In 2013 The Lençóis Jazz and Blues Festival,with ENERGY COMPANY MARANHÃO (Cemar) sponsorship,and by Maranhão Cultural Incentive State Law, and support of Barreirinhas and São Luís city hall,of Fiema,Sebrae,Sesc,Potiguar,Eletrical Center,Tory Brindes,Mirante Tv,comes to its 5th edition. Makes history in Maranhão as the first event to join music,ecotourism and social responsibility …
Even though Dave Liebman has earned a deserved reputation as an original jazz voice—to the extent of winning major awards, including the first of his generation to win the NEA Jazz Masters Award—he remembers his first experiences with music. However, earning a living and living up to performance commitments got …
New England Conservatory alumnus pianist/composer Cecil Taylor ’51 DP, has won the 2013 Kyoto Prize in the category of arts and philosophy awarded by the Inamori Foundation in Japan. The prize is an international award presented in three categories to those who have contributed significantly to the progress of science, …
Vancouver’s Elise Boeur and Natasha Pheko to attend Berklee this fall Canadian enrollment at Berklee has almost tripled since 2005 July 8, 2013 – Vancouver musicians Elise Boeur and Natasha Pheko have been awarded the prestigious Slaight Family Scholarship, established by Gary Slaight, for study at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Both of this year’s scholars …
Contact Information: Crescentia O’Neal-Seralathan WCJS Radio PO Box, 59004 Potomac, MD 20859 events@cresonealmusic.com 301-646-4989 June 20, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WCJS RADIO FIRST ANNUAL JAZZ CONCERT BENEFITING INNOCENTS AT RISK AND GHANAIAN MOTHERS HOPE – FEATURING 8 TIME GRAMMY WINNER ARTURO SANDOVAL Potomac, MD – 8 time Grammy Award winner …
The busy, expanding, thoroughly-satisfying jazz scene in what is called the “Triangle” area of the Piedmont section of North Carolina just keeps getting better and better. Who needs the New York or the D.C. jazz scene when everybody seems to be coming this way? The area can boast of several …
http://www.johncoltrane.com The Friends of John Coltrane, Inc., a High Point, North Carolina-based arts organization, presents, The Third Annual John Coltrane International Jazz And Blues Festival, August 31, 2013, from 1 pm to 10 pm, at Oak Hollow Park, 1841 Eastchester Drive, in High Point, North Carolina. The festival will include …
LOS ANGELES CLUB FAVORITES SASHA’S BLOC TO RELEASE NEW CD, MELANCHOLY, SEPTEMBER 17TH Band That Plays To Continuously Sold-out Shows Blends An Intriguing Mix Of Contemporary Jazz, Ragtime, Blues, Gypsy Jazz And Traditional Swing “Impressively swinging their way through a program of jazz standards and Great American Songbook classics.” – …
Evan Sherman, a native of New Jersey began playing the drums at five years old. He has performed internationally and nationally with a variety of artists including Anat Cohen, Kenny Burrell, Ron Carter, Cyrus Chestnut, Bob Cranshaw, Ray Drummond, Benny Green, Roy Hargrove, Stefon Harris, Jimmy Heath, Hubert Laws, John …
By John Stevenson Creole Soul, trumpeter Etienne Charles’s fourth CD, is a music rendevous. This captivating recording features an array of familiar rhythms: rocksteady; reggae; belair, Kongo; rock and of course calypso, which rests at the root of Etienne’s artistic development. Over the course of his distinguished career as a working …
