2013 has been a banner year for Australian guitarist Albare and his band. The year began in the best of places: the recording studio! “The Road Ahead” was produced in January 2013 at System Sound Recording Studios in Brooklyn, New York, with pianist Phil Turcio, bassist Yunior Terry and drummer …
Chick Corea proves at the age of 72 that the inspirations for creativity are infinite and that the results of creative output are cumulative and still delightfully unpredictable. Like other ground-breaking jazz musicians who retain youthful wonder in real-life and imaginative joys, Corea continues to examine and explore and adapt …
Bob DeVos Organ Quartet NYC CD Release Event Friday October 18th Sets 7:30-10:30pm @ Smalls Jazz Club 183 W10th St @ 7th Ave 212-252-5091 www.smallsjazzclub.com featuring Bob DeVos Guitar Ralph Bowen Tenor Saxophone Dan Kostelnik Hammond B-3 Organ Steve Johns Drums Bob DeVos Organ Quartet “A Powerhouse Band That Delivers”–Zan …
Friday, November 1 at 8:30 PM Ray Blue Tickets are $10 New York-bred saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator Ray Blue’s music is a fusion of straight ahead jazz and African groove. Friday, November 8 at 8:30 PM Robert Silverman Group Tickets are $10 Robert Silverman, a pianist, trumpeter, and composer, …
October 15, 2013 – Argentinian producerand Brooklyn MChave joined forces to release their first collaborative album, Jazz Hop. Released 20 years after the late Guru released his classic first installment of the Jazzmatazz series, Jazz Hop is a return to the vintage blending of jazz instrumentation with hip-hop rhythms and poignant lyrics that made artists like A Tribe …
History has produced its share of great artists and great people—John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was both. As a performer, he left behind an incredible record of innovation and inspiration. As a composer, a broad repository of musical masterpieces, and as a man, a legion of friends, colleagues and compatriots who …
Jazz Vocal Veteran Lenora Zenzalai Helm Launches Web Programs “Vocal Jazz Online” and “The VocalMusicianshipAcademy“ For Serious Singers In Search of a Career in Music Former U.S. Jazz Ambassador and BerkleeCollege of Music Grad Shares Her Passion of Singing with Up and Coming Artists “Lenora Zenzalai Helm possesses an astonishing …
Detroit native, Jacques Lesure has played with music’s finest from Oscar Brown Jr. to Wynton Marsalis. For the last 10 years, he has resided in Los Angeles and has been an ambassador of the East Coast Jazz sound through his performances and educational endeavors. With the influence of all the …
Ken Schaphorst and the NEC Jazz Orchestra draw on New England Conservatory’s exclusive archive of Vaughn Monroe charts, alongside hits by Billy Eckstine – two of the most popular singing stars of the 1940s – in the Music of Vaughn Monroe + Billy Eckstine, a free concert on Thursday, October …
Costello to Receive Honorary Doctor of Music Degree from NEC New England Conservatory welcomes legendary songwriter Elvis Costello to campus on Friday, October 25, 2013. After a morning of working in the classroom with songwriters enrolled in NEC’s Contemporary Improvisation program, Costello talks about his genre-spanning career in a public …
