Jazz NewsNews on Jazz continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Music Review: Irma Thomas is 'Simply Grand'- August 12, 2008 Irma Thomas, Simply Grand'' Simply Grand'' would fit as an album title for Irma Thomas on merits alone.http://www.topix.net/music/jazz/2008/08/music-review-irma-thomas-is-simply-grand?fromrss=1 Candidates' top songs _ from ABBA to the Fugees- August 11, 2008 Barack Obama and John McCain agree on Frank Sinatra. The two presidential candidates offered widely different top 10 favorite songs to Blender magazine but shared the same appreciation for Ol' Blue Eyes.http://www.topix.net/music/jazz/2008/08/candidates-top-songs-from-abba-to-the-fugees?fromr... No mere saxophonist: Rollins' richness brings jazz fest to a close- August 11, 2008 Saturday's bill at the JVC Jazz Festival-Newport closed with Aretha Franklin, so it was only fitting that yesterday featured another classic voice at the top of the bill - Sonny Rollins.http://www.topix.net/music/jazz/2008/08/no-mere-saxophonist-rollins-richness-brings-jazz-f... Brubeck Jams With 12-Year-Old At Festival- August 11, 2008 Famed jazz pianist Dave Brubeck took time during the Litchfield Jazz Festival in Connecticut to play alongside a 12-year-old saxophonist, the boy says.http://www.topix.net/music/jazz/2008/08/brubeck-jams-with-12-year-old-at-festival?fromrss=... Jazz Score: Le Menace- August 11, 2008 If you have seen Wages of Fear , you know there will be trouble whenever Yves Montand gets behind the wheel of a big rig.http://www.topix.net/music/jazz/2008/08/jazz-score-le-menace?fromrss=1 Dave Koz, Boney James at Oyster Bay's LI jazz fest- August 10, 2008 It's a "new direction" for the Long Island Jazz Festival, says director Maryann Beaumont.http://www.topix.net/music/jazz/2008/08/dave-koz-boney-james-at-oyster-bays-li-jazz-fest?f... Fans chill in the heat at annual L.B. jazz festival- August 10, 2008 Nick Colionne, left, performs Saturday at the 21st annual Long Beach Jazz Festival at Rainbow Lagoon.http://www.topix.net/music/jazz/2008/08/fans-chill-in-the-heat-at-annual-l-b-jazz-festival... Santa Fe singer loses battle with breast cancer- August 10, 2008 Chris Calloway, daughter of the famed Cotton Club bandleader Cab Calloway and a performer in her own right, has died.http://www.topix.net/music/jazz/2008/08/santa-fe-singer-loses-battle-with-breast-cancer?fr... Grammy-winning jazz guitarist Larry Carlton coming to Paso- August 9, 2008 Grammy Award winning jazz guitarist and composer Larry Carlton, famous for his studio work alongside artists like Steely Dan, The Crusaders and a handful of others, is coming to San Luis Obispo County for a ...http://www.topix.net/music/jazz/2008/08/grammy-winning-jazz-guitarist-larry-carlton-coming... GENERAL: New Orleans Photographer Skip Bolen Launches New Website of Jazz Photos- August 9, 2008 The new Skip Bolen Photography website has been officially launched this week. The website features an eclectic mix of both black + white and color photographs primarily of musicians in New Orleans; downtown ...http://www.topix.net/music/jazz/2008/08/general-new-orleans-photographer-skip-bolen-launch... |