George Wein Honored with The Recording Academy® Trustees Award
Festival Impresario George Wein Honored with
The Recording Academy® Trustees Award
Wein Joins 2015 Recipients Richard Perry and Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
NEW YORK, NY December 18, 2014 - GEORGE WEIN, world-renowned founder/producer of the Newport Jazz Festival®, Newport Folk Festival®, ...
(Published: December 19, 2014) [read more]
SFJAZZ to honor Joni Mitchell on May 8, 2015
SFJAZZ announces that its annual Gala on May 8, 2015 will honor Joni Mitchell with the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award for her artistic vision and contributions to modern music. The program will feature Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, the award-winning SFJAZZ Collective, and special guests in ...
(Published: December 19, 2014) [read more]
Dom La Nena, Brazilian vocalist and cellist, announces new album, SOYO
Co-Produced By Dom and Brazilian Composer/Singer/Guitarist Marcelo Camelo, SOYO Is the Follow Up to Debut Album, Ela, Which NPR Hailed As A "Sonic Masterpiece"
Dom La Nena has drawn comparisons as varied as "a young Brian Wilson" (Wall Street Journal), "a burnished, bossa Joanna Newsom" (Time ...
(Published: December 18, 2014) [read more]
Singer/Actor Cheyenne Jackson Makes Cafe Carlyle Debut, January 13-24
Cheyenne Jackson, with stage credits including The Performers, 8, Finian's Rainbow, Damn Yankees and Xanadu; television appearances on 30 Rock, Glee, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Ugly Betty; and film work including Love is Strange, United 93, Price Check and Lola Versus, will make his debut at ...
(Published: December 18, 2014) [read more]
Chris Botti and Jon Batiste & Stay Human Tix at Newport Jazz Fest On Sale 12/18
Tickets Go On Sale Worldwide on Thursday, December 18, 10:00 am
for Newport Jazz Festival® Opening Night Concert
featuring Chris Botti and Jon Batiste & Stay Human
at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Casino
Pre-Concert Cocktail Party Tickets Also On Sale
NEWPORT, RI, ...
(Published: December 18, 2014) [read more]
Australian artist Ross Prior sheds metal roots for engaging jazz on new album
The title of track number one of Ross Prior's Heavy Sheddin' is a concise blurb of itself - "Arabian Blues." Certainly middle-of-the-spectrum jazz, it features bluesy saxophone and guitar melodies that revolve around double harmonic scales, also known as the Arabic mode. A eureka moment. ...
(Published: December 18, 2014) [read more]
Chris Washburne & SYOTOS - "Acid Mambo" - Winter JazzFest
- January 10 - Carroll Place at 157 Bleecker St.
Chris Washburne & SYOTOS will present a sneak preview of their forthcoming release at this year's Winter JazzFest in New York City. It's what they call "Acid Mambo!" Think Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Neil Young and Lou Reed meet Tito Puente! Afro Latin jazz on a psychedelic trip!
"SYOTOS ...
(Published: December 17, 2014) [read more]
Dion Parson & 21st Century Band -
Ginny's NYC - January 10, 2015
World Premiere Preview of New CD
"St. Thomas"
Dion Parson - drums
Ron Blake - saxophone
Rashawn Ross - trumpet
Carlton Holmes - piano
Victor Provost - steel pan
Alioune Faye - percussion/ sabar drums
Ginny's Supper Club
January 10, 2015
310 Lenox Avenue
New York, NY ...
(Published: December 17, 2014) [read more]
Donna Lewis returns with "Brand New Day"
Platinum Singer-Songwriter Reimagines Her Own Material and Songs by David Bowie, Neil Young, Damien Rice, Gnarls Barkley, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chocolate Genius, Burt Bacharach and Harry Nilsson
The Welsh-born singer Donna Lewis is one of those rare artists whose immense success on the pop radio ...
(Published: December 17, 2014) [read more]
Steve Wilson Sets First New Album Release in 12 Years; ‘Steve Wilson & Wilsonian's Grain Live in New York: The Vanguard Sessions’ is Confirmed for 3/24/15, as Wilson Signs with Random Act Records
December 17, 2014
Steve Wilson Sets First New Album Release in 12 Years; ‘Steve Wilson & Wilsonian's Grain Live in New York: The Vanguard Sessions' is Confirmed for 3/24/15, as Wilson Signs with Random Act Records
Jazz saxophonist Steve Wilson has confirmed his first new ...
(Published: December 17, 2014) [read more]
Bassist/Composer Mark Wade Debuts with "Event Horizon," Feb. 17
Bassist Mark Wade takes the art of the trio to brilliant new heights with his debut recording Event Horizon, to be released February 17, 2015 by his Mark Wade Music imprint. Working with trio-mates Tim Harrison, piano, and Scott Neumann, drums, Wade shines as an instrumentalist, composer, and ...
(Published: December 16, 2014) [read more]
iTUNES NAMES THE COOKERS "TIME AND TIME AGAIN" THE 2014 "JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR"!!, NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED, WINTER JAZZFEST PERFORMANCE ANNOUNCED!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
iTUNES NAMES THE COOKERS
"TIME AND TIME AGAIN"
On Motema Music
THE 2014 "JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR"
THE COOKERS LAUNCH NEW WEBSITE
Click Here to Check It Out!
"TIME AND TIME AGAIN" GARNERS MASS CRITICAL ACCLAIM - See Quotes Below
THE ...
(Published: December 16, 2014) [read more]
Tony Desare announces Bemelmans residency
THE CARLYLE, A ROSEWOOD HOTEL WELCOMES BACK TONY DESARE TO BEMELMANS BAR FOR SUNDAY NIGHT RESIDENCY IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH OF 2015
Performances Will Take Place January 4, 11, 18, 25; February 8, 15; March 1, 8
The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel, is pleased to welcome Tony DeSare, ...
(Published: December 16, 2014) [read more]
Resonance Records & Polly Gibbons announce US Debut Album/DVD "Many Faces of Love" Feb. 3rd, 2015
"The lady's got the goods: smoky, sharp instrument, interpretation and demeanor" - Gary Walker, WBGO RADIO
"A truly exceptional, once-in-a-generation talent, possessing a voice of ...
(Published: December 16, 2014) [read more]
Four digital-only world jazz fusion albums by Gino Foti released on Net Dot Music label
Net Dot Music, Inc. announces the simultaneous release of four digital-only full-length albums in several jazz and world music sub-genres by bass guitar and keyboard player Gino Foti.
The collection, compiled from his catalog of the past decade, blends traditional ethnic sonorities and modern ...
(Published: December 16, 2014) [read more]
KCC Productions presnts Jazz at MOCA: The Miami Big Sound Orchestra.
December 26, Museum of Contemporary Art. 770 NE 125th St, North Miami. From 8-9:15 PM; FREE.
Directed by Pete Francis, The Miami Big Sound Orchestra is downtown Miami's resident Latin Jazz big band since 2006, a project formed as a collaboration of musicians from Miami's jazz and Latin ...
(Published: December 15, 2014) [read more]
Patty Larkin, and Dom Flemons to perform First Night Boston concert, broadcast on WUMB-FM
Boston, MA, December 11, 2014 -- First Night Boston, Berklee College of Music, and WUMB-FM 91.9 present guitarist, singer-songwriter, and Berklee alumna Patty Larkin, and roots multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons, performing at the Berklee Performance Center on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, December ...
(Published: December 15, 2014) [read more]
Storied Aardvark Jazz Orchestra performs An American Christmas, Dec 20 at Boston's Emmanuel Church: Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker, spirituals, music by Mark Harvey
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra will perform An American Christmas, celebrating the band's 42nd Annual Christmas Benefit Concert on December 20 at 7:30 pm, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston MA 02116. $20 at the door. Information: 617 776 8778 or 617 452 3205. The program will include music ...
(Published: December 13, 2014) [read more]
THE LADY WHO SHOT LEE MORGAN AUTHOR ON TV DURHAM SKYWRITER 12/14/14 AT 7PM (EST)
Larry Reni Thomas, the author of the recently published book, The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan (khabooks) (www.khabooks.com) , is scheduled to be interviewed on "TV Durham Skywriter" http://www.durhamskywriter.com/ by host Patricia A. Murray, December 14, 2014, at 7 p.m. (EST). Thomas will talk ...
(Published: December 13, 2014) [read more]
The Alexis P. Suter Band
BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the longest operating performance venue in lower Manhattan, proudly presents The Alexis P. Suter Band performing on Friday, January 9 at 8PM.
The Alexis P Suter Band are a powerful and unique 5 piece ensemble fronted by a vocalist who transcends styles and ...
(Published: December 12, 2014) [read more]
Jazz & Heritage Center Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting
Jazz & Heritage Center Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation - the nonprofit that owns Jazz Fest - today opened its long-awaited education and community facility, the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center, with a series of events that begins with a ...
(Published: December 11, 2014) [read more]
Jazz Collective ‘Sasha’s Bloc’, Featuring Guest Vocalist Jane Monheit and Conceived by Bassist Alex Gershman, Sets ‘Heart on Fire’ CD for March 2015; A Big Jazz Band Sound, Featuring Original Music That Hearkens Back to the 1920s, 30s and 40s
Jazz Collective ‘Sasha's Bloc', Featuring Guest Vocalist Jane Monheit and Conceived by Bassist Alex Gershman, Sets ‘Heart on Fire' CD for March 2015
A Big Jazz Band Sound, Featuring Original Music That Hearkens Back to the 1920s, 30s and 40s; An Upbeat, Modern Embrace of an ...
(Published: December 11, 2014) [read more]
Entertainment Lawyer Joel Katz Joins Berklee College of Music Board of Trustees
Berklee College of Music has named Joel Katz, a leader in the field of entertainment law, to its board of trustees. Katz is former Chairman of the American Bar Association's Entertainment & Sports Law Section. His clients are some of the world's most well-known entertainers, producers, ...
(Published: December 11, 2014) [read more]
The inspiration behind the versions of "Santa Baby" remake.. Hint: Never Marilyn
Sultry Jazz Pop singer, actress, NOBEL Nominated CYNTHIA BASINET whose ICONIC version of SANTA BABY, that has often be mistaken for Marilyn Monroe all though Marilyn never sang the song, has been inspiration behind the versions of Santa Baby recorded to date since 2000, whether or not it's ...
(Published: December 11, 2014) [read more]
Aaron Comess Sets Straight Ahead, High-Energy Jazz Quintet CD for March 2015 – Inspired by the Miles Davis Group from 1964 to 1968 (with Tony Williams, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter,) as well as by the John Coltrane Group (Elvin Jones, Mc
December 11, 2014
Aaron Comess Sets Straight Ahead, High-Energy Jazz Quintet CD for March 2015 - ...
(Published: December 11, 2014) [read more]
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