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Rashied Ali Jazz Drummer Of John Coltrane Fame Dead At 76


On August 13, 2009, Rashied Ali, a free-jazz drummer who backed John Coltrane and accompanied him in a duet album in the final months of the jazz master's life, has died. He was 76.

The Philadelphia native died at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital of a blood clot in his lung on Wednesday, said his wife, Patricia Ali.

When Coltrane decided to use two drummers at a performance at the Village Gate in November 1965, he chose Ali to back up drummer Elvin Jones. He recorded with both men on the 1965 album "Meditations," and accompanied Coltrane alone on the duet album "Interstellar Space," recorded shortly before Coltrane died of cancer in 1967.

After the jazz master died, Ali toured Europe before returning to New York to play and record there. He opened the jazz club Ali's Alley in 1973 and launched the Survival Records label, which he maintained until his death. The club closed in 1979.

Over a career that spanned more than four decades, he performed with artists including Don Cherry, Albert Ayler, Alice Coltrane and Archie Shepp. In recent years he formed The Rashied Ali Quintet, and this year he released a "Live In Europe" album with the group.

"He was at the top of his game until his last day," his wife said Thursday night. "He just had such integrity about his music."

(source: sfgate.com)


Robert "Baabe" Irving III Jazz Homage To Miles Davis And Gil Evans

The Jazz Institute of Chicago presents "Sketches of Brazil: Robert Irving III's Orchestral Homage to Miles and Gil" in Chicago and its free!!! I have been a fan of "Baabe" for a long time and have seen him play/conduct at various venues around Chicago...he never fails to delight and this event should be another one he delivers on with his unique brand of "musicality"...don't miss this!

Thursday, August 13th
6:30 PM
FREE
Millennium Park: Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Composer, pianist and educator Robert Irving III conducts the newly formed Sonic Portraits Orchestra in the world premiere of Sketches of Brazil, an orchestral homage to his mentors, Miles Davis and Gil Evans. The concert features Robert Irving III (composer, conductor, piano); Sonic Portraits Orchestra (a blend of 33 classical and jazz musicians); Wallace Roney (trumpet, flugelhorn); Fareed Haque (guitar), Dede Sampaio (percussion), Felipe Fraga (percussion), Charles Heath (percussion) and Miles Evans (trumpet).

Special panel: Earlier that day from noon to 1:30 pm, the Chicago Cultural Center hosts a panel "50 Years from Sketches of Spain to Sketches of Brazil: A Symposium on the legacy of Miles Davis & Gil Evans" in the Claudia Cassidy Theater. Admission is free and open to the public. Professor Fareed Haque moderates a conversation with Sketches of Brazil composer/arranger Robert Irving III. Additional panelists include Wallace Roney, Vince Wilburn Jr. (nephew of Miles Davis), Miles Evans (son of Gil Evans), Dede Sampaio and Felipe Fraga.

Jazz Showcase Chicago/WDCB Free "Tribute To Bird" Featuring The Eric Schneider Quartet on 12AUG2009


Wednesday August 12th , 2009 from 8PM to 11PM...its WDCB (public radio) Night at the Jazz Showcase featuring Eric Schneider Quartet's Tribute to Bird. This event is being sponsored by the College Of Dupage radio station WDCB (located in Glen Ellyn, Illinois)...AND ITS FREE!!! The radio station hopes this will become a monthly event, being their first "WDCB Night at the Jazz Showcase"...and as August is Charlie "Bird" Parker Month at the Jazz Showcase... it is only fitting that we welcome the Eric Schneider Quartet in a Tribute to Bird!
The Jazz Showcase is located at: Dearborn Station 806 S. Plymouth Ct. (south of Polk St.) Chicago IL 60605 Telephone:
(312) 360-0234
Email:
jazzshowcase@jazzshowcase.com

Presenting Organization Name:
WDCB Public Radio
Telephone:
(630) 942-4200
Email Address:
WDCBMktg@cod.edu

History of Jazz Showcase
The Jazz Showcase is a famous jazz club in Chicago, a city that has had a prominent role in jazz history and still retains an influential jazz community. The club was first located at Grand Avenue and Clark Street, in the city's vibrant River North neighborhood. Founded in 1947 by Joe Segal, who still owns and runs the venue with his son Wayne, it is probably Chicago's most prestigious jazz club. Many famous musicians play at the Showcase on tour, including Chris Potter, Frank Morgan, Danilo Perez, Larry Coryell, Paul Wertico, James Carter, Winard Harper, McCoy Tyner and others. Ahmad Jamal recorded his trio album Chicago Revisited at the club in 1992. During the summer of 2006, Segal announced that the club was losing its lease, and would be moving out before the end of the calendar year. The club has relocated yet again, and (as of Summer 2008) is now located at Dearborn Station. (List of jazz clubs)

Review of Jazz Showcase
Its hard to imagine Edith Piaf crooning "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" in a smoke-free jazz club, but were she still alive, the Showcase is precisely the kind of joint she'd play. Owner Joe Segal's been booking bands since the rock stylings of Elvis and Chuck Berry pushed jazz to the popular fringe. On any given night, Segal, who has hosted legends like Ornette Coleman and Duke Ellington, still holds court in his trademark baseball cap, introducing bands and cautioning the audience not to talk during a performance. Along with Segal, the ghosts of be-bop and jazz loom large. Huge portraits and small photos of Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane and Art Blakey line the walls. A Chairman Mao-size portrait of Charlie Parker backdrops the stage, along with a pair of velvet curtains that would be at home at Back to the Future's Enchantment Under the Sea dance. Unlike the typical smoky, cramped, dingy confines of most jazz clubs, the Showcase is a comfortable candle-lit space with ample tables and wide aisles. The focus is on the players and not the decor. While you can still catch the occasional legend like saxophonist Von Freeman blowing on a Saturday night, the showcase long ago opened its doors to young lions respectful to the genre such as Nicholas Payton and Joshua Redman.There's no minimum drink requirement, though tickets will set you back $20-$25 (if you hit the early show, you can sometimes stay for the second without purchasing another ticket). Jazz Showcase is 21+ unless accompanied by one's parents.

Eric Schneider Jazz Artist Featured At Jazz Showcase
Long an institution in the Chicago jazz scene, tenor-saxophonist Eric Schneider is an unsung jazz talent who, without garnering headlines, has been playing top-notch jazz for 30 years. Schneider originally did not plan a career as a musician, earning a degree in advertising in 1976 from the University of Illinois and planning to become a copywriter. But he had played his saxophone throughout college and found it easy to find work after graduating from college. He gained some recognition when he was a member of the Earl Hines Quartet during 1979-82 (also playing alto and clarinet), and he toured with the Count Basie Orchestra during 1982-83. After that, Schneider decided to stop touring and settle in Chicago. Schneider has since worked in a wide variety of settings in the Chicago area including regularly at Andy’s for years. Along the way he has performed with Benny Goodman, Mel Torme, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughan, Rosemary Clooney and Billy Eckstine, recorded with Jim Beebe’s Chicago Jazz Band (back in 1979), used Earl Hines as a sideman on his Eric and Earl album in 1981, and appeared on records with Count Basie, Sir Charles Thompson and Jeremy Monteiro in addition to playing with virtually all of the top local jazz musicians and singers. Eric Schneider also teaches at the Merit School of Music.

Robert Glasper's New Jazz Album Release "Double Booked" Hits The Mark





New York jazz pianist Robert Glasper is about to release his Blue Note Records album "Double Booked" on August 25th, 2009. As my friends at GiantStep.net state:

"One artist, two distinct but interwoven concepts: this is the captivating logic behind Double-Booked, pianist Robert Glasper’s third album for Blue Note. An artist who “unfailingly gets the feeling right” (New York Magazine), Glasper has made waves throughout the music world as leader of both the acoustic Robert Glasper Trio AND the electric, hip-hop-oriented Robert Glasper Experiment. With Double-Booked, the 32-year-old Houston native puts his enviable versatility front and center, emphasizing the different hemispheres of his musical brain on one album."

Three of the tracks give a sample of what level of talent is being put forth in this album...just click on the links for audio streaming:
"
All Matter"- Bilal is featured on this track, making it a soul tune, but it still has all the disorder of jazz and improvisation.
"
Butterfly"- Radiohead style keys and the auto-tuned voice of Casey Benjamin make this a very progressive take on Herbie Hancock's classic from Thrust, the 1974 follow-up to Headhunters.
"
Think of One"- Glasper takes on a Thelonious Monk composition, and gets meta in his solo with layers of samples. Jazz and hip hop fans - listen for familiar chords.

If you can't get enough of jazz pianist Robert Glasper he can be found at the following sites on the internet:
Robert Glasper.com
myspace.com/therealrobertglasper
facebook.com/robertglasper

Robert Glasper Discography:
Robert Glasper
In My Element, 2007
Blue Note Records

Robert Glasper
Canvas, 2005
Blue Note Records

The Robert Glasper Trio
Mood, 2004
Fresh Sounds/New Talent


CLICK HERE FOR Robert's Bio

2009-Jazz-Blues-Music Fests For August Worldwide



Here is the listing of jazz, blues and music festivals Worldwide for August 2009 (source:JazzNews) :
Complete listing
by state, town, festival

USA August 2009
AL, Mobile
Gulf Coast Ethnic & Heritage Jazz Festival
CA, Concord JVC Jazz Festival - Concord tba August 2009
CA, Costa Mesa
Orange County Classic Jazz Festival tba August 2009
CA, Eureka
Blues By The Bay tba August 2009
CA, Idyllwild
Jazz in the Pines tba August 2009
CA, Irvine
West Coast Jazz Party & Brunch Cruise tba August 2009
CA, Long Beach
Long Beach Jazz Festival tba August 2009
CA, Los Angeles
JVC Jazz Festival - Los Angeles tba August 2009
CA, Mammoth Lakes
Mammoth Festival of Beers & Bluesapalooza tba August 2009
CA, Ontario
Inland Empire Jazz Festival tba August 2009
CA, Petaluma
Blues & Jazz on the Plazz tba August 2009
CA, Petaluma
Petaluma Wine, Jazz & Blues Festival tba August 2009
CA, San Jose
Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival tba August 2009
CA, Wrightwood
Inland Empire Jazz Festival tba August 2009
CA, Wrightwood
Inland Empire Jazz Festival tba August 2009
CO, Breckenridge
Genuine Jazz in Breckenridge tba August 2009
CO, Telluride
Telluride Jazz Celebration tba August 2009
CO, Trinidad
Trinidaddio Blues Fest tba August 2009
CO, Westcliffe
Jazz in the Sangres tba August 2009
CT, Litchfield
Litchfield Jazz Festival tba August 2009
DE, Wilmington
Riverfront Blues Festival tba August 2009
IA, Cedar Rapids
Bluesmore Festival tba August 2009
IA, LeMars
International Country & Blues Festival tba August 2009
ID, Sandpoint
Festival at Sandpoint tba August 2009
ID, Yellow Pine
Yellow Pine Hamonica Festival tba August 2009
IL, Chicago
Chicago Jazz Festival tba August 2009
IL, Chicago
JazzFest Heritage Music Weekend tba August 2009
IL, East Peoria
Luther Allison Memorial Blues Fest tba August 2009
IL, Oak Brook
The North American Festival of Wales tba August 2009
IL, South Elgin
The World of Faeries Festival tba August 2009
IL, Sparta
Sparta Blues Festival tba August 2009
IN, Elkhart
Annual Island of Blues Festival tba August 2009
IN, Madison
Madison RibberFest tba August 2009
LA, Lafayette
Le Cajun Music Awards Festival tba August 2009
LA, New Orleans
Cutting Edge Music Business Conference & Roots Music Gathering tba August 2009
LA, New Orleans
Satchmo Club Strut tba August 2009
MA, Martha's Vineyard
Vineyard Vibes Festival tba August 2009
MA, Westford
Blues N Brews Festival tba August 2009
MD, Cockeysville
Hot August Blues Festival tba August 2009
MI, Grand Rapids
Cow Pie Blues Festival tba August 2009
MI, Grand Rapids
The Cowpie Blues Festival tba August 2009
MI, Idlewild
Idlewild Jazz Festival tba August 2009
MI, Lansing
Lansing JazzFest tba August 2009
MI, Petoskey
Celtic Festival tba August 2009
MN, Duluth
Bayfront Blues Festival tba August 2009
MN, Winton
Boundary Waters Blues Festival tba August 2009
MS, Clarksdale
Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival tba August 2009
MT, Billings
Magic City Blues Festival tba August 2009
ND, Fargo
Fargo Blues Fest tba August 2009
NH, New Boston
Barnful of Blues Festival tba August 2009
NH, Thornton
The White Mountain Boogie N' Blues Festival tba August 2009
NH, Thornton
White Mountain Boogie n Blues Fest tba August 2009
NV, Reno
Reno-Tahoe Blues Fest tba August 2009
NY, Lewiston
Historic Lewiston Jazz Festival tba August 2009
NY, Oyster Bay
Long Island Jazz Festival tba August 2009
NY, Peekskill
Peekskill Jazz & Blues Celebration tba August 2009
NY, Sackets Harbor
Sackets Harbor Jazz Festival tba August 2009
OH, Cincinnati
Cincy Blues Festival tba August 2009
OH, Lebanon
Lebanon Blues Festival tba August 2009
OH, Loudonville
Mohican Blues Festival tba August 2009
OH, Pickerington
Pickerington Jazz & Blues Ribfest tba August 2009
OH, St. Marys
Riverside Bluesfest tba August 2009
OH, St. Marys
Riverside Bluesfest tba August 2009
OR, Bend
Cascade Festival of Music tba August 2009
OR, Eugene
Oregon Festival of American Music tba August 2009
OR, Gresham
Mt.Hood Jazz Festival tba August 2009
OR, Hammond
Blues By The Sea tba August 2009
OR, Joseph
Joseph Bronze Blues & Brews Festival tba August 2009
OR, North Plains
Pickathon Roots Music Festival tba August 2009
PA, Elmhurst
Endless Mountains Blues Fest tba August 2009
PA, Erie
Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival tba August 2009
PA, Gilbertsville
Bandana's Blues BBQ tba August 2009
PA, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Folk Festival tba August 2009
RI, Newport
Apple & Eve Newport Folk Festival tba August 2009
RI, Newport
JVC Jazz Festival - Newport tba August 2009
TX, Navasota
Navasota Blues Festival tba August 2009
UT, Park City
Fidelity Investments Park City Jazz Festival tba August 2009
VA, Norfolk
Norfolk Latino Music Festival tba August 2009
WA, Darrington
Annual Summer Meltdown tba August 2009
WA, Deming
Mount Baker Blues Festival tba August 2009
WA, Snoqualmie
Snoqualmie Blues Fest tba August 2009
WA, Yakima
A Case of the Blues & All That Jazz tba August 2009
WI, La Crosse
Great River Jazz Fest tba August 2009
WV, Wheeling
Heritage Music Blues Fest tba August 2009

Canada August 2009
Canada, Burnaby
Burnaby Blues & Roots Festival tba August 2009
Canada, Calgary
Calgary International Blues Festival tba August 2009
Canada, Calgary
Calgary International Reggae Festival tba August 2009
Canada, Calgary
Kaos Blues Festival tba August 2009
Canada, Carleton
Maximum Blues tba August 2009
Canada, Edmonton
Edmonton's Labatt Blues Festival tba August 2009
Canada, Kaslo
Kaslo Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Canada, Kingston
Limestone City Blues Festival tba August 2009
Canada, Kitchener
Blues Brews & Barbeques tba August 2009
Canada, Lunenburg
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival tba August 2009
Canada, Maple Ridge
Maple Ridge Jazz & Blues Festival tba August 2009
Canada, Montreal
Festiblues International de Montreal tba August 2009
Canada, Oakville
Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Canada, Parry Sound
Sound Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Canada, Picton
Prince Edward County Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Canada, Rimouski
Rimouski Festi Jazz International tba August 2009
Canada, Salmon Arm
Roots and Blues Festival tba August 2009
Canada, Vancouver
Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Canada, Vancouver
Festival Vancouver tba August 2009


Europe August 2009
Austria, Graz
Jazz-Sommer-Graz tba August 2009
Austria, Saalfelden
Jazz Festival Saalfelden tba August 2009
Belgium, Antwerp
Jazz Middelheim tba August 2009
Belgium, Assenede
Jazzenede tba August 2009
Belgium, Brussels
Euritmix tba August 2009
Belgium, Ciney
Esperanzah! tba August 2009
Belgium, Fleurus
Fleurus in Jazz tba August 2009
Belgium, Ghent
Jazz In't Park tba August 2009
Belgium, Gouvy
Gouvy Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Belgium, Rebecq
Rencontres Musicales d'Ete au Moulin d'Arenberg tba August 2009
Belgium, Rossignol
Gaume Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Belgium, Stoazze
Blues Oan Daa tba August 2009
Belgium, Wespelaar
Swing Wespelaar tba August 2009
Denmark, Not Sure
Herning Blues/Rock tba August 2009
Denmark, Smukkeste
Smukkeste Festiva tba August 2009
Denmark, Tonder
Tonder Festival tba August 2009
Finland, Helsinki
Viapori Jazz tba August 2009
Finland, Lahti
Jazz at the Market Place tba August 2009
Finland, Oulu
EloJazz & Blues tba August 2009
France, Marciac
Jazz in Marciac tba August 2009
France, Ramatuelle
Jazz Festival Ramatuelle tba August 2009
France, Vaison La Romaine
Blues and Jazz in Vaison August 7, 8, 9 2009
France, Vence
Nuits du Sud tba August 2009
Germany, Brandenburg
Jazzfest tba August 2009
Germany, Gladbeck
Jazzival tba August 2009
Germany, Jena
Kulturarena Jena tba August 2009
Germany, Montabaur
Jazzfestival Montabaur tba August 2009
Iceland, Reykjavik
Reykjavik Iceland Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Italy, Pescara
Pescara Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Italy, Porretta Terme
Porretta Soul Festival tba August 2009
Italy, Senigallia
Summer Jamboree tba August 2009
Italy, Umbria
Umbria Jazz tba August 2009
Netherlands, Amersfoort
Dias Latinos tba August 2009
Netherlands, Delft
Jazz Festival Delft tba August 2009
Netherlands, Haarlem
Haarlem Jazzstad tba August 2009
Norway, Haugesund
Sildajazz tba August 2009
Norway, Notodden
Notodden Blues Festival tba August 2009
Norway, Oslo
Oslo Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Norway, Sandvika
Storbandfestivalen tba August 2009
Poland, Torun
Jazz od Nowa tba August 2009
Sweden, Gothenburg
Gothenburg Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Sweden, Kungshamn
Kungshamn Smogen Tradjazz festival tba August 2009
Sweden, Nykoping
Jazz pa Nykopingshus tba August 2009
UK, Brecon
Brecon Jazz Festival tba August 2009
UK, Colne
The Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival tba August 2009
UK, Gloucester
Rhythm and Blues Festival tba August 2009
UK, Stanley
Stanley Blues Festival tba August 2009


Asia, Africa, Oceania August 2009
Australia, Bellingen
Bellingen Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Australia, Brisbane
Ambiwerra Festival tba August 2009
Australia, Dubbo
Dubbo Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Australia, Newcastle
Newcastle Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Australia, Noosa
Noosa Jazz Festival tba August 2009
Australia, Queensland
The Toyota Muster tba August 2009
New Zealand, Paihia, Russell, Kerikeri
Bay of Islands Jazz and Blues Festival tba August 2009
South Africa, Johannesburg
Joy of Jazz Jo'burg International Festival tba August 2009