EUPHORIA Celebrates the Music of Composer/Drummer Chico Hamilton in a Monthly Concert Series at DROM WHEN: Wednesday, February 12 @ 7:15PM **CD Release Concert** Sunday, March 16 @ 7:15PM Sunday, April 13 @ 7:15PM Sunday, May 18 @ 7:15PM Sunday, June 22 @ 7:15PM WHERE: DROM, 85 Avenue A (b/w 5th & 6th St), New York …
The Real Jazz Solos Book, The Real Latin Book, The Trane Book and The Real Vocal Book, Vol. 3 All New for NAMM! MILWAUKEE – Hal Leonard is proud to present the latest titles in the beloved Real Book format at NAMM. The Real Jazz Solos Book (HL00240268 / $30) …
Texas Jazz Featured on Jazz at Noon Series December 30, 2013 Austin, Tx A live stream broadcast from Austin is giving music fans a great opportunity to see and hear what Texas Jazz is all about. Berklee grad Masumi Jones is producing the monthly Jazz At Noon series and taking …
“One cannot help but be impressed by this music. The musicianship is top-notch, the performances unpredictable and full of surprises, and Eric Starr’s writing is consistently inventive.” – Scott Yanow, Jazz Critic “Everything is fresh about this disc…Nothing gets in the way of this music’s freshness and charm.” – Jeff Simon, The …
Paris, France – It took 35 years to finally make the album French-Brazilian guitar virtuoso Marcelo Paganini dreamed about in 1979, when he wrote the song “Lost Secrets”. The album ‘2012 Space Traffic Jam’, which will be released on January 25, 2014, was written in the stars and had to happen, …
Jazz fans spent much of the past month poring over dozens of “Best of 2013” lists, left only to wonder what the vaunted music actually sounded like. To satisfy curious listeners and highlight the excellent music, AccuJazz Internet radio has created a “Best Jazz of 2013” channel playing the most …
By John Stevenson As the stranglehold of the so-called ‘major labels’ continues to loosen through the power of the internet and more and more artists find distribution channels to get their work before mass audiences, 2013 has seen some fine jazz recordings. I also had an opportunity to sample a …
The rare opportunity to hear Milt Jackson step out from behind his familiar vibraphones to play piano, and partner Ray Charles, in addition to manning the 88s, blow on the alto saxophone for two numbers, shouldn’t be missed. Particularly on this LP, which portrays the 1957 collaboration within a huge, …
By John Stevenson Asaf Sirkis is a thinking man’s jazz drummer. After several years as the percussive force behind Gilad Atzmon’s Orient House Ensemble (OHE), he now leads his own groups to growing critical acclaim, with a handful of recordings such as The Song Within (with The Inner Noise). He …
From the 2014 Native American Music Awards, Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor, a soul- funk- jazz musical artist and member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe took home two Top Nominee medals and an offer from Donald Blackfox to join the Spirit Wind Records family of traditional and contemporary Native American recording artists. …
