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MASTERFUL PIANIST BENNY GREEN RELEASES RECORDING OF ORIGINAL MUSIC ENTITLED MAGIC BEANS Benny Green possesses the history of jazz at his fingertips. Combine mastery of keyboard technique with decades of real world experience playing with no one less than the most celebrated artists of the last half century, and it’s …

“Jack Mouse flexes his gymnast-level flexibility, nailing spontaneous hemiolas and double-time spurts with taste, confidence and accuracy.” -DownBeat Magazine After decades of performing with some of the greatest names in jazz, drummer Jack Mouse finally gathered together a quintet of some of his longtime Chicago collaborators to put together this …

Catherine Russell returns with New York City appearances in April 2013 catches fire with Strictly Romancin’ 2012 was quite a year for vocalist Catherine Russell and her latest album Strictly Romancin’ (World Village/Harmonia Mundi). The album has received the Prix du Jazz Vocal 2012  (Vocal Album of The Year) from the journalists …

Berklee’s Ralph Peterson Sextet, featuring some of the college’s top student instrumentalists and composers, will play New York City’s Blue Note Jazz Club on Monday, April 15, 2013. Directed by Peterson, a world-renowned drummer, the group will perform mostly original compositions, and Peterson will perform with the students on a …

Hi JazzApril Friends & Supporters: Whew! We’re already one week into JazzApril.  We’re really happy about the response we’ve gotten to the Jazz Journalists Association’s campaign to promote Jazz Appreciation Month and Jazz Day –and just plain jazz– and  wanted to give you an update and suggest some additional ways …

34th Annual San Diego Jazz Festival; November 27st to December 1st, 2013 Get more involved at the San Diego Jazz Fest.  Bring your axe and participate in the Dick Williams’ JazzSea James.  Or, brush up on your dance steps with Hal and Georgia Myers.   DICK WILLIAMS JAZZSEA JAMS Please, …

Ukrainian-born pianist Vadim Neselovskyi (pronounced va-DEEM ness-el-OHV-ski) was classically trained at conservatories in his native Odessa and in Germany; honed his jazz chops on German jazz stages and at Berklee College of Music; and undertook his apprenticeship around the world as a member of master vibraphonist Gary Burton’s Next Generation …

This April, The National Jazz Museum in Harlem continues to offer a wide range of top quality free programming and affordable concerts from jazz’s most celebrated musicians, educators and historians. With International Jazz Day on April 30th our Jazz For Curious Listeners series this month focuses on international artists discussing …

April 2 – New York – The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel, is pleased to welcome award- winning trumpeter/vocalist/composer BRIA SKONBERG, for its new “Second Act, A Late Night Series of Fun and Entertainment” at the Café Carlyle. Ms. Skonberg’s show, Brass and Belles, is a tribute to the historic horn …

Presented at the Town & Country Hotel and Convention Center 500 Hotel Circle North MORE INFO >>> Discerning jazz fans call the San Diego Jazz Festival “the crown jewel of jazz festivals.” The event is held during the Thanksgiving weekend at the Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, in …

Il nuovo album di Enrico Pieranunzi, Live at The Village Vanguard in uscita il 12 marzo in tutto il mondo per la CAM Jazz, rappresenta un evento per il jazz. Si tratta infatti del primo  disco mai registrato da un artista italiano nel mitico  locale a forma di diamante al …