Guitar Virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil Wins First Place In Instrumental Category For 2016 International Songwriting Competition (ISC)
Boston, MA - Guitar virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil song "Gee," from his critically acclaimed new album "Chromatic Dialogues," has won First Place in the Instrumental category for the 2016 International Songwriting Competition (ISC)! There were over 16,000 entries from 137 countries!
Says Gustavo, ...
(Published: May 30, 2017) [read more]
Julio Montalvo Comes to Arts Garage June16
"Julio Montalvo is one of the leading trombonists from the island of Cuba. Songwriter, producer, arranger and session musician, he also appears as a solo artist, directing his own project since 1998, in which he blends Afro-Cuban rhythms with elements of modern Jazz to achieve an ingenious style" ...
(Published: May 30, 2017) [read more]
Celebrate Tito Puente, Jr's Birthday at Arts Garage!
Be prepared to mambo the night away June 2 and 3 as Tito Puente, Jr. brings his phenomenal band to Arts Garage. Tito is determined to nurture the musical legacy left by his father, Tito Puente, Sr., Latin jazz Mambo King, and he does so with charm and grace. The comparison is inevitable - in his ...
(Published: May 26, 2017) [read more]
Brian Tarquin
s "Orlando In Heaven" Feat. Larry Coryell
Los Angeles - Multi-Emmy award winning guitarist/producer/composer Brian Tarquin presents "Orlando In Heaven"; a very special project featuring an incredible cast of musical virtuosos playing their hearts out for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida!
Tarquin composed ...
(Published: May 26, 2017) [read more]
To Commemorate Keystone Korner's 45th Anniversary, Producer Todd Barkan Hosts 3 All-Star Bay Area Shows July 7-8
The great pianist/composer Mary Lou Williams referred to Keystone Korner as "the Birdland of the Seventies." Art Blakey, Miles Davis, and Stan Getz all agreed that Keystone Korner was "the best jazz club in the world." Producer and former Keystone proprietor Todd Barkan feels strongly that "the ...
(Published: May 26, 2017) [read more]
Londale releases highly impressive debut album
"I know I made some mistakes, babe," Willy Collins sings on "Hey," the opening track on AM/FM. It's a song about second chances, delivered with maximum crunch and roll by guitarist Joshua Lee Hammond.
Such an opening rave-up would give anyone the first impression of Collins' new band ...
(Published: May 25, 2017) [read more]
Marc Hoffman in Winston-Salem
Jazz Pianist/Vocalist at Thai Harmony
May 24, 2017 (WINSTON-SALEM, NC) - Pianist/vocalist Marc Hoffman will perform Thursday, June 1st at Thai Harmony, 102 W 3rd St. in Winston-Salem, NC. Live Jazz Night on Thursdays is a regular feature at the Asian fusion restaurant. Marc will perform from ...
(Published: May 24, 2017) [read more]
La Diva-La Lupe! Tribute Concert
La Diva-La Lupe!
Aaron Davis Hall
June 9, 2017, 7:30PM
The creative interpretive form of La Lupe spoke to the power of self-realization and power of her unique voice - her unique presence. The talent of the one-of-a-kind singer known as La Lupe or "La Yiyiyi" appeared on stage, some have ...
(Published: May 24, 2017) [read more]
20th annual Rhythm and Roots Festival
20th Annual Rhythm & Roots 2017 Music and Dance Festival
Ninigret Park, Charlestown, RI
September 1-3, 2017
Labor Day Weekend
Noon to midnight all three days
Coming to Charlestown:
Rhythm & Roots Festival Announces its 20th Anniversary Lineup
The Rhythm & Roots ...
(Published: May 24, 2017) [read more]
Bridgefest Crosses Continents with "A Bridge Together," an International Music and Dance Event
Newport Festivals Foundation's Bridgefest® Crosses Continents with "A Bridge Together," an International Music and Dance Event Connecting American Jazz, African Beats and Indian Carnatic Music at Fort Adams State Park, August 3, 6:30 pm
This Newport Jazz Festival® "Extra" Is Free and Open ...
(Published: May 24, 2017) [read more]
Willie Rosario & His Orchestra @ Lehman Center With Guest Artist Tony Vega
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present Salsero Maestro WILLIE ROSARIO and His Orchestra in a special reunion concert with guest artist TONY VEGA, on Saturday, May 27th, 2017 at 8pm. Exemplary band leader and composer, Willie Rosario, Mr. Afinque Timbalero, returns to Lehman ...
(Published: May 23, 2017) [read more]
1st Annual LuluFest, Presented by Peggy Stern in Austin, TX June 3, Features Women-Led Bands
Pianist/composer Peggy Stern is passionate about creating opportunities for women bandleaders to present their music. In 2004, she founded the Wall Street Jazz Festival, which was held for 12 consecutive years in Kingston, New York, for exactly that purpose. After relocating to Austin, Texas in the ...
(Published: May 22, 2017) [read more]
Glenn Makos Quartet - CD Release Party - May 24 - Zinc Bar - "The Michel Legrand Project"
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(Published: May 21, 2017) [read more]
Southport's Joanie Pallatto and Bradley Parker Sparrow Debut "The Last Circus in Town"
Chicago Hero Award winners, Joanie Pallatto and Bradley Parker Sparrow, have created a new song tribute to the iconic Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus, which is closing down its rein as the greatest show on earth, tomorrow. Hear "The Last Circus in Town" on the Radio! D.J.Marshall ...
(Published: May 20, 2017) [read more]
June 2: The Jean P Jam Band plays First Friday at Normandy Fountain - FREE
The City of Miami Beach presents the sounds of the Caribbean with the Jean P Jam Band June 2 at Normandy Fountain, Normandy Drive and Rue Vendôme. The show is FREE and runs from 6 to 9 PM.
Jean Almatas ("Pokito") is a talented singer/ songwriter, bringing to us deeply rooted music, who expands ...
(Published: May 16, 2017) [read more]
Marc Hoffman Thursday in Winston-Salem
Jazz Pianist/Vocalist at Thai Harmony
May 15, 2017 (WINSTON-SALEM, NC) - Pianist/vocalist Marc Hoffman will perform this Thursday, May 18th at Thai Harmony, 102 W 3rd St. in Winston-Salem, NC. Live Jazz Night on Thursdays is a regular feature at the Asian fusion restaurant. Marc will perform ...
(Published: May 15, 2017) [read more]
Studio Senakwami Presents:
The Gustavo Casenave Quartet Featuring John Patitucci - June 9 - The Appel Room
Gustavo Casenave is a three time Latin Grammy® Award nominee, a Steinway Artist and a 2015 ACE Awardee. Mr. Casenave is a Uruguayan pianist and composer who has collaborated and recorded with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Bette Midler, Eddie Gomez, Robert Duvall, Neil Sedaca among many others.
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(Published: May 15, 2017) [read more]
Studio Senakwami presents:
The Spotlight on June 4 at 7:30pm - The Appel Room
Featuring Vocalist Corrina Sowers Adler,
Pianist Julius Rodriguez & More!
Following its sold out premier, The Spotlight, an acclaimed Studio Senakwami production, returns to the majestic Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center with a new array of performers on June 4 at 7:30pm.
The Spotlight ...
(Published: May 15, 2017) [read more]
EJ Strickland & Transient Beings
Jazz drummer E. J. Strickland and his band "Transient Beings" will perform at Tavern on the Lake in Hightstown on Friday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m. Says Thomas Conrad of Downbeat magazine, "Strickland emits fields of energy, clouds of feather touch and heavy hand syncopations, like an oncoming storm."
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(Published: May 14, 2017) [read more]
Kidd Jordan to Receive Honorary Doctor of Music Degree from Loyola University New Orleans
CNN political contributor Van Jones, restaurateur Ella Brennan and musician Kidd Jordan to be honored at Commencement 2017
NEW ORLEANS - Loyola University New Orleans will award honorary degrees to CNN political contributor Van Jones, musician Kidd Jordan and restaurateur Ella Brennan at ...
(Published: May 13, 2017) [read more]
A Celebration of the Music & Legacy of PRINCE
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present THE PURPLE XPERIENCE to celebrate the music and legacy of PRINCE, on Saturday, May 20th, 2017 at 8pm. The Purple Xperience, embodies the spirit, passion and music of Prince with a stage show that brings memories of the superstar and his ...
(Published: May 12, 2017) [read more]
Christian McBride June 10 at Miniaci Theater
South Florida JAZZ, the area's premier modern jazz organization, concludes its star-studded 25th Anniversary celebration season by presenting world-renowned bassist Christian McBride with his cryptically named trio Tip City. The performance will take place on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 8:00 ...
(Published: May 12, 2017) [read more]
REVIEW: THE ART OF COOL FESTIVAL 2017 WAS ABOUT AS BLACK AS IT GETS! by LARRY RENI THOMAS
The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice is a funky, soulful, well-used, wonderful, very useful phrase. It was no doubt first used in Africa by both men and women and in the 1600s on slave ships in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean by smiling sea merchants and pirates. It was heard again in ...
(Published: May 12, 2017) [read more]
Glenn Makos CD Release Party "The Michel Legrand Project" on May 24 at Zinc Bar - NYC
www.zincbar.com
"The Michel Legrand Project"
"GLENN MAKOS QUARTET/Michel Legrand Project: Outside of some well stocked, under packaged recent box sets, Legrand hasn't been getting the love he should and Makos and his pals stand to correct that. Taking some prime bits of the Legrand ...
(Published: May 12, 2017) [read more]
Ben Sher continues Latin jazz explorations on excellent new album
Guitarist Ben Sher has a deep fascination with Brazilian jazz that he continues on Tempestade, his fourth release under BGI Records.
For those who have followed Sher's explorations into Latin music, this is another jewel on the crown; to the unenlightened, the doors will now open to a ...
(Published: May 12, 2017) [read more]
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