Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Go Cheek to Cheek
Lady Gaga is a bonafide pop star, but the singer says recording jazz music was easier than pop.
Gaga has spent two years recording an album of jazz standards with Tony Bennett called "Cheek to Cheek," to be released this fall.
"You know, it's funny, but jazz comes a little more comfortable ...
(Published: July 30, 2014) [read more]
JACK DEJOHNETTE TRIO with Ravi Coltrane & Matthew Garrison at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock (NY)
Presented by JAZZSTOCK, this special concert is a fundraiser for Family of Woodstock
Saturday, AUGUST 16 (2014)
Sets at 8:00 and 9:30 pm
JACK DEJOHNETTE (drums & keyboard)
RAVI COLTRANE (saxophones)
MATTHEW GARRISON (electric bass & electronics)
WOODSTOCK, NY: The JACK DEJOHNETTE TRIO ...
(Published: July 30, 2014) [read more]
ABBEY LINCOLN's birthday is celebrated in NYC on AUGUST 6 at La Maison d'Art with TERI ROIGER and her TRIO
ABBEY LINCOLN'S extraordinarily wonderful music & lyrics will be celebrated in New York City on what would be her 84th birthday!
Wednesday, AUGUST 6 (7:00 ‘til 9:00 pm)
TERI ROIGER (voice), JAMES WEIDMAN (piano), JOHN MENEGON (bass), STEVE WILLIAMS (drums)
This tribute concert & ...
(Published: July 30, 2014) [read more]
NEW RELEASE DATE 9/23: Mayimba Music To Release Laura Dreyer's Vida. Arte. Amor. - A Brazilian Journey
AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
Laura Dreyer, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, has established herself as a vital member of the New York jazz scene. Always drawn to Brazilian music, the composer, educator and multi-instrumentalist created a fusion, incorporating elements ...
(Published: July 30, 2014) [read more]
Jazz Arts Group announces 2014-15 Columbus Jazz Orchestra and Inside Track season
Columbus, OH - The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is pleased to announce its 2014-15 season of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) and Inside Track small-ensemble series. Under the direction of world-renowned band leader and trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, now in its ...
(Published: July 30, 2014) [read more]
Don Howatt of the APOSTLE Fractal discusses his progressive roots
Q: When did you decide to become a musician. What inspired you.
A: It's hard to say when or if there was a decision to become a musician; what inspired me is a easier question to answer. Like many children, I had piano lessons. I also had a brief stint playing the coronet in fifth grade. ...
(Published: July 30, 2014) [read more]
iTunes Exclusives: 6 Classic Albums released for Newport Jazz Festival!
Legacy Recordings Celebrate 60th Anniversary of Newport Jazz Festival with 6 Classic Album Exclusives
Landmark "Live at Newport" Performances from Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald and
Lionel Hampton Available for 1st Time Digitally
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Legacy Recordings, the catalog ...
(Published: July 30, 2014) [read more]
Benjamin Lapidus - Ochosi Blues - August 1, 2014
WORLD-RENOWNED CUBAN TRES
& GUITAR VIRTUOSO
BENJAMIN LAPIDUS
NEW CD "OCHOSI BLUES"
RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 1, 2014
"Lapidus uses such instruments as the six-string tres (from Cuba) and 10-string cuatro (from Puerto Rico) to perform his compositions that are rooted in the language and ...
(Published: July 29, 2014) [read more]
Line-Up Announced for 8th Annual Take Me to the River Festival
CELEBRATE THE END OF SUMMER AT THE 8TH ANNUAL TAKE ME TO THE RIVER MUSIC + ARTS FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 6 IN HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON
Hudson Valley's Premier Outdoor Summer Festival
Two Stages, 21 Bands, Big Art, Fun Kids Activities and Community
Delicious, Locally Sourced Food ...
(Published: July 29, 2014) [read more]
THE LADY WHO SHOT LEE MORGAN AUTHOR AT SANKOFA BOOKSTORE, WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/11/2014
Sankofa Video Books and Cafe, 2714 Georgia Avenue, Washington, D.C., N.W., presents a book signing, September 11, 2014, (from 6:30pm-7:30 pm ), featuring Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based writer/radio announcer, Larry Reni Thomas, who will sign copies and talk about his latest book, The ...
(Published: July 28, 2014) [read more]
Clarinetist/Composer/Bandleader Darryl Harper Releases "The Need's Got To Be So Deep" On Hipnotic Records
2-CD Set Presents Original & Commissioned Compositions For Duo, Trio, Quartet, Quintet, Octet & Works By Jimmy Giuffre, Carla Bley & Yusef Lateef / Guests Include Violinist Regina Carter, Vocalist Marianne Solivan, Pianist Helen Sung & Guitarist Freddie Bryant
In an interview from 1989, during ...
(Published: July 28, 2014) [read more]
New edition of the Arizona Jazz Festival is packed with soul
R&B veterans Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, Charlie Wilson, Boyz II Men, Brian McKnight, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Mint Condition, Kem, Fantasia and Jaheim join smooth jazz headliners
Boney James, Brian Culbertson, Mindi Abair, Peter White, Euge Groove and more
Phoenix, ...
(Published: July 28, 2014) [read more]
Smooth Summer Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl
Smooth Summer Jazz
Sunday, August 17th at 6pm
Hollywood Bowl
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
The Bowl proudly presents our summer super-concert of the finest smooth jazz artists.
Artists:
Boney James
Eric Benét, special guest
Ohio Players
BWB - Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum and Norman ...
(Published: July 28, 2014) [read more]
Peter Cincotti Plays TPAC Oct 25
Peter Cincotti, singer-songwriter-pianist and native New Yorker, began playing piano at the age of three. By the age of 18 he was being called "one of the most promising singer-pianists of the next generation" by the New York Times. In 2003, Peter's debut album reached #1 on the Billboard jazz ...
(Published: July 28, 2014) [read more]
Acclaimed jazz and rock guitarist Jake Hertzog and his band headline the famed Blue Note Jazz Club in NYC on August 17th
Acclaimed jazz and rock guitarist Jake Hertzog and his band (featuring Victor Jones and Harvie S,) headline the famed Blue Note Jazz Club in NYC on August 17th.
Guitar Player has described Hertzog as "...the blazing wunderkind," and "one of the finest young jazz guitarists on the scene". He ...
(Published: July 28, 2014) [read more]
Karen Mantler New Release and NYC Concert
Business Is Bad a new album from Karen Mantler with Doug Wieselman and Kato Hideki will release on July 29th.
On July 31st Karen and her cohorts will play a release concert at SubCulture in NYC
"Business is bad" confesses Karen Mantler, and many in the music world will sympathize. Almost 20 ...
(Published: July 28, 2014) [read more]
Jazz 'N' Blue Festival Benefiting Autism Speaks Featuring Down to the Bone
The last BIG jazz show of the summer is just around the corner - the Jazz 'N' Blue Festival Benefiting Autism Speaks featuring Down to the Bone blasts off on Saturday, August 16 at the Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center in Simsbury, CT! Tickets are just $39 in advance and they are ...
(Published: July 28, 2014) [read more]
Fourth Annual John Coltrane Festival August 30, 2014 in High Point, North Carolina
Fourth Annual John Coltrane Festival Set For August 30, 2014 In His Hometown Of High Point, North Carolina!
High Point, North Carolina To Celebrate Hometown Jazz Hero--John Coltrane For the Fourth Straight Year!
The Friends of John Coltrane, Inc., a High Point, North Carolina-based arts ...
(Published: July 27, 2014) [read more]
Music Legends Jon Anderson and Jean-Luc Ponty Announce Formation of New Music Ensemble -
The Anderson Ponty Band
Los Angeles, CA - Music legends Jon Anderson and Jean-Luc Ponty announce the formation of a new ensemble - The Anderson Ponty Band! YES's original singer/songwriter for 35 years, Jon Anderson has had a successful solo career, which includes working with such notable music artists as Vangelis, ...
(Published: July 27, 2014) [read more]
Caramoor Jazz Festival Begins Tonight with Cécile Mclorin Salvant
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts presents a celebration of jazz with a performance by jazz phenom Cécile McLorin Salvant tonight and the 2014 Caramoor Jazz Festival on July 27.
On July 26, Club Caramoor presents the Caramoor debut of jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant in the intimate ...
(Published: July 26, 2014) [read more]
Tony Adamo"Brooklyn Gale Blowin' High.
Brooklyn Gale Blowin' High
Tony Adamo was in the recording studio @Raw Recording, Patterson,NY. Mike Clark, Michael Wolff,
Richie Goods, Tim Ouimette and Lenny White laid down some smokin' music tracks to a Mike Clark/Micheal Wolff composition. Adamo added the
lyrics. The song is about ...
(Published: July 25, 2014) [read more]
Charlie Haden tribute on AccuJazz Internet Radio
Charlie Haden, one of the greatest bassists in jazz history, passed away at the age of 76 on Friday, July 11. He will be remembered for generations as an unmistakably warm musical presence on some of the most influential jazz recordings of all time.
To commemorate Haden's awe-inspiring ...
(Published: July 24, 2014) [read more]
Gian-Carla Tisera: Nora la Bella at Americas Society
Music of the Americas presents Bolivian-American vocalist Gian-Carla Tisera in a performance celebrating the release of her debut solo album Nora la Bella.
As a Bolivian-American artist trained in the opera and theater world, Tisera's subversive musical prowess is the result of two worlds ...
(Published: July 24, 2014) [read more]
Gian-Carla Tisera: Nora la Bella at Americas Society
Music of the Americas presents Bolivian-American vocalist Gian-Carla Tisera in a performance celebrating the release of her debut solo album Nora la Bella.
As a Bolivian-American artist trained in the opera and theater world, Tisera's subversive musical prowess is the result of two worlds ...
(Published: July 24, 2014) [read more]
Gian-Carla Tisera: Nora la Bella at Americas Society
Music of the Americas presents Bolivian-American vocalist Gian-Carla Tisera in a performance celebrating the release of her debut solo album Nora la Bella.
As a Bolivian-American artist trained in the opera and theater world, Tisera's subversive musical prowess is the result of two worlds ...
(Published: July 24, 2014) [read more]
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