Music & Music Artists

The Hague (Netherlands), Sept 30 - Cees Slinger (jazz pianist) has died yesterday of heart problems at the age of 77. Cees has played with innumerable American and European jazz greats, such as: trumpet players: Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Dusko Goykovich and Benny Bailey trombonists: Slide Hampton, Al Grey, Bob Brookmeyer, Curtis Fuller, Bart van Lier, Bert Boeren, and Jimmy Knepper tenorists: Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Zoot Sims, Johnny Griffin, Sal Nistico, Sonny Stitt, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, Scott Hamilton, George Coleman, Archie Shepp, Teddy Edwards, Arnett Cobb and Ferdinand Povel singers: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Betty Carter, Anita O'Day, Deborah Brown, Adrienne West, Dee Daniels...

Saxophonist Evan Tate is to give a Masterclass in cooperation with Julius Keilwerth Saxophones and the Istituto Musicale Pareggiato "A. Tonelli" - via San Rocco 5 - 41012 Carpi, Italy. For more than a decade Saxophonist/Composer Evan Tate has provided an original voice in the European jazz scene. With such formations as the "Munich Saxophone Family", Joe Malinga's "Southern Africa Force", Hermann Breuer's "Blue Bone", Joris Dudli's "New York Propjekt" and "Funktett", Wolfgang Schmid's "Manaus", "The New Doug Hammond Trio", "Legacy" or the "Manhattan Symphony Orchestra" he has proven himself to be a valuable sideman and soloist...

PLACE: Center For Southern Folklore Store, 123 S. Main Street @ Peabody Trolley Stop, Downtown Memphis DATES: Saturday Night, October 6, 2007, 7:30 p.m. ADMISSION: $5.00 Just back from an eye-opening tour of the Western United States, the Daddy Mack Blues Band returns to the Center for Southern Folklore store Saturday night, October 6. Showtime is 7:30 p.m...

September 27, 2007. Memphis, TN. For the 24th year, Blues musicians from around the world will compete for cash, prizes, and industry recognition as The Blues Foundation presents the International Blues Challenge beginning January 31 and continuing February 1-2, 2008 in Memphis, TN. The world's largest gathering of Blues acts represents an international search by The Blues Foundation and its affiliated organizations for the Blues band and Blues solo/duo most deserving of taking their act to the international stage...

As part of the DSU Year of Delta Heritage, the ninth annual Peavine Awards will celebrate excellence in the Delta Blues on October 4. According to historian Steve LaVere, founder of the Peavines, "this year's awards will honor three Delta Bluesmen who created a unique Blues sound: John Lee Hooker, Earl Hooker, and Tony Hollins." The celebration will be at the Grapeland Grill on Highway 61 in Cleveland, starting at 7:30 and featuring live Blues by Bill "Howlin' Madd" Perry and his Blues Band along with the awards ceremony itself. There will be no cover charge for this event, which is funded by Coopwood Communications...

Gongzilla is proud to be part of The Echo Project, Atlanta's first annual eco-responsible music and arts festival happening October 12-14. Hope you can join us there on Friday the 12th! The Echo Project Gongzilla's Official Umphrey's After-shows in October: Tuesday, 16 October 2007 Cary Street Cafe 2631 West Cary Street Richmond, Virginia 23220 804.353.7445 show: 10:00 pm two 90-minute sets (three miles from Toad's Place) 21 and over cost: $5.00...

South African jazz singer Sathima Bea Benjamin celebrates the reissue of A Morning in Paris--her 1963 masterpiece recorded with Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and Abdullah Ibrahim as pianists--as well as her 71st birthday, with a performance at Sweet Rhythm on Wednesday, October 17, 2007. Joining Sathima for the concert are pianists Stephen Scott and Onaje Allan Gumbs, bassist Marcus McLaurine, and drummer George Gray. Sets are at 8 pm and 10 pm, $20 cover with a $10 drink minimum. For more information, visit www.sweetrhythmny.com...

Veritas's Annual Evening with Friends of Charlie Parker brings together the most respected names in music to celebrate the memory of Charlie "Bird" Parker. The event was the inspiration of the late Doris Parker, and fellow Veritas Foundation members the late Max Roach, the late Milt Jackson and their friend the late Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Heath and Congressman Charles B. Rangel. They believed if an organization like Veritas had been available to Bird, his life may not have been cut short due to substance abuse. Each year musicians give of their time and talent to this benefit concert, the proceeds of which support the important treatment and prevention programs of Veritas...

CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York 212-989-9319 between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St. This Weekend At Cornelia Street Cafe Fri Sep 28 9:00PM FONT PRESENTS: NEW TRUMPET UNDERGROUND - DAY ONE (Nicole Rampersaud Quintet; Nicole Rampersaud, trumpet, cornet;Saen Berry, tenor saxophone;Lefteris Kordis, piano;Kendall Eddy, bass;Austin McMahon, drums)...

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Sets At 8:00 and 10:00PM Effective immediately, minimums are $10/person/set for all Sept. 27-30 THE MUSIC OF BUD POWELL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION BUD POWELL TRIBUTE 'THE AMAZING BUD POWELL' Sep 28 Steve Kuhn Billy Drummond Eddie Gomez...