Friday, October 07, 2005

BOB MARLEY, DETROIT INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, CANDY DULFER & MARTHA STEWART HOLIDAY MUSIC

Bob Marley and the Wailers 1977 concert at London’s Rainbow Theatre will finally make it’s DVD debut on November 8. The 12-song concert features such songs as Trenchtown Rock, I Shot The Sheriff, No Woman, No Cry and Jamming, among others. The concert was previously available on VHS (minus bonus features).

Sony BMG has partnered with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia to brand market compilations for special occasions. The first series of Christmas-holiday themed disc will feature jazz and smooth jazz artists such as Chris Botti, Grover Washington Jr., Luther Vandross, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Louis Prima, Tony Bennett, Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Eartha Kitt, Chick Corea, Louis Armstrong, Steve Tyrell, Russell Malone, and the Dexter Gordon Quintet. The collections will be available on October 18 via Epic.

The recent 2005 Detroit International Jazz Festival drew an estimated one million people into downtown Detroit - nearly doubling attendance over the previous year. This year's Festival featured one of the strongest Jazz lineups of any festival in the country in recent years, including Dave Brubeck, David "Fathead" Newman, McCoy Tyner, Medeski Martin & Wood, Les McCann, Gerald Wilson and Charles McPherson. For the first time, the Festival also featured significant blues, R&B, and funk acts, including The Funk Brothers, Dr. John and the Blind Boys of Alabama. Over the years, the festival has hosted Jazz legends such as Woody Herman, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Earl Hines, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Sarah Vaughn, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and Harry Connick, Jr.

Candy Dulfer will join Van Morrison for his shows next week in Amsterdam. He plays the Carré theatre on October 10th and 11th. Both shows are sold out. More dates have been added to her tour schedule as follows:

Nov. 18 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
Nov. 19 – Ludwigsburg, Germany @ Scala
Nov. 30 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Volkshaus
Dec. 1 – Bern, Switzerland @ Bierhubeli
Dec. 3 – Rankwell, Austria @ Altes Kino
Dec. 4 – Koln, Germany @ Gloria Theatre
Dec. 6 – Aschaffenburg, Germany @ Colos-Saal
Dec. 8 – Herisau, Switzerland @ Casino
Dec. 10 – Worgi, Austria @ Komma Club
Dec. 11 – Gleisdorf, Austria @ Forum
Dec. 18 – Praha, Czech Republic @ Lucerna Music Bar
Dec. 16 – Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Den Ateller
Dec. 17 – Paris, France @ Cabaret Sauvage
Dec. 18 – Tongeren, Belgium @ De Velinx

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