The Shirley Horn Suite Is Here!
Hello Friends and Music Lovers,
The Shirley Horn Suite is here! This is a CD I've been wanting to record for years, and I'm so excited to finally release it!
Shirley Horn is one of my favorite, favorite, favorite singers and pianists of all time. Her definitive sense of space, swing, ...
(Published: April 05, 2011) [read more]
Enter Music Publishing's Drummies Hit Hard: 4600 Drummers Cast Votes Since March 10
San Jose, Calif., Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip, drum/percussion magazines, worldwide and online, is reporting very strong voting returns during the initial voting period for its 16th Annual Drummies. According to surveymonkey, approximately 4600 drummers have cast votes in the 42 ...
(Published: April 04, 2011) [read more]
PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL TO PRESENT JUSTO ALMARIO'S AFRO-COLOMBIAN ENSEMBLE AND ISRAELI PIANIST TAMIR HENDELMAN'S TRIO, IN FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT SUNDAY, MAY 1ST, AT BEVERLY HILLS CIVIC CENTER
Get ready for a little samba, a little sass, and a lot of jazz, when the acclaimed multi-talented master saxophonist and composer Justo Almario brings his distinctive fusion of jazz, South-American and world rhythms to Beverly Hills in a free concert on Sunday, May 1st. The show will also feature ...
(Published: April 04, 2011) [read more]
Small Jazz Concert - Through the Fire!
Tufts small jazz ensembles led by Joel LaRue Smith and Nando Michelin. This evening's performance will include great music from Chaka Khan and Earth, Wind and Fire. Therefore, the music will be sizzling, burning and hot...it will be a journey through the fire!
The concert will be held on ...
(Published: April 04, 2011) [read more]
Ketil Bjornstad solo Tour Dates
May 29th - Charleston, SC
Spoleto Festival - 6PM
May 30th - Charleston, SC
Spoleto Festival - 5PM
June 1st - Charleston, SC
Spoleto Festival - 6PM
New Album:
Ketil Bjørnstad / Svante Henryson
Night Song
Release date: March 29, 2011
Ketil Bjørnstad: piano
Svante Henryson: ...
(Published: April 04, 2011) [read more]
NEW CD RELEASE BY BARITONE SAXOPHONIST CLAIRE DALY
"THE MARY JOYCE PROJECT: NOTHING TO LOSE"
Award-winning baritone saxophonist Claire Daly is releasing a new CD, a musical homage to her father's first cousin, Mary Joyce. A pioneer who made a 1,000 mile dogsled journey from Juneau to Fairbanks in 1935-36, Joyce and her three month journey tell an amazing tale of determination, ...
(Published: April 03, 2011) [read more]
Guitarist Mahan Mirarab inspires awe by incorporating Persian folk and world music with jazz on new CD
April 1, 2011 (Tehran, Iran) Written by Robert Sutton. Guitarist Mahan Mirarab saves the best for last, or at least at the end of a song on his new album, Persian Side of Jazz. In the explosive climax of "Dar-ol-jonoon," Mirarab's propulsive riffs lock in step with Wolfi Rainer's snapping ...
(Published: April 01, 2011) [read more]
Coming Up at The Cornelia Street Cafe - Paul Motian, The 5th Annual BJU Festival, Dan Tepfer w/Special Guest Gary Peacock and much more!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
www.REDCATPUBLICITY.com
NEW NEW NEW
LIVE FROM CORNELIA STREET PODCASTS
NOW AVAILABLE - click here - http://corneliastreetcafe.com/downstairs/podcasts.html to check out live performances from Tim Berne's Los Totopos, The Jeff Davis Band, The ...
(Published: April 01, 2011) [read more]
TINATIN RELEASES DEBUT EP "WILD," FOCUSING ATTENTION ON POTENTIAL RAVAGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE;
RELEASED ON THE EVE OF ANNUAL EARTH DAY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TINATIN RELEASES DEBUT EP "WILD," FOCUSING ATTENTION
ON POTENTIAL RAVAGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE;
RELEASED ON THE EVE OF ANNUAL EARTH DAY
As catastrophic events continue to impact the very ground we walk on, from the devastating combination of earthquakes and tsunamis in ...
(Published: April 01, 2011) [read more]
Cuban Music Group Tiempo Libre Celebrates the Thrill of American Radio in New Timba Album, My Secret Radio
SONY MASTERWORKS announces the new album My Secret Radio by three-time Grammy nominated Cuban music group Tiempo Libre, available May 3, 2011. Featuring the group's signature timba music - an intense, sophisticated mix of Latin jazz and danceable Afro-Cuban rhythms - My Secret Radio conjures ...
(Published: April 01, 2011) [read more]
James Carter's "Caribbean Rhapsody" Due from Emarcy Records May 17
The extraordinary decade-long collaboration of jazz virtuoso James Carter and classical composer Roberto Sierra comes to a thrilling culmination with the release on May 17 of their first recording, Caribbean Rhapsody. Sierra's Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra, composed for Carter and ...
(Published: March 31, 2011) [read more]
Marcus Goldhaber to present "Jazz on The Seaport" series:
Thursday Evenings in April @ The Algonquin Seaport Theater
NEW YORK, NY - On Thursday evenings for the entire month of April, Marcus Goldhaber and The Jon Davis Trio will be performing two sets, introducing a brand new weekly Jazz series at The Algonquin Seaport Theater on Pier 17 in Lower Manhattan.
The Algonquin, a newcomer in the downtown landscape, ...
(Published: March 31, 2011) [read more]
Debut album from soulful singer Leslie Casey displays exhilarating versatility
March 29, 2011 (Pittsburgh, PA) Written by Robert Sutton. Versatility is the X factor is separating the good from the great. On her debut album Let's Play, vocalist Leslie Casey sings the blues on "In a Sentimental Mood" with bruising, exhilarating passion; exhibits the self-confident strut of ...
(Published: March 30, 2011) [read more]
Roman Miroshnichenko is guest-star in "Canto De Pilon" music video
Several years ago Arthur Gazarov (the leader of Moscow band "Sambateria") heard an old record of "Canto de Pilon" -- the venezuelan folk song. The song made deep impression on him and Arthur wished to record a remake based upon percussion rhythm section. The arranger did not feel a lack of ...
(Published: March 30, 2011) [read more]
Erkki-Sven Tüür in Cincinnati on May 13 and May 14, 2011
North America Premiere of Piano Concerto with Awadagin Pratt, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Conducted by Paavo Järvi
Music Hall, Cincinnati. USA
http://www.cincinnatiarts.org/musichall
Erkki-Sven Tüür was born in 1959 in Kärdla, on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. Largely ...
(Published: March 30, 2011) [read more]
Upcoming performances of music by Colin Vallon Trio in USA (1st tour)
May 19th - Baltimore, MD
An Die Musik Live!
May 20th - New York, NY
Rubin Museum of Art
May 21st - Portland, OR
PDX Jazz @ Tony Starlight's
May 22nd - Los Angeles, CA Keyboard Concepts
May 24th - Oakland, ...
(Published: March 30, 2011) [read more]
Michael Formanek's performances in May
Michael Formanek / Tim Berne / Jacob Sacks /Gerald Cleaver
May 14th - Brooklyn, NY
Gowanus Festival
May 15th - Baltimore, MD
The Windup ...
(Published: March 30, 2011) [read more]
Saint Lucia Jazz 2011
The 2011 Saint Lucia Jazz lineup is headlined by six time Grammy winner John Legend and includes RnB sensation Trez Songz, accomplished acts like Jazz fusion quartet Yellowjackets, violinist Regina Carter, Saint Lucian saxophonist Augustin 'Jab' Duplessis, saxophonist Maceo Parker, Hatian ...
(Published: March 30, 2011) [read more]
Sony Masterworks Jazz, Larry Rosen, and Quincy Jones Debut First Historical Jazz Compilation linked to the JAZZ ROOTS Concert Series
JAZZ ROOTS: MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS
Compilation available April 5, 2011
Documents Jazz from African drums through today
Includes artists Olatunji, Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Tito Puente, Weather ...
(Published: March 29, 2011) [read more]
2011 Charlie Palmieri Memorial Piano Scholarship Recipients
El Barrio/East Harlem, New York - Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce that four young pianists, Gregory Chen, Jack Ramsey, Joshua Benitez and Kevin Rentas have been selected as the 2011 recipients of the Charlie Palmieri Memorial Piano Scholarship established ...
(Published: March 29, 2011) [read more]
Diane Schuur to release The Gathering, available June 7th on Vanguard Records
Jazz Legend Diane Schuur signs with Vanguard Records New release The Gathering available on June 7th; Features guest performances by Alison Krauss, Vince Gill,
Larry Carlton, Mark Knopfler and Kirk Whalum
March 28, 2011 - Santa Monica, CA. Two-time Grammy Award winner and one of contemporary ...
(Published: March 29, 2011) [read more]
Telluride Jazz Fest announces lineup
Jazz. Funk. Blues. Wine. Yoga. Paradise.
Telluride Jazz Celebration is proud to announce an outstanding lineup for its 35th Anniversary year. The 2011 lineup showcases the very best artists in classic, mainstream and progressive jazz along with blues, cajun, pop, funk and soul. This year's ...
(Published: March 29, 2011) [read more]
A FUNDRAISING BENEFIT FOR THE JAPANESE JAZZ COMMUNITY FEATURING THE VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA, ALUMNI OF THE THAD JONES/MEL LEWIS JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND SPECIAL GUESTS
On Monday, April 4, 2011, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and the Village Vanguard will host a benefit to raise funds for the Japanese jazz community. The event will take place at the Village Vanguard, and consist of three sets of music at 8:00 PM, 9:45 PM and 11:30 PM.
All ticket fees will be ...
(Published: March 29, 2011) [read more]
Soothing, dreamlike melodies characterize Michael Borek's new CD
March 28, 2011 (Itter, Austria) Written by Robert Sutton. The quiet, sublime beauty of Michael Borek's Meditations is in its ability to reflect ripples in a pond. There is a fragile quality to Borek's piano playing, one that conjures soothing, dreamlike melodies.
Its title is certainly ...
(Published: March 29, 2011) [read more]
Antonio Ciacca Appointed Artist in Residence at the Setai Hotel
Pianist and bandleader Antonio Ciacca has been appointed Artist-in-Residence at the Bar on Fifth at the Setai Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. Beginning April 1, 2011, Ciacca will present his trio and quartet, as well as curate concerts featuring some of New York's finest jazz musicians, every ...
(Published: March 29, 2011) [read more]
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