WBGO Kicks Off Spring Kids Jazz Concert Series March 31
WBGO'S Award-Winning Kids Jazz Concert Series
Returns This Spring with Four Free, Interactive Programs for Young People
Concerts Feature Brandee Younger, Donald Harrison,
Will Calhoun and Claire Daly
NEWARK, NJ, March 21, 2012 - Children and their families are invited to listen, learn ...
(Published: March 21, 2012) [read more]
Cordis Ensemble Performs NYC + Boston Debuts April 5 + 6
NYC Debut When: Thursday, April 5th @ 7:30pm Where: Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., New York City; Train: ...
(Published: March 21, 2012) [read more]
Terence Blanchard Named Jazz Chair For The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
In this role, Blanchard will assist in curating the acts for the Paradise Jazz series and contribute to community education initiatives. As Jazz Chair, he plans to add an unprecedented facet to the position: for the first time in Paradise Jazz Series history, Blanchard will make special guest ...
(Published: March 20, 2012) [read more]
Terence Blanchard Named Jazz Chair For The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
DETROIT (March 20, 2012) - Today, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) unveiled one of the most ambitious seasons in recent years for the Paradise Jazz Series - a collection of one-night-only appearances hand-picked by the legendary jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard. Five-time Grammy ...
(Published: March 20, 2012) [read more]
Rochester Jazz Festival line-up announced
Producers of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) (www.rochesterjazz.com) presented by M&T Bank today announced the lineup for their largest festival ever, to be held June 22-30, 2012.
The XRIJF 11th Edition will present more than 1000 artists performing at 18 venues and ...
(Published: March 20, 2012) [read more]
SOLO performance by Dickie Landry
Louisiana-born saxophonist, artist, and composer Dickie Landry will perform one of his legendary site-specific SOLO concerts in tribute to the late artist John Chamberlain at the Guggenheim Museum on Monday, March 26, 2012. In honor of Chamberlain, a jazz enthusiast who took up the saxophone at age ...
(Published: March 19, 2012) [read more]
Gilberto Santa Rosa at Bronx's 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. Countless mega-hits ...
(Published: March 19, 2012) [read more]
Celebrated Jazz Composer & Vocalist Carmen LundyTo Appear At Vitello's Jazz and Supper Club
Carmen Lundy Celebrates the Release of Her New Cd "Changes"
2 Shows - Friday-7:30 & 9:30 PM / Saturday -8:00 & 10:00 PM
Anthony Wonsey - Piano
Darryl Hall - Bass
Jamison Ross - Drums
and special guest Nolan Shaheed on trumpet
"In a world of pretenders, Carmen Lundy is a genuine Jazz ...
(Published: March 19, 2012) [read more]
Rockwired.Com's All New Jazzed and Blue Podcast Features Endangered Speeches and Their Debut CD 'The City is Rough'
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 keyboardist Michael Hurwitz of the the 13-piece, international band Endangered Speeches regarding their mesmerizing debut CD ...
(Published: March 18, 2012) [read more]
VERSATILE MUSICIAN AND GRAMMY® AWARD WINNER, PAQUITO D'RIVERA ENDORSES RS BERKELEY SOPRANINO SAXOPHONE
Scotch Plains, NJ - March 16, 2012
RS Berkeley is honored to welcome versatile musician and Grammy® Award Winner, Paquito D'Rivera as the company's newest endorser.
Paquito was a child prodigy. He started learning music at the age of 5 with his father Tito Rivera, a well-known ...
(Published: March 16, 2012) [read more]
Jazz Arts Group announces 10th annual Hank Marr High School Jazz Award competition
Columbus, OH - The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is looking for Ohio's finest young musicians to participate in the tenth annual Hank Marr High School Jazz Award. This award demonstrates excellence in musicianship and performance amongst central Ohio's young students of jazz.
"This ...
(Published: March 16, 2012) [read more]
VIBRAPHONIST JOE LOCKE DEBUTS ON MOTEMA WITH NEW CD FROM THE JOE LOCKE/GEOFFREY KEEZER GROUP, SIGNING
CD Will Be Released on April 10 in the US and Europe
In a career moving from one milestone to the next with accelerating regularity, the past decade has represented particularly extraordinary artistic growth for vibraphonist Joe Locke as a composer and leader. Beginning in 2001 with the ...
(Published: March 16, 2012) [read more]
"VITCHEV / TAMBURR New Quartet" - LIVE in San Jose, CA on Friday, April 6th at 7:00pm (Presented by San Jose Jazz)
"VITCHEV / TAMBURR New QUARTET" will be featured LIVE in concert on Friday, April 6th / 7:00pm / at the San Pedro Square Market in San Jose, CA.
87 North San Pedro Street,
San Jose, CA
Free Admission.
Presented by San Jose Jazz. (http://www.sanjosejazz.org)
Please join us for this very ...
(Published: March 16, 2012) [read more]
Brazilian Sensation Céu To Release Third Album Caravana Sereia Bloom on April 3
São Paulo-based Vocalist and Songwriter Focuses on Bohemian Journeys and Musical Relationships
The open road, the bohemian atmosphere, the existential mythology of travel-these were the visions the Brazilian singer Céu had in mind while creating her latest album, Caravana Sereia ...
(Published: March 15, 2012) [read more]
Roman Miroshnichenko became an official endorser of Roland
Russia's top fusion, virtuoso guitarist, Roman Miroshnichenko, multi-nominated and winner of the Independent Music Award (USA), has now become an official endorser for the Roland Corporation Japan. Roland is the world leader in the production of musical instruments and accessories. Over the ...
(Published: March 15, 2012) [read more]
35TH ANNIVERSARY FREIHOFER'S SARATOGA JAZZ FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED
STAR-STUDDED LINEUP INCLUDES DIANA KRALL, CHRIS BOTTI, ESPERANZA SPALDING, TROMBONE SHORTY, MACEO PARKER AND MANY MORE
Sat June 30 - Sun, July 1
The Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, one of the most celebrated and longest-running jazz events in the world, will celebrate its landmark 35th ...
(Published: March 14, 2012) [read more]
Jazz It Up: BMCC Tribeca PAC Presents
Screening of Sing Me a Song of Jazz: New Discoveries
Next month, we jazz it up with the continuation of our Scenes through the Cinema Lens series with the screening of Sing Me a Song of Jazz: New Discoveries on Tuesday, April 10 at 7:30PM. The film retrospective takes the audience on a musical journey into the past to celebrate some legendary jazz ...
(Published: March 14, 2012) [read more]
DERRICK N. ASHONG & SOULFЀGE'S ‘MILLION FREE DOWNLOAD CAMPAIGN' NETS OVER 25,000 DOWNLOADS IN THE FIRST MONTH
New York, NY, March 14, 2012-Ghana-born Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège's Million Download Campaign has accomplished astonishing results in the first month of its existence. A global outreach initiative designed to broaden the band's movement of empowerment, the Million Download ...
(Published: March 14, 2012) [read more]
NARRATED CONCERTS CELEBRATE LIFE OF NELSON MANDELA
On Sunday, March 25, 2012, the first in an international series of narrated concerts, called A Mandela Portrait, will be staged at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Centre, Morehouse College, Georgia, USA, celebrating South African and African American heritage.
A Mandela Portrait is a musical ...
(Published: March 14, 2012) [read more]
Tomer Bar Trio CD released in U.S. by Spectra Jazz
Spectra Jazz records introduced jazz pianist and composer Tomer Bar's fourth CD entitled "Local Groove" to the United States and Canada on January 3, 2012 and so far continues to receive a warm welcome.
Tomer Bar (Tel Aviv, Israel) shows a versatility as vocalist (singing primarily in ...
(Published: March 14, 2012) [read more]
Rockin' Indie Jazz or Jazzy Funk Rock? By Any Name Boston's Ro Sham Beaux Isn't Playing Games
March 13 Release on Red Piano Records
The time-tested hand game known as Ro Sham Beau is hard to beat as a quick and efficient method for settling disputes. But the Boston band Ro Sham Beaux seems more likely to start arguments than to end them. Is this a jazzy indie rock combo, a slinky funk ...
(Published: March 13, 2012) [read more]
VOCAL JAZZ CAMP & CONCERT SERIES RETURNS FOR 24th SEASON
The 24th annual Janice Borla Vocal Jazz Camp and "Hot Jazz - 6 Cool Nites" concert series will be presented at North Central College July 21-27, 2012. The overlapping events are jointly sponsored by the College's Jazz Studies Program.
The Janice Borla Vocal Jazz Camp, founded in 1989, ...
(Published: March 13, 2012) [read more]
L.A.-Based Vocalist Sara Leib Releases 2nd CD, "Secret Love," on March 20
At its core, jazz is a music of personal expression, a concept that singer Sara Leib clearly embraces. On her new CD, Secret Love--due out March 20 on OA2 Records-the glowing-toned mezzo-soprano gives an array of classic and contemporary material fresh, distinctive sounds.
One way that Los ...
(Published: March 13, 2012) [read more]
Debut CD From Critically-Acclaimed Singer-songwriter Tora Fisher Set For Release June 5th
TORA FISHER - SPILLING OVER
"Tora displays the depth to rally the masses with keenly written lyrics and expressive vocals."--Billboard
New York City singer/songwriter Tora Fisher found her voice -and salvation- through heartache and loss. After all, it's not many people who like Tora, ...
(Published: March 13, 2012) [read more]
Drummer/Percussionist/Composer Daniel Freedman Creates a Rhythmic Circumnavigation of The Planet on Bamako By Bus
Drummer/Percussionist/Composer Daniel Freedman Creates a Rhythmic Circumnavigation of The Planet on Bamako By Bus
Anzic Records to Release Bamako By Bus on April 24, 2012, featuring an all-star cast, including Avishai Cohen, Mark Turner, Jason Lindner, Meshell Ndegeocello, Lionel Loueke, ...
(Published: March 13, 2012) [read more]
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