Jim passed away on December 10th at his home in New York City of natural causes. Jim had just turned 83 on December 4th. Jim Hall, born in Buffalo, and educated at the Cleveland Institute of Music, moved to Los Angeles where he began to attract national, and then international, …
JAZZ STANDARD PREVIEWS 2014 ALL SHOW TIMES: 7:30 & 9:30PM + 11:30PM ON FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS Jazz Standard is located at 116 E. 27th Street (between Lexington and Park) Train 6 to E. 28th Street NEVER A MINIMUM Student Discounts (restrictions apply) Enjoy “NYC’s Best Barbecue” (Time Out New York) …
CELEBRATING THE LIFE & MUSIC OF LEGENDARY DRUMMER CHICO HAMILTON WHAT: EUPHORIA Presents Celebrating the Life & Music of Foreststorn “Chico” Hamilton, featuring Chico’s longstanding Euphoria ensemble with Paul Ramsey (bass), Evan Schwam (flute + reeds), Jeremy Carlstedt (drums + percussion), Mayu Saeki (flute) & Nick Demopolous (guitar). NEA Jazz …
PEOPLE MUSIC—Christian McBride and Inside Straight—Mack Avenue Records MILES DAVIS MONO—Miles Davis—Columbia BRAND NEW DAY—Brian Horton—Doc8Music TOOTIE’S TEMPO—Al “Tootie” Heath—Sunnyside FROM BEHIND ENEMY LINES–Larry Price/Dr. Leonard King–Price Port LA RUMBA IS A LOVESOME THING—Paul Carlon—Zoho LIQUID SPIRIT—Gregory Porter—Blue Note FOR THE LOVE OF ABBEY—Marc Cary—Motema WOMAN CHILD—Cecile McLorin Salvant—Mack Avenue …
For Immediate Release: MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ SESSIONS @ QUINN’S IN BEACON, NY ANNOUNCES ITS SCHEDULE FOR 2014 The Monday night jazz sessions that began this past October at the new Beacon, NY venue Quinn’s have been enormously well-received both by audiences (many of whom by no means jazz fans) and musicians, locally …
One-Week Intensive Jazz Program for Students Ages 14 – 18 June 22 – 27, 2014 Special Guest Artist Grammy Award Winning Bassist Dave Holland plus NEC Jazz Studies Chair Ken Schaphorst headline the week holding masterclasses paired with evening concerts of their music Students ages 14 — 18 are invited …
http://www.yoshis.com/oakland/jazzclub/artist/show/3988 New York – Ballads reign on Moment To Moment on the extraordinarily self-possessed new album by pianist Cava Menzies and trumpeter Nick Phillips. But this recording is much more than just a “ballads album.” Many artists have produced albums filled with love songs and torch tunes at slow tempos; …
Meg Okura & the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble CD Release Concert Friday December 6, 2013 @ 7:00 PM Harlem in the Himalayas Rubin Museum of Art $18.00 in advance / $20.00 day of Member Price: $16.20 150 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 (212) 620-5000 Meg Okura (violin, …
The December 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 our readers previews of local and touring artists with upcoming performances throughout Florida. Along …
San Francisco, CA: Perfect Mold, the fourth release from Happy Note Records, features Charles Xavier, a multi-instrumentalist and composer who plays genre-fusing original compositions and his unique spin on rock and pop classics Hey Jude, Blowing in the Wind, The Beat Goes On, Fire and Rain, Eleanor Rigby, and Leaving …
