Jazz

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Celebrates 50th Anniversary With More Than Three Decades Of Support From Yamaha Drums 07 May, 2019 The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (NOJHF) recently marked its 50th consecutive year as a premier music event in Louisiana, with Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) serving as the official drum sponsor for more than 34 years. For two four-day weekends from April 25 to May 5, hundreds of thousands ...	Coniece Washington - Shades Of Shirley Horn - Sophomore Release 06 May, 2019 Upcoming Appearances The Big Easy 111 South Warren Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08608 Sun, May 12 @ 3:00PM — 6:00PM Enjoy the music and the great food with Pianist Adam Faulk and Bassist Lee Smith. Tickets are only $20.00 DC Jazz Festival The Phillips Collection 1600 21st Street NW, ...
Pat Battsttone, The Last Taxi: New Destinations - Battstone's 8th Album 06 May, 2019 Patrick Battstone began performing music professionally at the age of 14, playing in various rock, blues, and R&B bands in South Western Ohio. By the time he was 18, he had received lessons from Stan Kenton and Gary Burton, had been mentored by Oscar Treadwell (Oska T), and had played with James Brown's ...	Larry Corban - Emergence Featuring: Harvie S, James Weidman, Steve Williams & Jerry Bergonzi 03 May, 2019 Larry Corban is a New York City jazz guitarist and composer with 5 CDs out as a bandleader. His rhythm section of choice is the Aperturistic Trio (pianist James Weidman, bassist Harvie S, drummer Steve Williams). Alto saxophonist, Steve Slagle, guested for 3 cuts on his fourth CD, Corban Nation. Corban ...
Guitarist Craig Sharmat Releases Gypsy-Jazz Inspired Album "Nouveau" To Smooth Jazz Audiences 03 May, 2019 Instead of immediately following up his hit 2013 urban jazz album Bleu Horizons with a like-minded sequel, guitarist Craig Sharmat immersed in the music scene of his new adopted hometown of Santa Barbara and formed The Idiomatiques - which became the first Gypsy Jazz band in history to score a hit on ...	Esperanza Spalding Unveils "How To" From 12 Little Spells - Out On Digital/Physical Formats On May 10, 2019 03 May, 2019 Today Esperanza Spalding has released more new music from her 12 Little Spells project in advance of release next week, when the album will be available in physical and download formats for the first time (May 10/Concord Records). Listen to "How To" here: https://found.ee/Esperanza_HowTo_Sp "How ...
Eyal Vilner Big Band - New CD, Swing Out! July Of 2019 Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing 02 May, 2019 The Eyal Vilner Big Band celebrates the release of its latest album Swing Out!, the fourth effort from the critically acclaimed ensemble, that follows the trajectory of its previous three discs (Introducing the Eyal Vilner Big Band, Almost Sunrise and Hanukkah) of advancing the tradition of big band ...	Jazz Guitarist Chris Standring Reimagines His Best 02 May, 2019 Over twenty years and twelve albums into his career as a solo artist, chart-topping guitarist Chris Standring had no interest in putting out a typical "best of" album. After a gig, a fan approached him with a novel idea that did get his creative wheels spinning. "I had thought about releasing a ...
PJ Morton Hosts The Buddy Bolden Block Party, Kicking Off Initiative To Restore New Orleans Home Of Jazz's Forgotten Father 02 May, 2019 From 4pm-7pm CDT this Thursday, May 2nd, PJ Morton hosts The Buddy Bolden Block Party, kicking off his new initiative to restore the home and enrich the legacy of New Orleans' forgotten father of jazz, Charles "Buddy" Bolden. While the on-location event is free and open to the public, featuring food, ...	Downtown Inks Deal To Represent George Gershwin Catalog, Including Hundreds Of Previously Unpublished Songs 01 May, 2019 Downtown Music Publishing has signed a publishing administration and catalog marketing agreement for the George Gershwin catalog with the Godowsky family and Heyward Memorial Fund, respective successors to the historic American songwriter and Porgy and Bess authors DuBose and Dorothy Heyward. In addition ...
Bud Powell Meets Schoenburg In The Middle East: The Nomad Of Jazz, Ido Spak, Releases Avant-Garde Jazz Masterpiece 30 April, 2019 Tales of Blood (In A Hot Distant Land) is the first release from virtuoso jazz pianist Ido Spak. Many choose to travel simply for personal pleasure but Ido Spak has ensured his journeys are available for everyone to experience musically. Though originally from Israel, Spak has traveled the world, experiencing ...	Dred Scott - Rides Alone - Ropeadope Records 30 April, 2019 Dred grew up in St. Louis and went to college in Ohio to study piano and composition with Pat Pace. But it is the San Francisco Bay Area that will always be home. There, he first gained a reputation as an innovative and eclectic pianist and multi-instrumentalist. He has recorded 11 self-produced albums ...
Simon Sammut And Omar Vazquez - 2 Bassists - 2 Country Collaborations 26 April, 2019 Simon started his initial studies at a young age and reached advanced levels of music education. After some lessons with his father Joseph, who himself was an established bass player during his young days, Simon continued to study bass playing and soon established himself as a popular bass player. ...	Ron Carter And Danny Simmons Announce "The Brown Breatnik Tomes - Live At Bric House" Out June 7 26 April, 2019 Today, Ron Carter and Danny Simmons announce The Brown Beatnik Tomes - Live at BRIC House, a new album to be released on June 7. On the bass: Ron Carter (who will turn 82 next week) not only played in Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet but, with well over 2,200 sessions to his name, is the Guinness-certified ...
Composer/Arranger Lisa Maxwell Releases Lew Soloff Tribute "Shiny!" With All-Star Lineup 25 April, 2019 Celebrated within the jazz community as a multi-talented musician, Lisa Maxwell, finally releases a long-awaited album of her own material, dedicated to a special cohort. The lineup reads like a Who's Who of the music world. "My dear friend Lew Soloff and I talked about recording my arrangements ...	Joel Ross Releases New Single "Yana" + Upcoming Tour Dates 23 April, 2019 Vibraphonist Joel Ross has revealed "Yana," another new track from his auspicious debut album KingMaker, which comes out May 3. Hear "Yana" on our Jazz Now! playlist. Ross will be celebrating the album's release at Jazz Standard in New York City on June 4-5 and Pizza Express in London on July 10-11. ...
Polly Gibbons' 3rd Resonance Records Release 'All I Can Do' Is Out Now 20 April, 2019 Resonance Records discovery Polly Gibbons, a British-born star on the rise, has a sound and style that give off sparks. It's raw, raspy, and full of heat; it sputters and growls, carves out funky grooves, and wails into the skies. All I Can Do, her third Resonance release, the label's founder George ...	Jazz Great Rufus Reid Headlines 57th Fiesta Jazz Festival 18 April, 2019 Rufus Reid, composer and premiere bassist on the international jazz scene, and his quartet will headline the free Fiesta Jazz Festival at St. Mary's University. "Enjoy national, regional and local musicians at this free Fiesta event, one of the oldest jazz festivals in Texas," said John M. Rankin, ...
Richard Brown Music Presents "Motown Revue" 15 April, 2019 Another top shelf rated Richard Brown Music Production is making the rounds and this time Richard's latest stage presentation showcases Motown's biggest hits. The event, beautifully choreographed with tremendous musical charting in place is absolutely superb. The musical selections are top notch, this ...	Indie Singer-Songwriter Belén Cusi Releases Tango-Inspired Single "Estrella Fugaz" 12 April, 2019 Indie singer-songwriter Belén Cusi has released her latest single "Estrella Fugaz," a tango-infused Spanish track that blends latin and jazz elements with rich, organic musical performances. Bring in the velvety smooth vocals and gut-wrenching lyrics of an ill-fated romance, and Estrella Fugaz delivers ...

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