Recent Benny Goodman News: CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Naxos of America and Arthaus Musik Announce the March 27 U.S. Launch of the Jazzhaus CD/DVD Series - Sat, 11 Feb 2012 Previously Unreleased "Live" Radio and Television Performances of Jazz Greats From the Archives of Sdwestrundfunk Stuttgart, Baden-Baden and Mainz First Quarterly Release (March 27) Includes CDs by m: Cannonball Adderley Quintet, m: Gerry Mulligan Sextet, m: Benny Goodman Orchestra featuring m: Anita O'Day ... On Jazz: Kenny Werner, Benny Goodman, Diva Jazz and Three Sad Cats - Tue, 17 Jan 2012 Werner comes to the Watchung Arts Center for a solo performance; two ensembles celebrate the anniversary of a January 1938 Benny Goodman concert. Hank Jones and Charlie Haden: Come Sunday - Tue, 17 Jan 2012 When Hank Jones passed in May of 2010, he left behind a truly stunning legacy secured over seven decades as one of jazz's premier pianists playing alongside the likes of Charlie Parker, Benny Goodman, and Ella Fitzgerald. Come Sunday , an album of duet recordings with the equally brilliant bassist Charlie Haden, is Jones' final recording, and as such, it seems only natural to seek in it a sense ... INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Benny Golson - Wed, 25 Jan 2012 All About Jazz is celebrating Benny Golson's birthday today! Multitalented and internationally famous jazz legend, - a composer, arranger, lyricist, producer - and tenor saxophonist of world note, Benny Golson was born in Philadelphia, PA on January 25, 1929. Raised with an impeccable musical pedigree, Golson has played in the bands of world famous Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton ... Things to do this week in Indian River County: Jan. 30 - Sun, 29 Jan 2012 The Vero Beach High School Band Department will present its "Big Band Bash" jazz concerts at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in the school's performing arts center, 1707 16th St. The program featuring the school's award-winning jazz bands will pay tribute to such greats of the genre as Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and George and Ira Gershwin.
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