CD REVIEW: THE EPIC, KAMASI WASHINGTON (2015 Brainfeeder) by Larry Reni Thomas
Los Angeles, California-born and based, tenor saxophonist/composer Kamasi Washington's "The Epic,"( 2015, Brainfeeder) is a correctly titled, excellent, exciting, big band-flavored, orchestral-sounding, three-CD set that could indeed become an epic because there hasn't been any recording ...
(Published: June 24, 2015) [read more]
Jazz at MOCA Presents Karina Iglesias' "Nu-Thang"
Friday 26 June, 8-9:30 PM, MOCA, 770 NE 125 St North Miami. FREE
Karina Iglesias' sound mirrors the diverse musical and cultural influences that have shaped her character and forged her individuality as an artist. With a style equally informed by rhythm & blues, boleros, gospel and hip-hop ...
(Published: June 24, 2015) [read more]
Swept up in the magic of a classic "Romance"
Jazz crooner Steven Davis releases his first big band album, "What Happened To Romance,"
a swinging retro original patterned after the Great American Songbook.
Los Angeles, California (24 June 2015): The promise and thrill of romance brought a Los Angeles crowd and industry types out en masse ...
(Published: June 24, 2015) [read more]
Ruthmere Museum and Lampkin Magic Productions are proud to present
International Award-Winning composer/pianist, Dan Tepfer, an a special Bastille Day Recital Celebration on July 11th @ 7:00 p.m. One Night Only!
We are proud to co-produce with LampkinMagic Productions, the gifted French American jazz pianist, Dan Tepfer, in his first Elkhart appearance at the beautiful Ruthmere Museum. Carrying on with the 2015 French Culture theme, Dan will perform a special Bastille Day show featuring music of the french ...
(Published: June 24, 2015) [read more]
Royal Garden Trio w/ James Dapogny
Jazz @ The Elks happens on the last Tuesday of the month from 7 pm to 10 pm. There is a $10 donation at the door which includes hors d'oeuvres. Enjoy jazz in a listening room setting close to the entertainers.On September 29th, for the first time, The Royal Garden Trio with James Dapogny ...
(Published: June 24, 2015) [read more]
Ramona Collins Quartet at Jazz @ The Elks
Jazz @ The Elks happens on the last Tuesday of the month from 7 pm to 10 pm. There is a $10 donation at the door which includes hors d'oeuvres. Enjoy jazz in a listening room setting close to the entertainers.Tuesday, August 25th, will be the Ramona Collins Quartet. Ramona hails from Toledo ...
(Published: June 24, 2015) [read more]
George (Sax) Benson Quartet at Jazz @ The Elks
Jazz @ The Elks happens on the last Tuesday of the month from 7 pm to 10 pm. There is a $10 donation at the door which includes hors d'oeuvres. Enjoy jazz in a listening room setting close to the entertainers.
Tuesday, July 28th, will be the ledgendary George (Sax) Benson Quartet with ...
(Published: June 24, 2015) [read more]
Broken Arrow Blues Band at Blues @ The Elks
Blues @ The Elks happens on the second Tuesday of the month from 7 pm to 10 pm at the Plymouth Ann Arbor Elks Lodge #325. There is a $5 donation at the door and bring your dancing shoes. Blues @ The Elks is a partnership with the Detroit Blues Society (www.detroitbluessociety.org). We have the ...
(Published: June 24, 2015) [read more]
Curtis Sumter Project at Blues @ The Elks
Blues @ The Elks happens on the second Tuesday of the month from 7 pm to 10 pm at the Plymouth Ann Arbor Elks Lodge #325. There is a $5 donation at the door and bring your dancing shoes. Blues @ The Elks is a partnership with the Detroit Blues Society (www.detroitbluessociety.org). We have the ...
(Published: June 24, 2015) [read more]
NATALIE CRESSMAN'S UPCOMING WEST COAST TOUR
Singer, songwriter, and trombonist Natalie Cressman will bring her Brooklyn-based band back home to California for a 6-show run in July. Cressman will be joined by trumpeter Ivan Jackson, guitarist Mike Bono, bassist Jonathan Stein, and drummer Michael Mitchell. The San Francisco-raised ...
(Published: June 23, 2015) [read more]
King Sunny Adé and Special Guest Wunmi Forced to Cancel US and Canada tour
We regret to report that the event King Sunny Adé and Special Guest Wunmi, which was originally scheduled for Friday, June 26 at 8pm at the 92nd Street Y, has been cancelled as a result of a worldwide computer system breakdown that has prevented U.S. Consulates from issuing visas.
As ...
(Published: June 23, 2015) [read more]
Bill Laswell Curates The Stone in New York, June 23-28
Tuesday, June 23
8 PM
Blue Buddha
Louie Belogenis (sax) Dave Douglas (trumpet) Bill Laswell (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
10 PM
Blue Buddha with Graham Haynes
Louie Belogenis (sax) Graham Haynes (trumpet) Bill Laswell (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
Wednesday, June 24
8 & 10 PM
James Blood ...
(Published: June 20, 2015) [read more]
PRAXIS Releases Sound Virus On M.O.D. Technologies w/Buckethead, Bill Laswell, Brain PLUS John Zorn, Mick Harris, Yamatsuka Eye
Post modern super group with an ever changing line-up. Mutant Metal, Noise, Dub and beyond... The core group of virtuoso guitar shredder Buckethead, futurist bassist / producer Bill Laswell and drummer Brain (Guns N' Roses, Primus, Godflesh, Tom Waits) is joined here by legendary composer / ...
(Published: June 20, 2015) [read more]
Barton Rage & Bill Laswell Present Realm I As Part Of Incunabula Digital Series on M.O.D. Technologies.
The "Realm" project is a concept series of albums aimed at connecting ideas that revolutionized popular music from the 80s and 90s onward - involving genres such as Hip Hop, Ambient and Drum & Bass, coupled with contemporary extensions expressed in styles such as Future Jazz, Electronica, Dub Step, ...
(Published: June 20, 2015) [read more]
Bassist/Composer Robert Sabin's "Humanity Part II" to Be Released by Ranula Music July 14
For his bewitching new album Humanity Part II, bassist, composer, and film music aficionado Robert Sabin assembled a brass-heavy tentet in service of a dark, glacial, cinematic sound. The CD, Sabin's third in ten years, will be released on his Ranula Music label July 14.
"I love the way film ...
(Published: June 19, 2015) [read more]
Pianist and Composer Heidi Breyer Releases A Breathtaking New Album "Letters From Far Away" Featuring Legendary Will Ackerman
Frenchtown, NJ - Pianist and composer Heidi Breyer has released a breathtaking new album of unparalleled beauty titled "Letters From Far Away." The new release is a double solo and piano instrumental album and Heidi's debut production alongside legendary Will Ackerman (Founder Windham Hill ...
(Published: June 19, 2015) [read more]
International Jazz Vocalist Brings Bilingual (Creole/English) Performance to Brooklyn for Caribbean-American Heritage Month
On June 28, 2015, Emmanuel Baptist Church will celebrate National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, with a highly anticipated performance by Haitian-American jazz sensation Mari Toussaint. Jazz Vespers will occur at the historic Emmanuel Baptist Church, located at 279 Lafayette Avenue, in Clinton ...
(Published: June 19, 2015) [read more]
EUROPAfest 2016 - jazz | blues | pop | classic
12 - 21 May 2016, Bucharest & Sibiu
It's all about live-quality-music !
EUROPAfest is an international music festival held each spring in May, in Bucharest, Romania, being considered a country brand. In 2016 EUROPAfest celebrates 23 years of music excellence.
With an excellent ...
(Published: June 19, 2015) [read more]
Damjan Krajacic releases spellbinding and hypnotic 'Visions'
Composer/flutist Damjan Krajacic didn't call his new album Visions for no apparent reason. Each piece illustrates an emotion or a real-life event, whether personal or universal; there are stories here that don't need words to be conveyed. Simply allow the imagination to take over as ...
(Published: June 19, 2015) [read more]
Rhiannon Giddens headlines Celebrate Brooklyn! on July 18
SATURDAY, JULY 18, 7:30 P.M.
American Express Series
RHIANNON GIDDENS | JOE HENRY
FREE
With her T-Bone Burnett-produced solo debut, Tomorrow Is My Turn, Rhiannon Giddens - already among the brightest stars of Americana as the leader of the Carolina Chocolate Drops - has hit the stride of her ...
(Published: June 18, 2015) [read more]
Bailey Contemporary Arts presents the Rolando Grooscors Quartet
Friday, June 19, at 8 PM
Bailey Contemporary Arts
A two-time Latin Grammy nominee, Venezuelan guitarist Rolando Grooscors is a rare find on today's jazz scene: a unique voice that strengthens and expands the jazz idiom with sensitivity, clarity, and uncompromising integrity. His love for ...
(Published: June 18, 2015) [read more]
Bucharest International Jazz & Competition 2016 | 14-21.05.2016
CALL FOR ARTISTS
for instrumentalists and vocalists
Application deadline: 10 February 2016
Location: Bucharest
Participants: musicians of all nationalities, aged up tu 35 old ( born after 1st of May 1981 )
Prizes: 7.000 Euro
Complete Info: office@jmevents.ro, www.jazzcompetition.ro ...
(Published: June 18, 2015) [read more]
Groove, melody and jazz vital to Carter's "Game"
Inspired saxophonist is determined to step up to the bigs with a new album due August 14;
the energetic and impassioned title track, "Game On" featuring guitarist Chuck Loeb, heading to radio.
Atlanta, Georgia (17 June 2015): Driven to overcome the serious injuries sustained in a violent ...
(Published: June 17, 2015) [read more]
Iris Ornig Reimagines Michael Jackson
Wednesday July 15, 2015
7 PM to 9 PM
Cover: $15
Zinc Bar
82 West 3rd Street
New York, NY 10012
Tel. 212-477-9462
Bassist & composer Iris Ornig is one of the most original female voices on today's New York jazz scene. Since her arrival in New York City in 2003 from Germany, she has ...
(Published: June 17, 2015) [read more]
Marc Hoffman Sings Sinatra At Speedway Club
Jazz Pianist/Vocalist In Charlotte
June 16, 2015 (CHARLOTTE, NC) - Virillion Music recording artist Marc Hoffman will perform the songs of Frank Sinatra this Saturday, June 20th at the Speedway Club at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The 5:30 pm performance is open to Speedway Club members and ...
(Published: June 17, 2015) [read more]
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