In 1982, legendary drummer Buddy Rich filmed three pilot episodes for “The Buddy Rich Show” in New York’s famous Statler Hotel. Featuring once-in-a-lifetime performances from The Buddy Rich Band playing alongside Buddy’s friends and fellow jazz greats including: Ray Charles, Mel Torme, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Lionel Hampton and Woody …
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. – May 3, 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 …
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 Klabin, …
Los Angeles, CA — Roland announces the SRX KEYBOARDS Software Synthesizer for Roland Cloud, a virtual recreation of an early-2000s SRX expansion board that was originally only available for compatible Roland hardware synths. This SRX expansion compiled the very best Roland keyboard sounds into a single expansion. SRX KEYBOARDS puts …
The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group didn’t have a good 2018. Perhaps the low point occurred when Billboard’s CEO, John Amato, forcibly stepped down following an internal investigation. He had faced accusations from newsroom staff of actively meddled in reporting decisions, and nixing stories about serious sexual abuse allegations against Charlie Walk, …
WHO: Master Drummer Denny Seiwell, best known as a founding member/drummer of Paul McCartney’s post Beatles group Wings. Originally a jazz artist, Seiwell was recruited by Paul McCartney to join Wings. His drumming can be heard on the original recording of Live And Let Die,” also the theme song for …
Jill Scott was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised as an only child by her mother and grandmother. She discovered the poetry of Nikki Giovanni in the 8th grade and was majorly inspired by her work, with Scott later enjoying writers like Octavia Butler and J. California Cooper as well. …
Anna Mjöll is an Icelandic jazz singer and songwriter. She uses Anna Mjöll as her performing name; her full name is Anna Mjöll Ólafsdóttir. Biography Anna Mjöll was born and raised in Reykjavík, Iceland. She is the daughter of guitarist, composer and arranger Ólafur Gaukur and singer, model and radio …
