Born in Voorschoten in 1961, grown up in Hoorn. Graduated with honeurs in 1985 at the Sweelinck Academy of Music in Amsterdam. Won various prestigious prizes such as Wessel Ilckenprijs, Pall Mall Swing Award, AVRO broadcasting company “The Promise” and the attention of the media served him well. Since then …
Photo by Jack Bradley, Courtesy of Louis Armstrong House Museum, Jack Bradley Collection Baseball was Louis Armstrong’s favorite sport and he followed it passionately. A longtime Brooklyn Dodgers fan, Louis switched to the New York Mets in the late 60s, even attending the deciding game 5 of the 1969 World …
In all my years producing CDs and records, this project ranks in the top ten rewarding and creative experiences of my career, just pure joy. – John Lee “This music is movin’ and groovin’ with historic elegance and euphoric relevance. I am proud to say these are the young ‘Giants …
get the single http://soundcloud.com/the-entertainment-bank/love-is-like-a-sunny-day Kathy Yolanda Rice’s new single, “Love Is Like A Sunny Day”, released February 22nd on the Paintbrush Records label, is still climbing the charts. The song garnered spots on five CD Baby Charts after its release, and is still the top rated single in the Jazz/Cool …
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, guest artists—trumpeter Bob Barnard and singers Nina Ferro and Rebecca Kilgore—interpret both familiar and lesser-known works by Irving Berlin. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You …
5/8/2013 – NEW TONY ADAMO CD PRODUCED BY MIKE CLARK “Chock full of funky grooves, TONY ADAMO’s new release MILES OF BLU features Tony taking his trademark style, “HipSpokenWord”, to a new level of hipness.” Produced by legendary drummer MIKE CLARK (Headhunters) and featuring world-class musicians, this CD lays the …
“Joyride” (Plunk P222) featuring Cynthia Sayer – banjo, vocals, arrangements Charlie Giordano – accordion Mauro Battisti – string bass Larry Eagle – percussion Sara Caswell – violin Adrian Cunningham – clarinet Jon Herington – electric guitar Randy Sandke – trumpet Scott Robinson – tenor sax & tarogato, Marcus Rojas – …
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 …
Recently hailed by Down Beat as “one of the visionaries of the current wave”, Craig Taborn has a unique perspective on creative music-making. Just as Avenging Angel subverted expectations of solo improvised piano, so does “Chants” find its own response to the vast tradition of the piano trio. The pieces …
Jazz/Rock/Experimental band Led Bib have launched a Kickstarter campaign to support their 10 year anniversary celebration which include a new CD release and a limited edition live LP to be released on Cuneiform Records in May 2014. And here are the full details of the Kickstarter campaign So….we have actually …
