JazzTrenzz Karl Stober Tracks: In Joy; Cross-Fada; One For Elegua; Fortunate Action; Star Crossed Lovers; Tell Me A Bed Time Story; Wise Mind; Non Linear; Eternal Recurrence. Personnel: Alex Snydman: drums 1-9; Chris Pattishall: piano 1,5,6; Doug Abrams: piano 2,3,8,9; Miro Sprague: piano 4,7; Alec Derian: bass 1,3,4,5,6,7,8; Tyler Heydolph: …
As Spyro Gyra contemplates upcoming milestones to its storied career, it’s tempting to fall back on the Grateful Dead lyric, “What a long strange trip it’s been” to describe it. During that time, they have performed over five thousand shows, released twenty-nine albums (not counting “Best Of…” compilations) selling over …
Day One: Thursday, July 4th 2:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Jamesville Beach Park 2:00 pm ~ Gates Open, Paradise Food Court, Constellation Wine Court, Crafts Village, Clinics Verizon Main Stage Schedule & Lineup (all performance times are tentative, subject to change) 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm: West Coast Cool w/ …
NYC’s summer concert season just got very cool with the Hot Jazz / Cool Garden 2013. Three hot NYC jazz bands will play in Louis’s Garden this summer: Bria’s Hot Five with Bria Skonberg on July 4th – Louis Armstrong’s birthday, Jon-Erik Kellso and the EarRegulars on July 20th and …
Mulgrew Miller was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, in 1955. He was picking out melodies on the piano at six, taking lessons at eight, and going on gigs with his older brother by ten. As a teenager, he soaked up every kind of music available in his small Southern hometown: country …
May 28, 2013 – The American String Teachers Association (ASTA) awarded Berklee’s Matt Glaser the prestigious Artist Teacher Award at its annual convention, held this year in Providence, RI. Glaser is the first non-classical string teacher to win the award, which is considered the ASTA’s highest honor. Past recipients include …
The Jazz Journalists Association will celebrate its 25th birthday and honor winners of its 17th annual 2013 Jazz Awards with a cocktails-plus-music party at the Blue Note Jazz Club, 131 W. 3rd St., New York City, from 4 to 6 pm on Wednesday, June 19. Harpist Edmar Castañeda, singer Paulette …
There are numerous labors of love involving jazz recordings because of participants’ passionate devotion to the music. The Magic of 2 is one of those. Isn’t it interesting how just a few moments of magic remain unforgettable even decades later? Todd Barkan, who heard many of those bright moments at …
Forty years after the release of Attica Blues, Archie Shepp revisits this monument of jazz history with a new big band of 26, composed of a mix of experienced artists and young jazz musicans from the United States and France. The goal is to record the next two concerts in …
FEATURING: Frank Greene, lead trumpet Greg Gisbert, trumpet & flugelhorn Freddie Hendrix, trumpet & flugelhorn Claudio Roditi, trumpet & flugelhorn Jimmy Heath, tenor sax Andres Boiarsky, tenor sax & flute Mark Gross, alto sax & flute Sharel Cassity, alto sax & flute Frank Basile, baritone sax Steve Davis, trombone Jason …
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has acquired Criterion Music Corporation and its affiliated entities, the family-owned and run music publishing company that, over the last seventy years, has built one of the most extraordinary collections of pop, country and jazz hits and standards, it was announced today by Zach Horowitz, …
The legendary jazz label Blue Note Records, historic home to such greats as Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Blakey and Herbie Hancock, and current home to artists such as Wayne Shorter, Terence Blanchard, Joe Lovano, Jason Moran, Jos James and Norah Jones, has joined forces with the pioneer …
