Wayne Shorter Celebrates 80th Birthday in Newport at Festival & Gala
Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. Continues Six-Decade Tradition
Of Presenting Once-In-A-Lifetime Jazz Celebrations,
This Year Featuring Wayne Shorter's 80th Birthday Tribute
NEWPORT, RI, April 29, 2013 - Legendary tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter will celebrate his 80th birthday year at ...
(Published: April 29, 2013) [read more]
Jeremy Pelt Added to Trumpet Fanfare for New York City International Jazz Day Event TOMORROW April 30 by Jazz Journalists Association with Louis Armstrong House
At 2PM on Tuesday, April 30 - International Jazz Day - the Jazz Journalists Association of New York City will showcase a fanfare by New York City trumpet stars including trumpeter Jeremy Pelt who was just added.
Trumpeter/composer/performance artist Stephanie Richards has composed an original ...
(Published: April 29, 2013) [read more]
Jazz Vocalist and BBC Host CLAIRE MARTIN in from London for Rare Engagement at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola MAY 13-14 to Showcase New Standards Release on Linn Records, Too Much In Love to Care
Rightly acclaimed as the outstanding voice of her generation, Claire Martin has been a driving force behind the jazz scene in the United Kingdom for the past 25 years and has won many accolades, including being a six-time winner of the British Jazz Award and opening for Tony Bennett. In 2011 her ...
(Published: April 29, 2013) [read more]
Off tour with Sting, LAILA BIALI is in residency at SubCulture May 10, 24 & 31 with Guests John Ellis, Jo Lawry and Zach Brock / The Requestomatic Audience Challenge
Award-winning Canadian pianist, vocalist and songwriter Laila Biali has toured with Grammy award-winners Suzanne Vega, Chris Botti and Paula Cole and has recorded with and supported pop icon Sting. Laila has an acute awareness and appreciation for pop and rock that she combines with her jazz ...
(Published: April 29, 2013) [read more]
The Columbus Jazz Orchestra goes wild in eighth season of JazZoo!
Columbus, OH - This summer, the Jazz Arts Group will take jazz to a wilder place as the Columbus Jazz Orchestra takes center stage at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium for the eighth season of JazZoo!
The four-concert series returns to the Water's Edge Events Park at the Columbus Zoo providing a ...
(Published: April 29, 2013) [read more]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
The Le Boeuf Brothers Release - Le Boeuf Brothers Remixed
Available tomorrow, April 30, 2013, on Nineteen Eight Records
Featuring new remixes by Remy & Pascal Le Boeuf, David Binney, Tim Lefebvre, "Wolff Parkinson White" (AKA: Jochen Rueckert), Kissy Girls, Lucky Luke ...
(Published: April 29, 2013) [read more]
A Jazz Tune Recorded in Heaven
A Jazz Tune Recorded in Heaven
They Died Before 40, a new jazz film, features eight jazz artists, most of them relatively unknown. They all died before reaching the age of 40. Actually, four of the eight died before reaching the age of 30! Seven died before 1944 and one died in 1956. The ...
(Published: April 29, 2013) [read more]
Jazz and Bluegrass: The Rosenthals, Father-Son Duo, to Release CD Collaboration "Fly Away"
Trumpeter/composer Daniel Rosenthal grew up playing folk music in the family band led by his father, acclaimed vocalist, songwriter, and bluegrass string player Phil Rosenthal, but he didn't follow in his dad's footsteps. Instead, he poured his creative energy into jazz, becoming a key ...
(Published: April 26, 2013) [read more]
Harlem Jazz Shrines Fest: Cab Calloway Big Band at Alhambra Ballroom
Jazzmobile, Inc. Presents Alhambra Revived
Featuring the Cab Calloway Orchestra at The Alhambra Ballroom
May 9, 8:00 pm at the Third Annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival
Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Takes over Uptown May 6 - 11
Harlem, USA - The third annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival, a ...
(Published: April 26, 2013) [read more]
Ginny's Supper Club and G&J Productions present
JAZZPLUS BRAZILIAN: GENE BERTONCINI DUO with Special Guest DOMINICK FARINACCI
Gene Bertoncini is one of the pre-eminent jazz guitarists active today. His fluid technique and lyricism have won him international praise and accolades as the "Segovia of Jazz."
An eloquent and versatile improviser, Mr. Bertoncini has been heard with an extraordinary range of jazz greats, ...
(Published: April 26, 2013) [read more]
Berklee Presents Marvin Gaye Musical Trouble Man May 1-2
Featuring Valerie Simpson (Ashford & Simpson)
Berklee College of Music presents Trouble Man, a play with music and dance that tells the story of American music icon Marvin Gaye. Scripted by Berklee students, the production features guest songwriting legend Valerie Simpson (Ashford & Simpson), who will sing her anthem "Ain't No Mountain ...
(Published: April 25, 2013) [read more]
Harlem Jazz Shrines Fest: Legends on the Bandstand w/Heath/Hart/Mance/Sands
Jazzmobile, Inc. Presents
Minton's Playhouse: Legends on the Bandstand
at Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival May 6 and 8
Third Annual Festival, Presented by The Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile, Inc., Celebrates Historic Harlem Venues
May 6 - 11, 2013
Harlem, USA - Jazz was born ...
(Published: April 25, 2013) [read more]
Join Marlow Rosado y la Riqueña at a GRAMMY celebration party
Marlow Rosado celebrates his 2013 GRAMMY at La Covacha April 26 at 10 pm. Special guests include Fania legend Larry Harlow, Paquito Guzman, Marlon Fernandez, and Tito Puente, Jr.
The production of Rosado's award-winning album "Retro" goes back in time to explore iconic salsa musicians from ...
(Published: April 24, 2013) [read more]
UPDATED Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Calendar, May 6 - 11
2013 Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Calendar
Updated as of April 23, 2013
All Tickets Start at $10, unless otherwise noted
Renewing their partnership for the third year, the Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile, Inc., in collaboration with Columbia University, have joined forces to ...
(Published: April 24, 2013) [read more]
Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute
Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute
June 3 & 4, 2013
Columbia University's Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY
Conductor Gil Rose will preside for the ACO readings with mentor composers George Lewis (Columbia University),
Anne LeBaron (California Institute of the Arts), and Paul ...
(Published: April 24, 2013) [read more]
Jazz Shrines Dialogues Celebrates the Cotton Club
"Cotton Club in Black & White" and Ann Petry: "The Street: Harlem in the 1940's"
Columbia University Professor Kevin Fellezs discusses segregation in Harlem's world famous jazz club
where African Americans performed but weren't allowed to attend. Harlem novelist Ann Petry wrote of ...
(Published: April 24, 2013) [read more]
ORAL HISTORY AND OUR TIMES
The Columbia Center for Oral History [CCOH], of the Columbia Libraries, and the Oral History Master of Arts program [OHMA]
are hosting a two-day conference exploring the role of oral history in documenting, disseminating and educating students and
the public about the central events and ...
(Published: April 24, 2013) [read more]
Shaping Jazz:
Cities, Labels, and the Global Emergence of an Art Form
A Talk by
Prof. Damon Phillips
James P. Gorman Professor of Business Strategy, Columbia School of Business
Professor Phillips will be speaking on his new book "Shaping Jazz: Cities, labels, and the Global
Emergence of an Art Form" that is forthcoming from Princeton University Press this ...
(Published: April 24, 2013) [read more]
Louis Armstrong House
and the Jazz Journalists Association
Celebrate International Jazz Day
Louis Armstrong House and the Jazz Journalists Association
Celebrate International Jazz Day
with Satchmo's Never Before Heard Recordings
Tuesday, April 30th at 2:00 pm
A fanfare by New York City trumpet stars, a premiere of newly discovered recordings from 1961 by Louis Armstrong, ...
(Published: April 23, 2013) [read more]
David Murray New CD Be My Love Featuring Gregory Porter
"Army of the Faithful" from Be My Monster Love, David Murray‘s first quartet album in six years. The track features a guest appearance by none other than the Grammy Award-nominated Gregory Porter as well as the Infinity Quartet, a brand new dynamic group consisting of Marc Cary on piano, Jaribu ...
(Published: April 23, 2013) [read more]
THE 2013 ISRAELI JAZZ MUSICIAN FESTIVAL, PRESENTED BY NOHO MEDIA GROUP IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION, WILL FEATURE AN ENSEMBLE OF NOTABLE ISRAEL-BORN JAZZ MUSICIANS
Music and Multi-Media Event Will Take Place May 12 through May 14 in Manhattan and Brooklyn
New York City is the "jazz capital of the world," a fact that is enhanced, to a large extent, by the constant influx of astounding talent from across the globe. Among the many jazz musicians who have ...
(Published: April 23, 2013) [read more]
Kenny Barron/Dave Holland Duo in Concert at 92Y - Thursday, May 2
An NEA Jazz Master, a nine-time Grammy nominee and famed for his lyrical style, pianist Kenny Barron celebrates his 70th birthday in June. Bassist Dave Holland got his big break from Miles Davis and has since played with artists from Thelonious Monk to Bonnie Raitt. In June 2011 at the Montreal ...
(Published: April 23, 2013) [read more]
Detroit Jazz Festival Line-Up Announced
The Detroit Jazz
Festival "Imported from Detroit" today announced the headlining acts and 2013 Artist in Residence for the 34(th) annual Labor Day Weekend performances. Once again the Festival will deliver an eclectic lineup filled with jazz greats, performing on four stages throughout Labor Day ...
(Published: April 23, 2013) [read more]
Grammy® Nominated Pianist Eldar Djangirov Achieves a Career Breakthrough with Tandem Releases: A Solo Classical Debut Plus a New Jazz Trio Opus
"...a genius beyond most young people I've heard"
-- Dave Brubeck
"A sparkling command of the instrument."
-- Chick Corea
"An uncompromising clarity of rhythm, timing and sound that is pure light."
-- Jan Vogler, Dir., Moritzburg Chamber Music Festival
Few artists could record ...
(Published: April 23, 2013) [read more]
Made in New York: 1st Online International Jazz Competition
There have been many jazz contests held through the years, but the one created by the Made In New York Jazz Competition is unique. Mikhael Brovkin, the founder of the festival, explains. "There are many great international jazz talents who we may never know of because of their lack of access to the ...
(Published: April 23, 2013) [read more]
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