NEW JAZZ MYSTERY!!! And All That Motive, A Casey McKie Mystery by Joan Merrill

NEW JAZZ MYSTERY!!! And All That Motive A Casey McKie Mystery by Joan Merrill

When America's number one male jazz singer, Sid Satin, is found dead in his dressing room at a jazz festival, police set their sights on Dee Jefferson. She'd had a blow-up with Satin that afternoon and they believe her gun is the murder weapon. To remove suspicion from her singer friend, San Francisco PI Casey McKie sets out to find the killer. In delving into Satin's life, Casey finds a number of people who'd like to see him dead. As Casey accumulates evidence, the suspect list gets shorter, until, in a climactic scene, the culprit's identity is revealed, surprising even Casey.   "I'm a jazz musician and felt that the author did a great job of keeping things  real." -- Shanna Carlson, jazz singer, pianist "Throughout Merrill's books, almost all of the characters, major and minor, are jazz people. There is on-going commentary on today's jazz scene and how it differs from yesterday. No preaching, just strong and well-argued opinions during realistic conversations between characters."  -- Bruce Crowther, jazz writer and crime novelist "Exceptionally intelligent.."   -- Carol Sloane, jazz singer and writer, carolsloane.com  joan@joanmerrill.com    joanmerrill.com jim@jazzpromoservices.com www.jazzpromoservices.com jazzglobalbeat@gmail.com

Phil Bowler & Pocket Jungle CD Release Thursday, November 20th @ Zinc Bar 7:00 & 8:00 p.m...

Phil Bowler & Pocket Jungle  Celebrate The Release Of Their New Zoho Music CD With Two Sets Of Music Thursday, November 20, 2014 Set Times: 7:00 & 8:00 pm, doors @ 6:30 pm Zinc Bar  82 West 3rd Street (between Sullivan and Thompson) NYC 10012  (212) 477-9462 Featuring Phil Bowler: acoustic bass William "Beaver" Bausch: drumset Paul Carlon: tenor saxophone Scott Latzky: drumset & tabla drums Pete Smith: guitar & nine-string guitar

Journeyman bassist Phil Bowler brings his band to the Zinc Bar for the first time to celebrate a new Pocket Jungle release after a long time out.  In a career spanning almost 40 years, Bowler has played and recorded with Rahsaahn Roland Kirk, Max Roach, Jackie McLean, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Hilton Ruiz, Ralph Peterson Jr., Geri Allen, Mario Rivera, Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison and many others.  Bowler formed Pocket Jungle in the early 90’s with younger players who were hungry to absorb his vision for a group that was always stretching, but always staying true to the pocket (groove).  In 2013, the band reunited to record new material and to re-vamp a few old favorites, part as tribute to Phil by his protégées, and part as an excuse to get together and have a good time.  With a November 11th street date, the new Zoho Music release marks Bowler’s first official release as a leader, and a chance for a big tribute celebration at the Zinc on November 20th.  Music from the CD will be performed, which includes tunes by all bandmembers: William Bausch: drums, Paul Carlon: tenor saxophone, Scott Latzky: drums & tabla, Pete Smith: guitar; as well as music by Bobby Hutcherson, Steve Coleman, Harvey S and others.  Get ready for some deep pocket served up by a masterful bassist and this close-knit group. We have selected this video has some years where Phil Bowler integrates Quartet violinist Rudi Berger Festval Jazz in Slovakia ... Get comfortable and enjoy: .

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 Phil Bowler & Pocket Jungle (ZOHO ZM 201411) Street Date: Nov 11, 2014

Paul Carlon-tenor saxophone,  Pete Smith-guitar, 9-string guitar,  Phil Bowler-bass,  William "Beaver” Bausch-drums,   Scott Latzky-drums on # 3, 7, 8, tablas on # 2, 5, 9

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Lyn Stanley “Potions” Album Release Party @ Vitello’s Sat., Nov. 8th, 8pm

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Lyn Stanley “Potions”  (A.T. Music LLC 3101)  Street Date: November 8, 2014 All Vocals: Lyn Stanley Musicians: Piano/Organ: Kenny Werner, Bill Cunliffe, Mike Lang; Bass: Johannes Weidermeuller and Mike Valerio; Drums: Joe La Barbera, Ari Hoenig, John Robinson; Soloists: Glenn Drewes (trumpet/flugelhorn), Thom Rotella (guitar), Rickey Woodard (tenor saxophone), Tom Rainer (clarinet) and Luis Conte (percussion) Produced by: Kenny Werner Recorded and Mixed by: Al Schmitt Mastered by: Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering Recorded at: Capitol Recording Studios (Hollywood CA), Avatar Studios (NYC, NY), LAFx (Burbank CA) Asst. Engineers: Steve Genewick, Akihiro Nishimura Arrangements: Kenny Werner, Steve Rawlins, Bill Cunliffe, Mike Lang and Lyn Stanley UPC Codes: (LP) 053176534268; (SACD) 053176534237; (CD) 053176534220; (HiRez dnld) 053176534244 Album Photography: Evelina Pentcheva and Tyree Phillips             In 2013, the remarkable vocalist Lyn Stanley stunned both the music world and the audiophile marketplace with her internationally acclaimed debut album, Lost In Romance. With the release of her new album Potions [from the 50s], Ms. Stanley has provided the second chapter of what is destined to be a powerful and lasting presence on both the jazz and popular scene. Ms Stanley has again surrounded herself with an outstanding cast of 13 of Los Angeles’ and New York’s finest musicians, assembled with full clarity of purpose to create the perfect environment for every selection. And as with Lost In Romance, exceptional care and focus has been taken by Lyn and the album’s producer Kenny Werner to achieve the utmost in production quality and audiophile perfection for CD/SACD, digital and vinyl release.             Where Lost in Romance embraced the fertile ground of the Great American Songbook, Potions [from the 50s] digs deeply into the riches of some of the most popular songs composed during the 1950s. Many of these songs are welded in memory to the performers who created the original versions.  But Lyn has accomplished the goal of all great vocalists by making every song entirely her own.  Some of this is due to her conceptual skills and the extraordinary talents of her arrangers.  Returning from Romance are the brilliant tandem of Tamir Hendelman and Steve Rawlins, but also joined here by Werner, Bill Cunliffe and Mike Lang – all three of whom provide their formidable pianistic wizardry as well – and Lyn herself.             But the major credit must go to Ms Stanley’s radiant vocal artistry.  Her flawless intonation and sumptuous warmth combine with a full bodied resonance whether in the darkest deep tones a la Sarah Vaughan or the penetrating register where Dinah Washington lived.  Her lyrics – precisely enunciated, perfectly phrased and vividly rhythmic – tell her stories not only through the words, but in the emotional content with which she sings them. There is a theatrical quality of expression that is embodied in dance – the first discipline of artistic expression she embraced – with a grace and sensuality that coats every syllable she sings with a fluidity that is simply mesmerizing.  Clearly this is an artist who knows both her intent and the methodology to pursue in order to achieve it.             The exemplary cast of supporting musicians complements her vocals in ideal fashion – subtly, sensitively and with a vitality and inventiveness that are perfectly suited to the spirit of each song and arrangement.  The aforementioned pianists are joined by bassist Mike Valerio (spelled by Johannes Weidenmueller on four songs) with John Robinson, Ari Hoenig and Joe La Barbera sharing the drum chair.  Luis Conte adds his percussive colors to four tracks, while Thom Rotella’s guitar graces three.  Clarinetist Tom Rainier, tenorman Rickey Woodard and Glenn Dewey on trumpet and flugelhorn are brought to the table in selected spots as well, each adding their own distinctive flavors with impeccable taste and flair.             The delightful repertoire of 15 songs is drawn from a broad palette of jazz, popular hits, blues, country, R&B and doo-wop (and one very special Gershwin classic in a bonus track).  Some are delivered in a similar context to the originals, others are uniquely conceived in unexpected fashion, but all of them are pure Lyn Stanley – captivating, imaginative and singular.             Upon hearing her seductively breathy Cry Me a River, evoking mermaid gowns and the smoky late-night intimacy of a 50s film noir club setting, the song’s composer Arthur Hamilton said “You really got hold of the song – and did it a favor.”             That quote is valid for the entire album, whether Lyn remains faithful to the original feeling or decides to take it somewhere else.             Lyn’s take on In the Still of the Night – Fred Parris’  Five Satins hit that is #1 on virtually every Best of Doo-Wop list – flirts between emotive ballad and an infectious bolero with flugelhorn spicing, making it sound like it was written just for her.  She also re-imagines BB King’s signature song The Thrill Is Goneas a moody, atmospheric bluesy ballad that builds to a dramatic climax. Eddy Arnold and Cindy Walker’s You Don’t Know Me becomes a torchily evocative ballad in a touching admonishment that displays an equal balance of hurt and dignity, with just the right amount of cry in her voice.             Leiber and Stoller’s hit tune Love Potion #9 is transformed into a sinuously sexy and soulful tale with gospel-ish B3 touches juxtaposed with funky piano. After the Lights Go Down Low gets a low-down and dirty, delightfully syncopated New Orleans feel in a growling, whispering contralto stoked by piano somewhere between barrelhouse and Fats Domino.  Speaking of Fats, his classic I’m Walkin’ is a grooving up-tempo romp built on walking bass and sprightly congas.             Three iconic jazz works receive Lyn’s special treatment.  George Shearing and George David Weiss’ Lullaby of Broadway is an infectious Cha Cha with Rainer’s clarinet adding to the delightful aura.  Rainier also helps drive Howard Bart’s Fly Me to the Moon in crisply delivered bouncy swing mode.  Erroll Garner’s Misty is an exquisitely filigreed tour de force – sumptuous, deeply emotional, with Lyn beautifully telling her story in a way that would make Sarah Vaughan smile.             Bluesy balladry in something of a talking style is on hand for DePaul and Cahn’s Teach Me Tonight, colored by some cat-like purrs and growls in the vocal and a gutsy tenor solo and obbligato from Woodard.  Dewey’s trumpet plays that role on Adler and Ross’ Hey There, a relaxed swinging jaunt that tugs hard on the leash while Lyn lies perfectly just behind the beat.  She takes a more audacious approach to that laying-back delivery on Steiner & Discant’s A Summer Place, dynamically arranged with the ensemble in fervid straight-ahead mode.              This marvelous album “ends” with Comden and Green’s The Party’s Over in easy swing, sprightly rhythmic over staggered wailing bass.  But the real conclusion (to both this and the previous album) comes by way of a bonus track.  The Gershwins’ masterpiece, The Man I Love is a breathtaking pas de deux as Werner caresses Lyn’s gorgeous vocal like a jeweler romancing a precious gem.  The club is closed, the band has split and the pianist and vocalist are there just to share their love of the music and the joy of profound expression.  A perfect conclusion to a deeply compelling album filled with love and beauty.                  Now let's look at this video of Miss Stanley at recent concert at the Metropolitan Room in New York City:

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El pequeño gran fenomeno del Jazz: Joey Alexander

Este niño, de tan solo once (11) años de edad, con rostro de japones, chino, de color trigueño, pero de mirada acuciosa, pudiera ser hasta latino, esta estremeciendo el mundo del Jazz, se trata de Joey Alexander de Bali, Indonesia. 

Los reconocimientos que ya recibe, son muy especiales y hasta deseados por otros, pero es que es un niño. En su haber estan presentaciones en el Festival de Jazz de Yakarta, ante el Ex Presidente Bill Clinton, el pasado 24 de Octubre se presento en un evento especial en honor a Herbie Hancock, en donde tambien ejecutaron Wynton Marsali y Quincy Jones.

Con Herbie Hancock

Es alentador para todos saber de la existencia y llegada de Joey Alexander, lo cual quiere decir varias cosas: de que aun existen padres y madres preocupados por el desarrollo de sus hijos, de que nuestros grandes maestros se sinceran ante los nuevos valores, de que no hay duda de que como el hay y podrian haber otros tantos si la paternidad y maternidad se ejecutara en forma responsable, con moral y amor verdadero.

Es probable que no todos los niños alcancen tan rapido el exito de Joey, ademas puede ser en otras actividades, pero seguro estoy que estuvieran en mejor camino y un futuro mejor para el, su familia y comunidades, ademas de alzar bien alto la bandera de su pais, si realmente tuvieran la adecuada atencion.

Para nosotros es un honor comentar este acontecimiento humano, artistico, de trascendencia y de ejemplo para que todos en forma individual o colectiva hagamos un mundo mejor.

El niño Joey Alexander tiene invitaciones para Festivales de Jazz en Dinamarca y Holanda en los proximos dias.

Yo no conozco a los padres de Joey Alexander ni a su familia pero si los felicito, muy sinceramente, no solo por el exito temprano de su hijo sino por el impacto que esto causa.

Hay que destacar que el sello disquero Motema Music, al que pertenece el valioso Elio Villafranca, ya firmo al pequeño Alexander.

Joey lleva apellido similar a otro gran pianista jamaiquino, digno representante del Jazz Latino: Monty Alexander, quien ha logrado una fusion fabulosa del Reggae con el Jazz a traves del tiempo. Pero en este momento me doy cuenta que tiene el nombre del celebre organista de Jazz Joey DeFrancesco.

Quiero agradecer al señor Rudie Urbach, buen amigo, su apoyo para esta realizacion.

Y como esto no es un cuento, veamos este video donde Joey Alexander toca en piano solo "Giant Steps" (John Coltrane)...Disfrutenlo:

¡¡Amor y Jazz!!

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New Book: Jazz in the New Millennium: Live and Well By Rick Mitchell

New Book: Jazz In the New Millennium: Live and Well By Rick Mitchell Photos by Pin Lim

Houston, TX (October 22, 2014): Dharma Moon Press, in partnership with Da Camera of Houston, announces the national publication of Jazz In the New Millennium: Live and Well, by Rick Mitchell, with color photography by Pin Lim. From Randy Weston, Roy Haynes and Wayne Shorter to Jason Moran, Robert Glasper and Esperanza Spalding, Jazz In the New Millennium profiles nearly 60 leading jazz artists who are keeping the tradition alive and well in the 21st Century. The book features the musicians reflecting on their own music, as well as on the state of the art form 100 years after its birth, and demonstrates why jazz continues to thrive creatively despite commercial neglect and the dumbing down of popular culture. Author Rick Mitchell has been writing about music for 40 years, and has published three books, including Whiskey River (Take My Mind): The True Story of Texas Honky Tonk(University of Texas Press, 2007). Since 2000, he has been the jazz program notes annotator for Da Camera of Houston, for which these interviews were originally conducted. In that period, Da Camera has presented many of the leading figures in jazz, including nearly every young artist who has come on the scene in the 21st Century. Jazz In the New Millennium (160 pages, 8 x 11, paper) will be of interest to both serious and casual jazz listeners who would like to know more about the artists who make the music, as well as teachers, students and the musicians themselves. The book includes selected career discographies for each artist, as well as Mitchell’s Jazz In the New Millennium playlists, featuring one post-2000 track per artist. The discographies and playlist tracks can be purchased at Amazon. The print version ($24.95) is currently available in a limited edition atwww.rickmitchell.us, www.dacamera.com and at retail outlets in Houston. The eBook ($9.99) is available nationally through iBookstore, Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble and other digital media outlets, as well as at www.rickmitchell.us. “Rick Mitchell’s lively, clear overview of stars energizing jazz since 2000 confirms that the music is as immediate and refreshing as ever, with greater reach than is generally acknowledged,” says Howard Mandel, president of the Jazz Journalists Association. “Read Jazz In the New Millennium to meet artists you’ll like to hear, and connect with the homegrown sounds bubbling all around us.” Review copies are available upon request, and Rick Mitchell is available for print and radio interviews. To contact the author directly, please visit www.rickmitchell.us.

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Vocalist Nancy Kelly & Her CD Tour Celebration "B that way"

Vocalist Nancy Kelly & Her CD Tour Celebration
@ Chris’ Jazz Cafe
Sat., Nov 8th
8:00 PM to 11:30 PM

Nancy Kelly, Vocals

Dan Kostelnik, Organ  
Craig Ebner, Guitar
Webb Thomas, Drums

 Chris’s  Cafe 

1421 Sansom St

Philadelphia, PA 19110 

(215) 568-3131

www.chrisjazzcafe.com

New CD

"It's notably one of the most impressive vocal jazz albums I've heard this year. Here is a true jazz singer for your listening pleasure". Dee Dee McNeil LA Jazz

Nancy Kelly is a delicacy and certainly makes her mark on this, her long awaited 5th CD and her first with the B3 line-up. B That Way is one of those discs that grab you from track one (Come Back to Me). Voice, Hammond B3, tenor, guitar and drums groovin' as one. I'm going to be talking about Nancy Kelly long term! Bebop spoken here Lance Liddle

First Round Grammy Consideration
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Nancy Kelly "B that way” (BlueBay) Street Date August 18, 2014

Nancy Kelly vocals, Dino Losito  Hammond Organ, Peter Bernstein  Guitar, Jerry Weldon  Tenor Sax, Carmen Intorre  Drums

Nancy’s long awaited B3 CD is here.

  Many agree if swing was gold Nancy Kelly would be the richest women on Earth.

“You're the real thing, and in an age of too many jazz-vocal poseurs, that's pretty damned refreshing.”- Neil Tesser

 “Kelly creates her own universe of swing, executed with nuclear cool.” 
 - C Michael Bailey, All About Jazz

“From the first perfectly pitched note, she lets the listener know that she’s more than just 
 another vocalist—she’s an instrument.”- Dee Dee McNeil, CADENCE Magazine

 “Kelly is a world-class jazz singer in the feisty, swinging tradition of Anita O’Day  
 -Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes

1. Come Back To Me   4:08  (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)
2 .Don’t Explain    5:10  (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.)
3. Common Touch    5:29  (S. Hurt , D. Burns)
4. Billie’s Bounce    5:09  (Charlie Parker, Jon Hendricks)
5. Here’s Looking At You   5:31  (Carroll Coates)
6. The Great City    4:39  (Curtis Lewis)
7. Don’t Go To Strangers   5:32  (Redd Evans, Arthur Kent,. Dave Mann)
8. Day In Day Out    3:58  (Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom)
9. Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me   4:48  (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler)
10.Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone   4:23  (Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare)
11. The Very Thought Of You  6:12  (Ray Noble)
12. Good Morning Heartache  6:04  (Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake)

We will now hear Nancy Kelly in the company of Joey De Francesco and his band playing the classic "Misty":

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Second Edition Latin Free Jazz Fest: 6 and 7 November 2014

Latin Free Jazz

Thursday November 6 & Friday Nov. 7, 2014
Metro Baptist Church

WHAT: Second annual Latin FreeJazz Festival: Redefining Latin Jazz
WHEN: Thursday 11/6 Friday 11/7 – 6:30 -11pm
WHERE: Metro Baptist Church, 410 W. 40th St, New York
TICKETS: $20 per night – $16 students & seniors
INFO: info@artsforart.org URL: http://www.artsforart.org

Arts for Art is excited to announce the second Latin Free Jazz Festival. This new program is meant to challenge the reductive “Latin Jazz” label by using it as a programming premise, and proving it insufficient through the diversity of voices and approaches. The featured artists are representative of Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Africa & Spain. But most of all they represent themselves. They play music that they hear inside which goes far beyond national borders.

THURSDAY 11/06:

6:30 Youth Performances, directed by Juan Pablo Carletti and Miguel Malla
7:30 Cristian Amigo Trio
Cristian Amigo – guitar
J.D. Parran – winds
Satoshi Takeishi – drums
8:45 Juan Pablo Carletti Quartet
Roman Filiu – alto sax
Roman Diaz – percussion
William Parker – bass
Juan Pablo Carletti – drums
10:00 Aruán Ortiz Trio
Aruán Ortiz – piano
Brad Jones – bass
Gerald Cleaver – drums

FRIDAY 11/07:

7:30 David Virelles solo piano

08:45 Francisco Mora Catlett AfroHORN
Roman Filiu – alto sax
Aruan Ortiz – piano
Hill Green – bass
Roman Diaz – percussion
Francisco Mora Catlett – drums
10:00 Jorge Sylvester’s ACE (Afro Caribbean Experimental) Collective Project
Nora McCarthy – voice, poetry and compositions
Waldron Mahdi Ricks – trumpet
Pablo Vergara – piano
Gene Torres – electric bass
Kahlil Kwame Bell – drums and percussions
Jorge Sylvester – alto saxophone and compositio

In this video tasty Francisco Mora Catlett and Band:

¡¡Viva The Latin Jazz!!

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