PAUL HANSON'S NEW ALBUM 2008 Release from amazing bassoonist Paul Hanson. What the unbelievable Hanson does on bassoon -- an exceedingly difficult instrument to play and one almost exclusively associated with classical music -- is akin to what other innovators like guitarists Charlie Hunter and Stanley Jordan, banjoist Bela Fleck and bassist Jaco Pastorius have done with their respective instruments. Like those musical revolutionaries, Hanson has created a vibrant new, expansive vocabulary through a combination of virtuosity, vision and soul, as he demonstrates so profoundly on Frolic in the Land of Plenty. Paul has performed with Medeski Martin and Wood, Bob Weir's Ratdog, Wayne Shorter, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Oaktown Irawo, Steve Smith, Peter Erskine, Ray Charles, Dewey Redman, Roy Wooten and the ROYEL Philharmonic, Eddie Money, Bob Moses, Alan Broadbent, Don Cherry, Boz Scaggs, Kotoja, The Temptations, The Paul Dresher Ensemble, St. Joseph Ballet Company, The Klezmorim, Chamber Music West, and as soloist with the Napa Symphony Orchestra. -------------------- MUSiC NEWS Return to Forever's classic lineup of keyboardist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke, guitarist Al Di Meola and drummer Lenny White have announced a tour that will represent their first extensive engagements together in 30 years. DRG Records proudly announces the CD debut of the very first professionally-preserved Judy Garland concert recording -- her first official and legitimate "live" album, Garland at the Grove. Arguably one of the most recognized blues-rock guitarist of the early 90's and beloved around the world, Jeff Healey passed away in a Toronto hospital today after a long bout with cancer. He was 41. In 1951 an album was released simply titled "The Sound". It was the 35th album Stanley Gayetzby (Stan Getz) had recorded on since his birth in Philadelphia to Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants on February 2, 1927. Legendary Drummer Buddy Miles passed away Tuesday, peacefully at his home in Austin, TX. He was sixty (60) years young. He suffered from congestive heart failure but the official cause of death is yet to be announced. After a sold-out show at Avalon last year, KT Tunstall will be back in L.A. on May 5th performing at The Wiltern. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 1st at 10 AM. Legendary bandleader and trumpeter Calvin Owens succumbed to kidney failure. He was 78. Owens is best known for being an early bandleader for B.B. King in the early fifties while King recorded his famous sides at the Kent Label in Texas. Google "Healdsburg" and youll get more than 3.5 million hits, many related to the Northern California communitys phenomenal growth and popularity as a visitor destination. The Healdsburg Jazz Festival, now in its tenth year, has been a partner in that growth. The festival would not be as successful without the rise of the towns prominence, and the town relies on independent efforts like the jazz festival to introduce new people to its small town charm. As each grows, so does the other. In 2007, The Police thrilled millions of fans around the globe.  Their much heralded tour, which has sold over 2.5 million tickets, garnered numerous accolades including: Major Tour of The Year (Pollstar), as well as “Tour of the Year” and “Top Selling Tour of 2007” (Billboard Magazine). The Police will return to North America this summer to play their final area appearances in a number of arenas and amphitheaters predominantly in markets where they did not perform in 2007. Live Nation is proud to announce the historic reunion of ERIC BURDON AND WAR, as they take to the stage of London's Royal Albert Hall on Monday 21st April 2008 for one very special night of electrifying R&B, funk, Latin and jazz. This will be the first concert Eric Burdon and War have performed in 37 years since they originally disbanded in 1971. Rusty Wright is an incendiary guitarist and from his first note the stage practically sizzles with high octane energy as he throws down a six-string gauntlet and challenges his band to ever greater heights as tasty guitar, sax, Hammond B3 and vocal riffs volley back and forth across the stage. On April 22, 2008, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings will release the latest solo album by preeminent Cajun musician Michael Doucet. 'From Now On, ' an engaging portrait of the music from southern Louisiana, demonstrates Doucet's unmatched career in shaping the Cajun style-and equally unmatched talent for performing . Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers have announced a summer tour that will take the band through the U.S. and Canada. The trek will include two area stops: June 25th at the Hollywood Bowl and August 22nd at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. The legendary Steve Winwood will special guest on both nights. The life story of Milt Hinton is rooted in hard times, rising from segregated backwater clubs to elegant concert halls, offering a perspective on the AfricanAmerican experience that is unique in its mix of humor and wisdom. In a startlingly original recreation of music associated with jazz legend Miles Davis, co-producers Bob Belden and Louiz Banks have recast familiar themes from such landmark recordings as Bitches Brew, In A Silent Way, and Kind of Blue with an East Meets West sensibility on Miles...From India. Eagle Rock Entertainment will release both the CD of Albert Collins Live At Montreux 1992 and its companion 102 minute DVD on March 4. These stunning documents mark one of the last concerts that the late bluesman  (1932-1993) performed before he succumbed to cancer on November 24, 1993. Since leaving Memphis for Los Angeles in 1956, Charles Lloyd's journey has been one of unique musical vision and intensely felt passion, conjuring up sounds of elegant beauty and soulful spirit. For over four decades, Lloyd has fronted some of the most profound and far-reaching ensembles of his time. Wynton Marsalis, the prodigiously talented trumpeter known for his championing of traditional jazz and jazz education, has a new release,  'Standards & Ballads, ' coming from Columbia/Legacy on January 22, 2008. Iconic American musician and unofficial ambassador to New Orleans, the legendary Dr. John (aka Mac Rebennack, Jr.), has signed a multi-record agreement with the Savoy Label Group's 429 Records and is in the midst of recording his definitive musical response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina on his beloved Crescent City. Swallow Hill Music Association is pleased to announce its official artist lineup for its Second Annual Denver Folk & Roots Music Festival on Friday, March 28 at 6 p.m. Blue Note Records unearths previously unreleased complete live Horace Silver Concert from Newport Jazz Festival in 1958. Only the 2nd official live Horace Silver recording ever to be  released and features a previously unrecorded quintet with the great, unsung trumpeter Louis Smith. Bob Enos, longtime trumpet player for Roomful of Blues, died in his sleep in his hotel room in Douglas, Georgia, early Friday morning, January 11, 2008 of suspected heart failure. He was 60. Roomful of Blues had played the Douglas Country Club the previous night. For the first time in their 18-year career, THE BLACK CROWES will perform an album of theirs in its entirety. Oscar Emmanuel Peterson August 25 1925 - December 23 2007 Called the "Maharajah of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, canadian jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson is considered to have been one of the greatest piano players of all time. Paul Potts has stolen the hearts of music lovers worldwide thanks to a heartrending performance of "Nesun Dorma" on "Britain's Got Talent" (the UK's version of "American Idol"), and then he blew away U.S. audiences with a show-stopping rendition of the aria on "Oprah. Innovative guitar master Pat Metheny will lead the latest incarnation of the Pat Metheny Trio during a high-octane February 24th performance at The Wiltern. Joining Metheny on stage will be drummer Antonio Sanchez and bassist Christian McBride-- the core players on the next Trio record, Day Trip (in stores January 29). Undoubtedly, Heart has been one of the most innovative and enduring musical partnerships in rock history.  Their creative alchemy has yielded sales of well over 30 million albums with over 20 Top 40 hits.  Heart continues to pack venues across the country and fill airwaves coast to coast with classic hits like, “Barracuda,” “Crazy on You” and “Magic Man.” Grammy-winning soulstress Jill Scott will be performing at Gibson Amphitheatre on February 14th.  Tickets are on sale now. RBD's "Empezar Desde Cero USA" tour will visit the Southland on Saturday, April 5th at the Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Helen. As an added treat for fans, the Empezar Desde Cero USA Tour will also feature special guest La Nueva Banda Timbiriche. A decade after building its handsome home in Oakland's Jack London Square, Yoshi's open's a bigger branch of its renowned jazz club in San Francisco, on a revitalized stretch of Fillmore Street just south of Geary Boulevard in the city's nascent Fillmore Jazz Preservation District. Following the enormous success of her third studio album and second consecutive #1 debut, Best Damn Thing, Avril Lavigne has announced plans for her 2008 "Best Damn Tour." Fuego Entertainment, Inc. today announced it has acquired 15 tracks of previously unreleased music by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, "The Beatles." The recordings were made in 1962. President George W. Bush announced that guitar pioneer Les Paul is among the ten 2007 National Medal of Arts recipients. The importance of historical figures and major names in Latin Jazz sometimes overshadows the fact that musicians around the world regularly perform the music in smaller venues. CALiFORNiA JAZZ ARTS SOCiETY ATTENTION STUDENTS/TEACHERS The California Jazz Arts Society will be awarding single lesson scholarships for perspective musicians/singers/artists of all ages beginning very soon. Interested students... or teachers recommending students... should contact CalJAS at www.caljas.org.  CalJAS instructors include Kristin Korb, Todd Johnson, Ron Kobayashi, Steve Barnes, Luther Hughes, Doug MacDonald, Baba Elefante, Scott Ickes, Joe Jewell, Bruce Babad, Paul Kreibich, Kate Reid.... and many more. NOVEMBER SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT  Wayde Jones (guitar) Valley View High School with CalJAS Instructor Blake White DECEMBER SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT Ralph Torres (saxophone) Cal State S.B . with CalJAS Instructor Bruce Babad  FEBRUARY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT Amy Reyes (saxophone) Don Lugo High School with CalJAS Instructor Bruce Babad *IMPORTANT NOTICE* IN NO CAPACITY IS THIS SITE AFFILIATED WITH THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, ONTARIO INLAND IMPIRE JAZZ FESTIVAL