PREVIEW: THE FIFTH ANNUAL ART OF COOL FESTIVAL 2018 by LARRY RENI THOMAS
The fifth annual Art of Cool Festival (www.aocfestival.com), a two-day music festival, which will feature hip-hop, rhythm and blues, soul and jazz, is scheduled to take place September 28 and September 29, 2018, in downtown Durham, North Carolina. The event's new owner, The DOME,LLC ...
(Published: September 13, 2018) [read more]
Pianist Anne Sajdera Celebrates Creative Renewal, Cross-Cultural Inspiration with "New Year," Set for Nov. 2 Release
Anne Sajdera's remarkable acumen as both a pianist and a composer finds rejuvenation on New Year, set for November 2 release on her own Bijuri Records. The album hits close to home for Sajdera -- her ancestral home, that is, of the Czech Republic and its storied capital, Prague. A 2014 trip to ...
(Published: September 12, 2018) [read more]
Aardvark Jazztet to Play for Kip Tiernan Memorial Statue Unveiling
The Aardvark Jazztet, a small ensemble drawn from The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, will perform for the dedication of a memorial sculpture, honoring Kip Tiernan, a lifelong crusader for social justice, founder of Rosie's Place, and co-founder of the Poor Peoples United Fund. The dedication ...
(Published: September 11, 2018) [read more]
Stellar duo of Peter H. Bloom and John Funkhouser to celebrate Duke Ellington
The jazz duo of Peter H. Bloom, flute, and John Funkhouser, piano, will celebrate Duke Ellington on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 2:00 pm, at the Plymouth Public Library, 123 South Street, Plymouth MA. The show will feature classics like Take the A Train, Mood Indigo, Don't Get Around Much ...
(Published: September 11, 2018) [read more]
Free Jazz from Three Mass. Creative Bands
The Creative Music Series Presents
From Boston and Western Mass.
One Night, Three Bands of Free-Form, Cutting-Edge, Unrestricted Improvisations...
Unrehearsed and creative music ala Free-Jazz, Free-Rock, Electronics and Experimental Sounds that are "serious fun" you just don't hear often ...
(Published: September 10, 2018) [read more]
A "Cherry Sweet" offering for mom
Urban-jazz saxophonist Reggie Codrington returns the favor with the first single from "Against The Odds"
FAYETTEVILLE (10 September 2018): Afflicted with Ataxic Cerebral Palsy that required nine major surgeries before he hit his teens, Reggie Codrington has a mother, Joyce Codrington, who used ...
(Published: September 10, 2018) [read more]
VT Jazz Center Festivals for Emerging Artists and Solo Piano Highlight 2018-19 Concert Season
Christian McBride and Russell Malone, among featured artists during 10 monthly performances, from September through June in Brattleboro, Vermont
Building on more than two decades of successful programming, the Vermont Jazz Center is branching out for the 208-19 concert season.
In addition to ...
(Published: September 10, 2018) [read more]
Herb Alpert & Lani Hall return to Cafe Carlyle, October 9-13
Trumpet icon Herb Alpert and Grammy Award-winning vocalist/producer Lani Hall return to Café Carlyle performing new and classic songs, October 9-13. Lani Hall started her career as the lead singer of Sergio Mendes' breakthrough group, Brasil 66. Herb Alpert's legendary career ...
(Published: September 10, 2018) [read more]
Bassist Jason Everett to Release New Live Album With Deep Energy Orchestra Feat. Trey Gunn of King Crimson & Selvaganesh of Shakti
During the first week of October 2017, world-class musicians from many genres came together in an ambitious project...to record and perform a full night of music...in a week. The Deep Energy Orchestra were brought together by local composer and fretless bassist, Jason Everett who had been named an ...
(Published: September 09, 2018) [read more]
BOOGIE STOMP TO MAKE RETURN TO CHICAGO'S "PIANO FORTE" FEATURING MUSIC FROM THE FORTHCOMING BLUJAZZ RELEASE; "DISTURBING THE PEACE"
BOOGIE STOMP WILL PERFORM MUSIC FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING BLUJAZZ CD "DISTURBING THE PEACE" ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND, AT PIANOFORTE IN CHICAGO.
Saturday, September 22, Boogie Stomp returns to "PianoForte " in Chicago for an exciting night of music selections, Bob and Arthur have been performing ...
(Published: September 07, 2018) [read more]
Passion and spiritual meaning uplift new Kome Udu album
Kome Udu is an artist who offers both passion and spiritual meaning to her sound.
Udu's songs blur the lines between Gospel, blues, and modern R&B, but unlike many contemporary artists in these categories, she actually loves to reach out to her audience with a deeper message and a strong ...
(Published: September 07, 2018) [read more]
Alexa Ray Joel returns to Cafe Carlyle, September 25-October 6
Singer-songwriter Alexa Ray Joel returns to Café Carlyle for her fifth engagement, September 25-October 6. Reviewing a previous residency at the Café, The New York Times called Joel, daughter of music legend Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley, "a singer following her own ...
(Published: September 06, 2018) [read more]
American Songbook Association Presents Its First Annual Gala
The Joint Is Jumpin'! - Celebrating America's Black Songwriters and Singers
American Songbook Association Presents Its First Annual Gala
The Joint Is Jumpin'! - Celebrating America's Black Songwriters and Singers
With Maurice Hines, Ken Page, Cady Huffman, Vivian Reed and More!
Plus a Special Tribute Performance by and Presentation of the First Annual
ASA ...
(Published: September 05, 2018) [read more]
By Helping Others, She Found Her Voice: Singer/Writer Peggy Sarlin Charts a Fulfilling Path and Releases Blues-Infused Album, ‘Let There Be Love'
For Immediate Release
September 5, 2018
By Helping Others, She Found Her Voice
"I'm Your Friend Through the Tough Stuff"
Singer/Writer Peggy Sarlin Charts a Fulfilling Path and Releases Blues-Infused Album, ‘Let There Be Love'
Singer/author/brain health advocate ...
(Published: September 05, 2018) [read more]
Trumpeter Cuong Vu Rekindles Chemistry with Bill Frisell on Second RareNoise Release 'Change in the Air'
As a follow-up to 2017's acclaimed Ballet: The Music of Michael Gibbs, Seattle-based trumpeter Cuong Vu joins forces once again with guitar great Bill Frisell, bassist Luke Bergman and drummer Ted Poor on the boundary-pushing quartet outing for RareNoiseRecords, Change in the Air. With all the ...
(Published: September 05, 2018) [read more]
Jane Lynch & Kate Flannery make Cafe Carlyle debut, September 11-22
Acclaimed singers/actresses Jane Lynch & Kate Flannery make their Café Carlyle debut with Two Lost Souls, September 11-22. Jane Lynch is a two-time Emmy-winning host of Hollywood Game Night and an Emmy and Golden Globe winner for her portrayal of Sue Sylvester on Glee. She currently appears ...
(Published: September 04, 2018) [read more]
Pasha Karchevsky delivers dynamic, unique trumpet playing on new album
Pasha Karchevsky is a musician with a really well-rounded sense of creativity and composition. His sound is inspired by genres as diverse as Latin and contemporary jazz, bringing a broad palette of tonal flavors to the table.
In particular, Karchevsky is a truly talented trumpet player. His ...
(Published: September 01, 2018) [read more]
Saxophonist Jared Sims Tells His New York Story on Forthcoming Ropeadope CD, "The New York Sessions," Set for October 12 Release
Jazz saxophonist and educator Jared Sims pays musical tribute to experiences that influenced his creative development on The New York Sessions, his fifth album as a leader. Set for release by Ropeadope Records on October 12, the disc is a post-bop quartet outing that comes 20 years after Sims was ...
(Published: August 30, 2018) [read more]
Newport Festivals Foundation Gala Is A Huge Success
Newport Festivals Foundation 8th Annual Gala
Is A Huge Success
Funds Support the Foundation's Music Education Initiatives and Help to Continue the Legacy of Newport Jazz & Folk Festival
NEWPORT, RI, August 27, 2018 - More than 360 music fans from around the world turned out to celebrate ...
(Published: August 28, 2018) [read more]
Jonathan Joseph's Weather Underground at Arts Garage Sept 14
Friday, September 14 at 8 PM: Arts Garage presents Jonathan Joseph's Weather Underground. Jonathan has had a remarkable career, working with some of the greatest musical minds of the modern era, one of whom was Josef Zawinul, a founder of the great fusion band Weather Report. Jonathan became a ...
(Published: August 28, 2018) [read more]
Montreal-Based Pianist Andres Vial to Release New CD "Sphereology Volume One," Sept. 28
Pianist Andres Vial (pronounced Vee-al) launches a series of recordings offering new perspectives on the oeuvre of Thelonious Sphere Monk with the September 28 release of Sphereology Volume One on Chromatic Audio Records.
It's a project the Montreal native has been working on since 2005, ...
(Published: August 24, 2018) [read more]
TimbaLive in NMB Sept 15 - FREE
Saturday September 15 at 8: The City of North Miami Beach Multicultural Committee Liaison Commissioner Barbara Kramer invites you to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Miami's outstanding timba band TIMBALIVE. Timbalive is a group of highly trained musicians from Cuban conservatories. The ...
(Published: August 24, 2018) [read more]
Vocalist Olivia Foschi To Release Sophomore Album "Fleeting Windows" Produced by Ulysses Owens, Jr. Featuring Acclaimed Producer/Accordionist Gil Goldstein
And A Star Line-Up
Italian-American vocalist Olivia Foschi will release her sophomore album entitled Fleeting Windows on August 24, 2018; the official record release concert is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. that evening at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, NY. The record was produced by Ulysses Owens, Jr. who plays ...
(Published: August 24, 2018) [read more]
Breaking "Outside the Box"
Keyboardist David Garfield's initial releases from his multidisc,
multi-genre project are impacting jazz, smooth jazz and country radio, receiving rave reviews and meriting Grammy ballot consideration.
LOS ANGELES (23 August 2018): Veteran keyboardist David Garfield entered the year with a ...
(Published: August 23, 2018) [read more]
Vocalist Aya Ishida's debut album is tinged with emotions and solid arrangements
New York-based jazz vocalist Aya Ishida is an artist who puts so much into her music. When listening to her new release, Day By Day, you know exactly how much this one means to the performer.
The tone is personal, tinged with emotion, yet energetic and easy to relate to. They say that great ...
(Published: August 23, 2018) [read more]
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