Evan Christopher, New Orleans-based ambassador of the Creole clarinet style, returns to Peter Norton Symphony Space (2537 Broadway @ 95th St., New York, NY 10025) for what has become an annual event to honor reed-master, Sidney Bechet. For 2013, a duo CD release from pianist Eli Yamin, Louie’s Dream: Celebrating …
Continuing its Autumn Season featuring a celebrated range of world class acts, The Capstone Theatre will welcome three established jazz ensembles to its stage. On Friday 11th October the Martin Speake Trio, an unusual trio of alto saxophone, guitar and drums headed by Martin Speake, will perform live. The second …
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 …
Honorees at All Nite Soul 2013 Sunday, October 13 Saint Peter’s Church 619 Lexington (at 54th Street) New York City 10022 For Immediate Release New York, NY — On this, the 43nd anniversary of All Nite Soul, the Jazz Ministry at Saint Peter’s — the Jazz Church — is thrilled …
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 …
Honorary Board Chair, Carlos Santana and the Friends of the Coltrane Home in Dix Hills Cordially invite you to our first annual Coltrane Home Benefit October 6, 2013 11:30am – 3:00pm Speakers to include Dr. Cornel West & Ashley Kahn Music provided by the Ravi Coltrane Quartet Honored guests: Jimmy …
