Vinnie Zummo

The Riverside Opera Company(ROC) and Richmond County Orchestra(RCO), under the direction of Maestro Alan Aurelia presents the 2nd Annual Staten Island Has Talent @NYPL. The performers are winners of open public auditions held by the RCO and ROC . They will sing and perform selections of their choosing. The performance is free and open to the public on Saturday, March 16th at 2:30 p.m. at the RichmondTown branch of the New York Public Library located at 200 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island. For information contact: riversideoperacompany@gmail.com or call Riverside Opera Company at 212-729-4792.

FORMER JOE JACKSON GUITARIST Vinnie Zummo Album Release Concert today, March 12th.

FORMER JOE JACKSON GUITARIST Vinnie Zummo Album Release Concert  March 12th. 4 PM Zummo is doing an Album Release Concert at The Metropolitan Room at 4 PM on March 12th. to celebrate the release of his new album The Coyote.  If you have never seen the trio live it is a unique experience! Jazz based but beyond eclectic. From hard bop to raga to Janice's beautiful ballads to Zydeco the show jumps back and forth between genres in a way that never feels contrived or forced. Zummo is planning a whole new set for the concert.

earMUSIC, the Hamburg based rock label which is part of Edel Group, releases in the UK today, July 23rd, "The Duke" - Joe Jackson's tribute to American jazz icon Duke Ellington. The album will be released on CD, digital download and 12" vinyl.

earMUSIC, the Hamburg based rock label which is part of Edel Group, announces the July 23rd UK release of "The Duke" - Joe Jackson's tribute to American jazz icon Duke Ellington. The album will be released on CD, digital download and 12" vinyl. "Ellington didn't consider his own arrangements to be sacred,' says Jackson. 'He constantly reworked them, sometimes quite radically. I think my approach is in the spirit of the man himself."

Blue Note, the popular theater district jazz club and restaurant has announced their August and September 2008 schedule.