The Sixth Annual Ocean City Beach (NC) Jazz Festival will be held on Friday, July 3, 2015, and Saturday, July 4. 2015. from 5 pm until 8 pm, both days. Scheduled performers on Friday, are Fayetteville, North Carolina resident trumpet smooth jazz sensation Willie Bradley; North Carolina Central University Jazz …
SFJAZZ announced the artist programming for the SFJAZZ Center’s 2015-16 Season running September 10, 2015 to May 29, 2016. The organization is excited to present its fourth and biggest season since the Center’s opening in January 2013. The Center has been recognized as one of the best performing arts centers …
Los Angeles, CA, May 26, 2015: To honor the legacy of the trailblazing musician, former Symphonic Jazz Orchestra (SJO) Co-Music Director and ASCAP board member, George Duke, the SJO has recently opened the George Duke Commissioning Prize competition to all direct ASCAP composer members, with a submission deadline of July …
(Photo by Nadjib Le Fleurier) Story by John Stevenson Noted UK jazz trumpeter and improviser, Kevin Davy, will again lead one of his very successful free Monster Jam sessions on 14th June at the Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA. Kevin, known for his extensive touring and …
Berklee College of Music has named world-renowned trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and Blue Note recording artist Terence Blanchard as a visiting scholar in the Jazz Composition department beginning in the fall of 2015. Blanchard will also work in the Film Scoring and Brass departments, and for the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. …
Eugene Uman’s Convergence Project Saturday June 6, 2015 – 8pm Vermont Jazz Center The Convergence Project’s music, composed by leader Eugene Uman, is innovative and exploratory on one side and accessible, and fun to listen to on the other. It is unified by the integrity of the compositions, the …
‘My One And Only One’ Is Cross-Cultural Journey of Melody and Emotion Lead Single “The Tango Boy” Features Special Guests Paul Brown and Gregg Karukas Album Includes Covers of Toni Braxton, Shuggie Otis and “Lovesong” by The Cure Record Release Tour In June & July With Fall Festival Dates To …
Jack Kleinsinger’s Highlights In Jazz — New York’s Longest Running Jazz Concert Series – concludes its 43rd Season with Jazz, Past & Present, a historic double bill featuring NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston with Billy Harper performing The Roots of the Blues and Highlights In Jazz New Stars Benny Benack, …
By John Stevenson London’s premier Gypsy Swing venue Le QuecumBar (42-44 Battersea High Street, London SW11 3HX) will resonate to the sound of the acclaimed masters of the genre, the Rosenbergs, on 24th and 25th May. Mozes, Johnny and Sani van Mullem Rosenberg, from Holland, follow in the tradition established …
BMI Future Jazz Master Aaron Hedenstrom pictured with NEA Jazz Masters: Carla Bley, Charles Lloyd; BMI Foundation President Deirdre Chadwick and Jazz Master George Coleman Sr. Photo by Melissa Dispenza. NEW YORK, NY ― May 6, 2015 ― Deirdre Chadwick, President of the BMI Foundation, and Mike O’Neill, President and …
If patience is a virtue, when you add intuition and long-term vision to the equation, one can set themselves up for a near perfect life. That’s what Bernard Scavellahas exquisitely accomplished. Following 40+ years as a successful pharmacist and Cook County Hospital administrator – a period in which he also …
Sunday Jazz Brunch featuring Karrin Allyson Sunday, May 17 at 1:00pm Join us in the lobby at 1pm for a champagne tasting courtesy of 109 Cheese and Wine, brunch items from Bareburger’s new spring menu and art exhibit with local artist Megan Marden courtesy of Watershed Gallery Four-time Grammy nominee …
