Interview: pianist/composer Eunha So
Q: What initially sparked your interest in music and how old were you?
A: I was six years old when I first started playing piano. That was the first time I got involved with music as far as I can remember. I used to go to a music studio after school everyday to play the piano, when I didn't ...
(Published: July 23, 2020) [read more]
Vocalist/pianist Venika Hartlyn's new EP is soothing, beautiful
Vocalist/pianist Venika Hartlyn has developed a distinctive sound, inspired by a wide range of genres and ideas. From the soothing melodies of singer/songwriter music, down to the warmth of the recordings, anything goes, and the possibilities are truly endless.
Recently, Hartlyn dropped a ...
(Published: July 18, 2020) [read more]
CD release: A Rite for All Souls, long-lost recording by trail-blazing Mark Harvey Group
The Mark Harvey Group's A Rite for All Souls (available July 17, 2020 via Americas Musicworks) is a newly discovered recording of a 1971 concert by the trail-blazing ensemble. The recording reaches across nearly 50 years from a time of great social turbulence in the US to deliver a message of ...
(Published: July 12, 2020) [read more]
New album from Bud Wilkins has echoes of Jeff Beck and Al Di Meola
This has certainly not been an easy time for artists, but we are so happy to report that things are always brewing for some musicians who have not given up. On the contrary, they are still out there, making people's lives better with music and creativity. This is definitely the case of ...
(Published: July 09, 2020) [read more]
With Students in over 137 Countries, Open Studio Builds a Community of Aspiring Jazz Players and Top Jazz Artists -- Including Christian McBride, Dianne Reeves, Sean Jones and more
For Immediate Release
July 9, 2020
With Students in over 137 Countries, Open Studio Builds a Community of Aspiring Jazz Players and Top Jazz Artists -- Including Christian McBride, Dianne Reeves, Sean Jones and more
During a Pandemic, How Do We Educate Safely? What Do Performances ...
(Published: July 09, 2020) [read more]
Daniel Criado's well-rounded and expressive drums ignite new single
Composer/drummer Daniel Criado is on his way to bring a much-needed breath of fresh air to the jazz scene along with his own outfit, The Daniel Criado Project. He's had the opportunity to perform all over the world, even sharing the stage with some iconic international artists, making for a ...
(Published: July 06, 2020) [read more]
Will you help us continue this work?
Greetings,
During this challenging and terrible time of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past few months, your support is having a very special impact now.
With your help, we quickly transitioned our services, launching our youth and community programs online as JazzPowerON, starting in March. ...
(Published: July 02, 2020) [read more]
LOVE & JAZZ IN THE TIME OF COVID - As Singer/Songwriter Jana Herzen & Bassist Charnett Moffett
Build Toward the July Release of Their New Duo Album
‘Round The World, They Reveal Some Joyful News
on Brian Zimmerman's Jazziz Last Call; Blue Note At
For Immediate Release
June 30, 2020
LOVE & JAZZ IN THE TIME OF COVID
As Singer/Songwriter Jana Herzen & Bassist Charnett Moffett
Build Toward the July Release of Their New Duo Album
‘Round The World, They Reveal Some Joyful News
on Brian Zimmerman's Jazziz Last Call
Blue ...
(Published: July 01, 2020) [read more]
The Line Mortensen Trio soothes and uplifts on new EP
Line Mortensen is a gifted vocalist/composer whose new EP as a trio, Thoughts, is a soothing and emotional connection of songs, blurring the lines between the sophisticated edge of jazz and the intimacy of singer/songwriter music. In its entirety, Thoughts is emotional, direct and ...
(Published: June 28, 2020) [read more]
Trombonist Charles Hamilton Delivers A Stellar Debut CD!
San Francisco CA. June 15th, 2020-San Francisco born musician, composer, arranger and educator Charles Hamilton has released his debut CD Mr. Hamudah!
For Charles Hamilton the flame for music was ignited when "I was introduced to the trumpet by Louie Armstrong when he performed on the Ed ...
(Published: June 26, 2020) [read more]
Bernard Scavella's The Way I Feel CD Jazzweek.com Top 50!
Chicagoan and saxophonist Bernard Scavella's new CD The Way I Feel joins the nations top jazz CD's on Jazzweek.com's Top 50 chart !
Read all the details here! ...
(Published: June 26, 2020) [read more]
Idyllwild Arts Presents A Reimagined Virtual "Jazz In The Pines" Concert Series From July 5 - 17, 2020
Idyllwild Arts Academy announces the return of its popular annual fundraiser, Jazz In The Pines. While the Idyllwild Arts campus remains closed until August, Idyllwild Arts are forging ahead with a reimagined, predominantly virtual format for Jazz In The Pines, which includes several in-person ...
(Published: June 26, 2020) [read more]
World jazz band Special EFX emerges from quarantine ready to shine
The collective will resume its "All Stars" concert tour on Friday and drop a new single in August
NEW YORK CITY (16 June 2020): GRAMMY nominated world music-contemporary jazz band Special EFX was in Denver one month into their concert tour promoting their 21st album, "All Stars," when the ...
(Published: June 19, 2020) [read more]
Lasses Rogers Band's strong new album is cocktail of blues, soul, and rock
Lasses Rogers Band has been busy creating some new music lately. As a result, they put out a brand new studio album titled Keep Up. The release features 11 songs, making for slightly under one hour of music. The album kicks off with the first, self-titled track. This song instantly captures the ...
(Published: June 19, 2020) [read more]
Veteran tuba master Ralph Hepola creates a dynamic, supremely soulful new lead
voice for the idiom on his eclectic debut album "Tuba"
Invented in both its bass and tenor forms in the 1830s by instrument builders Wilhelm Friedrich Wieprecht, Johann Gottfried Moritz and Johann's son Carl Wilhelm Moritz, the tuba played a prominent role over the next century in the works of Strauss, Stravinsky, Wagner, Prokofiev, Brahms, ...
(Published: June 19, 2020) [read more]
"BAM!" Guitarist H Allan kicks up his "Heels" again on the EP that drops Friday
The title track began collecting playlist adds on Monday
CHICAGO (17 June 2020): H Allan is a guitar player who likes to shred yet his career has always been closely tied to the saxophone thus it's natural that the title track to his EP that drops Friday, "BAM!" was written by and for a sax ...
(Published: June 17, 2020) [read more]
Eunha So releases beautiful, personal album
Eunha So is far from being your average composer. This talented musician loves to use sound as a way to express her feelings, going for a deeper emotional twist that connect with listeners on a deeper level.
In 2019, the New York-based artist and pianist managed to release a fantastic study ...
(Published: June 12, 2020) [read more]
Brazilian jazz pianist Ricardo Bacelar makes a "Live" statement with "Nothing Will Be As It Was"
His "Live in Rio" album drops August 21 preceded by the single that aptly reflects our times
FORTALEZA, BRAZIL (10 June 2020): Brazil is leading the world per capita in coronavirus cases making it unlikely that people will be cramming into a concert venue anytime soon to hear live music. Then ...
(Published: June 10, 2020) [read more]
Jazz clarinetist Eddie Daniels captures the heart of another Brazilian great
"Night Kisses: A Tribute To Ivan Lins" featuring Dave Grusin and Bob James drops July 31
SANTA FE (9 June 2020): "It's jazz, it's beauty and it opens the heart." That is how six-time GRAMMY-nominated horn player Eddie Daniels describes his forthcoming album, "Night Kisses: A Tribute to ...
(Published: June 09, 2020) [read more]
Contemporary jazz duo Vibes Alive hope "Windchime" rings in healing
The second single from their "Vibrasonic" album is the most added new single this week
UPLAND (4 June 2020): It had been twelve years between albums for contemporary jazz group Vibes Alive when their "Vibrasonic" disc dropped in early March. Only their third album in the 23-year partnership ...
(Published: June 08, 2020) [read more]
The Jerry Granelli Trio Plays Vince Guaraldi & Mose Allison - Out on RareNoise in late June
Over the course of a career spanning six decades, drummer Jerry Granelli has worked with many of the greatest artists across the full spectrum of jazz and beyond. On The Jerry Granelli Trio Plays Vince Guaraldi and Mose Allison, his rapturous new album for RareNoise, Granelli revisits two of his ...
(Published: June 07, 2020) [read more]
SONAR feat. David Torn with Tranceportation (Volume 2) on RareNoise - Out in late June
Tranceportation (Volume 2) is the next destination in SONAR's ongoing musical journey as the Swiss-based band celebrates 10 years of cutting-edge music-making.
Once again the quartet formed in 2010 have joined forces with internationally-respected experimental guitarist, David Torn, to ...
(Published: June 07, 2020) [read more]
Guitarist Lawson Rollins' imaginative "With the Wind" hopes to blow to the top of the charts
The second single from "True North" dropped Monday
SAN FRANCISCO (1 June 2020): The winds of change are upon us and while possessing the power of destruction, wind can also purify, refresh and foster renewal. It's the latter that world music guitarist Lawson Rollins had in mind when ...
(Published: June 01, 2020) [read more]
Singer-songwriter Cat Levan finally indulges her "Double Life"
Produced by Billboard chart-topper Steve Oliver, she drops her debut album on May 29 and will celebrate that evening with an album release cocktail party via Zoom
VANCOUVER (22 May 2020): One could easily make the case that singer-songwriter Cat Levan has much more than just a double life. The ...
(Published: May 27, 2020) [read more]
Sonic aesthetics and ideas fuel new Milos Branisavljevic album
Far Away is an album by Milos Branisavljevic which features eight diverse songs, extending over the course of about 40 minutes. On the album, you'll find so many different sonic aesthetics and ideas, highlighting Milos' incredibly diverse sound and ideas.
The opening tune, "Belgrade," ...
(Published: May 25, 2020) [read more]
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