News from JAZZ.FM91 - Canada's Premier Jazz Station http://www.jazz.fm Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:42:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.jazz.fm/images/M_images/jazzfm91_rss.gif http://www.jazz.fm News from JAZZ.FM91 - Canada's Premier Jazz Station http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/3017/62/ Trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard born 1962 in New Orleans, LA. Drummer Roy Haynes born 1926 in Roxbury, MA. Trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff records A Matter of Taste, 1977. News & Events - This Day In Jazz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/3003/59/ On March 11th, JAZZ.FM91 went Live to Air with Jamie Cullum. After the performance, Jamie signed copies of his newest album The Pursuit . Would you like a copy? We thought so! On-Air - Contests Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:55:43 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/3001/62/ A musical celebrating Ray Charles is headed for Broadway this fall. Unchain My Heart will open Nov. 7 with preview performances beginning Oct. 8. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:33:42 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2996/62/ Veteran British singer Cliff Richard will mark his 70th birthday with the release of an album of jazz and swing music, he announced on Tuesday. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:31:08 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2771/62/ Stevie Vallance, Songstress and concert producer, is bringing her artistic and impresario talents together for a new Jazz concert series, ‘Masters of Jazz: 2010’ to be presented in Southampton, Ontario. Tickets $25, are on sale at the museum now. All concerts in this series will be recorded for a ‘Masters of Jazz: 2010’ CD with net proceeds going to the museum. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2989/62/ A major new scholarship program endowed by the Ontario government to commemorate legendary Canadian jazz musician Oscar Peterson will be inaugurated this year at York University. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:07:06 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2975/62/ Pianist/producer/photographer/journalist Bill King will be a little less busy this spring, because after a decade and a half of making the National Jazz Awards (and its predecessor, the Jazz Report Awards) happen, the Toronto-based impresario won't be staging the event this year. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:45:54 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2974/62/ A founder of Bossa Nova music has died in Brazil after fighting prostate cancer. He was 80. Pianist Johnny Alf was called the true father of Bossa Nova by Ruy Castro, who wrote a definitive history of the music. Alf widely influenced later stars. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:27:10 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2961/62/ The pianist Fred Hersch seemed right at home here one recent Saturday night, onstage at the Falcon, a perfectly unlikely jazz haven in this Hudson Valley hamlet. Leading a trio, he mingled standards and originals, including a graceful waltz with the appropriate title “Snow Is Falling.” The standing-room crowd, a few hundred strong, was lavish with its applause, never more so than when Mr. Hersch made a brief acknowledgment: “I just want to congratulate Tony for putting this place together.” News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:47:14 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2957/62/ The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) today announced the nominees for the 2010 JUNO Awards, with Diana Krall and Michael Bublé both receiving nominations for Artist of the Year. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:50:40 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2954/62/ Tom T-Bone Wolk, who played bass for nearly 30 years with Daryl Hall and John Oates and also recorded with Elvis Costello and Billy Joel, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack. Wolk was to have performed with Hall and Oates Monday as part of the one-year anniversary show for NBC's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:27:25 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2955/62/ Gibson Guitar, the world’s premiere musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology, is proud to announce the highly anticipated launch of the Gibson Guitar App. This free to download App will be available exclusively for all Apple iPhone and iPod Touch users directly from the Apple App Store 25th February 2010. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:36:32 +0100