King will begin recording a new Geffen studio album this month with producer T-Bone Burnett due for release in early 2008. Earlier this year, the 81-year-old blues legend also spent a week at his self-named clubs in Memphis and Nashville filming a concert DVD due later this year. A previous live album, "Live at the Regal," was inducted this year into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
King is in the midst of his 60th Anniversary Tour that will lead into the July 24th kickoff of his B.B. King Blues Festival tour with fellow music legends Al Green and Etta James.
The tour begins in Hollywood, FL, and runs through mid-September. View his full tour itinerary at here: *Jazz musician Ornette Coleman racked up at the JJA Jazz Awards in New York Thursday. Coleman took the top honor winning the Pulitzer Prize for his 2006 album “Sound Grammar” - as well as receiving awards for Album Of The Year and Best Small Ensemble, as well as Alto Saxophonist and Musician Of The Year.
*Jazz great Nancy Wilson celebrated her 70th birthday with a concert Friday night at New York’s famed Carnegie Hall featuring guests Nnenna Freelon, Dianne Reeves and Kurt Elling. Billed as "Nancy Wilson's Swinging 70th Birthday Party," the show was a highlight of this year's JVC Jazz Festival. "It's really fine to let everyone know what 70 can be," said Wilson, whose birthday actually was Feb.
20, at the start of a program celebrating milestones in her 55-year career. "It doesn't get much better than this." Currently, 0 comments have been made on this story.
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