Berklee Presents Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy at Boston’s Symphony Hall April 24
The Signature Music Series at Berklee continues as Grammy Award-winning conductor Arnie Roth leads the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra in a captivating performance of Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy at Boston's celebrated Symphony Hall.
The multimedia concert will showcase ...
(Published: April 22, 2015) [read more]
Julio Iglesias, Doug Morris, Harvey Mason, Dee Dee Bridgewater to Receive Honorary Degrees at Berklee Commencement May 9
Berklee College of Music president Roger H. Brown will present Julio Iglesias, Doug Morris, Harvey Mason, and Dee Dee Bridgewater with honorary doctor of music degrees at Berklee's commencement ceremony, Saturday, May 9, at the 7,000-seat Agganis Arena at Boston University. More than 900 ...
(Published: April 22, 2015) [read more]
Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti Celebrates 50th Birthday With Premiere-Filled Concerts June 11 + 14
Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti Celebrates 50th Birthday With Two Premiere-Filled Concerts June 11 + 14
"Ligeti represents...a new generation of musical Superman - a globally minded, technologically adept, technically sophisticated composer who also happens to be a virtuoso performer and ...
(Published: April 21, 2015) [read more]
"catmint" jazz compilation out on amazon, google play, deezer
due for release soon itunes is catmint, a jazz compilation - i have tried before to put together a great jazz compilation of my wispier works, but it has never been anything else than decent - so i proudly present what harlequins enigma really had to offer in the jazz / nu jazz genre, in this new ...
(Published: April 21, 2015) [read more]
Talented Multilingual Jazz Vocalist Mary Panacci Launches New Recording At Toronto's Jazz Bistro
On April 21st, lovers of sumptuous vocal jazz are in for a real treat - the release of accomplished and vibrant multi-lingual jazz vocalist MARY PANACCI's brand new recording, HER PERFUME. Several years in the making, this project has been a labour of love for both Mary and her husband, ...
(Published: April 21, 2015) [read more]
Ursula Walker w Buddy Budson Trio 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, May 26th for the first time brings Detroit legends, Ursula Walker and ...
(Published: April 20, 2015) [read more]
Zydeco Hepcats 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: April 20, 2015) [read more]
Bassist-Composer-Producer Lorenzo Feliciati To Release KOI - RareNoise Concept Album Features Japan drummer STEVE JANSEN & King Crimson drummer PAT MASTELOTTO
For his sixth recording for RareNoiseRecords, following his 2011 solo album Frequent Flyer and subsequent collaborations with vocalist-multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari (Berserk!) and Porcupine Tree bassist Colin Edwin (Twinscapes) as well as two albums with the adventurous jazz-rock ...
(Published: April 20, 2015) [read more]
RareNoise To Release Album "Doctoring The Dead" With ERALDO BERNOCCHI, COLIN EDWIN, TED PARSONS and ROY POWELL.
Metallic Taste Of Blood, the instrumental math-rock/outer rock unit lead by Italian guitarist and soundsculptor Eraldo Bernocchi and Australian bassist Colin Edwin is back with a vengeance, joined now by legendary drummer Ted Parsons, whose earlier ventures included Swans, Prong, Buckethead, ...
(Published: April 20, 2015) [read more]
Cynthia Basinet Remake Slated To Be One Of The Top Of The Pops Summer Hits
New York -The American songstress, CYNTHIA BASINET best known for sultry pop jazz combo standards and her iconic version of "SANTA BABY" (the only one to receive the seal of approval from EARTHA KITT) has stepped outside of her typical genre and just released a dance remake of JOHN LEGEND'S ...
(Published: April 20, 2015) [read more]
Joe Benjamin and the Mighty Handful play DROM 4/24
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WHO: New York City-based Swing-Pop band, Joe Benjamin & a Mighty Handful
WHAT: In support of their single release "That Text," the new s(w)ingle from the band's upcoming full-length album (out early 2016)
WHEN: Friday - April 24, 2015 at 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: DROM - ...
(Published: April 20, 2015) [read more]
Brian Charette at Smoke Jazz Club 4/29
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WHO: Pianist-Organist Brian Charette
WHAT: In support of his EP Alphabet City (Posi-Tone Records)
WHEN: Wednesday - April 29, 2015 at 7:00p.m.
WHERE: Smoke Jazz Club - 2751 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
Tickets: $9 - Purchase Tickets Here
AGES: All ages
SUBWAY: ...
(Published: April 20, 2015) [read more]
Megan Hilty returns to Café Carlyle, May 19-30
SINGER/ACTRESS MEGAN HILTY RETURNS TO CAFÉ CARLYLE WITH NEW SHOW, SONGS FOR MY DAUGHTER, MAY 19-30, 2015
Having garnered acclaim for performances on stage and screen, Megan Hilty makes her return to Café Carlyle in a two-week engagement, May 19-30. In Songs For My Daughter, Hilty will ...
(Published: April 20, 2015) [read more]
KCC Productions presents Jazz at MOCA featuring Vivian Sessoms
"A Powerhouse" (Quincy Jones)
Vivacious, vibrant, vigorous - all adjectives that describe the voice and performance of Vivian Sessoms. On Friday, April 24, you can experience this for yourself between 8 and 9:30 PM at North Miami's Museum of Contemporary Art ("MOCA") in a free performance of ...
(Published: April 20, 2015) [read more]
Jazz Pianist/Composer Claire Ritter Unveils a Wealth of Outstanding New Compositions on "Soho Solo"!
Pianist/Composer Claire Ritter unveils a wealth of outstanding new compositions on her new solo piano recording, "Soho Solo". Ritter's 11th CD recording to be released May 26th, 2015 on Zoning Recordings. "Every new idea coming at you quickly, every tight, engaging melody buffed up like a ...
(Published: April 19, 2015) [read more]
M.O.D. Technologies Adds Re-Imagined US / Russia Collaboration To Its Incunabula Digital Series, TIMEZONE - Lost Nations
Timezone is world beat music that emerged during the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union. Artists from Moscow and Humboldt County, California, have built on ethnic diversity and bilingualism to cogenerate an exciting new music. Interwoven with rock, reggae and African rhythms. This ...
(Published: April 17, 2015) [read more]
M.O.D. Technologies To Release HU VIBRATIONAL‘S The Epic Botanical Beat Suite - With Special Guests Eivind Aarset, Bill Laswell and More!
Hu Vibrational's new album mixes deep percussive African rhythms and Afro-jazz with elements of hip-hop and electronica. Recorded and mixed at Bill Laswell's state of the art studio, this is the fourth album by Hu Vibrational and for those who bought the previous 3 releases this will not ...
(Published: April 17, 2015) [read more]
Klezmokum: “Klez-Evergreens Project Extended”
This year Klezmokum celebrates 26 years of performances and 8 recordings.
By popular demand, "Klez-Evergreens" project has been extended with many new pieces added for the next concert season in the first half of 2015.
Klezmokum and Klez-Edge (a quartet instrumental version of the band) ...
(Published: April 16, 2015) [read more]
Benjamin Clementine announces BRIC House performance in Brooklyn, April 29
BRIC PRESENTS ACCLAIMED ENGLISH SINGER/SONGWRITER BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE, APRIL 29
Benjamin Clementine - Wednesday, April 29 at 7:30pm - BRIC House Ballroom - $15, General Admission - Seated Show
BRIC is pleased to welcome acclaimed English singer/songwriter Benjamin Clementine to BRIC House, ...
(Published: April 16, 2015) [read more]
Upcoming music events at Harlem Stage (Marcus Strickland, José James, Nona Hendryx, more)
WHEN THE MOON TURNS GREEN: THE MYTH AND MUSIC OF BILLIE HOLIDAY
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
Tuesday, April 28
Time: 7:30pm
Free with RSVP
Join us as Dr. Robert O'Meally, author of Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday, Dr. Farah Jasmin Griffin, author of If You Can't Be Free, Be A ...
(Published: April 16, 2015) [read more]
Steve Wilson Scores DownBeat, Jazziz and JazzTimes for New CD; “An Adventurous, Exhilarating Performance”; NYC Concerts Set for May 7-10 -- First New Album in 12 Years Earns Raves: “Wilsonian’s Grain is jazz at its finest – in conception, execut
Jazziz: "An Adventurous, Exhilarating Performance"; "Bright, Authoritative, Searing"
DownBeat: "The Deep Sync of this driving quartet is indisputable, and this exciting live date is clearly enjoyed by the crowd at the Vanguard, who whoop and holler..."
WBGO: "Wilsonian's Grain ...
(Published: April 16, 2015) [read more]
Aaron Comess Featured in Jazziz Magazine, Previewed in Wall Street Journal, as New Jazz CD is Praised as in the Running for
"Best Classic Jazz Album of the New Year" - NYC CONCERT IS 5/4
WSJ Will Friedwald: "Comess comes scarily close to a replication of historical recordings-tenor saxophonist Keith Loftis could pass for Coltrane on a blindfold test"; Jazziz Bill Milkowski: "From his genuine swing factor to his interactive instincts, he plays authentically while standing on the ...
(Published: April 16, 2015) [read more]
Top Five Radio Hit! “The Hip Quotient is Off The Scale” -- ‘Wolff & Clark Expedition 2’ Earns 4.5 Star Down Beat Review, Surges at Jazz Radio
Top Five Radio Hit! "The Hip Quotient is Off The Scale"
‘Wolff & Clark Expedition 2' Earns 4.5 Star Down Beat Review, Surges at Jazz Radio
With a Top Five album at Jazz Radio and a 4.5 star CD review in the new issue of DownBeat (courtesy of veteran critic Bill Milkowski) ...
(Published: April 16, 2015) [read more]
Sarah Vaughan Vocal Competition Enter NOW!
For the 4th year in a row, singers from around the world will gather online to compete for the coveted Sassy Award, tops honors in the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, a twenty-first century version of the amateur night at the Apollo Theater that helped launch the career of an ...
(Published: April 15, 2015) [read more]
Right on! DW3’s “Truth” is spreading fast
With an active summer festival season on the horizon, things are already heating up for the throwback R&B vocal group on the heels of a new album release and a hot radio single featuring Brian Culbertson.
Los Angeles, California (15 April 2015): A twelve-song set of smooth old school soul strewn ...
(Published: April 15, 2015) [read more]
