Hailed as a “bracing walk on the wide side of the big band spectrum” (JazzTimes), the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra continues its 44th season with a show on MIT’s mainstage, Kresge Auditorium Saturday, April 29 at 8:00 pm, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139. Free admission, made possible by Music and …
“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 …
All good things must come to an end, unfortunately. That’s part of the process of regeneration, I suppose, which is how the world continues to be refreshed. Nonetheless, it’s a sad occasion when it’s time to move on. Now, Dreambox Media, a label documenting Philadelphia jazz the way the musicians …
San Diego, CA: As a 25-year veteran of pushing the boundaries of modern composition, prolific musician Joe Garrison is getting set to introduce his most adventurous project yet. Releasing April 7, The People Upstairs is the follow-up to 2013’s Veranda, which the San Diego Troubadour favorably compared to the ground-breaking work of Oliver Nelson while also landing in …
“Smith uses his magisterial instrumental voice, his inspirational leadership and his command of classical, jazz and blues forms to remind us of what has gone down and what’s still happening.” —Bill Meyer, DownBeat’s 80 Coolest Things in Jazz Today “A trumpeter and composer of penetrating insight.”– Nate Chinen, The New …
The JAZZ’aqui Association would like to invite you all to participate in the Portuguese JAZZ Festival that will happen between the 23-25th of March in the Kunstfabrik Schlot in Berlin. The JAZZ’aqui Association was born from the idea of promoting the Portuguese JAZZ in Portugal and beyond borders. Since its …
First Single “Prayer of Jabez” is a Tribute To Marvin Gaye, Whom She Toured with for 4 Years Upcoming March/April Shows at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia and Ubon in Wilmington, DE Wilmington, DE: As a highly-regarded, in-demand composer, vocalist and jazz soloist who plays soprano, alto and baritone saxes, …
Belgian instrumental duo exploring an ever widening universe of highly personal sounds. Using only classical double bass and often raw electric guitar, the atmospheres shift from energetic and wild jazz to delicate intimacy and classic beauty, echoes of world and ethnic music, into trippy electronic sound manipulation. New York based …
NEA Jazz Master, vocalist Sheila Jordan, joins her long time musical partners, pianist Alan Broadbent, and bassist Harvie S. They celebrate their 2016 CD, ‘Better than Anything’, a recently discovered recording of their live performance from 1991. Tickets $20-40 general, $15 students, available online, at door, reserved by phone & …
Now that the Grammy Awards are past, it’s heartening to know that artistry, without compromise for commercial enrichment, is recognized. Fred Hersch, whose talent has grown exponentially from the time he arrived in New York in 1977, received, at least, Grammy nominations for Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Improvised …
