Elite piano manufacturer to sponsor innovative online jazz competition! New York, October 8, 2013 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — The Made in New York Jazz Competition is delighted to announce KAWAI USA—the future of the piano®—as a partner with the first annual Made in New York Jazz Competition. This significant …
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department has hired two renowned musicians to join the faculty: jazz trumpeter/composer Ralph Alessi who will teach trumpet and improvisation and jazz saxophonist Brian Levy who will teach both saxophone and music history and musicology. “I’m thrilled that Ralph Alessi has agreed to join our …
Los Angeles based vocalist, Mark Arthur Miller, returns to Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood on October 15th at 8:30pm with a reprise of his sexy, exhuberant show, SOUL SEARCHING. SOUL SEARCHING includes original music by Mark Arthur Miller, some of Mark’s favorite R&B and American Songbook compositions, and music by …
“Retire? You don’t retire from jazz . Some cats have died on the bandstand,” said drummer and educator Joe Chambers, during a phone interview from his home in Wilmington, North Carolina. “By the same token. I don’t have the desire to play the drums behind anybody that’s living today, with …
The October, 2013 online edition of JAZZ & BLUES FLORIDA has been posted at www.JazzBluesFlorida.com in a new easy-to-read format. The issue is also in an easily down-loadable .pdf file format. The JBF monthly ezine gives its readers previews of local and touring artists with upcoming performances throughout Florida. Along …
Listen to “Sunday Night Jazz” November 17, 2013, 9pm-12mid, on WCOM-FM (www.wcomfm.org), 103.5 FM, for THE JOE CHAMBERS RADIO SPECIAL, a three hour long program, featuring Chambers’s music and an interview with the twice Grammy-nominated legendary musician, composer and educator. Chambers has recorded as a sideman, a drummer/percussionist/vibist, and a …
Orbert Davis and his jazz symphonic orchestra record three of his most celebrated compositions from your favorite CJP performances. I’m Orbert Davis, the Artistic Director of Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, and I am so excited about this CJP Trilogy Recording Project. To explain exactly why, let me tell you some of …
Jazz is a state of mind. It’s a structure for innovation, forward momentum and freedom. The evocative new musical After Midnight will take the sexy, smoky glamour of the original Jazz Age and catapult it into a whole new era of heart-pounding, mind-blowing entertainment for modern Broadway audiences. Refracted through …
An adventurous performer, Eric Van Aro is releasing his latest recording, Obsession Singer/songwriter/producer Eric Van Aro’s Obsession EP is scheduled to be released on October 18, the latest in dozens of recordings Van Aro has released, many on his Switzerland-based record company, Eraki. Multi-skilled Eric Van Aro combines his impressive …
HEADLINE: JazzIs releases new Album, ‘Evolution on the One’ SUMMARY: The jazz composer and performer known as JazzIs has released his newest LP record, titled, “Evolution on the One.” PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – The jazz composer and performer known as JazzIs has released his newest LP record, …
