Vancouver’s Elise Boeur and Natasha Pheko to attend Berklee this fall Canadian enrollment at Berklee has almost tripled since 2005 July 8, 2013 – Vancouver musicians Elise Boeur and Natasha Pheko have been awarded the prestigious Slaight Family Scholarship, established by Gary Slaight, for study at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Both of this year’s scholars …
Contact Information: Crescentia O’Neal-Seralathan WCJS Radio PO Box, 59004 Potomac, MD 20859 events@cresonealmusic.com 301-646-4989 June 20, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WCJS RADIO FIRST ANNUAL JAZZ CONCERT BENEFITING INNOCENTS AT RISK AND GHANAIAN MOTHERS HOPE – FEATURING 8 TIME GRAMMY WINNER ARTURO SANDOVAL Potomac, MD – 8 time Grammy Award winner …
Jazz/Rock Drummer Aaron Comess to Focus on ‘Jazz of the 1960s’ in His Return to Smoke Jazz in NYC, August 13th Quintet Will Represent Different Stages of Comess’ Career Respected jazz & rock drummer/multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer Aaron Comess has confirmed an August 13th quintet concert at Smoke Jazz in New York City. …
The busy, expanding, thoroughly-satisfying jazz scene in what is called the “Triangle” area of the Piedmont section of North Carolina just keeps getting better and better. Who needs the New York or the D.C. jazz scene when everybody seems to be coming this way? The area can boast of several …
http://www.johncoltrane.com The Friends of John Coltrane, Inc., a High Point, North Carolina-based arts organization, presents, The Third Annual John Coltrane International Jazz And Blues Festival, August 31, 2013, from 1 pm to 10 pm, at Oak Hollow Park, 1841 Eastchester Drive, in High Point, North Carolina. The festival will include …
LOS ANGELES CLUB FAVORITES SASHA’S BLOC TO RELEASE NEW CD, MELANCHOLY, SEPTEMBER 17TH Band That Plays To Continuously Sold-out Shows Blends An Intriguing Mix Of Contemporary Jazz, Ragtime, Blues, Gypsy Jazz And Traditional Swing “Impressively swinging their way through a program of jazz standards and Great American Songbook classics.” – …
Evan Sherman, a native of New Jersey began playing the drums at five years old. He has performed internationally and nationally with a variety of artists including Anat Cohen, Kenny Burrell, Ron Carter, Cyrus Chestnut, Bob Cranshaw, Ray Drummond, Benny Green, Roy Hargrove, Stefon Harris, Jimmy Heath, Hubert Laws, John …
Carline Ray Russell April 21, 1925 – July 18, 2013 Carline Ray, one of the great jazz pioneers, an activist in women’s rights, a performer and educator, and an active member of Saint Peter’s Church, died at Isabella House in Manhattan on July 18, 2013. She was 88 years old. …
By John Stevenson Creole Soul, trumpeter Etienne Charles’s fourth CD, is a music rendevous. This captivating recording features an array of familiar rhythms: rocksteady; reggae; belair, Kongo; rock and of course calypso, which rests at the root of Etienne’s artistic development. Over the course of his distinguished career as a working …
Harlem-Based Label Makes Waves on International Sales, Radio and Tastemaker Charts and Polls Celebrations planned at Monterey, Exit 0 and London Jazz Festivals, As Well As at Events in Detroit, NYC and Paris Motéma Music’s tenth anniversary year is in full swing, and as the summer heats up, the Harlem-based …
