Tony Bennet to headline the Discover Jazz Fest in Burlington VT on May 31
The organizers of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival announced that Tony Bennett will headline the show at the Flynn Center on Saturday, May 31. The show will start at 8 p.m. on the main stage.
Mr. Bennett's daughter Antonia Bennett will open for her father.
Tickets range from $62 to ...
(Published: March 10, 2014) [read more]
THOMAS CHAPIN FILM PROJECT BEGINS 2ND ROUND OF FILMING
EMMY-winning filmmaker Stephanie J. Castillo reports that it has now been two years of steady progress since she conceived the film THOMAS CHAPIN, NIGHT BIRD SONG in 2012.
She is now preparing for the 2nd round of shoots this April. The first round was completed in July 2013 with 20 interviews ...
(Published: March 09, 2014) [read more]
Roulette Presents:
Daniel Levin’s Coelacanth
Feat: Mat Maneri, Russ Lossing & Gerald Cleaver
Brooklyn, NY: Roulette presents Daniel Levin's Coelacanth featuring Daniel Levin, cello, Mat Maneri, viola, Russ Lossing, wurlitzer & piano, Gerald Cleaver, drums Sunday, March 30 at 8pm. Tickets can be purchased at: http://roulette.org/events/daniel-levins-coelacanth/
Coelacanth brings ...
(Published: March 08, 2014) [read more]
Harlem Jazz Brunch features Chicago Vocal Sensation
Renaissance Jazz Brunch presents Tammy McCann Quartet
When Tammy McCann sat in with Nat Adderley Jr. earlier this year and sang "On Green Dolphin Street," she was such a hit that we had to bring her back for her own show!
She's been compared to grand diva Dinah Washington with vocals ...
(Published: March 07, 2014) [read more]
NATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
THE WAY OF THE RAIN MIAMI
On Tuesday, March 11, the National YoungArts Foundation will present the world premiere of The Way of the Rain Miami - a collaborative performance art piece by an all-star creative team directed by Sibylle Szaggars Redford. This unique multidisciplinary show pays homage to Earth and its universal ...
(Published: March 07, 2014) [read more]
Brian Culbertson’s “Another Long Night Out” debuts at No. 1
Hitmaker revisits his contemporary jazz roots joined by an all-star cast to reinterpret his debut album 20 years later.
Los Angeles, Calif. (7 March 2014): Twenty years after the release of his debut album, "Long Night Out," award-winning contemporary jazz/R&B multi-instrumentalist Brian ...
(Published: March 07, 2014) [read more]
March for Music Therapy - Toronto 2014
Music therapy transforms lives every day.
Our first annual, national March will take place in 14 communities across Canada in support of the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund together with the Canadian Association for Music Therapy (CAMT).
Join us and the enthusiastic members of the CAMT who are ...
(Published: March 06, 2014) [read more]
The Jazz Urbane Premieres 'Playing with Other People's Heads'
The Jazz Urbane, the Berklee-based group established by the college's Africana Studies leader Bill Banfield, premieres its latest work, Playing with Other People's Heads, at Scullers Jazz Club on March 12 at 8:00 p.m. with special guest Tia Fuller. The Jazz Urbane, an evolving group of ...
(Published: March 06, 2014) [read more]
Dearhead Inn: Longest Running Jazz Club in the Country
The world of jazz has always been a sub culture of the avant garde, intellectual and non mainstream persona. One naturally thinks of city lights, dark smoky clubs and in the old days, "speakeasies." This is what makes it interesting when some of the most talented people in jazz show up to play in ...
(Published: March 05, 2014) [read more]
Aguilar Amplification and Roscoe Guitars Announce Master Class with Bassist Jimmy Haslip!
Aguilar Amplification, maker of high-quality bass amplification, pickups, preamps and effects pedals for bassists and Roscoe Guitars are pleased to announce an Artist Series Master Class with legendary bassist Jimmy Haslip.
Haslip has had a long and varied career as a bassist, composer and ...
(Published: March 05, 2014) [read more]
Mike Marshall and the Turtle Island Quartet team up for a brand-new album, out 3/18
Five of the most versatile string players of our time join forces on a new album from Adventure Music, set for release on March 18, 2014. On their first collaborative project, titled simply Mike Marshall and the Turtle Island Quartet, the inventive quintet throw aside all notions of genre and ...
(Published: March 05, 2014) [read more]
NJ Ballet and Jazz House Kids Celebrate the Garden State’s 350th Birthday!
On Saturday, March 15th, New Jersey Ballet teams up with Montclair-based Jazz House Kids for an exciting evening of dance and music built around America's original music form, jazz. Choreographer Earl Mosley takes on music by Wayne Shorter (arranged by Ed Palermo, faculty member of Jazz House ...
(Published: March 04, 2014) [read more]
UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL IRINA BOKOVA AND UNESCO GOODWILL AMBASSADOR HERBIE HANCOCK ANNOUNCE THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY
EVENTS TO TAKE PLACE AROUND THE WORLD ON APRIL 30 WITH ALL-STAR CONCERT IN GLOBAL HOST CITY OSAKA, JAPAN
UNESCO and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz will collaborate to recognize jazz music as a universal language of freedom
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...
(Published: March 04, 2014) [read more]
CURTIS STIGERS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM
HOORAY FOR LOVE, APRIL 29, 2014, ON CONCORD RECORDS
For Immediate Release - Curtis Stigers is set to release his eleventh album "Hooray For Love," April 29, 2014, his eighth for Concord Records. The album includes classics from the Great American Songbook including such gems from the repertoire as George and Ira Gershwin's "Love is Here to ...
(Published: March 04, 2014) [read more]
Istanbul Jazz Festival Line-Up Announced
July is the time when Istanbul will be brightened up once again with the legendary names of jazz music. Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and sponsored by Garanti Bank, the 21st Istanbul Jazz Festival will be held between July 1-14 and host many acts in different ...
(Published: March 04, 2014) [read more]
Diana Ross to Receive Ella Fitzgerald Award at Montreal Jazz Fest
Legendary soul star Diana Ross is set to receive the Ella Fitzgerald Award this summer (14) when she makes her debut as a headliner at the Montreal Jazz Festival in Quebec, Canada.
The I'm Coming Out hitmaker, who will turn 70 later this month (Mar14), will be honoured for her repertoire, ...
(Published: March 03, 2014) [read more]
Seabreeze Jazz Festival announces lineup
The white-sand beaches of Panama City Beach will be the backdrop for a weekend of smooth jazz entertainment as The 16th Annual Seabreeze Jazz Festival returns April 23-27.
All main performances will take place at the Pier Park Amphitheater (Aaron Beasant Park) adjacent to the Pier Park shopping ...
(Published: March 03, 2014) [read more]
Columbus Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to the "King of Swing" in "Bravo, Benny! : The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert"
Columbus, OH - Under the direction of world-renowned band leader and trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) continues to break new ground while honoring the rich heritage of America's classical music - jazz. On March 13-16 at the Southern Theatre, the CJO pays ...
(Published: March 03, 2014) [read more]
Guitarist OSCAR PEÑAS Celebrates Release of New Album, Music of Departures and Returns, April 18 at BAMcafé
Catalan guitarist, composer and bandleader Oscar Peñas is set to perform at BAMcafé in Brooklyn on Friday, April 18 at 9:00 PM. The performance is in support of his new album, Music of Departures and Returns (available April 15 on Musikoz) and will feature violinist Sara Caswell, bassist ...
(Published: March 03, 2014) [read more]
Motema Music To Release GATHERING LIGHT From ORAN ETKIN
Featuring Ben Allison, Nasheet Waits, Lionel Loueke & Curtis Fowlkes
To be released April 8, 2014
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US & Europe CD Release tour including NYC CD Release Party
at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz At Lincoln Center on May 12!
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"Great clarinetist, excellent ...
(Published: March 03, 2014) [read more]
New England Conservatory Jazz Studies Department Presents
The Music of Dave Holland on Thursday, March 13 at Brown Hall
Join visiting artist-in-residence, renowned jazz bassist Dave Holland as he leads New England Conservatory jazz students in a performance of his music at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 13 at NEC's Brown Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA. The concert is free and open to the public. For more ...
(Published: March 03, 2014) [read more]
Jazz in June in Norman, OK
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks will bring a one-of-a-kind sound that fuses swing, jazz, folk and country when headlining the free, three-day 2014 Jazz in June music festival scheduled for June 19-21.
Throughout his decades-long career, Hicks has combined elements of those genres with influences ...
(Published: March 03, 2014) [read more]
Bernie Worrell's First Ever Solo Piano CD Released On M.O.D. Technologies - Elevation, The Upper Air
Bernie Worrell, keyboard legend, founding member and essential collaborator / composer / arranger in George Clintonʼs Parliament/Funkadelic, has worked with an extremely diverse array of artists -Talking Heads, Bootsy Collins, The Rolling Stones, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Black Uhuru, Fela Kuti, ...
(Published: March 02, 2014) [read more]
Free Nelson MandoomJazz Debuts On RareNoise With Double EP
With a crunching sound that is as teeth-chatteringly heavy as metal icons like Slayer and Megadeth or ferocious grindcore groups like Napalm Death and Brutal Truth, yet is imbued with the freedom principle of such avant garde jazz icons as saxophonists Marshall Allen, Albert Ayler and Peter ...
(Published: March 02, 2014) [read more]
Bassists Lorenzo Feliciati And Colin Edwin Join Forces On Twinscapes - Out March 3 On RareNoiseRecords
Two bassists from two different continents-Italian Lorenzo Feliciati of the adventurous jazz-rock band Naked Truth and the intensely searching nu jazz group Berserk! and Australian Colin Edwin of the longstanding prog-rock band Porcupine Tree and the heavy-duty, experimental Metallic Taste of Blood ...
(Published: March 02, 2014) [read more]
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