Get into the swing of things
The News Review:
- Get into the swing of things
- Jazz Balladeer Jon Lucien; A Forerunner of Fusion
- Economic Improvisation
- Lunchtime concerts at Maj
- AZ: Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival
Get into the swing of things
Hindu – Aug 22, 2007
” “It started off as fun and we did not invest any money initially but it grew so serious that today it is our profession. Even then we did not venture into any mega event but enrolled ourselves for a salsa congress just for the fun of it and have never looked back” recalls Nico. “We use jazz music as it is full of variations. It is a free kind of music and so is dance. There are no rules. We come from different backgrounds — Silvia and Titty come from a jazz and swing background and they have done Latin dance hip hop and many new styles. “Philip works for the television and does a comedy show where he does on-the-spot fun things.
Jazz Balladeer Jon Lucien; A Forerunner of Fusion
Washington Post – Aug 22, 2007
musical scene in 1991. He caught on with enough radio play to ensure continued demand in concerts and clubs worldwide. He was also said to have a particularly strong following in England among acid-jazz fans and soul revivalists who enjoyed his early music. Lucien embraced what he thought was his music’s highest quality. “I would say that my sound is a romantic sound” he told an interviewer in 1997.
Economic Improvisation
East Bay Express – Aug 22, 2007
storyBookmarking –> Yoshi’s co-owner Kaz Kajimura attributes the boom in business to the club’s recent efforts to expand its definition of jazz. It has traded in some of its jazz bookings for more neo-soul and world-music acts; the July calendar included R&B celebs such as Amel Larrieux and Latin bandleaders like Fito Reinoso. Yoshi’s made an even more drastic maneuver by overhauling its Monday night format. While the rest of the East Bay drowns its sorrows in self-pitying “Blue Monday” blues jams the club opened up its dancefloor something the owners haven’t really tried since moving to Jack London Square ten years ago. They have booked the Cuban timba band Tiempo Libre on August 27 swing band Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers on September 17 and Balkan dance act Ivo Papasov on September 25. Box office attendants say the dance nights have had consistently high turnout.
Lunchtime concerts at Maj
NEWS.com.au – Aug 22, 2007
ffered most Thursdays from 12. 10pm in the Lexus Dress Circle Bar concerts usually offer an easily swallowed musical menu too – plenty of tribute performances (Elvis Doris Day…) a smattering of classical music theatre jazz and world music generally make up the mix. The season ahead features Freehold Jazz – WAAPA music theatre graduate Melissa Crothers singing great standards to okii Effendi’s jazz piano on Thursday 30 August. Melissa and okii replace Skidoo previously scheduled. The rest of the season follows: 6 September PERA T DIE FR – PENNY SHAW An exploration of the various tragic bizarre and downright silly ways that operatic heroines bite the dust. Watch this lovely soprano help them reach their demise – Mimi Violetta Gilda Madame Butterfly Tosca and… La Wally? 13 September SULA Dan Russell on violin and his musicians – playing guitar and double bass perform a selection of originals and standards: works by Grappelli Ellington Ahbez Kosma and Gershwin… 10pm in the Lexus Dress Circle Bar concerts usually offer an easily swallowed musical menu too – plenty of tribute performances (Elvis Doris Day…) a smattering of classical music theatre jazz and world music generally make up the mix. The season ahead features Freehold Jazz – WAAPA music theatre graduate Melissa Crothers singing great standards to okii Effendi’s jazz piano on Thursday 30 August. Melissa and okii replace Skidoo previously scheduled. The rest of the season follows: 6 September PERA T DIE FR – PENNY SHAW An exploration of the various tragic bizarre and downright silly ways that operatic heroines bite the dust. Watch this lovely soprano help them reach their demise – Mimi Violetta Gilda Madame Butterfly Tosca and… La Wally? 13 September SULA Dan Russell on violin and his musicians – playing guitar and double bass perform a selection of originals and standards: works by Grappelli Ellington Ahbez Kosma and Gershwin. Gypsy swing folk and Latin merge in the style mixing pot.
AZ: Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival
Tonight – Aug 22, 2007
The band comprises Philippe Balatier aka Balat keyboardist and sample magician fan of James Brown and of the Propellerheads; jazz trumpeter Guillaume Poncelet; Philippe Sellam aka Slam a saxophonist who plays everything from free to big band; Mike Chekli aka DJ Speeder Mike the man on the decks who is famous on the Parisian hip- hop scene and Pascal Reva aka Bilbo guitarist and drummer. They will be at Bassline with Count Basie on Friday and Saturday. F is for Free: Bands such as Black Mok Julia Lamberti and Signature the Heritage Jazz Band and Vusi Mahlesela Music School will be playing at Shivava Sophiatown and Nikki’s asis on Friday and Saturday night. Entrance is mahala gratis for nothing!G is for Giving Back: The international musicians are all hosting workshops tomorrow for South African musicians. George Duke and Stanley Clarke will be at the South West Gauteng College; The Count Basie rchestra at the Music Academy of Gauteng; noJazz at Central Johannesburg College; Delfeayo Marsalis at Tshwane University; Common Bond at Vaal University and Shannon Mowday at Bassline. There is no charge. For further information telephone Mojalefa on 011-326-0141.