Keyboardist Steve Weingart and vocalist Renee Jones celebrate new album with CD release party
Still blushing from the critical acclaim and radio airplay of their previous album Dialogue, keyboardist Steve Weingart and vocalist Renee Jones will be performing at the Baked Potato in Los Angeles on January 19th for the release party of their superb new album, Observatory. The duo answered a few ...
(Published: January 18, 2013) [read more]
NPR Music and WBGO FM Present The Checkout - Live at Berklee with Jaleel Shaw
The Checkout - Live at Berklee, which brings critically acclaimed, New York-based Berklee alumni back to their alma mater for concerts in The Red Room at Cafe 939, continues on Thursday, February 7 with rising alto and soprano saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, a 2000 Berklee graduate. Shaw will be ...
(Published: January 17, 2013) [read more]
YOU'LL KNOW WHEN YOU GET THERE: ON HERBIE HANCOCK AND THE MWANDISHI BAND
From Herbie Hancock's work with Miles Davis to the experimental use of synthesizers, jazz historian/author Bob Gluck (You'll Know When You Get There) uncovers the many ingredients that formed Hancock's grand creative experiment, the revolutionary Mwandishi Band in this talk at ...
(Published: January 17, 2013) [read more]
PREMIERE: AUDIO DOCUMENTARY: NINA SIMONE: A GREAT NORTH CAROLINA JAZZ INTELLECTUAL ON SUNDAY NIGHT JAZZ WITH LARRY RENI THOMAS ON WCOM-FM 2/24/13
Listen to WCOM-FM (www.wcomfm.org), Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina, October 7, 2012, from 9pm to 12 midnight, for The Nina Simone Birthday Special with host Larry Reni Thomas. The program will feature three hours of Nina Simone's music and the premiere of an audio documentary called ...
(Published: January 17, 2013) [read more]
THE LADY WHO SHOT LEE MORGAN RADIO SPECIAL ON FEB 17 ON WCOM-FM (www.wcomfm.org)
Listen to WCOM-FM (www.wcomfm.org), 103.5 FM, Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina, for Sunday Night Jazz with Larry Reni Thomas, on February 17, 2013, for the airing of a radio documentary called The Helen Morgan Radio Project. The 27-minute profile and interview focuses on Helen Morgan, the ...
(Published: January 16, 2013) [read more]
PREMIERE: AUDIO DOCUMENTARY: NINA SIMONE: A GREAT NORTH CAROLINA JAZZ INTELLECTUAL ON SUNDAY NIGHT JAZZ WITH LARRY RENI THOMAS ON WCOM-FM 2/24/13
Listen to WCOM-FM (www.wcomfm.org), Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina, October 7, 2012, from 9pm to 12 midnight, for The Thelonious Monk Birthday Special with host Larry Reni Thomas. The program will feature three hours of Nina Simone's music and the premiere of an audio documentary ...
(Published: January 16, 2013) [read more]
Singer/Composer Molly Holm Debuts with "Permission," Feb. 19
Molly Holm has been a visionary presence on the Bay Area music scene -- as an original member of Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra, as a featured singer with Terry Riley and Zakir Hussain, as a Mills College adjunct faculty member -- for more than three decades. Her far-ranging artistic pursuits, ...
(Published: January 16, 2013) [read more]
10 YEARS OF TRADITION: EARL KLUGH'S WEEKEND OF JAZZ AT THE BROADMOOR!
Grammy Award-Winning Artist Earl Klugh Returns This April!
Colorado Springs, Colo. (January 15, 2013) - For a 10th straight season, GRAMMY®-winning guitarist Earl Klugh hosts his Weekend of Jazz at The Broadmoor featuring exceptional musicians and performances, along with unique culinary and ...
(Published: January 15, 2013) [read more]
Newport Festivals Foundation Announces 2013 Newport Jazz Festival Lineup
2013 Newport Jazz Festival®
Continues Its Distinguished History with a Dynamic Mix of
Jazz Legends and Emerging Artists
Tickets on Sale Thursday, January 17, at 10:00 am at www.newportjazzfest.net
NEWPORT, RI, January 15, 2013 - One year away from celebrating the 60th anniversary of the ...
(Published: January 15, 2013) [read more]
Lloyd Gregory Live at 57th Street Gallery
Award winning guitarist and composer Lloyd Gregory brings his soulful, melodic and captivating style to the Bay Area's newest celebrated Jazz venue, The 57th Street Gallery at 5701 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, Saturday January 19th.
A well-established classic jazz guitarist, Gregory ...
(Published: January 14, 2013) [read more]
Woodmere Art Museum Announces New Season of Music
PHILADELPHIA - Woodmere Art Museum announces the spring line-up for Music at Woodmere, its popular jazz and classical concert series connecting music to the story of Philadelphia's art and artists. This season offers tributes to the work of Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson and Jimi Hendrix; ...
(Published: January 14, 2013) [read more]
Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia names 2013 finalists
PHILADELPHIA - Jan. 14, 2013 - The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced 69 finalists for the 2013 Knight Arts Challenge, a contest funding the best ideas for engaging and enriching Philadelphia through the arts.
Emerging from a field of more than 1,200 applicants, the ...
(Published: January 14, 2013) [read more]
WHY JAZZ HAPPENED: A MULTIMEDIA TALK WITH MARC MYERS
From bebop to fusion, jazz styles changed rapidly between 1942 and 1972. Creative genius was only half the story. Equally important was a series of unlikely business, cultural and technological upheavals-including the G.I. Bill, the suburbanization of Los Angeles and the rise of the 12-inch LP-that ...
(Published: January 14, 2013) [read more]
PIANIST/VOCALIST/COMPOSER PATRICIA BARBER SET TO RELEASE HER CONCORD DEBUT, SMASH, JANUARY 22, 2013
On Smash, her January 22, 2013 debut on Concord Jazz, Patricia Barber reiterates her unique position in modern music as a jazz triple-threat - imaginative pianist, startling vocalist, and innovative composer (international release dates may vary). With a new band and a dozen new compositions, she ...
(Published: January 14, 2013) [read more]
Anzic Records Artists The 3 Cohens On Tour in Celebration of "Family"
Anzic Records Artists:
3 COHENS
On Tour, Performing Music from Their Latest Recording, FAMILY
The 3 Cohens Sextet is: AVISHAI COHEN (trumpet), ANAT COHEN (tenor saxophone & clarinet), YUVAL COHEN (soprano saxophone), with Aaron Goldberg on piano, Omer Avital on bass & Johnathan Blake ...
(Published: January 14, 2013) [read more]
90 year old pianist Marty Napoleon releases his first album in decades called, "Swingin' at 90"
90 year old pianist Marty Napoleon reinvents himself and plays in the electro-swing style of jazz on his first new album in decades called, "Swingin' at 90". Marty Napoleon is best known for playing piano with Louis Armstrong during the 1950s. In addition, Napoleon has played with such jazz ...
(Published: January 14, 2013) [read more]
Arch Stanton Quartet Releases Debut Album
In mid November 2012, the Arch Stanton Quartet (ASQ), based in upstate New York, released its debut record of mostly original material that the Quartet has been performing at clubs throughout the Capital Region and Upstate New York during the past three years.
The compositions by trumpet player ...
(Published: January 10, 2013) [read more]
Seeing life through his guitar
Contact: Rick Scott 310.306.0375
greatscottproductions@earthlink.net
Seeing life through his guitar
Jazz guitarist Drew Davidsen gives radio a "Hi5" prior to releasing "TRUE DREW" on March 5th
Towson, MD (10 January 2013): A slick, cosmopolitan showcase of a dozen ...
(Published: January 10, 2013) [read more]
SAVION GLOVER: DANCE, JAZZ AND DUKE! BY LARRY RENI THOMAS
Savion Glover, the earthy, energetic, fast-moving, tap dancer, will bring his dance performance program, SoLe Sanctuary: Hoofer's Meditation On The Art Of Tap!, a tribute to his "teachers and mentors," to Page Auditorium, Duke University, Durham, North ...
(Published: January 10, 2013) [read more]
Stephanie Jordan pays tribute to Lena Horne during Southern Mississippi's MLK Birthday Celebration
In conjunction with the Committee for Coast-Wide Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration, New Orleans jazz singer Stephanie Jordan is gracing the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center stage, 1600 Government Street in Ocean Springs, Mississippi on Saturday, January 19, at 7:00pm, with a ...
(Published: January 09, 2013) [read more]
INDELIBLE FESTIVAL, Friday, January 11 at Highline Ballroom: Produced By Jill Newman Productions
INDELIBLE FESTIVAL ®
Produced By JIll Newman Productions
Meshell Ndegeocello presents Spirit Music Jamia, Cecil Taylor, DJ ?uestlove, AYO, Guy Davis, Grégoire Maret, The Dust Rays ft. Kirk Douglas & Mark Kelley of the Roots & Ricc Sheridan from Earl Greyhound
Surprise Special ...
(Published: January 09, 2013) [read more]
KCC PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS THE WILL CALHOUN TRIO: JANUARY 10 AT ZINC BAR
KCC Productions presents the Will Calhoun Trio on Thursday, January 10 at Zinc Bar, during the Jazz Connect Conference. The Trio consists of Will Calhoun on drums and indigenous percussion, John Benitez on bass, Robert Rodriguez on piano, and special guest horn TBA. The showcase sets will be at ...
(Published: January 08, 2013) [read more]
KCC PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS THE WOLFF & CLARK EXPEDITION JANUARY 10 AT ZINC BAR
KCC Productions presents The Wolff and Clark Expedition on Thursday, January 10 at Zinc Bar, during the Jazz Connect Conference. The Expedition comprises Michael Wolff on piano, Mike Clark on drums, Steve Wilson on sax and Ugonna Okegwo on bass. The showcase will be at 8:30; Zinc Bar is located at ...
(Published: January 08, 2013) [read more]
Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter named distinguished professors
at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz has appointed multiple GRAMMY Award winners and NEA Jazz Masters Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter as distinguished professors at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This marks the first time these two ...
(Published: January 08, 2013) [read more]
KCC PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS THE ANTONIO MADRUGA QUARTET, JANUARY 9 AT ZINC BAR
KCC Productions presents the Antonio Madruga Quartet Wednesday, January 9 at Zinc Bar, during the Jazz Connect Conference. The Quartet comprises Antonio Madruga on piano, Russell Hall on bass, Chad Lefkowitz Brown, tenor, and Jake Goldbas, drums.
Cuban-American pianist Antonio Madruga is a ...
(Published: January 07, 2013) [read more]
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