THE DJANGO HOSTS YOUNG, EMERGING ARTISTS AS PART OF ITS INAUGURAL "NEXT GEN SERIES" IN MAY
NEXT GEN SERIES: ANAIS RENO (MAY 4), HANK ALLEN-BARFIELD, IMANI ROUSSELLE + ABDIAS ARMENTEROS (MAY 7), ALEX DE LAZZARI (MAY 12), AARON SEEBER (MAY 13), EVAN SHERMAN (MAY 14), CHRIS LEWIS + SEAN MASON (MAY 19), ANDREW WAGNER (MAY 21), SAMARA JOY (MAY 25), JOE BLOCK (MAY 26), ALONZO DEMETRIUS (MAY ...
(Published: April 05, 2022) [read more]
Nikos Chatzitsakos Tiny Big Band - Release Date May 13th!
Performing April 24th at The Lilypad - Boston!
https://www.nikoschatzitsakos.com/epk
ABOUT THE PROJECT:
"Nikos Chatzitsakos Tiny Big Band" was formed in 2018. In this project, Nikos arranges jazz standards for a unique instrumentation of six horns and a piano trio, plus some guest appearances on vocals, guitar, and vibraphone. Although this ...
(Published: April 01, 2022) [read more]
CHART TOPPING CONTEMPORARY JAZZ SAXOPHONIST
JESSY J GETS "BLUE"
First Studio Album in Six Years Set for Release April 15, 2022
Embarks on U.S. Tour
What do you do after celebrating over a decade as one of contemporary jazz's top saxophonists, known for your trademark blend of sensual Latin tinged powerful horn playing which garnered 12 top singles ...
(Published: March 30, 2022) [read more]
Fabian Willmann, Arne Huber, Jeff Ballard To Release 'Balance' On New Label CYH from Switzerland In April.
On his debut album, Balance, Berlin saxophonist Fabian Willmann immediately gets down to business. The opening track bears the businesslike title, "Intro". And indeed, with just a few simple tones, he foreshadows what emerges over the course of the album. Fabian Willmann is a trenchant narrator ...
(Published: March 30, 2022) [read more]
Birdland and Flymachine Launch Partnership; Emmet Cohen Headlines This Week
Birdland Jazz Club, one of the premier jazz clubs in New York City, has recently announced a new partnership that will provide streaming access to a selection of its renowned live acts. The famed jazz club has teamed up with Flymachine, a pioneering virtual venue for live entertainment. Through ...
(Published: March 28, 2022) [read more]
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Celebrates International Jazz Day with Free Performances by 100+ Student Musicians, Mayor Baraka, and More
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka
WBGO Radio Host Sheila Anderson
NJPAC's City Verses Jazz and Poetry Ensemble
NJPAC's Wells Fargo Jazz for Teens Ensembles
JAZZ HOUSE Big Band
Science Park High Big Band
Arts High Afro-Latin Big Band
Where: NJPAC is located at 1 Center Street, Newark, New ...
(Published: March 28, 2022) [read more]
Iconic Jazz Label Candid Records Relaunches with
Five Reissues of Legendary 60's Recordings Remastered by
Award Winning Audio Engineer Bernie Grundman
Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
We Insist! - Max Roach
Lightnin' in New York' - Lightnin' Hopkins
Straight Ahead - Abbey Lincoln
Otis Spann is the Blues
Historic Albums Confronting Civil Rights Issues,
As Relevant Today As They Were 60 Years Ago
Available On CD and ...
(Published: March 14, 2022) [read more]
Singer/Songwriter Katherine Kostoff
Debut Release
"It Happens Like That"
Arranged and produced by Gil Goldstein and co-produced by Steve Rodby.
Good friends and kind strangers,
I'm delighted to announce that my album "It Happens Like That" is now available on all streaming platforms.
Gershwin once said that in order to get to a good song he had to go through twelve bad songs. I haven't exactly counted my ratio but I can tell ...
(Published: March 11, 2022) [read more]
Giacomo Gates Recently Released "You"- Hits #5 on Jazz Week Charts! International Airplay!
Its' all about you...
"The context of many songs written and recorded, are composed by people with ‘I' problems...but not these songs. All of these songs are about you." - Giacomo Gates
Jazz vocalist Giacomo Gates is blessed with a smooth and supremely expressive baritone voice and an all-inclusive musicality ...
(Published: March 11, 2022) [read more]
Saturn Quartet Debut Release "Synchronicities" Hit March 1st!
Made up of four extremely talented young players and composers, Saturn Quartet, (the term "prodigies" might not be entirely inappropriate when discussing the group's members), who all fell together initially during their time studying that most unique and challenging American art form in the ...
(Published: March 11, 2022) [read more]
Recording Artist and Songwriter Sylvia Brooks'
Anticipated Release "Signature" on May 30th!
Since her captivating debut in 2009, jazz vocalist Sylvia Brooks has displayed a gift for inhabiting different personas, with a subspecialty in film- noir inspired femmes fatale. On this - Signature (Rhombus Records) - her fourth album, she embraces the most challenging role of all, defining ...
(Published: March 11, 2022) [read more]
THE DJANGO CELEBRATES CHARLES MINGUS CENTENNIAL WITH SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY MINGUS ENSEMBLES, MINGUS-INSPIRED BANDS, REISSUE OF MINGUS THREE, AND MORE DURING
JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH
New York City, NY - THE DJANGO, downtown Manhattan's premier jazz club, celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with a spectacular April line-up. To commemorate what would have been the 100th birthday (April 22, 2022) of iconic jazz composer/bandleader/bassist Charles Mingus (1922-2022), The Django ...
(Published: March 02, 2022) [read more]
"Yasser Tejeda & Palotré"
Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam
In February, Jazz Power Initiative (JPI) welcomes guitarists and vocalists Yasser Tejeda in performance, with Kyle Miles, bass, Otoniel Vergas, drums, Jonathan "JBlak" Troncoso, percussion, and Carmen J. Morillo, dancer, hosted by Jazz Power Initiative's Managing and Artistic Director Eli ...
(Published: February 28, 2022) [read more]
Nina Simone Birthday Special on Sunday Night Jazz on WCOM-FM with host Larry Reni Thomas 2/27/22
Listen to WCOM-FM (www.wcomfm.org), Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina, February 27, 2022, from 9pm to 12 midnight, for The Nina Simone Birthday Special with host Larry Reni Thomas. The program will feature three hours of Nina Simone's music and an audio documentary called "Nina Simone: The ...
(Published: February 23, 2022) [read more]
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Celebrates
Jazz Appreciation Month with Free Concerts, Diana Krall, and More
sponsored by TD Bank
a world of jazz music just minutes from home
Where: NJPAC is located at 1 Center Street, Newark, New Jersey; a short walk from the Newark Penn Station stop by Newark-bound PATH Train or Amtrak. (unless otherwise noted)
Tickets: Free and Up. To purchase, contact NJPAC ...
(Published: February 21, 2022) [read more]
Lee Morgan Memorial Special on WCOM-FM with host Larry Reni Thomas February 20, 2022
Listen to Sunday Night Jazz on WCOM-FM with host Larry Reni Thomas for The Lee Morgan Memorial Special,February 20, 2022, from 9pm to 12 midnight. The show will sadly note the 50th year of his death on February 19, 1972. The program will include three hours of the music of the late great ...
(Published: February 15, 2022) [read more]
Danish composer Anders Koppel's Mulberry Street Symphony inspired by photographs of immigrant and social reformer Jacob Riis - Work for jazz trio and orchestra scheduled for release on Unit Records, 2/18
Prolific Danish composer Anders Koppel, whose distinguished career includes music for theatre, film, ballet and over 150 scores for various classical ensembles, pays homage to his fellow countryman, the famed photographer and social reformer Jacob Riis, on Mulberry Street Symphony . Riis, who ...
(Published: February 14, 2022) [read more]
GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS, NEA JAZZ MASTERS AND MacARTHUR FELLOWS HIGHLIGHT FROST MUSIC LIVE SIGNATURE SERIES CONCERTS FOR 2022
World Renowned Artist Faculty and Student Ensembles Perform with
New Generation of Rising Musical Stars and Guest Artists Including NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington, Maria Schneider and the HMI Orchestra, Storytellers with Luciana Souza and the Frost Latin Jazz Orchestra
The Frost ...
(Published: February 03, 2022) [read more]
Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam
"Black History Month Salute to
Guitarist Wes Montgomery featuring
Bruce Edwards and Tom Dempsey"
In February, Jazz Power Initiative (JPI) welcomes guitarists Bruce Edwards and Tom Dempsey in performance, with Jennifer Vincent, bass, Dwayne "Cook" Broadnax, drums, hosted by pianist and Jazz Power Initiative's Managing and Artistic Director Eli Yamin.
Presented at The National Jazz ...
(Published: January 31, 2022) [read more]
The Dango Celebrates March aka Women's History Month with 20+ Female Jazz Artists/Bandleaders
women's history month: liya grigoryan (mar 3), Sasha berliner (mar 4), lezlie harrison (mar 19), roxy coss (mar 25), and more
cd release concerts: steve slagle band (mar 5), julieta eugenio trio (mar 10), keli rodriguez-pena (mar 15), michael weiss trio (mar 22), and roxy coss (mar 25)
...
(Published: January 31, 2022) [read more]
NJPAC Presents Free Monthly Bethany Jazz Vespers Concert Series
CO-PRESENTED BY BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH AND NJPAC
Where: Bethany Baptist Church at 117 W. Market Street, Newark, NJ
Tickets: FREE. To reserve or for more info, contact NJPAC at 1.888.GO.NJPAC/1.888.466.5722 or visit NJPAC.org/jazz.
Artists and schedules are subject to ...
(Published: January 31, 2022) [read more]
Guitarist Calvin Keys Brings Jazz And Donations To The Bayview Opera House Ruth Williams Memorial Theatre!
Jazz guitar master Calvin Keys will celebrate his 80th birthday, new CD release, Simply Calvin, and his quintet performance on Sunday February 6th, 2022!
The event will be held at San Francisco's Bayview Opera House Ruth Williams Memorial Theatre!
All proceeds will be donated to the Bay ...
(Published: January 15, 2022) [read more]
Jazz Power Initiative Launches Youth Workshop Opening Doors to New Students
Jazz Power Initiative (JPI), a non-profit organization that transforms lives through jazz music education and performing arts, is opening its doors to new students, with a series of free OPEN STUDIO classes in voice, dance and theatre arts on Thursdays, January 20, February 17 and March 10 from ...
(Published: January 10, 2022) [read more]
"Woman's World with CocoMama" Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam
In January, Jazz Power Initiative (JPI) welcomes CocoMama in performance, with Jennifer Vincent, bass, Mayra Casales, percussion, Nicki Denner, piano, Ariacne Trujillo, voice, Reut Regev, trombone and Rafael Monteagudo, drums, and hosted by Jazz Power Initiative's Managing and Artistic Director ...
(Published: January 07, 2022) [read more]
Juán Chiavassa - Fiery Argentina Drummer from Mike Stern to Paquito d' Rivera!
I had the opportunity to see drummer Juán Chiavassa in action- leading the rhythmic machine for dynamic Cuban pianist Dayramir Gonzalez recently at Flushing Town Hall-NYC. And I'm telling you- it was the most powerful, exciting performance that I've seen for a long time! I found myself ...
(Published: January 07, 2022) [read more]
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