Bringing "Hero's Journey" To Life
12 February, 2016
The dozen songs that experimental jazz trumpeter-rapper Matt Von Roderick released sans fanfare as �Hero�s Journey� in mid-December on Bandcamp (https://mattvonroderick.bandcamp.com) are about a protagonist in pursuit of burning dreams of love, acceptance, desire, fun, fame and fortune. Now it�s time ...
| The Best Music Education Summer Program In The World: 12 Workshops + 24 Teachers + 120 Musicians + 42 Days Of Music; It's All Happening At The New York Jazz Workshop
12 February, 2016
The New York Jazz Workshop is the destination for jazz musicians from all over the world this summer! Located near Times Square, NYJW's 8th Jazz Intensive Summer series is going to be an incredible experience for both participants and teachers alike.
Twelve different summer intensives on various ...
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Real Art Ways Announces An Advance Connecticut Screening On March 6 Of The New Music Film "Thomas Chapin, Night Bird Song" With A Special Live Concert
11 February, 2016
Showcasing the late Thomas Chapin's extraordinary life and the indelible mark he made on fans, peers and the jazz world-at-large, Emmy-winning filmmaker Stephanie J. Castillo will present an Advance Screening of THOMAS CHAPIN, NIGHT BIRD SONG. The new music documentary film will have its first public ...
| Get In The Mood With Plunky & Oneness
09 February, 2016
Smooth jazz saxophone can set just the right tone for intimacy so the Plunky & Oneness soulful sax version of "In The Mood," should lead to lots of romance. This reprise of the Whispers' hit song is a bit more subtle but just as suggestive as crooned by Plunky's tenor sax and answered by the enticingly ...
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New Vintage Jazz Singer Laura Ainsworth Signed By Grammy-Winning Producer For National Label Debut
05 February, 2016
Dallas-based retro jazz singer Laura Ainsworth is back in the studio, cutting a sultry 1940s torch song for her third album, New Vintage. Like her first two releases on her indie label Eclectus Records, Keep It To Yourself and Necessary Evil (available at www.lauraainsworth.com), it reteams her with ...
| Ed Barker Returns To The UK!
29 January, 2016
"It is fantastic that you are doing so well......with my very best wishes for the future" - Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Prime Minister
�Parliament has lost a promising young politician, but the world has gained a rare musical talent who will contribute so much to our musical pleasure.� � Michael Connarty ...
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University Of Pittsburgh Commemorates Black History Month, Event Celebrating Local Jazz Musician Erroll Garner Takes Place Feb. 11
27 January, 2016
Other happenings include a Garner exhibition, lectures, a film screening, and campus tours highlighting African American history
PITTSBURGH—The University of Pittsburgh will celebrate the legacy of legendary Pittsburgh jazz pianist Erroll Garner at its annual K. Leroy Irvis Black History Month ...
| Featured This Week On The Jazz Network Worldwide: "intervention", The Latest Gospel Jazz Release By Saxophonist Art Sherrod Jr.
21 January, 2016
I am so excited and can't wait for my Smooth Jazz and Gospel listeners to put their ears on this project. It's going to be life-changing!
The genesis of this jazz project began long ago in the church. Art credits gospel music for his appreciation for all styles of music. Music that inspires, heals ...
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Maynard Ferguson Reissue Rollout On Omnivore Recordings Continues, Two New Titles Due March 11
20 January, 2016
Omnivore Recordings continues its Maynard Ferguson reissue initiative with two new packages for the three-time Grammy Award nominee and Downbeat magazine award winner. Deluxe reissues of Body & Soul (1986) and Big Bop Nouveau (1989) are slated for March 11, 2016 release.
After the release of 1983�s ...
| Cunard Kicks Blue Note Jazz-Themed Transatlantic Crossing Into High Gear With The Addition Of A Second Vocal Legend: Dee Dee Bridgewater
20 January, 2016
Cunard is excited to announce that jazz icon Dee Dee Bridgewater will be co-headlining Queen Mary 2's third Blue Note jazz-themed Transatlantic Crossing from New York to Southampton on October 25, 2016.
Bridgewater is a Triple Grammy Award Winner, a TONY Winner, a UN Goodwill Ambassador, producer, ...
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Featured This Week On The Jazz Network Worldwide: "Intervention", The Latest Gospel Jazz Release By Saxophonist Art Sherrod Jr.
20 January, 2016
I am so excited and can't wait for my Smooth Jazz and Gospel listeners to put their ears on this project. It's going to be life-changing!
The genesis of this jazz project began long ago in the church. Art credits gospel music for his appreciation for all styles of music. Music that inspires, heals ...
| Logan Richardson's Blue Note Debut "Shift" Out 2/26 Featuring Pat Metheny & Jason Moran
15 January, 2016
On February 26, Blue Note Records will release Shift, the assured label debut from saxophonist and composer Logan Richardson. For the momentous occasion Richardson assembled an impressive band of musical visionaries including guitarist Pat Metheny, pianist Jason Moran, bassist Harish Raghavan, and drummer ...
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Feel It In Your Genes - Ed Barker
14 January, 2016
Following the massive stateside success of his debut album 'Simple Truth', Ed Barker relocated to Hollywood to pursue his dream of being a jazz musician. But even in California you can get homesick……
Missing his family and friends, it was from the other side of the world that Ed finally decided ...
| Two-Time Grammy Nominee Sam Hunt To Perform With Grammy Camp - Jazz Session Students At Grammy In The Schools Live!
14 January, 2016
Members of GRAMMY Camp - Jazz Session will perform with special guest and current two-time GRAMMY nominee, Sam Hunt at Club Nokia on Feb. 11. Tickets are on sale now. The recipient of The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation's third annual Music Educator Award will also be in attendance.
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Newly-Discovered Getz/Gilberto, Getz Quartet With Deluxe Packages On Resonance, Feb. 19
12 January, 2016
Just over 50 years after the release of João Gilberto\'s and Stan Getz\'s classic Grammy®-winning album Getz/Gilberto (1964), and its sequel Getz/Gilberto #2 (1966, both on Verve Records), Resonance Records proudly announces Getz/Gilberto \'76, set for release on February 19, 2016. Getz/Gilberto \'76 ...
| Danhila - Album "White Fly" - Single "Run" (Radio Mix)
11 January, 2016
DANHILA inspired by soul gospel and jazz music.
Danhila currently lives between Rome, Vienna and London, working on the creation of her first solo album called "WHITE FLY"
Recorded and mixed by Mimmo Cappuccio at Robin Hood Studio of Naples (Italy).
Mastered by Frank Arkwright sound enginnering ...
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Dr. Lonnie Smith On Fallon January 12, 2016; New Album "Evolution" Out Now
08 January, 2016
Dr. Lonnie Smith is set to sit-in with The Roots on NBC The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on January 12 to celebrate the release of Evolution, his first album for Blue Note Records since 1970. The album, which comes out January 29, marks the return of the legendary Hammond B-3 organ master to the ...
| Jazz Vocalist Kris Russell Releases Debut CD, Featuring New Arrangement Of Cole Porter's "I Concentrate On You"
07 January, 2016
Las Vegas-based jazz vocalist Kris Russell (https://krisrusselljazz.com/contact/) has launched her debut CD, "I Concentrate on You," which follows the much-heralded release of her digital single, "I Concentrate on You." Russell's new CD is available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Google Play and CD Baby.
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Jazz At Fair Park Presents A Live Concert And Interview With The John A Lewis Trio On WRR 101.1 FM
23 December, 2015
On Sunday evening, December 27th, Jazz at Fair Park will present a live performance and interview featuring the John A Lewis trio. Jazz at Fair Park is a new weekly program produced by WRR-FM (101.1). The Program airs Sunday evenings from 7:00 until 8:00 pm. The show is hosted by DFW-area arts and cultural ...
| South Florida Jazz Presents Terri Lyne Carrington
21 December, 2015
Three-time Grammy Award-winning drummer, composer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington comes to the Fort Lauderdale area January 9 at 8 PM in "Money Jungle," an homage to Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. The concert is part of South Florida JAZZ's ongoing series bringing the best jazz ...
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