“The Red Hook Jazz Festival exists contentedly on the margins, like its namesake neighborhood and much of the music on its bill…The mood in the audience was neighborly, with a higher ratio of small children to youngish adults than I’ve seen at any musical event not expressly pitched as a …
BEACON, NY — The legendary cosmic jazz of Sun Ra Arkestra — under the direction of their longtime, nonagenarian alto saxophonist, Marshall Allen — headlines the second annual Beacon Jazz Festival. Sponsored by Birches Associates and once more celebrating this quintessential American music, alongside the distilleries, craft vendors, culture and natural splendor of the Hudson Valley, the …
GET YOUR COPY HERE >>> Jamaica is known for the undulating sounds of reggae, but it also contributed mightily to the jazz continuum. Dizzy Reese, Ernest Ranglin, and Harry Beckett are from Jamaica, but perhaps the island’s best-known jazz export is Monty Alexander, a pianist that’s been enthralling jazz fans …
Carlos Averhoff Jr. is a Latin Grammy nominated tenor saxophonist from Cuba. He has been called “a dynamic fresh new voice on the saxophone” (All about Jazz) and “a virtuoso soloist” (Latin Jazz Network). This concert will fuse the excitement of the music of Cuba mixed with the heady grooves of …
Boston, MA – On September 26, music lovers of all ages will gather for the 15th annual Beantown Jazz Festival in Boston’s historic South End – home to several legendary clubs during Boston’s jazz heyday. The all-day, free outdoor event will offer contemporary jazz, funk, Latin, pop, and soul acts …
SFJAZZ announces a new lineup of its award-winning all-star octet, the SFJAZZ Collective – trumpeter Sean Jones is replacing long-time member and trumpeter Avishai Cohen. The SFJAZZ Collective is an all-star award-winning jazz ensemble comprising eight of the finest performers and composers at work in jazz today. Launched in 2004 …
Near the EXPO area, in September kicks off at Villa Arconati the first edition of ” Italian Jazz Fest ” festival for Italian jazz talents. The show, promoted by two non-profit organizations in the city of Bollate (near Milan), is intended to raise italian talents, both lesser-known and more popular, …
DAVID SANBORN, MARCUS MILLER, PONCHO SANCHEZ, LALAH HATHAWAY and More. The Friends of John Coltrane,Inc., a High Point, North Carolina-based arts organization, presents, The Fifth Annual John Coltrane International Jazz And Blues Festival, September 5 and 6, 2015 from 3 pm to 10 pm, at Oak Hollow Park, 1841 Eastchester …
The Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra (BCJO), featuring trumpeter, composer, and educator Sean Jones, will perform at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival. The 19-piece big band, which includes students from eight countries and eight U.S. states, will open the Fort Stage at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, July 31. This is the …
Al Di Meola-June 21, 8:00pm Al Di Meola returns with a fiery electric band, delivering the intense jazz fusion as only this world-class guitar deity can. Di Meola brings to the stage lightning fast guitar licks that roar with the passion, and precision that made jazz fusion the most …
