JAZZ STANDARD Starts Donating Ticket Proceeds to Jazz Foundation of America New York, NY (For Release 9.24.14) — JAZZ STANDARD, one of the world’s premier jazz clubs, today announced its charitable giving plan to contribute proceeds from online ticket sales beginning October 1st to the Jazz Foundation of America (JFA). …
Los Angeles theaters on September 19th and opens in New York on October 3rd. In Keep On Keepin’ On a 23-year-old, blind piano prodigy, Justin Kauflin, who suffers terrible stage fright, finds his way to jazz legend and teacher Clark Terry, 89. Over the course of filming, Terry begins to lose his sight as …
Friday, October 17th at 9:30pm @The Cutting Room 44 E 32nd St, New York, NY 10010 Cover: $20 (advance) / $25 (door) One of a kind Jazz Trumpet player, Shunzo Ohno’s life story is so extraordinary that it became a documentary piece in Japan. Discovered by late Jazz Great Art …
The Karl Berger Improvisers Orchestra Performs Its 75th Concert! Fall Season Kicks Off Wednesday, September 24 at Shapeshifter Lab September 15, Woodstock, NY – The Karl Berger Improvisers Orchestra kicks off its fall season on Wednesday, September 24 at 7pm at Shapeshifter Lab with the 75th performance since its inception …
Sunday, December 21, 2014 3pm First Presbyterian Church 8001 Mesa Blvd Austin, TX MAP General admission tickets $15 ( $10 seniors, $5 children) Experience the magic of an old time radio hour, as Texas jazz musicians Alex Coke, Suzi Stern, Rich Harney and Evan Arredondo bring Dylan Thomas’ beloved holiday tale …
Magnificent Obsession Movie Atlanta, GA – Take a journey into the creative minds of one of the most adventurous bands of today. The RockTronix capture on film the birth and evolution of their band including in depth interviews, unedited rehearsal footage, live performances and a full length music video. The …
The applications for the 38th International Contest of Young Jazzbands “JAZZ JUNIORS” will only be accepted by November 2nd, 2014. Among all the semi-finalists who are not older than 33, a special qualification committee of recognized Polish musiscians and journalists will choose 5 finalists, who will perform during the contest …
The jazz pianist known as Eric Shenefield has released his latest LP record, “Southwest.” The record contains 11 original tracks for an approximate total listening time of one hour, bringing “Southwest” closer to the length of a double LP than that of a traditional long-play album alone. It has proudly …
Series of workshops, panels and events on January 8-9, 2015 will address important issues and trends in the jazz community The Jazz Connect Conference, organized by JazzTimes and the Jazz Forward Coalition, announced the dates and location for the annual gathering of the jazz community in 2015. The conference will …
Often, it seems that jazz musicians proceed through a path of initial musical discovery, exposure to jazz, growth of their jazz careers, and then a final synthesis of everything they experienced along the way. For example, Monty Alexander lately has concentrated on the reggae music heard in his youth in …
Jazz For Curious Listeners Who is Lester Young? 7:00 – 8:30pm Donation Suggested Note Location: Jazz at Lincoln Center The Varis Leichtman Studio Jazz At Lincoln Center 5th floor Time-Warner Building 60th and Broadway Celebrated as a main progenitor of the “cool” sensibility, saxophonist Lester Young introduced a new sound …
LOS ANGELES – Legendary Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White’s newly re-launched Kalimba Music label (www.kalimba-music.com) follows last week’s exciting back-to-back chart action with major leaps for both of its current hit singles, keyboardist Greg Manning’s “Cruisin’ Down The Road” and EWF’s “Never.” Following the entries of both tracks …
