Amy Niles Named Acting President & CEO During Cephas Bowles' Leave
Amy Niles Named Acting President and CEO of WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM
NEWARK, NJ, June 12, 2013 - Effective immediately, Cephas Bowles, President and CEO of WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM, will take a leave of absence for health reasons, it was announced today by Stephen N. Ifshin, Chairman of the Board of Trustees ...
(Published: June 12, 2013) [read more]
"San Francisco," 2nd CD by Bay Area Drummer Brian Andres & the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel, Due July 16
Drummer Brian Andres's new album with the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel, San Francisco, not only takes its title from the band's home base. The CD, to be released July 16 by the leader's Bacalao Records imprint, also makes a persuasive case for the assertion that San Francisco has its own ...
(Published: June 07, 2013) [read more]
RELEASE OF NEW TERENCE BLANCHARD ALBUM MAGNETIC
TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY TOUR DATES WORLDWIDE
Album And Tour Dates Will Coincide With June World Premiere Of
Blanchard's First Opera, Champion, "An Opera In Jazz"
"Magnetic is a small-group recording of uncommon richness, complexity and scope... Halfway through 2013, here is a clear candidate for Record of the ...
(Published: June 07, 2013) [read more]
Extraordinary Early Reviews, as Unexpected, Uplifting Album by Quattro - ‘Popzzical' - Defies Easy Labels
"Flying, soaring, breaking free of forms while paying homage to them. In a musical world of too much sameness, the individuality and creativity of this young group is not to be missed"
"Blindingly talented" -- The music is "Bursting with intellect, passion and virtuosity, but sounding ...
(Published: June 07, 2013) [read more]
Singer Lindsay Mendez and Pianist/Band Leader Marco Paguia Release Debut Jazz Vocal Album, 'This Time'
Singer Lindsay Mendez and Pianist/Band Leader Marco Paguia Prep Debut Jazz Vocal Album
An Eclectic Mix of Popular Songs, Reimagining Tracks from Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, Fiona Apple, The Cars, Joni Mitchell, John Legend and more
Concert at (le) Poisson Rouge Set for May 18th; ...
(Published: June 07, 2013) [read more]
Jazz Resistant the new album from Rudi Records
Jazz Resistant
Comanda Barabba
RRJ1014 Rudi Records
June 2013
Comanda Barabba
Tim Trevor-Briscoe: as, clarinet
Christian Ferlaino: bar & as
Nicola Guazzaloca: piano
Luca Bernard: double bass
Gaetano Alfonsi: drums, percussion
With the release of Jazz Resistant, the band Comanda ...
(Published: June 07, 2013) [read more]
New David Jacobs-Strain CD,Geneseo,Set For Release June 25th
Geneseo, the sixth CD from critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter David Jacobs-Strain, is set for release June 25th via Hangdog Music. A passionate song cycle of ten new original songs penned by Strain, Geneseo was recorded in part by funds received from over 200 loyal Kickstarter fans in a ...
(Published: June 06, 2013) [read more]
UM FROST SCHOOL'S HENRY MANCINCI INSTITUTE ORCHESTRA PERFORMS ON GEORGE BENSON'S INSPIRATION: A TRIBUTE TO NAT KING COLE
HMI Orchestra Performs Nelson Riddle's Arrangements
Media Contact:
Alexandra Bassil
UM Communications
a.bassil@miami.edu
305-284-1092
CORAL GABLES, FL (JUNE 4, 2013) - Over 40 musicians from the University of Miami Frost School of Music's Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra are featured on today's Concord Music Group's release of ...
(Published: June 06, 2013) [read more]
WBGO Travel Series Makes Stops in Montreal, Newport, Orvieto, Mohonk
WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM Launches
WBGO Travel: A Musical Journey Around the World
with Stops in Montreal, Newport, Mohonk and Orvieto
Newark, NJ, June 4, 2013 - WBGO Jazz 88.3 loves its home base in Newark, NJ, but when it comes to enjoying jazz at some of the world's most beautiful destinations, ...
(Published: June 04, 2013) [read more]
Moving away from the kids' table
Contact: Rick Scott 310.306.0375
greatscottproductions@earthlink.net
Moving away from the kids' table
In the company of prominent friends, saxophonist Mike MacArthur releases a sterling jazz album,
"Feels Like Home," his first major release as a frontman.
Tampa, ...
(Published: June 04, 2013) [read more]
Coming Up at The Cornelia Street Cafe - JEFF LEDERER, MUSETTE EXPLOSION, LOREN STILLMAN, HARRIS EISENSTADT, JOHN HEBERT & much more!
" ... a range of activities so varied, unusual, and enthralling
that the sheer scope of what goes on within those walls could unsettle a sound mind." - Bob Harrington, Nightlife Magazine
DID YOU KNOW???: The Cornelia Street Café is open seven days a week, serving breakfast, ...
(Published: June 04, 2013) [read more]
WBGO to Air "The Governors Summit" - June 6, 6:30 pm - w/ 5 Former NJ Governors
WBGO JAZZ 88.3 FM Presents "The Governors Summit, "
Panel Discussion with Five Former New Jersey Governors,
Thursday, June 6, 6:30 pm
Newark, NJ, June 3, 2013 -- Tune in to WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM or www.wbgo.org on Thursday, June 6, at 6:30 pm for "The Governors Summit, " a panel discussion with ...
(Published: June 03, 2013) [read more]
INCITARE - THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM VOLTO! - SET FOR RELEASE
JULY 23, 2013 ON FANTASY/CONCORD MUSIC GROUP
Radical Fusion Band Features Danny Carey (Tool), John Ziegler (Pigmy Love Circus) and Lance Morrison (Alanis Morrissette, Don Henley)
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From the very get-go Volto! was an oddity. Here is a band comprised of some of the most accomplished musicians in Los Angeles (including ...
(Published: June 03, 2013) [read more]
The Hudson Valley Jazz Festival
The 2013 Hudson Valley Jazz Festival is Aug. 8 -11.
Producer Steve Rubin is pleased with two initiatives for this year.
One being an education and jazz camp. The other, the expansion into the greater Hudson Valley providing opportunites for additional musicians and venues.
The Sugar Loaf ...
(Published: June 01, 2013) [read more]
Cutting Edge Returns to the Lower French Quarters & Frenchmen Street
September 26 - 28, 2013
Old U.S. Mint
The Music Business Institute (MBI) continues it's 21st installment of the Cutting Edge CE Conference (formerly the Cutting Edge Music Business Conference) with its return to the Old U.S. Mint in the Lower French Quarters.
Today's entertainment industry is exciting in its ability to ...
(Published: May 31, 2013) [read more]
CEDAR WALTON & BARRY HARRIS / JAZZ PIANO SUMMIT: IN MEMORY OF MULGREW MILLER
Jazz Forum Arts presents JAZZ PIANO SUMMIT: CEDAR WALTON & BARRY HARRIS, performing on two nine-foot Steinway Concert Grand Pianos at The Allen Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, NYC, at 7:30 & 9:30pm, Saturday, June 22nd, 2013. The two NEA Jazz Masters ...
(Published: May 30, 2013) [read more]
Mendocino Music Festival Presents Big Band Night with Kathleen Grace, vocals
Saturday July 20, 8:00 PM
Tent Concert Hall, Mendocino, CA
A smashing evening with the Festival Big Band Orchestra, led by Allan Pollack, who plays a mean saxophone. Vocalist Kathleen Grace was such a hit last year we had to bring her back. One of the most exciting newcomers on the scene today, ...
(Published: May 30, 2013) [read more]
Mendocino Music Festival Presents Thelonius Monk Institute's National Performing Arts High School Jazz Sextet
Saturday July 20, 3:00 PM
Preston Hall, Mendocino, CA
"When you hear how great these young kids play, you know the future of our music is in good hands." - Thelonius Monk, Jr. (monkinstitute.org)
Miles Berry, 18, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts - tenor saxophone
Joel Ross, 17, Chicago ...
(Published: May 30, 2013) [read more]
Mendocino Music Festival Presents Kim Nalley, vocals
Friday July 19 3:00 PM
Preston Hall, Mendocino, CA
Kim Nalley, one of the world's best jazz and blues vocalists, has the sexy aura of a diva from the forties, with a 3 1/2 octave range that can go from operatic to gritty blues on a dime, projection that can whisper a ballad yet can fill a ...
(Published: May 30, 2013) [read more]
Mendocino Music Festival Presents Julian Pollack Trio and Hot Club of SF
On July 18, at 8 pm, at the Mendocino Music Festival Tent on the Headlands State Park in Mendocino, California, the Festival will present these two great jazz acts.
From jazz standards to American folk melodies to contemporary indie rock songs to Pollack's own compositions, the Trio's aim ...
(Published: May 30, 2013) [read more]
WBGO Jazz 88.3 Wins 3 NY Association of Black Journalist Awards
WBGO JAZZ 88.3 RECEIVES THREE AWARDS
FROM NEW YORK ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS
AT 25TH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARDS BANQUET
NEWARK, NJ, May 29, 2013 - The New York Association of Black Journalists (NYABJ) recognized the work of area journalists, including the presentations of three ...
(Published: May 29, 2013) [read more]
THE WEE TRIO Live at SubCulture on Thursday, June 6!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
THE WEE TRIO: Live at SubCulture on June 6!
James Westfall (vibes), Dan Loomis (bass), Jared Schonig (drums)
SubCulture is located at 45 Bleecker Street, NYC, doors 6:30 show 7:30, $12-15
For more info & TKTS call 212 533 5470, or visit ...
(Published: May 29, 2013) [read more]
Matt Glaser Wins Prestigious American String Teachers Association Award
May 28, 2013 - The American String Teachers Association (ASTA) awarded Berklee's Matt Glaser the prestigious Artist Teacher Award at its annual convention, held this year in Providence, RI. Glaser is the first non-classical string teacher to win the award, which is considered the ASTA's ...
(Published: May 29, 2013) [read more]
Blue Note Jazz Fest 2013: Roy Haynes, Yasiin Bey, Amel Larrieux,Wyclef, HBEm, More- Produced By Jill Newman Productions
Blue Note Jazz Festival
PRODUCED BY JILL NEWMAN PRODUCTIONS
www.bluenotejazzfest.com
www.jillnewmanproductions.com
Blue Note Jazz Festival
MARSHA AMBROSIUS
The Blue Note
June 4, 5, 2013
131 W 3rd St. NY, NY 10012
www.bluenote.net
Table $25/ Bar $15
Show 8pm & 10:30pm
Link ...
(Published: May 28, 2013) [read more]
Blue Note Jazz Fest 2013: Roy Haynes, Yasiin Bey, Amel Larrieux,Wyclef, HBEm, More- Produced By Jill Newman Productions
Blue Note Jazz Festival
PRODUCED BY JILL NEWMAN PRODUCTIONS
www.bluenotejazzfest.com
www.jillnewmanproductions.com
Blue Note Jazz Festival
MARSHA AMBROSIUS
The Blue Note
June 4, 5, 2013
131 W 3rd St. NY, NY 10012
www.bluenote.net
Table $25/ Bar $15
Show 8pm & 10:30pm
Link ...
(Published: May 28, 2013) [read more]
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