Diana Krall: two gala concerts in Italy

Tonight, November 15, at the Sala Sinopoli @ the Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Diana Krall performs with her quartet as one of the main attractions of the 33th Roma Jazz Festival.

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Tomorrow, she celebrates her birthday on stage, appearing at the Teatro Arcimboldi in Milan. Buy Tickets
Official press-release of the Festival:

Domenica 15/11/2009 Sala Sinopoli, ore 21 Acquista

Fondazione Musica per Roma presenta Diana Krall

Un evento di Roma Jazz Festival 2009

Biglietti: Platea: 90.00 euro Galleria da 50 a 75 euro Biglietteria 892982 (Clicca e visualizza i costi del servizio)

Riduzioni: Parco della Musica Card, giovani fino a 26 anni, over 60 anni, American Express, Feltrinelli, Carta Per Due, Interclub, ACI, Bibliocard, Carta Giovani e cral convenzionati

Diana Krall piano, voce
Anthony Wilson chitarra
Robert Hurst contrabbasso
Karriem Riggins batteria

Per il Roma Jazz Festival arriva la cantante e pianista jazz canadese Diana Krall, fiore all’occhiello della produzione discografica recente della storica etichetta Verve, che presenterà dal vivo i brani contenuti nel suo dodicesimo album “Quiet Nights”. Anche in questo caso, attraverso le sue nuove interpretazioni di classici della musica brasiliana, Diana Krall saprà creare un’atmosfera intima unica e coinvolgente. In scaletta “Quiet Nights”, versione inglese dell’intramontabile classico della bossa nova “Corcovado” di Antonio Carlos Jobim dal quale l’album prende il nome, una versione profondamente soul di “You’re My Thrill“, una nuova appassionante versione di “Este Seu Olhar” di Jobim, e ancora di classici come “The Boy From Ipanema”, “Where Or When”, “Too Marvelous For Words”, “So Nice”. Figlia d’arte, Diana Jean Krall è nata nel 1964 a Nanaimo, nella Columbia Britannica. Ha frequentato il Berklee College of Music di Boston, poi l’ambiente musicale di Los Angeles e New York. Il suo debutto discografico risale al 1993 con “Stepping Out”. Al terzo album, “All For You” (A tribute to the Nat King Cole trio), arrivano la nomination per il Grammy Award e i primi posti nelle classifiche jazzistiche. Nel dicembre 2003 sposa Elvis Costello, sotto la cui influenza inizia a comporre propri pezzi. Il primo album di inediti fu “The Girl in the Other Room” del 2004: è il disco di “Temptation”, intrigante rilettura in chiave jazzistica di un pezzo di Tom Waits.
Queste le opere successive: “Christmas Songs” (2005), “From This Moment On” (2006), “The Very Best of Diana Krall” (2007), “Quiet Nights” (2009).

"Around The World" @ JET, Nov 16

Don't miss the "Around The World" party @ JET Mirage Nightclub, this next Monday, November 16th, at The Mirage Hotel & Casino (3400 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89109, Ph: 702 -791-7111), from 10pm to 4am. Grand prize credited to House of Travel to the girl with the most stamps on their passport. It will be hot night!

DJ Ozhee Birthday Bash @ Penthouse 808, tonight

DJ Ohzee @ Penthouse 808
DJ Ozhee Birthday Bash!!!
November 14, 2009, at 9pm

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Tables 4-8 people $500 minimum (5 avail.)
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Diana Krall's "Quiet Nights" review

Diana Krall performed yesterday at the Cibona Hall in Zagreb, Croatia, promoting her recent releases "Quiet Nights" (Verve) and "Live in Rio" (Eagle/ST2).

http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/Panorama/2009-11-12/7148/Diana_Krall_to_sing_in_Zagreb

Here's a 4-star review published in the Kulturna mag about "Quiet Nights":

R.I.P.: Dick Katz

(Joe Newman, Dick Katz, Teddy Reig & Count Basie)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/arts/music/13katz.html?ref=music

Dick Katz, 85, Jazzman of Many Gifts Over 6 Decades, Is Dead
by Ben Ratliff
New York Times, November 13, 2009

Dick Katz, a pianist, record producer, educator and writer whose knowledge of jazz from the stride-piano era to 1960s modernism made him a valuable presence on New York's jazz scene for six decades, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 85.

The cause was lung cancer, said his son Jamie.

Mr. Katz's piano idols were soloist royalty: Teddy Wilson, Art Tatum, Fats Waller. But he was a more reserved musician, finding his place somewhere between accompanist, arranger and subtle improviser.

One of his breakthrough moments was his role as pianist on the saxophonist and composer Benny Carter's 1961 album "Further Definitions," meshing with a first-class multigenerational crew including swing-era veterans and younger musicians. Another was his 1965 collaboration with the singer Helen Merrill, "The Feeling Is Mutual," an arty, cooled-out album of jazz standards of which he was co-leader, arranger and producer.

Richard Aaron Katz, born in Baltimore on March 13, 1924, was already playing in local clubs there as a teenager before he left for the University of North Carolina to study music. He joined the Navy in 1942 and fought in the battle of Saipan; in 1946 he became a professional musician in New York.

While working for his father's advertising agency, he studied at the Manhattan School of Music, where John Lewis, later of the Modern Jazz Quartet, was a fellow student. In 1950 he took private lessons with Wilson. By the early 1950s he was performing regularly with the clarinetist Tony Scott's group at Minton's Playhouse in Harlem and making a string of records with Mr. Scott, including "Music After Midnight" and "Jazz for G.I.'s."

For several years in the mid-'50s, Mr. Katz played in the house rhythm section at the Cafe Bohemia in the West Village with the bassist Oscar Pettiford and the drummer Kenny Clarke, backing Miles Davis, among others. He also toured with the popular twin-trombone band led by J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding and played with the trumpeter Kenny Dorham's Jazz Prophets.

His old friend Lewis helped Mr. Katz secure a record deal with Atlantic in 1958, which resulted in the album "Piano and Pen." Through the '50s and '60s he appeared frequently as a sideman, on records by the vocalist Carmen McRae, the saxophonist Sonny Rollins and others. Starting in the late '60s, two of his most frequent collaborators were the trumpeter Roy Eldridge and the saxophonist Lee Konitz -- brilliant players on opposite chronological sides of bebop, jazz's great stylistic divide.

In 1966 Mr. Katz and the veteran record producer Orrin Keepnews founded the jazz label Milestone. Staying with the company until the early '70s, he produced records by Mr. Konitz and others, as well as "Alone Together," a highly regarded duet album by the guitarist Jim Hall and the bassist Ron Carter.

Beginning in the middle '80s Mr. Katz worked with the American Jazz Orchestra, a repertory ensemble directed by Lewis, and the saxophonist Loren Schoenberg's big band. From the '80s onward he taught at the New School, the Manhattan School of Music and Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Mr. Katz was also among a select group of jazz musicians who wrote well about their art. His astute essays about Davis and Tatum in The Jazz Review, published in 1959 and 1960, led to other writings, for books and album liner notes. He received Grammy Award nominations for the notes he wrote for "Jazz Piano: A Smithsonian Collection" (1990) and "The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio" (1993).

Mr. Katz's first marriage, to the former Edith Shapiro, ended in divorce. He is survived by his wife, the former Joan Seifer, as well as four sons -- Jamie and Frank, of Manhattan; Jeffrey, of Washington; and Ivan, of Brooklyn -- and two grandchildren.

Jazz historian Marc Myers published, some months ago, an excellent interview with Katz:
http://www.jazzwax.com/2009/07/interview-dick-katz.html

DJ Tatiana Fontes: Happy B-Day Party @ Playhouse, tomorrow

LA-based Brazilian DJ Tatiana Fontes will be celebrating her Birthday tomorrow, November 13. behind the decks at Playhouse (6506 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA).

Casting for identical twins

AC Talent Agency is looking for identical twins both male and female for the CES show in Las Vegas Jan 7-10th

Rates and details will be discussed. Travel will be considered for out of state talent.

Please email pictures and contact info to: Info@ACtalentagency.com

Mamma Freedom's new single available for free download

Mamma Freedom, In Touch Records and The CMI Music Group LLP are proud to announce the release of the band's debut single. "Being Good Earns You Nothing" will be available through iTunes, Amazon and usual outlets from December 7th 2009. For more details, go to www.mammafreedom.com.
A video will also be released for the song and the band will be touring the UK fully in 2010.

To coincide with the single’s release, Mamma Freedom has recorded a version of Blackstreet’s 'No Diggity' as the B-side, which the band are offering as a FREE download from Last FM. For a full wav download email mammafreedom@myspace.com

Check out the video of the recording at:
www.youtube.com/mammafreedomvideos

Ramana Vieira live in San Francisco next month

Portuguese Fado sensation Ramana Vieira has a concert coming up at San Francisco's own North Beach night spot the famous Peña Pachamama, next December 20, at 7pm, to promote her latest CD, "Tears of a Queen."
1630 Powell Street S.F. Ca.
Phone: 415-751-6090
Tickets: 18.00 pre-paid
20.00 door
www.pachamamacenter.org

Spititual Events in LA this next week

See FREE calendar listing for details http://www.facebook.com/l/9bdad;www.SpiritualEventsLA.com
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S.F.V./GLENDALE/BURBANK
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* Channeled Guidance and Teaching Circle with Allen Page and Djwhal Kuhl
* Healing with Art & Reiki
* Come Home for the Holidays
* Introduction to the Mandala
* Fun with Yoga: Children's Workshop with Tracy Korf
* Living (Raw) Food Preparation: Decadent Desserts with Kory Seaton
* Energy Healing Circle: Physical and Emotional Healing with Marina Goncharova
* New Moon Dumming & Manifestation Ceremony with Aimee Shea
* Awakening the Fire Within: The Alchemical Transformation of the New Earth with Indigo Rising Staff
* Loves to Dance! Meditation & Dancing
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HOLLYWOOD
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* Group Past Life Regression and Book Signing
* Spiritual Healing Session
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LOS ANGELES
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* Casual gathering Yogi Lunch
* Victorian Glass Seance
* Kundalini Yoga class Adi Shakti Power: Sexuality And Creativity
* Heroes of Humanity awards
* The Wisdom of True Forgiveness
* REACHING YOUR GOALS BY USING YOUR PSYCHIC GIFTS
* ALIENEVENT, NEW HOPE FOR HUMANITY GROUP
* New Moon Crystal Cleansing
* Qigong with Dao Yin and Taoist Stretching : 3 Levels per this 15 Week Series
* Qigong with Dao Yin and Taoist Stretching : 3 Levels per this 15 Week Series
* Face Reading
* Ananda Meditation
* R.I.S.E. Energetic Movement Yoga Therapy
* Yogi Lunch
* Angel Connecting & Healing Circle
* Belly Dance Returns
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PASADENA
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* Spirits to the Rescue
* Color Therapy Workshop
* Byron Katie - Inquiry Circle
* Ethics for Psychics
* Creative Writing Workshop
* Spiritual Abilities 101
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ORANGE COUNTY
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* Spiritual Life Skills: Becoming Truly Empowered
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OUTSIDE LA
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* Book Signing and talk with Dai Léon "Origins of the Tarot: Cosmic Evolution and the Principles of Immortality"
* Rob Jacobs Devotional Singing of Chants and Indian Bhajans
* "Prosperity Circle" Workshop w/ Christiane Schull
* Discussion and Book Signing w/ Susan Wisehart “Soul Visioning: Clear the Past, Create Your Future” & “Memories of the Afterlife”
* "Yoga & the Writing Muse" Workshop w/ Bea Ammidown
* An Enchanted Evening with Master Channel and Psychic Medium Riz Mirza
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Thanks to my friend Lisa Beachy for these listings.

Diana Krall in Basel and Bratislava

(pic from Diana Krall's sold-out concert at the Avo Session in Basel, Switzerland, yesterday)
(Arnaldo DeSouteiro, with the boarding pass, waiting for his flight to Basel)

DK's next concert will happen tomorrow at the NTC Sibamac Arena in Bratislava, the capital of the Slovak Republic, where she will be performing for the first time ever! So, she's very excited about it. November 12, at 8pm. Tix prices from € 159,00 to 179,00.

To order tickets online:

http://www.worldticketshop.com/concerts/diana_krall_tickets/52122_diana_krall_bratislava?network=cleafs
More pics from the wondrous Basel concert, by Dominik Plüss: