ROY
HAYNES: Whereas 2007 Grammy Nominee - Best Jazz Instrumental
Solo (Category 47)
Legendary jazz
drummer Roy Haynes is nominated for a Grammy for his
blistering drum solo, “Hippidy Hop” from the live album,
Whereas released on Dreyfus Jazz this past August. This
is Roy’s third Grammy nod on Dreyfus and his second
co-produced with Doug Yoel—2001’s Birds of a Feather and
2004’s Fountain of Youth were both nominated in the Best
Jazz Instrumental Album category.
Whereas was recorded at the Artists’ Quarter in St.
Paul, Minnesota, over the weekend of January 20 – 22, 2006,
which Chris Coleman, Mayor of St. Paul, MN, officially
proclaimed as the “Roy Haynes Weekend”. The recording
documents the no-holds-barred interaction of his Fountain of
Youth band, featuring Jaleel Shaw on alto sax, Robert
Rodriguez on piano and John Sullivan on bass, and the
unstoppable octogenarian. Roy Haynes first came on the
scene at a pivotal time in jazz history, when the Swing Era
was drawing to a close and bebop was still being born. “I’m
one of the last innovators from the ’40s who’s still out
there saying something new,” Haynes has said. Over the
decades he has performed and recorded with everyone from
Charlie Parker to Pat Metheny, from Lester Young and Sarah
Vaughan to Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Chick Corea and
Branford Marsalis. Recently, he has even performed with the
current incarnation of the Allman Brothers Band—at their
annual Beacon Theatre run in New York City in March; and at
the Jones Beach Music Theater on Long Island in June. Not
only has Haynes seen the full sweep of jazz history, he’s
played a huge role in shaping it. And he continues to do
so, not least of all by nurturing so many of today’s most
promising young musicians. In celebration of Roy’s musical
life, in Spring of 2007, Dreyfus Jazz will release a
career-spanning boxed set, featuring highlights from the
drummer’s recordings as a leader and as a sideman with major
figures in jazz music. Mr. Haynes prior awards:
Best Drums (2006 Jazz Times Magazine Readers’ Poll), 2006
Lifetime Achievement Award (Jazz Journalists Association),
#1 Most Added (CMJ Jazz Chart), #14 Debut (CMJ Jazz Chart),
#32 Debut (Jazzweek) -By
Jane Chun
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.ROBERTA
GAMBARINI: Easy to Love 2007 Grammy Nominee - Best Jazz Vocal
Album (Category 46)
A Grammy Nomination
for Best Jazz Vocal Album shows that Roberta Gambarini is not
just ‘Easy to Love’ – she is an artist of substantial musical
merit. Her follow-up CD, a set of duets with pianist Hank
Jones, will be released in 2007 by Groovin’ High Records,
distributed by KOCH Entertainment through the Kindred Rhythm
Music Group. 2006 was a big year for Roberta Gambarini, with
the success of her debut CD, the announcement of her Grammy
Nomination, and non-stop touring. Roberta has wowed audiences
and gained many new fans at major stops on her ongoing world
tour, including: JVC Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Tanglewood
Jazz Festival, and Monterey Jazz Festival. She’s currently in
the midst of a major tour of Europe and Asia, highlighted last
week by a performance with the WDR Orchestra in Koln, Germany,
and a headlining slot at the Umbria Jazz Festival. She
returns to the US in January for an appearance at the IAJE
Conference (Jan 12 with the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars), a week
at the Blue Note (Jan 16 – 22 with Hank Jones), and an
appearance at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall (Jan 27-27 with James
Moody, Roy Hargrove, Charles McPherson and others), all in New
York City. In 1998, Roberta Gambarini moved to the United
States from Italy with a scholarship from the New England
Conservatory in Boston.
Two weeks into
her US residency, Gambarini stunned many in the jazz world as
a virtual unknown outside of Europe with a third place finish
in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal Competition.
Since then, she’s made high profile appearances with the likes
of Hank Jones, Roy Hargrove, the Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big
Band, and as the featured vocalist in Mark O’Connor’s Hot
Swing Quintet.She has also performed with Michael Brecker, Ron
Carter, Herbie Hancock, Slide Hampton, Jimmy Heath, Christian
McBride, and Toots Thielemans, amongst many others, and has
performed at many of the world’s top venues and festivals.
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Roberta
Gambarini - 2007 US Tour Dates: Jan. 12 IAJE - NEA Jazz
Masters with the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. Jan. 16
- 22 Blue Note with The Hank Jones Trio and Roy
Hargrove Jan. 26 - 27 Rose Hall, Lincoln Center with
James Moody, Roy Hargrove, Charles McPherson Feb. 20 - 24
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, University of Idaho. "Finally,
from a singer whom musicians have long known as one of the
greats—it was worth the wait; Roberta’s recording debut is
breathtaking.” – Michael Brecker "One of the best singers of
the last 50 years." – Hank Jones
"A true successor to Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and
Carmen McRae." – Boston Globe. To her credits: Disc of the
Year (Montreal Mirror)
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Highest Debut Album of the
Year (Jazz Week).
#2 Vocal Album of the Year
(Village Voice Jazz Critics’ Circle Poll).
#21 Top CD of the Year (Jazz
Times Magazine Year in Review Top 50 CDs)
Rebecca Spencer
on Dennis Bono Show.
 January
18, 2007 at 2:00pm, Rebecca Spencer will appear on air in
front of a live studio audience on the Dennis Bono
Show.
The Las Vegas broadcast airs in 11 western
states, and on locally in Vegas on the jazz station, KNLV
91.5 FM. Rebecca will sing two selections and be interviewed
by the host at the 400 seat showroom at Sam's Town Hotel and
Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, 5111 Boulder Highway Free
admission.
Sam's Town
Information.
Rebecca was a part of a special concert reading of a new
musical, GOD LIVES IN GLASS, with members of the casts of
PHANTOM -The Las Vegas Spectacular and Mama Mia!
The concert benefited the Family Promise, a non-profit
organization that assists Las Vegas homeless families.
Rebecca sang selections and signed CDs from FAIR WARNING in
an appearance with Philip Fortenberry at the Las Vegas
Barnes & Noble store on October 14. The event headlined a
special benefit for the Rainbow Theatre Company.
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