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)
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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]
BLENDING THE WORLDS OF JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC
THE SYMPHONIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA (SJO) CELEBRATES 20TH YEAR WITH GALA CONCERT AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
• Internationally Renowned Jazz Artists Diane Schuur & David Benoit Join 68-Member SJO Orchestra for 20th Anniversary Benefit Concert Following Two-Year Hiatus Due to Covid-19
• Expands Music in the Schools Residency Program to 175 Classrooms Serving Over 50,000 Students and their ...
(Published: October 25, 2022) [read more]
Five-Time Grammy-Winning Afropop Diva Angélique Kidjo
Performs as Part of August Wilson African-American Cultural Center's
Soul Sessions, Thursday, October 27, 8:00 pm
PITTSBURGH, PA - October 20, 2022 - Angélique Kidjo, the Benin-born, Paris-based vocalist, who for four decades has reigned supreme as the queen of Afropop/world music and has sung the music of James Brown and Jimi Hendrix, comes to the August Wilson African American Cultural Center ...
(Published: October 21, 2022) [read more]
Eclectic Art Concept Album OVISION - New Jazz, Hip Hop, Experimental Soul & Progressive Rock
Eclectic art in a concept album isn't the most common way to approach music in 2022. This didn't stop the creators of OVISION when it came to truly expressing themselves with music.
A musical journey into the world of new jazz, hip hop, experimental soul and progressive rock OVISION aims ...
(Published: October 17, 2022) [read more]
World Premiere Recording of Anthony Davis's X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (#1088) Featuring Performances by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), Odyssey Opera, Davóne Tines, and More
"the work is gripping, and it is unlike any other opera.... X is a work that deserves to enter the American repertory...not just a stirring and well-fashioned opera but one whose music adds a new, individual voice to those previously heard in our opera houses." - The New ...
(Published: October 14, 2022) [read more]
The David Walker Cultural Center Presents A Book Signing/Lecture, October 29, 2022, Featuring Larry Reni Thomas, Author of Carolina Shout: The Carolina Jazz Connection!
Author Larry Reni Thomas will present a lecture/book signing, at The David Walker Cultural Center, 815 Rankin Street, Wilmington, North Carolina at 5:00 p.m., October 29. 2022.
Thomas, a Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based, Wilmington, North Carolina native, will talk about his latest book, ...
(Published: October 13, 2022) [read more]
Book signing: Carolina Shout: The Carolina Jazz Connection by Larry Reni Thomas, October 28, 2022, at Pomegranate Books, Wilmington, North Carolina
Pomegranate Books, 4418 Park Avenue, Wilmington, North Carolina, presents a book signing, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 pm, featuring Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based writer/radio announcer, Larry Reni Thomas, who will sign copies and talk about his latest book, Carolina Shout: The Carolina Jazz ...
(Published: October 11, 2022) [read more]
The 11th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Selects Top Five Finalists
as part of NJPAC's TD James Moody Jazz Festival
NEWARK, NJ - (For Release 10.11.22) - A world of jazz just minutes from home, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) today announced the top five finalists of the 11th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Pulled from over 200 submissions from over 25 countries, these ...
(Published: October 11, 2022) [read more]
Book signing: Carolina Shout: The Carolina Jazz Connection by Larry Reni Thomas, October 25, 2022, at Letters Book Shop, Durham, North Carolina
Letters Bookshop, 116 W. Main Street, Durham, North Carolina, presents a book signing, October 25, 2022, at 6:30 pm, featuring Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based writer/radio announcer, Larry Reni Thomas, who will sign copies and talk about his latest book, Carolina Shout: The Carolina Jazz ...
(Published: October 08, 2022) [read more]
Composer/Guitarist Joshua Stamper's Trademark Blur Between Classical-Jazz-Experimental Textures in Latest Album soma schema
"It's the type of music where every note matters." - Greg Saunier (Deerhoof, Mystical Weapons)
NEW YORK, NY (For Immediate Release) - Straddling the jazz, classical, and experimental worlds, acclaimed Philadelphia composer/performer Joshua Stamper celebrates his 12th release as a leader: ...
(Published: October 07, 2022) [read more]
World-Renowned Smoke Jazz Club Announces November Concert Schedule
George Coleman Jr & TK Blue: Shades of Melba and Benny (Nov 2)
Nicholas Payton CD Release Concert Series: The Couch Sessions (Nov 10-13)
The Classic Trio: David Hazeltine, Peter Washington, and Louis Hayes (Nov 16)
Black Art Collective (Nov 25-27)
and more...
NEW YORK, NY (For ...
(Published: October 05, 2022) [read more]
Thelonious Monk Birthday Special with host Larry Reni Thomas on WCOM-FM 10/9/22
Listen to WCOM-FM, Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina, October 9, 2022, from 9pm to 12 midnight, for The Thelonious Monk Birthday Special with host Larry Reni Thomas. The program will feature three hours of Thelonious Monk's music and will also feature an audio documentary called "Thelonious ...
(Published: October 04, 2022) [read more]
Guitarist Greg Chako - "Friends, Old and New" - Release Date: October 14th!
Label: Mint 400 Records & Raining Music
"Recalls those exciting hard blowing sessions of the 1960's which featured Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, and Jackie McLean . . . with an effective mix of hard bop and Latin rhythms guaranteed to keep listener attention." David Nathan, AllMusicGuide
"Transcends geographic boundaries and cultures ...
(Published: September 29, 2022) [read more]
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