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The history of the London Jazz festival dates back to the 1970s, when the London Borough of Camden had the idea of adding a Jazz Week to the already popular Camden Festival, held during the spring. A variety of venues in north London got involved, promoting international jazz stars as well as providing a platform for up and coming British musicians to showcase their talents. The popularity of the Camden Jazz Week led to a second week being added in some years during the autumn.

However, by the early ’90s the Camden Festival had ceased to be, and while the Borough continued to support the Jazz Week for a number of years, many felt a new direction a necessary step due to the Borough’s changing priorities and budgets. Serious, an international organisation that produces live events was a key factor in engineering the evolution of a London Jazz Festival, and with the help of the London Arts Board, the first festival was held in 1993. Not only promoting shows from renowned international musicians, the festival also put an emphasis on educational activity, with Serious using the festival as a way of helping young people and promoting cultural understanding throughout London. In 2005 special shows just for young people were started, including workshops and writing sessions, and are now a permanent fixture of the festival.

Over the years, the Jazz Festival has spread from north London throughout the entire city, developing into one of the world’s premier jazz events. Previous years have seen unique, landmark performances from a number of different artists. Jools Holland performed his first ever show with the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra at the Hackney Empire during the festival, while the Monk Liberation Front played all 70 of Thelonious Monk’s compositions during an all-day show at one of the festival’s free stages. Respected musician Andy Sheppard also led 200 saxophonists in an unforgettable performance outside the Vortex Jazz Club to open the festival in 2006.

This year’s festival – to be held in November – sees Serious and Arts Council England team up with a number of organisations from around the world, uniting in their love of the arts and, more specifically, jazz. Long time supporters such as BBC Radio 3 and Jazzwise Magazine are back on board, following a number of years of support, while many contemporary and stylish hotels in London are offering discounted rates for festival visitors as well as doubling as venues themselves.

Last year’s festival saw 192 shows performed in 41 different venues and, with this year’s event set to be even bigger, the London Jazz Festival is a veritable feast for any lover of ground breaking and innovative music.

Acclaimed Latin Jazz, and Funk Guitarist Dave Percell has just emerged to the Southern California Jazz scene with a newly released solo album, “Eternal Traveler”.

This new, yet exceptionally talented guitarist has delivered a new CD with nothing less than a brilliant display of what a #1 hit CD should contain. It’s very rare that one can listen to a CD and actually enjoy all of the tracks, but I guarantee that not one song on this CD is a filler. Every song on Dave’s new album, “Eternal Traveler” was pieced together with soul and passion.

The jazz industry has long awaited a musician such as Dave Percell. He’s different, he’s fresh, and he’s brought a new zeal behind the nylon strings. He’s created his own style and his own sound. Whether you like Jazz or not…….you’ll fall in love Dave Percell.

While the entire album is incredible, my Fave 3 tracks are:

Eternal Traveler won in the top 10 spot on Ourstage.com Latin channel in June of 08.

Right of Way kept the #1 and #2 slots for most of the month and was bumped to #13 during the finals in the Jazz channel for June 08.

The entire CD and individual MP3’s have been fully released online and is now available is completely downloadable on the internet on CD Baby, Itunes, Amazon etc., an official CD Release party is scheduled at the Mint in Los Angeles on October 20, 2008.

Dave Percell released all tracks for online downloads in June, 2008 . He is currently unsigned.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Walk With Me

2. Into The Light

3. Right of Way

4. Eternal Traveler

5. In Do Time

6. Twinkle of an Eye

7. No Turning Back

8. Do you Know Me

9. Just In Time

10. Welcome Home

Producers: Hush Productions and Dave Percell

  Playing music in your home office can actually make you more productive.  The music in the background can make you creative.  Music helps you relax and concentrate on your task. It can be a part of the workday.  Beautiful classical jazz or blues music to keep you company can be soothing while you work your business.  If you are fond of music, it can ease the tension on you.  People find pleasure when they hook up their ipod at work or play some radio off the internet.  Many people love listening to music while they work.  It can be their secret outlet from being professional.

  Music is an art. Involvement in the arts promotes character, self-discipline, perceptiveness and creativeness.  You might notice beauty in your creative work that you never seen before while playing music.  Music gives pleasure and fun while working.  Let’s be honest.  Is it really good for your well-being to immerse yourself in music while working?  Yes, the special energy of a concert can bring on higher concentration.  You can reaffirm your connection with the workers and clients.  Most people are so familiar with their work that the music does not come as a distraction.  They like to have music on in the background while they work.  When the music is on they get extremely tempted to stop what they are doing and listen to it, but most of the time they probably don’t give up.

  You might ask yourself which music is best? Or can some be a distraction?  The radio station can be a good place to start listening.  You can put in a CD.  If you think your favorite music fits the work environment, include it.  Everybody has their choice of music type to listen to.  Since the turn of the 20th century, many like popular, jazz, classical, folk, rock or soundtracks.  Many people love to listen to the great classical composers such as Bach and Mozart.  They find the dashing awakening of Mozart or Beetoven improves the speed and liveliness of thinking.  A large number of people find that a contemporary jazz band fits their mood while working.  Movie music had been good background music.  Music that is light and smooth fit the mood.  All the singers are very good but there are many who prefer instrumental music.  Not that the words are annoying, but it brings a mellow tone of concentration.  People like to hear melodies they recognize.  Some hum along while listening to the tunes.  Music that introduces new weight can raise your energy level.

  Don’t deny yourself the music you need.  You might be able to teach yourself to work more productively with background music, eventhough you’ve been use to a quiet atmosphere. A Chicago IL.flautist called Condoflute at http://condoflute.blinkweb.com has learned many of these techniques.

  Some people who have their own office get customized music programming especially for their business.  The business might call for instrumental or classical background to ease the nerves and soothe uneasiness.  However, the managers find the source to create music specifically for them and their customers.  Everyday millions of people create muzak for their customers.

  Music moves our souls, pushes us onward.  It is difficult to picture a workplace without music.  People use music to get through boaring work everyday.  Even the dullest jobs can be made enjoyable.  Music can have astonishing effects on mood.  A bad mood can turn into a more workable, happy, energizing, down to business mood.  Visit http://sondrafast.zoomshare.com for more articles like this one.

Her voice has brought back the sounds of vintage jazz. In fact often times she has been compared to great artists like Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, Bessie Smith and Patsy Cline. Her sound is special and it even sounds old and wise. Her music is not monotonous pop jingles that are easily forgotten after a few plays like those of Brittany Spears or Justin Timberlake. Her sounds are considered legendary. She takes the time and the energy to put all of her heart and soul into recording music and it shows. She has become a worldwide phenomenon, playing in clubs, concert halls and stadiums around the world. Her music is especially popular in Europe, where people long for and crave those simple seductive sounds that are nearly unheard of these days. She has most definitely made her mark on the modern music world and it would be a shame if you didn’t have the chance to see her play live in concert. Don’t miss this opportunity, get your pair of Madeleine Peyroux tickets as soon as possible and enjoy this magical show!

Peyroux is an American jazz singer, songwriter and guitarist and her vocal style is incredible. It is still unmatched as of today because she has such a uniqueness, a certain characteristic to all of her songs that is all her own. Although her sound can be compared to the legendary Holiday, she also possesses something that is purely Peyroux and that is what draws people to her music, to her creative and alluring style.

She was born in Athens, Georgia and soon afterwards her family moved to Brooklyn, New York and she chose to pursue a career in acting, she also spent a significant portion of her young life in Southern California, though soon afterwards her parents divorced and she and her mother made the big move to Paris.

It was in this magical city that her singing career really took off. She joined a group called the Riverboat Shufflers and they sang on the streets in the historic Latin Quarter asking for tips out of a hat. Later she joined the Lost Wandering Blues and Jazz Band and spent two years touring Europe. This was her entrance into the music world and she became hooked. Her album “Dreamland” was released in 1996 and quickly it gained notable and widespread attention. The world was waking up to the voice of Madeleine Peyroux and people loved it.

Over the years she has released many other albums, all to critical acclaim and she keeps gaining more notoriety throughout the world. Her fan base has grown and people have fallen in love with this magical and beautiful sound that Peyroux creates. Be sure to catch yourself a pair of tickets to her next big show!

Rock and roll artists have a tendency to think that they invented the concept of rebellion. That before their genre came along, everything was goody-two-shoes and Miss Manners. What they forget is that the music industry has always been a place of innovation a source of social uproar. Even the waltz, when it was first introduced, was considered an outrage at first because of how close couples had to get to dance to it! Yes, rock and roll artists are just following in the industry’s grand tradition of scandal, a tradition that at no time has been more prevalent than in the era of swing jazz, or swing music. In its day, swing music was the ultimate revolution, a violent break from the Charleston of the previous decade. Swing music was characterized by a strong rhythmic drive and, and the bands that played it were anchored by equally strong rhythmic sections. Such sections tended to be led by drummers whose personalities were as big as their music, and a number of the jazz drummers of swing remain legends even today.
Sonny Greer (1895-1982) is best known for his work with the legendary Duke Ellington. A native of New Jersey, he eventually became Ellington’s first drummer in 1919 at the age of 24. Greer was not only a drummer; he also designed the instruments with the Leedy Drum Company. This job enabled him to put together a drum kit worth over $3000, the equivalent of nearly $36,000 today. This gentleman did his part to live up to the image of jazz music as a genre of debauchery. He was a heavy drinker and a pool-hall hustler and unfortunately, these qualities eventually led to a permanent estrangement between him and Ellington. He continued to work as a freelance drummer and briefly led his own band, but Greer’s association with Ellington marked the pinnacle of his success.
Gene Krupa (1909-1973) was known for his highly energetic and flamboyant style of drumming. He was a member of a number of bands, although the biggest name he ever played with was undoubtedly Benny Goodman. Krupa’s drumming is featured in the flagship of swing music, Goodman’s “Sing, Sing, Sing.” His association with this song made him an immediate national celebrity. Although he, like Greer, had a falling out with his band leader and left the group as a result, his career did not falter. In spite of the occasional stint in jail due to possession of marijuana, Krupa continued to perform into the early 1970s.
William Henry Webb, aka Chick Webb (c.1905-1939) was a precocious child who saved up enough money from his paper route to purchase a drum set; he first played professionally at the age of 11. In addition to being a drummer, Webb was the long-time leader of his own band, which was the house band at the famous Savoy Ballroom. The Savoy often hosted “Battle of the Bands” contests, in which Webb’s band was pitted against the likes of the Benny Goodman and Count Basie Orchestras. The biggest name associated with Webb is Ella Fitzgerald, who he began to feature as a vocalist in 1935 when the singer was 18. After Webb’s early death (due to complications from a childhood bout of tuberculosis), Fitzgerald continued to lead his band for four years before leaving to focus on her solo career.
Bernard “Buddy” Rich (1917-1987) was billed as “the world’s greatest drummer” and was known for his power, speed, and experimentation with technique. He, like Webb, was drawn to drumming at an early age, and when he was 18 months old, he made his musical debut in vaudeville. He never received any formal drum education, and may have had more raw talent than any other drummer of his generation. During his career, he was associated with a number of famous names, including Tommy Dorsey, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.