Alma Micic was born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia. At the age of 16 she started performing with a local quartet at a time when jazz was making a big comeback in Belgrade. Soon she became a featured vocalist with the Radio Belgrade Big Band and began touring and appearing …
Carlos Averhoff Jr. is a Latin Grammy nominated tenor saxophonist from Cuba. He has been called “a dynamic fresh new voice on the saxophone” (All about Jazz) and “a virtuoso soloist” (Latin Jazz Network). This concert will fuse the excitement of the music of Cuba mixed with the heady grooves of …
The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel, is pleased to welcome Champian Fulton to Bemelmans Bar for a Sunday night residency. Champian Fulton has become a world-class jazz pianist and vocalist with international acclaim. A mainstay on the vibrant New York Jazz scene, she has released five albums while still in her twenties and has performed …
GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNER KURT ELLING MAKES CAFÉ CARLYLE DEBUT, OCTOBER 13-17 GRAMMY® Award-winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling makes his Café Carlyle debut with Elling Swings Sinatra, October 13-17. The five-night run will pay homage to the legendary male vocalist in celebration of Sinatra’s centenary. Elling will lend his own voice to Sinatra’s vast repertoire with reinterpretations of classic …
SFJAZZ announces a new lineup of its award-winning all-star octet, the SFJAZZ Collective – trumpeter Sean Jones is replacing long-time member and trumpeter Avishai Cohen. The SFJAZZ Collective is an all-star award-winning jazz ensemble comprising eight of the finest performers and composers at work in jazz today. Launched in 2004 …
August 17, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Gwen Feldman (323) 661-4442 gwen@silmanjamespress.com A VIVID PORTRAIT OF A COMPLEX MUSICIAN—CHARLES LLOYD: A WILD, BLATANT TRUTH WEAVES TOGETHER THE DIFFUSE STRANDS OF CELEBRATED SAXOPHONIST/COMPOSER CHARLES LLOYD’S LIFE (Los Angeles) — Jazz master Charles Lloyd is currently enjoying great interest and acclaim among …
Award-Winning Triple Threat Entertainer Elijah Rock Shifts Focus To Music With Unique Contemporary IndieGoGo-Funded EP Salute “Gershwin for the Soul” Traditional Jazz Pop Project To Be Recorded In September With Band Headed By Musical Director/Pianist Kevin Toney Featuring All-Star Musicians John B. Williams (bass) Terry Wollman (guitar) – Greg Paul & Rayford Griffin …
A benefit to raise funds for the Basketball Peace Ambassadors program was held on June 26th at Gallery MC in New York, reported LeitmotivArts, an agency for the management and promotion of Balkan cultural events in America and organizer of this event. Basketball Peace Ambassadors initiative is headed by coach …
BEACON, NY — Celebrating the music, distilleries, artisan crafts and culture of the Hudson Valley, the inaugural Beacon Jazz Festival will take place on Saturday, July 25 from noon to 6 PM at Pete and Toshi Seeger Riverfront Park in Beacon, NY. Presented by Six String Productions, the festival will …
Jazz Pianist and Leader Ahmad Jamal, Soprano Jessye Norman, Violinist Kyung-Wha Chung, and Pianist Russell Sherman to Receive Degrees Sherman, Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at NEC, to Give Commencement Address Annual Exercises to be Held May 17, 2015 in NEC’s Jordan Hall New England Conservatory will bestow honorary Doctor of Music (hon. …
