Paul Simon, Diana Krall, Gary Knisely And Jeffrey Shafer Help Fund Louis Armstrong Foundation Grants For Nyc Jazz Musicians
12 November, 2020
After allocating $1 million in financial support to New York-area musicians who lost income due to coronavirus-related closures beginning in March, the Board of Directors of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation (LAEF) today announced a second round of grants from The Louis Armstrong Emergency ...
| Watch: Tigran Hamasyan Performs NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
12 November, 2020
Tigran Hamasyan, whose new album, The Call Within, was released on Nonesuch Records in August, has performed an NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. The set, filmed by Elena Petrosyan, includes solo piano takes on "Our Film," from the new album, which NPR Music's Suraya Mohamed calls Hamasyan's "most enterprising ...
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Jazz At The Ballroom Hosts Inaugural Virtual Concert To Support Artists Impacted By Covid-19
11 November, 2020
On Friday, December 4, 2020, non-profit Jazz at the Ballroom (JATB) will host an hour-long virtual "Holiday In" concert to benefit the Actors Fund and JATB, and celebrate the unique power of art and music to unite and re-energize.
Taking inspiration from televised holiday specials of yore with music ...
| Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio Announces New Album 'I Told You So' Out January 29th
10 November, 2020
Today the Seattle-based soul-jazz groove-machine Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio announced I Told You So, their sophomore studio album out January 29th via Colemine Records. The announcement comes with the first single "Call Your Mom," which Under the Radar praised saying "the jazzy guitar and shots of organ ...
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Pompano Beach Arts' A Taste Of Jazz Welcomes Davis And Dow
10 November, 2020
The Pompano Beach Cultural Division and The Gold Coast Jazz Society are delighted to announce that A Taste of Jazz will showcase a very special edition starring award-winning duo, Davis and Dow.
The concert filmed live will feature the singer and guitarist playing personally-curated selections from ...
| Luba Mason Presents 'Triangle' In Concert November 20
06 November, 2020
Broadway and Recording Artist Luba Mason has just released her 4th new solo album titled TRIANGLE, which is a wholly unique, vibrant, new line-up that some call unprecedented using just voice, vibraphone, and bass! This concert is the live capture of that recording session including the amazing Joe ...
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King Khan Shares Colorful Video From New Jazz Album
03 November, 2020
King Khan has shared the video for "Wait Till The Stars Burn," a highlight from his first-ever jazz album The Infinite Ones (out now via Khannibalism / Ernest Jenning Record Co.). The album features contributions from Marshall Allen and Knoel Scott (Sun Ra Arkestra) and John Convertino and Martin Wenk ...
| Brandi Disterheft's Fifth Album 'Surfboard' Out Today
01 November, 2020
Bassist-composer-singer Brandi Disterheft's fifth album, Surfboard is her most accomplished yet. Joined by two iconic octogenarian masters - virtuoso tenor saxophonist George Coleman and the definitive Brazilian drummer Portinho - and world-class pianist Klaus Mueller, Disterheft authoritatively and ...
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Amanda Martinez Releases Her New Album Libre And Launches A New Video For "Libérame" A Song With Kellylee Evans
30 October, 2020
Canadian artist Amanda Martinez is thrilled to celebrate the release of Libre (Free) in the U.S. A beautiful album that features her award winning band and several special guest artists. It is her most musically eclectic recording yet. For this 4th album, Amanda Martinez called on her good friend and ...
| The Nels Cline Singers Cover Caetano Veloso With New Single "Segunda"
30 October, 2020
On November 13, Nels Cline will release his 3rd Blue Note album Share The Wealth, a dynamic double album of swirling, evocative soundscapes including the opening track "Segunda," an explosive version of the Caetano Veloso song which is out today. Share The Wealth features the sonic explorer and guitar ...
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Praised By Clash Magazine & Scandipop Sweden's Paperwing Releases Beautiful New Single 'Dedicated'
29 October, 2020
Paperwing is the Swedish artist, composer and producer Jenny Soovik. Born and raised by two jazz loving musicians, Jenny is an uncompromising and unbound artist who feels quite powerless against the gravitational pull from the world of music. It seems she can do little else than find outlets for it.
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| Pat Metheny Releases "From This Place" Video; Vocals By Meshell Ndegeocello
28 October, 2020
Pat Metheny has released a video for the title track to his critically acclaimed album From This Place, released earlier this year on Nonesuch Records. The song features lyrics by Alison Riley, sung by Meshell Ndegeocello. You can watch the video, made by Robert Edridge-Waks, here:
On the album, ...
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New Melody Gardot Album "Sunset In The Blue," Out Now
24 October, 2020
Melody Gardot releases Sunset In The Blue, her highly anticipated new album, out now on Decca Records/Universal Music.
Sunset In The Blue is Gardot's latest release since 2018's "Live in Europe" (featuring selected tracks from 2012-2016's performances in legendary venues across Europe). This new album, ...
| Laura Benanti Releases Self-Titled Debut Album
24 October, 2020
Tony Award-winning actress, singer, author and activist LAURA BENANTI today releases her self-titled debut album Laura Benanti. Available everywhere now from Sony Music Masterworks, the 11-track album features the versatile artist performing a mix of covers both classic and contemporary, breathing ...
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Presenting The Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series
23 October, 2020
We're proud to present the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series, a continuation of our acclaimed Blue Note 80 Vinyl Reissue Series which was launched in celebration of our 80th anniversary in 2019. The Classic Series will once again feature all-analog 180g vinyl pressings in standard packaging that ...
| Poppy Ajudha Releases Moving Video For "Watermelon Man (Under The Sun)" From "Blue Note Re:Imagined"
23 October, 2020
Vocalist Poppy Ajudha has released a moving new music video to accompany her re:imagining of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man," which is featured on Blue Note Re:imagined, a new collection of classic Blue Note tracks reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the UK scene's most exciting young talents ...
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Daniel J. Watts Honors Louis Armstrong's Legacy
22 October, 2020
2020 is proving to be a busy year for Tony-nominated actor, writer and activist Daniel J. Watts, whose other Broadway credits include The Color Purple, Memphis, In the Heights and Hamilton.
Fresh off his nomination for his role as Ike Turner in the TINA: The Tina Turner Musical, Watts is now championing ...
| Places Where You Can Enjoy Jazz Music
21 October, 2020
Jazz music has been so influential and inspirational for many generations. Its origins come in the 19th century in New Orleans. African-American communities were the areas where you could find this music genre most often. By the early 20th century, this music genre gained international fame and spread ...
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Featured This Week On The Not Just Jazz Network Is Jazz Vocalist, Ken Greves With His New CD "Vintage & Rare: The Songs Of Harold Arlen "Ridin' On The Moon" Vol. 3
21 October, 2020
The idea was to record these wonderfully crafted songs and bring them to the modern ear, with hip arrangements in different grooves-swing, jazz waltzes, bossa novas, ballads, and sometimes swift up-tempos
"This third CD "Ridin' on the Moon" Vol. 3 is a part of a 10 CD project slated to record Arlen's ...
| Sam Amidon Performs For Kansas Smitty's Virtual Jazz Bar
21 October, 2020
Sam Amidon performed as part of Kansas Smitty's Virtual Jazz Bar in London. He joined clarinetist Giacomo Smith and band to perform a few songs and talk with Smith about Amidon's new self-titled album, out this Friday. You can watch the session below; you can support the show on its Patreon page here.
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