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]
Yvonne Busch, musician and music educator, dies at 84
Yvonne Busch, a musician who broke barriers as a female jazz musician and later became a music educator and mentor to an impressive list of New Orleans performers, has died. She was 84.
Busch spent 32 years teaching and directing bands in New Orleans public high schools, including George ...
(Published: March 01, 2014) [read more]
THE SOUTH FLORIDA JAZZ ORGANIZATION PRESENTS THE WILL CALHOUN TRIO, WITH SPECIAL GUESTS MARCUS STRICKLAND AND BRIAN LYNCH, AT THE MINIACI PERFORMANCE CENTER MARCH 8
Two-time Grammy-winner Will Calhoun brings his jazz trio to south Florida for an evening of music from his accalimed latest CD, "Life in This World," featuring Marc Cary on piano and Charnett Moffett on bass. Accompanying the trio will be special guests Marcus Strickland on sax and Brian Lynch on ...
(Published: March 01, 2014) [read more]
PREVIEW: SUPPORT THE ART OF THE COOL MUSIC FESTIVAL! by LARRY RENI THOMAS
Chapel Hill, NC--I am a very fortunate jazz junkie because my father was a serious Count Basie fan, who also enjoyed listening to Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, Dave Brubeck and other jazz giants. When he came home from delivering the mail, in Wilmington, North Carolina, ...
(Published: February 28, 2014) [read more]
Maxwell, Brian Culbertson, Charlie Wilson, Ledisi, Mint Condition, Robert Glasper, Anthony Hamilton and Boney James among the performers at the Payne Pest Management San Diego Jazz Festival taking place May 23-25, 2014.
Phoenix, Arizona (28 February 2014): With much of the nation ...
(Published: February 28, 2014) [read more]
Duelo De Exitos: Tito Rojas & Lalo Rodriguez
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is excited to present a sensational evening of salsa, DUELO DE EXITOS on Saturday, March 15th, 2014 at 8pm. Get ready for the great TITO ROJAS to bring down the house when he takes the stage along with Grammy Award winning LALO RODRIGUEZ in this duel of ...
(Published: February 28, 2014) [read more]
Highlights In Jazz Presents "A Salute to Ken Peplowski"
February 28, 2014 New York, NY Jack Kleinsinger's Highlights In Jazz, New York's longest running jazz concert series, continues it's 42nd season on Thursday March 6, 2014 at 8:00 PM at Tribeca Performing Arts Center at Borough Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street, NY, 10007 ...
(Published: February 28, 2014) [read more]
Guitarist FREDDIE BRYANT Releases His Most
Personal Recording to Date on Dreamscape: Solo-Duo-Trio
Available April 1 via GJKSounds
Imbued with guitarist Freddie Bryant's inimitable touch, inherent soulfulness and the element of surprise, Dreamscape: Solo-Duo-Trio (available April 1 on GJKSounds) is also marked by the guitarist's ability to seamlessly traverse the classical-jazz divide on this collection of jazz ...
(Published: February 28, 2014) [read more]
Grammy Winner Pianist Chip Crawford Comes Home! by Larry Reni Thomas
Pianist Albert "Chip" Crawford, a Raleigh, North Carolina native, who has recently been touring the world as a vital, vibrant part of the band that backs up the very popular vocalist, Gregory Porter, is coming home for a performance at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, Thursday, March 6, ...
(Published: February 27, 2014) [read more]
Harlem Brunch presents Donald Byrd Salute featuring Lee Hogans Trio
Renaissance Gospel & Jazz Brunch presents
Lee Hogans Salute to Donald Byrd
Trumpeter and composer Lee Hogans leads an organ trio salute to the musical legend and educator Donald Byrd. Byrd's career encompassed a span of approaches, from hard bop to funk and fusion, and influenced pop and ...
(Published: February 27, 2014) [read more]
Culbertson tunes up the Pinot
Contemporary jazz hitmaker releases his own wine that he blended in partnership with Reata Wines and Jamieson Ranch Vineyards.
Los Angeles, Calif. (27 February 2014): Chart-topping musician, producer, songwriter, wine and jazz festival founder and artistic director Brian Culbertson can add ...
(Published: February 27, 2014) [read more]
ACCLAIMED JAZZ VOCALIST CHERYL BARNES RELEASES DEBUT CD, “LISTEN TO THIS”
"Listen To This," the debut CD from eclectically-trained Jazz vocalist Cheryl Barnes, is set for release February 18, 2014, via Barnes & Cabasso Music. Highlighting twelve tracks steeped in Jazz and Blues, "Listen To This" was produced by music industry veteran Rahn Coleman, recorded at Mystic ...
(Published: February 27, 2014) [read more]
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