Jazz vibraphonist Erik Charlston, a native of Chicago, has a diverse career centered in New York, where he currently leads his JazzBrasil sextet. Charlston has also performed and recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Fred Hersch, Steve Coleman, James Carter, Sam Rivers, Dave Brubeck, and Orlando Puntilla Rios, among others. Tweet
CUBOP – Celebrating Diz & Chano Friday, March 22 @ 8 PM Knight Concert Hall No two sounds were more important in the development of Cubop than the trumpet of Dizzy Gillespie and congas of the great Cuban percussionist – Chano Pozo! CUBOP is the infusion of Caribbean, Brazilian and Afro-Cuban rhythms …
Dimitri Vassilakis Quartet: Daedalus Project – Across the Universe Monday, April 8th, 2013 2 sets 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola 5th floor, Frederick P. Rose Hall Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center on Broadway at 60th Street, New York City Dimitri Vassilakis, saxes/vocals Theo Hill, piano Essiet …
Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month with Louis Armstrong! The Museum’s got West End Blues … Louis Armstrong House Museum is celebrating Jazz Appreciation month in style this April. 85 years ago, Louis Armstrong recorded one of his all-time masterpieces, “West End Blues,” one of the most important records in jazz history. …
Boston, MA, March 13, 2013 – The Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra (BCSO), featuring a trio of Grammy-winning guest musicians from the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano, and John Patitucci, and acclaimed jazz drummer Adam Cruz, presents its spring concert on Wednesday, April 3, 8:00 pm, at New …
Boston, MA. March 12, 2013 – Premier funk, pop, and R&B drummer John Blackwell, best known for his work with Prince, Justin Timberlake, and Patti LaBelle, has been named associate professor of percussion at his alma matter, Berklee College of Music. He began teaching this semester. Born and raised in …
“Changing Everything” another chapter in the ongoing story as Joe Blessett continues to push jazz in a new direction. Creating a new Alternative Jazz genre by combing multiple music genres and engaging a younger listening audience. This is not the heavily sedated, under driven smooth jazz of the past. Get …
Soundbrush Records continues the Wed. night series @ CAFFE VIVALDI at 7:15pm 32 Jones St. EVERY WEDNESDAY IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH! Free Admission great food & drink March 13 – 7:15PM ROGER DAVIDSON, piano FRANK LONDON, trumpet VICTOR PRIETO, accordion BRIAN GLASSMAN, bass KLEZMER “On the Road of Life” March …
Following a smashing success from his Ukrainian Tour, SRI Jazz Releases the long awaited “The Best of Ray Brown Jr.” Ray Brown Jr’s recent tour in the Ukraine, a smashing success for the artist, which included starring in Jazz Festivals, concerts and television interviews, coincides with the SRI Jazz release …
Fri, Mar 15th 6-8pm @ Swing 46 349 W 46th St Manhattan, NY 10036 (212) 262-9554 No Cover Featuring Jessica Valiente, flutist and musical director Geneviève Gazón and Julie Martí, vocalists Debra Kreisberg, alto saxophone and clarinet Rick Faulkner, trombone Chiemi Nakai, piano Anna Milat-Meyer, bass Yasuyo Kimura, congas Victor …
Praised for his music’s “elusive beauty” (DownBeat), and for his “style informed by tradition but not encumbered by it” (Philadelphia City Paper), saxophonist Ravi Coltrane takes a bold step in his creative journey with Spirit Fiction, his Blue Note Records debut. Spirit Fiction features two different band lineups, each with …
Hugh Masekela & his Group (4/17) PRESENTED BY JAZZ FORUM ARTS South African trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer Hugh Masekela, a two times Grammy awarded artist and Africa´s most important jazz and world musician. He has covered the globe and played with just about every top star there is. Masekela wrote …
