltrane, Pat Metheny and Tony Bennett hang next to Joni Mitchell and Luciano Pavarotti. There's even an autographed picture of Duke Ellington from when the jazz great appeared in Owego in the 1970s.
"These are all the artists and the music I like," Roma said.
The New Arlington joins Curley's Coffee House at 252 Main St., which offers live music throughout the week, and SOZO at 261 Main St., a Christian-based coffeehouse that also features live music.
"It will be great to have a place with live jazz as a regular venue, especially if it felt like a jazz joint," said longtime jazz aficionado Jeffery K. Davis of the Town of Binghamton. For him, visiting the new club is a priority.
"At one time in the 1980s, there was quite a bit of jazz here," Davis said. Establishments included clubs like Tawni's and Bourbon Street in Binghamton, and the Music Box in Johnson City.
But, he added, "it's a tough business. It has been a long time since the area had any real jazz clubs."
Veteran musician Donald Godfrey of Binghamton said he, too, will check out the new club. "There's really no place here to hear good jazz," he said.
Roma plans to be open from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays with a $3 cover charge.
"I want to feature local talent," he said, as well as his own band, which consists of Roma on drums, Gene Cothran of Union on piano and Andrew Williams of Owego on upright bass.
"We'll invite singers to come in, and at the end of the night we'll have an open jam when anyone can come who wants to play," Roma said. "It's really going to be fun."

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

3/1/2005 - Jazz Playlist

Here is the Jazz Playlist ending Tuesday, March 1, 2005

ARTIST - ALBUM
1 ABRAM WILSON - AZZ WARRIOR
2 KURT ROSENWINKEL - DEEP SONG
3 MIKE O'CONNELL TRIO - WALLPAPER JAM
4 MONTY ALEXANDER - LIVE AT THE IRIDIUM
5 DAVID SANBORN - CLOSER
6 PAT METHENY GROUP - THE WAY UP
7 MICHEL CAMILO - SOLO
8 SHAPES - THE BIG PICTURE
9 TINY MOORE AND JETHRO BURNS - BACK TO BACK
10 TWO SIBERIANS - OUT OF NOWHERE