Saxophonist Hailey Niswanger to Release 2nd CD, "The Keeper," April 24
Hailey Niswanger created an indelible impression in the jazz world with the release of her 2009 debut, Confeddie. Then 19, the saxophonist was even the subject of an enthusiastic Wall Street Journal profile by veteran jazz critic Nat Hentoff. The headline read: "This Teenager Has Got It."
Now ...
(Published: April 09, 2012) [read more]
AWARD-WINNING BRAZILIAN ARTIST FABIANA PASSONI PERFORMS NEW INTERNATIONAL JAZZ HIT WITH NATIVE VIBE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2012
AWARD-WINNING BRAZILIAN ARTIST FABIANA PASSONI PERFORMS NEW INTERNATIONAL JAZZ HIT WITH NATIVE VIBE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2012
WHAT: Award-winning Brazilian Artist, Fabiana Passoni will perform live with Native Vibe and showcase her new sultry remake of Minnie ...
(Published: April 09, 2012) [read more]
Jazz Showcase Chicago welcomes back singer/songwriter, Laury Shelley, two shows only!
Jazz Showcase is proud to announce the return of singer/songwriter, Laury Shelley, for two shows only on Monday, April 30th at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
In her third return engagement to the Jazz Showcase, Laury will take you on a journey of jazz songs mixed with several songs of her own. ...
(Published: April 09, 2012) [read more]
Award-winning crooner Mark Shelton returns with entrancing new album of jazz standards
The title of Mark Shelton's new album, Among the Stars, reveals the origin of his entrancing voice. There is an otherworldly beauty to Shelton's singing that is undeniable; like his heroes Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley, Shelton is blessed with an evocative baritone that is poetic in how ...
(Published: April 08, 2012) [read more]
THE NEW SCHOOL'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY LEGACY CONCERT
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music closes out it's banner year on Wednesday, April 25th,, 2012, 7:30pm at Tishman Auditorium with a special anniversary LEGACY concert featuring the community of pioneering artists and future musical legends celebrating 25 years of creative ...
(Published: April 07, 2012) [read more]
‘Saxophonist to the Stars' Lakecia Benjamin Steps into the Spotlight with Debut CD, Retox
Irresistible Set of Original Jazz-Tinged Funk and R&B Coming June 12 on Motéma Music
Charismatic and dynamic saxophonist/bandleader Lakecia Benjamin, who has played with Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, The Roots and Macy Gray, will take center stage in her own right with the June 12 release ...
(Published: April 07, 2012) [read more]
JERRY GRANELLI TRIO'S DEBUT CD, LET GO, IS THE LATEST GEM IN PERCUSSION MASTER'S MULTI-FACETED CAREER
"let go of what you want it to be. let go of how you think it too should be. even let go of your vision.and so we began by bringing in compositions and tearing them apart to find out what worked.This recording is a crystallization of that process."
In the middle of 2011, after releasing the ...
(Published: April 07, 2012) [read more]
Public school teacher Kyle Walz fuels 'Lifted Standards' with real emotion
The music may have originated with others, but the deep level of emotion that guitarist Kyle Walz contributes to the covers on Lifted Standards is rooted in true feeling. What could have been a paint-by-numbers selection of instrumental makeovers is instead an honest expression of love - not just ...
(Published: April 07, 2012) [read more]
RAVI COLTRANE TO RELEASE HIS BLUE NOTE DEBUT
SPIRIT FICTION ON JUNE 19
Saxophonist and composer Ravi Coltrane is set to release Spirit Fiction, his debut recording for Blue Note Records, on June 19. The 11-track album features two different band lineups, each with a unique expressive urgency. Several tracks feature Coltrane's long-term quartet with pianist Luis ...
(Published: April 06, 2012) [read more]
AccuJazz Internet Radio Launches New Orleans Jazz Festival Channel
The onset of warmer weather can mean only one thing: music festival season is nigh! There may be other joys that Summer brings, but for the folks at AccuJazz Internet Radio it's all about savoring great music in the great outdoors. AccuJazz has a tradition of creating channels dedicated to the ...
(Published: April 05, 2012) [read more]
Acid Jazz Groove-Masters INCOGNITO Embark On Its Third Decade With SURREAL
15th Album Features UK Soul Singers Mo Brandis, Natalie Williams & Vanessa Haynes And The Incomparable Maysa Leak
London, ENG: Legendary UK groove-masters Incognito embark on its third decade of creating funky mind-blowing soulful classics with their stellar new recording SURREAL.
As the ...
(Published: April 05, 2012) [read more]
JAZZ VOCALIST/BROADWAY ACTRESS LUBA MASON TO PERFORM "MIXTURA" AT IRIDIUM IN NYC MAY 15TH
JAZZ VOCALIST/BROADWAY ACTRESS LUBA MASON TO PERFORM "MIXTURA" AT IRIDIUM IN NYC MAY 15TH
"A voice as big and rich as a star-filled night sky." - Jazz Times
Jazz vocalist, Broadway actress and wife of Latin superstar Ruben Blades, Luba Mason is "a powerfully emotional song interpreter" (All ...
(Published: April 05, 2012) [read more]
Greece-born saxophonist Nikos Koulouris expands vocabulary of smooth jazz on new EP
Saxophonist Nikos Koulouris is carving a space in the progressive face of jazz.
On the surface, Koulouris' new four-track EP "...Dare to Dream" may be sailing the seas of smooth jazz but artistically he isn't coasting on stylistic clichés here. Koulouris is actually redefining ...
(Published: April 04, 2012) [read more]
"Beyond the Blue," 2nd Motema CD by Vocalist Tessa Souter, Due for Release May 8
Since her 2004 recording debut, Tessa Souter has established herself as a fearless innovator in vocal jazz -- "broadly imaginative" (New York Times), "expressive . . . full of passion" (Philadelphia Inquirer), "direct and soulful" (Village Voice). NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan places her "at the ...
(Published: April 03, 2012) [read more]
NEW YORK'S WAYNE KRANTZ SETS RELEASE DATE FOR NEW ALBUM
HOWIE 61 OUT APRIL 17TH ON ABSTRACT LOGIX
Celebrates With 5-Night Stint At The Iridium Nightclub in NYC
(Los Angeles) Ever-evolving and improvisational New York guitarist, Wayne Krantz, announces the release of his tenth album, Howie 61, on April 17 through Abstract Logix Records. Better known for his preference of the trio format, the musical main-stay now enlists a multitude of world-class ...
(Published: April 03, 2012) [read more]
The Yosvany Terry Quintet at Jazz Standard April 10 and 11--Special Guest Pedrito Martinez
The Yosvany Terry Quintet, with special guest Pedrito Martinez, will premiere selections from Yosvany Terry's newest release, Today's Opinion (Criss Cross),at Jazz Standard on April 10 and April 11. Performances are at 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm and 8:45 pm respectively). ...
(Published: April 03, 2012) [read more]
Pianist/Composer ARUÁN ORTIZ Presents a Musical Unit in Perpetual Motion on His New Recording, ORBITING
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
www.REDCATPUBLICITY.com
Pianist/Composer ARUÁN ORTIZ Presents a Musical Unit in Perpetual Motion on His New Recording, ORBITING
(Available May 29, 2012 on Fresh Sound/New Talent)
Orbiting features The Aruán Ortiz Quartet: Aruán Ortiz (piano), David ...
(Published: April 03, 2012) [read more]
Smokey Robinson at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts continues its tremendous 31st season with a superstar of popular song - the GRAMMY® Award-winning "poet laureate of soul music," SMOKEY ROBINSON, on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 8pm. The velvet-voiced singer/songwriter, whose $60-million-plus in record sales ...
(Published: April 02, 2012) [read more]
This Week at The Cornelia Street Cafe, April 2-9
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
The Cornelia Street Café is a true New York City landmark, an epicurean destination, an artist's café that cultivates and inspires, and one of the few remaining Greenwich Village bastions for creative music, spoken word, art, theatre, cabaret and much ...
(Published: April 02, 2012) [read more]
CHAMBERWORKS at BROOKLYN JAZZ WIDE OPEN - Saturday, April 21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONNECTION WORKS PRESENTS The 5th SEASON OF
BROOKLYN JAZZ WIDE OPEN
@ The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is located at 58 Seventh Ave (at Lincoln Place), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, Tel 718 622 3300, reduced ...
(Published: April 02, 2012) [read more]
Rockwired.com's All New Jazzed And Blue Podcast Presents Kate McGarry And Her New Cd 'Girl Talk'
The weekly online radio series Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is back and is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features an exclusive interview with vocalist Kate McGarry regarding her latest release 'Girl Talk'. In the opening segment, McGarry discusses the ...
(Published: April 01, 2012) [read more]
Stephanie Jordan Tribute CD to Lena Horne CD Release Party at Café Istanbul on Friday, April 13 in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS - The long awaited debut album by New Orleans jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan has finally arrived. The Stephanie Jordan Big Band will host a CD Release Party at Café Istanbul during French Quarter Fest weekend in the Healing Center located at 2372 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans. ...
(Published: April 01, 2012) [read more]
Jazz Pianist Ayako Shirasaki: Japan Tour Dates: April 2012
Ayako Shirasaki presents her newest CD Falling Leaves-Live in Hamburg to her home audience all over Japan in April 2012.
Falling Leaves really garnered the attention of the media:
"Shirasaki is the complete package, possessing commanding technique that comes from a classical foundation but ...
(Published: April 01, 2012) [read more]
Gilberto Santa Rosa at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts continues its unforgettable 31st season with one of Salsa's greatest voices for the past three decades, GRAMMY® and Latin GRAMMY winner GILBERTO SANTA ROSA, whose unique style of soneo (improvisational singing) revolutionized Salsa. His world-wide tour ...
(Published: March 31, 2012) [read more]
Gloria Gaynor, Colonel Abrams & The Hit Men
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts continues its superb 31st season with a spectacular night of dance hits on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 8pm. One of dance music's biggest stars for over three decades, GRAMMY® Award winner GLORIA GAYNOR will perform with a full band. Her 1979 #1 hit, the ...
(Published: March 31, 2012) [read more]
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