By John Stevenson The last few years have been particularly kind to veteran Trini-Bajan jazz pianist, Edwin Ebenezer Gilkes, popularly known as “Ebe”. In 2010, after playing professionally for more than half a century he released his much-welcomed very first CD. Earlier this year, he was formally presented with one …
Review by John Stevenson With vocals that simply drip sensuality, and a polished piano technique that has established her as one of the most talented practitioners on today’s jazz scene, Sao Paulo-born Eliane Elias is a formidable artist. Her latest recording points in parts to a predilection for 1960s pop, …
Apple Music is celebrating Black Music Month with various showcases at its retail stores around the U.S. We’re pleased to announce that trumpeter Terell Stafford will be a featured artist at this celebration. On Tuesday, June 21 at 7pm, Terell and his quintet will give a free performance at Apple’s …
JIMMY DLUDLU was 13 years old when he first picked up a cousin’s home made guitar and started teaching himself to play by imitating the jazz and African music he heard on the radio. His first performances were at township weddings and functions with his cousin. His career took off …
Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White Add Jean-Luc Ponty, Frank Gambale To 32-City Tour With Zappa Plays Zappa Return To Forever, whose mind-blowing experimentation in jazz and rock transformed the music world, will debut a historic new lineup this summer on a massive tour of 32 US cities that begins …
June 24th – 25th, 2011 At the 37th Annual Jazz Record Collectors’ Bash Hilton Woodbridge 120 Wood Avenue South Iselin, NJ 08830 http://www.hiltonwoodbridge.com Admission free with Bash admission or $5 each for film show only. 78s, LPs, CDs & Memorabilia Buy, Sell, Swap, Trade, Schmooze Friday June 24th Program 8 …
Drummer Anthony Fung, a native of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, is a graduate of St. Michael’s College School where he performed in the Senior Drumline, Jazz Combo, Jazz Big Band, Wind Orchestra, and in the pit orchestra for musical theater. Anthony has additionally studied jazz improvisation with Juno Award-winning saxophonist, …
Acclaimed Toronto-based vocalist raises awareness of Hebrew University’s Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada TORONTO, June 16, 2011 /CNW/ – Juno Award-winning singer Sophie Milman will be visiting Israel as a guest of the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University (CFHU) to help raise awareness of the Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada …
Jazz played by young German musicians, claims Volker Schmidt, is original and self-confident and yet both the media and the large audience don’t take notice (Zeit Online). He quotes the Norwegian pianist Bugge Wesseltoft who says that he’s ashamed to know how much Scandinavian jazz is loved in Germany and …
Bret Primack, aka the Jazz Video Guy, was awarded Best Short Form Jazz Video at the Jazz Journalists Association annual ceremony this weekend for his video Sonny Rollins – Getting It Back Together. Since he began working with Mr. Rollins as his website and new media producer nearly six years …
The inaugural BluesFest London, which will see an array of stars from the worlds of jazz and blues descend on the capital, is now less than two weeks away. Jamie Cullum, BB King, Liza Minnelli, Dr John, Booker T, Ramsey Lewis, Blind Boys of Alabama, Georgie Fame, Buddy Greco and …
By Ken Franckling to Ken Franckling’s Jazz Notes John Swenson, my music writing collaborator for many years at UPI, is out with a gem. “New Atlantis: Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans” (Oxford University Press) captures the determination of New Orleans’ stylistically varied music makers to survive after …
