News from JAZZ.FM91 - Canada's Premier Jazz Station http://www.jazz.fm Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:42:53 +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/2830/62/ John Dankworth, the British jazz composer and saxophonist who worked as a musical director for artists including Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald, has died at the age of 82. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:40:30 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2821/62/ Bassist Walter Page born 1900 in Gallatin, MS. Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie records Groovin’ High with tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, 1945. Duke Ellington’s band is recorded in stereo by RCA Victor, 1932. News & Events - This Day In Jazz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2810/62/ On the heels of a well-received 2009 jazz festival series, CareFusion, a leading global medical device company, and jazz Impresario George Wein, have announced details about the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York and dates for the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:48:07 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2829/62/ Premiere vocalist Kurt Elling won his first ever GRAMMY at this year's awards, taking home the Best Jazz Vocal award for Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2807/62/ The Mack Avenue label imprint Sly Dog Records is set to reissue six titles by Kenny Rankin; Mind-Dusters, Family, Like A Seed, Silver Morning, Inside, and The Kenny Rankin Album. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:26:56 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2811/62/ After suffering from AIDS-related dementia, pianist Fred Hersch not only had to learn to walk and talk again; he also had to relearn how to play the piano. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2802/62/ John Norris, founder of Canada's Jazz magazine, CODA and co-founder with Bill Smith of Sackville Records, passed away on January 31st from heart related problems. He was 76. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:24:03 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2793/143/ JAZZ.FM91’s favourite jazz tunes are about to become your Jazz essentials! Every month we hand pick a great song that you can download for free on iTunes, and JAZZ.FM91 donors get exclusive access to the featured track – ahead of the pack! This month’s Jazz essential is Universal Artist David Sanborn’s “Only Everything”. Support JAZZ.FM91 - Member Rewards Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:58:29 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2791/62/ Reclusive funk musician Sly Stone has filed a $50 million legal claim against his former manager, alleging fraud and 20 years of stolen royalties. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:51:39 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2776/62/ Canadian music legend Leonard Cohen was the guest of honour at a party at the Canadian consul general's residence in Los Angeles. Cohen is set to receive a Grammy, the recording industry's highest honour, for lifetime achievement. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:48:36 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2775/62/ Olivia Newton-John and Canadian songwriter Marc Jordan are set to star in Score: A Hockey Musical, Michael McGowan's music-driven drama about Canada's national sport. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:35:44 +0100 http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2773/62/ Reclusive U.S. author J.D. Salinger, who wrote the American post-war literary classic The Catcher in the Rye, has died of natural causes aged 91. News & Events - JAZZ.FM91 News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:09:17 +0100