Powerhouse Jazz Artist Manager Karen Kennedy Elected President of NAPAMA
New York, New York - Karen Kennedy, Founding President of 24/Seven Artist Development, has been elected as President of North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents (NAPAMA). Kennedy's appointment follows the leadership of former NAPAMA president Gail Boyd, who was the first African ...
(Published: January 26, 2023) [read more]
SINGER ELIJAH ROCK RELEASES "SWOON", A MEMORABLE 'EP' PRODUCED BY STEVE DORFF (HALL OF FAME SONGWRITER/PRODUCER)
Elijah Rock Released EP SWOON January 16th!
Produced by Songwriting Hall of Famer Steve Dorff!
Click here for EPK: https://files.constantcontact.com/23389453301/45cbc0a7-61da-46d3-b8bf-d817f4305ef1.pdf
Elijah Rock - Swoon - EP:
https://swoon-elijahrock.lnk.to/NCSQbJyM
SINGER ELIJAH ROCK ...
(Published: January 17, 2023) [read more]
Japanese trio Siberia electrifies with hybrid of jazz, funk, and rock on new EP.
The Japanese instrumental trio Siberia flex muscle and technical precision on their five-track EP, Telework. Recorded remotely during the pandemic (hence the title), Telework nevertheless has a surprisingly live sound. The band's chemistry is firmly on display here. Morever, so are their ...
(Published: January 17, 2023) [read more]
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Radio Special on Sunday Night Jazz with Larry Reni Thomas WCOM-FM 1/15/23
Listen to The Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Radio Special, January 15, 2023, on WCOM-FM, Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina (www.wcomfm.org) on Sunday Night Jazz with Larry Reni Thomas. The three-hour program (9pm-12midnight) will feature music, poetry and speeches dedicated to the memory of ...
(Published: January 10, 2023) [read more]
World-Renowned Smoke Jazz Club Announces February Line-Up Including Louis Hayes, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Valentine's Day
with Lezlie Harrison, and More
NEW YORK, NY (For Release 01.09.23) - Described as "the most genuine, congenial and best-run jazz club in the city (Huffington Post)," New York's Smoke Jazz Club presents a stellar line-up of some of jazz's greatest artists during February. The month kick-starts with a four-night run Feb ...
(Published: January 09, 2023) [read more]
OVISION and Roc Flowers Take Home Multiple International Awards!!
Jazz Video of the Day - AllAboutJazz
Music & Lyrics by Stefano De Donato & Roc Flowers
Video by Roc Flowers & Matilde Bergamini
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/video-of-the-day/
Music & Lyrics by Stefano De Donato & Roc Flowers
Video by Roc Flowers & Matilde ...
(Published: January 06, 2023) [read more]
Max Roach Birthday Radio Special with host Larry Reni Thomas on WCOM-FM 1/8/23
Listen to WCOM-FM (www.wcomfm.org), Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina, January 8, 2023, from 9pm to 12 midnight, for The Max Roach Birthday Special with host Larry Reni Thomas.
The program will feature three hours of Max Roach's music and an audio documentary called "Max Roach: The ...
(Published: January 04, 2023) [read more]
Audley Reid displays saxophone skills on new single
Sometimes an artist finds a title that actually describes his or her song. In addition, it can summarize the musician's style as well. In the case of saxophonist Audley Reid, it does both. His newest single, "Reidman Vibes," achieves just that. Whether it's intentional or not is unknown. ...
(Published: January 04, 2023) [read more]
Saturn Quartet New Release - Luz - Follows Up Another Strong One!
BAND:
Ricardo Pascal- tenor and soprano saxophones
Brendan Polk- piano
Robin Sherman- bass
Gerald Watkins Jr.- drums
Leading a new band and defining its sound is already no small task. But making two LPs in that band's first year is a mark of unbridled creative passion. Saturn ...
(Published: January 03, 2023) [read more]
Vocalist Donna Singer Fronts Hard Swingin' "Dance Band Boogie"!
Donna Singer is an electrifying and dazzling jazz show-stopper. She graduated from the New York Academy of Theatrical Arts, with formal studies at Juilliard. Her European concerts include dates in Paris, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy and Wales. She has performed at the Metropolitan Opera Guild ...
(Published: January 03, 2023) [read more]
THE ROYAL BOPSTERS CELEBRATE 10 YEARS WITH REISSUE OF THEIR LANDMARK DEBUT ALBUM
W/ BONUS TRACKS "JAZZ JUMP" + "AULD LANG SYNE" (INSPIRED BY THE BEACH BOYS 1966 TRACK)
The Royal Bopsters (10th Anniversary Edition) out 12/30/2022 on Motema
"Extraordinary" - Allen Morrison, Downbeat (4.5 stars), Best Albums of 2015
"Priceless... [a] landmark" - Christopher Louden, Jazz Times
"A magnum opus of jazz and song" - Michael Bourne, WBGO Radio
The Royal Bopsters ...
(Published: December 23, 2022) [read more]
Larry Reni Thomas' Top Ten 2022
Al Foster---Reflections-Smoke Sessions
Spanish Harlem Jazz Orchestra-Imagenes Latinas-Ovation
Ahmad Jamal---Emerald City Nights-Jazz Detective
Jazzmeia Horn---Dear Love-Empress Legacy
JD Allen---Americana (Vol. 2) ---Savant
Samara Joy ---Linger Awhile---Verve
Louis ...
(Published: December 22, 2022) [read more]
World-Renowned Smoke Jazz Club Begins the New Year with 80th Birthday Celebrations for Billy Harper and Al Foster,
the 10th Annual Coltrane Festival, and More
Coltrane Festival: Vincent Herring, Billy Harper, Eric Reed, Jeremy Pelt, and More (Jan 1-8)
Record Release Concert: Nicholas Payton Trio featuring Buster Williams and Lenny White The Couch Sessions (Jan 12-15)
80th Birthday Celebrations: Billy Harper (Jan 5-8) and Al Foster (Jan ...
(Published: December 07, 2022) [read more]
Iconic Pianist/Composer Fred Hersch and Visionary Jazz Vocalist esperanza spalding Celebrate New Album at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
sponsored in part by TD Bank
When: Sunday, January 29, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. + 7:00 p.m.
Where: NJPAC is located at 1 Center Street, Newark, New Jersey; a short walk from the Newark Penn Station stop by Newark-bound PATH Train or Amtrak.
Tickets: $69. To purchase, contact NJPAC at ...
(Published: December 06, 2022) [read more]
Hanna Kim's new single beautifully combines jazz and classical influences
The music on Hanna Kim's "Alone But Together" single captures the bittersweet message in its title. The song has no words; therefore, it's completely open to interpretation.
However, the instrumental conveys sufficient emotions. In fact, it's quite moving.
The song seems to ...
(Published: December 06, 2022) [read more]
NJPAC's TD Jazz for Teens Education Program Celebrates 25 Years of Impacting Thousands of Young Musicians
When: Spring semester January 21-May 13, 2023, every Saturday @ 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Special 25th anniversary performance May 13, 2023.
Where:New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), Center for Arts Education, 24 Rector Street, Newark, New Jersey, 07102 , (Newark Penn Station stop by ...
(Published: November 28, 2022) [read more]
Roc Flowers World Musician - Spreads Music For Love New Release: "Always Searching For Freedom"
ROC FLOWERS
Introduction
Born Pietro Nannucci in Prato Italy in 1999, Roc Flowers moved to the United States at the age of 2 and lived also in Morocco and Spain and began to write and sing in English but also Italian, Spanish and French.
Passionate for music, he listened to diverse genres ...
(Published: November 25, 2022) [read more]
Lucía Gutiérrez Rebolloso is the Winner of the 11th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition
as part of NJPAC's TD James Moody Jazz Festival
The Sassy Awards Judges, Finalists, Performers and More (Credit: Shakiru Bola Okoya)
Download more hi-res photos
NEWARK, NJ - (For Immediate Release) - At a star-studded, sold-out performance held yesterday afternoon on the NJPAC stage, ...
(Published: November 21, 2022) [read more]
Trumpeter Al Strong has released Love Stronger CD!
Durham, North Carolina-November 9th, 2022. Trumpeter Al Strong has released his new CD Love Stronger on Lightyear Entertainment/Virgin Music.
Although AL STRONG is not yet a household name, his newest album, LOVE STRONGER, will surely give him the wide exposure he deserves.
Born into a ...
(Published: November 09, 2022) [read more]
Markus Reuter with Major Environmental Project "Mata Atlântica - Retiro e Ritmo" Featuring Gary Husband, Brian Krock, Andi Pupato, Pat Mastelotto and Many More
Retiro e ritmo is a musical declaration of love to Mata Atlântica, the coastal rainforest of Brazil. Its beauty and vivacity inspired this album, which initiator and co-producer Mathias Derer hopes will in turn inspire others to help preserve, protect and speak out for this beautiful ...
(Published: November 09, 2022) [read more]
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Continues Free Monthly Jazz Jams at Clement's Place
sponsored in part by TD Bank
What:Co-presented by NJPAC's Jazz Advisory Committee and Rutgers RU_N's Institute for Jazz Studies, Jazz Jams at Clement's Place is a monthly Jazz Jams Session concert series (September 2022-June 2023) featuring top-flight New Jersey musicians directed by ...
(Published: November 08, 2022) [read more]
Preview: The Always Swinging Triangle North Carolina Spring 2023 Jazz Season by Larry Reni Thomas
The busy, expanding, thoroughly satisfying jazz scene in what is called the "Triangle" area of the Piedmont section of North Carolina (Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill) just keeps getting better and better. Who needs the New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore, D.C. or any other East coast jazz scenes ...
(Published: November 03, 2022) [read more]
Grammy-Nominated Alto Saxophonist Tia Fuller Launches
The August Wilson African-American Cultural Center's Uhuru Jazz Series
with Her Quintet for Two Shows, 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm on November 12
Tickets are $28.00 and On Sale Now at www.awaacc.org
PITTSBURGH, PA, October 25, 2022 - Colorado-born, Boston-based alto saxophonist, composer and educator Tia Fuller has been one of the most delightful and distinguished musicians on the jazz scene for two decades. She famously worked and toured ...
(Published: November 02, 2022) [read more]
World-Renowned Smoke Jazz Club Ends the Year with the Annual Coltrane Festival "Countdown 2023," and More
Holiday Shows: Allan Harris (Dec 7-8)
Orrin Evans All-Star Quintet (Dec 9-11)
Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart Trio (Dec 15-18)
Coltrane Festival: George Coleman, Eric Alexander, Melissa Aldana, Eric Reed, Vincent Herring, Billy Harper, Billy Hart, and More (Dec 20-Jan 8)
and more...
NEW ...
(Published: November 01, 2022) [read more]
OCT. 28, 2022 -- TOP CONTEMPORARY LATIN JAZZ SAXOPHONIST JESSY J'S CALIFORNIA CHRISTMAS VOLUME 2 OUT TODAY!
In 2016, top contemporary jazz and Latin saxophonist Jessy J released her first ever holiday collection-- "California Christmas." In 2022, due to popular demand and her love for everything about the holidays, especially the classic songs of the season, Jessy has recorded her second album of ...
(Published: October 28, 2022) [read more]
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