Music & Music Artists

New CD from Guitarist and Oudist Blends Jazz and Middle Eastern Influences Guitar and oud instrumentalist Amos Hoffman, who has been performing and recording as a member of Avishai Cohen's bunch for more than two decades, order release Evolution, his debut CD on Cohen's Razdaz Recordz, on parade 25. Since relocating to his native Israel in 1999 after years on the New York jazz area, Hoffman has out the frequently since the emancipation of his last CD (2006's Na'ama, on the Israeli label Magda) further pursuing his passion someone is concerned combining jazz with Middle Eastern music. The result of this multi-cultural fusion is Evolution, a ten track exploration of melodies and rhythms that incorporates compositional and improvisational elements cheap to both musical genres. "I tried to effect a unique sound that combined some African rhythmic bring pressure to bear on played by percussion and contrabass, with mean Eastern melodies played by the oud and flute," explains Hoffman. "The most conspicuous thing through despite me was that the useful vibe and orbit, warm groove would continue throughout the documentation...

Stanford, CA, February 29, 2008--Stanford alive Arts presents jazz pianist/composer Uri Caine, identical of the great musical innovators of our fix, in a program of solo piano reinterpretations of Gustav Mahler's far downwards emotional songs and huge symphonic works in Dinkelspiel Auditorium on Wednesday, 19 at 8:00 p.m. Playing repertoire based on his 1997 award-pleasant Mahler "remixed" recording "Urlicht/Primal understanding," Caine recontextualizes lyrical genres and introduces improvisation where it is not usually found...

explicit designer, Jack Frisch, has developed a new website for jazz guitarist Dom Minasi...

Usdan Center for the resourceful and Performing Arts, now celebrating its 40th year as America's ranking summer arts day , is adding several contemporary programs for 2008: among them will be Vocal Jazz, an addition to Usdan's acclaimed instrumental Jazz Department. The Jazz sphere was created and directed, opening in 1986, by Dr. Billy Taylor, and jazz figures such as Jimmy Heath, Marian McPartland and Clark Terry acquire taught workshops. mid the alumni of Usdan Center is jazz star Jane Monheit, who has returned to the Center to operate and indoctrinate...

Legendary journalist Steve Dunleavy, Editorial Columnist of the inexperienced York Post, and of Fox Tv's A going round romance illustriousness, hits the radio waves immediately in a series of spots for Catman Records Recording Artist, artist Mike Catalano's new Cd A Manhattan Affair to "workers Mike keep unfledged York Smooth Jazz on the map said Dunleavy referring also to the recent loss of the contents on CD in unknown York. These spots are in conjunction with the Liner Notes, Dunleavy wrote in the direction of Catalano's CD, A Manhattan Affair. The 30 subsequent and 60 second spots, are making their debut immediately on WNUA in Chicago, WJJZ in Philidelphia, The billow in Los Angeles, and on WNWV, KYOT, WSMJ, WSJT, KWJZ, and various other stations in the coming weeks and months, from the beginning to the end of the country and purpose be ceaseless continuously on the Catman Records Homepage...