The Louis Armstrong House Museum and Jazz Journalists Association present Louis Armstrong at Freedomland: Never Before Heard Recordings of an American Icon, a listening session and lecture on April 30 celebrating International Jazz Day (sponsored by UNESCO), and the culmination of Jazz Appreciation Month (a major initiative of the Smithsonian …
Journey to Journey album by Miho Hazama was released Mar 26, 2013 on the Sunnyside Communications label. Recording information: Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY (07/02/2012/07/03/2012). Journey to Journey music CDs Director: Jim McNeely. Journey to Journey songs Photographer: Miho Aikawa. Journey to Journey album Personnel: Mark Feldman , Joyce Hammann (violin); …
JIMMY OWENS “THE BRONX SUITE” Sat., Apr. 6, 2013 Fordham University Bronx Campus- McGinley Student Center 8:00 PM FREE ADMISSION Jimmy Owens – trumpet, flugelhorn Wycliffe Gordon – trombone Patience Higgins – tenor saxophone Michael Howell – guitar Danny Mixon – piano Kenny Davis – bass Winard Harper – drums …
Featuring Marcus Printup Steve Turre Wayne Escoffery and the award winning Newark Academy Jazz Program April 12, 2013 7:30pm-9:30pm, Tickets- $10 Newark Academy Auditorium 91 South Orange Avenue Livingston, NJ 07039 A note from the director; The Evening of Jazz has been an annual concert at Newark Academy to showcase …
Few could have foreseen the prescience of a Look magazine headline for a 1954 photo feature entitled “Career Girl Press Agent” detailing the busy life of star publicist Virginia Wicks. At the height of her career in the forties and fifties, Wicks was an around-the-clock woman about town in New …
Jim Snidero Quartet Appearing at Kitano Friday, April 19th Sets 8pm & 10pm Kitano 66 Park Ave at 38th st 212 885-7119 $25 cover, $15 minimum Purchase Tickets Direct Link Celebrating the Release of His New CD Stream of Consciousness (Savant SCD 2127) Featuring Jim Snidero – alto saxophone Paul …
Investor Group Led by Wood Creek Capital Acquires Concord Music Group BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Concord Music Group is very pleased to announce that a definitive agreement has been reached with Wood Creek Capital Management LLC to purchase Concord from Village Roadshow Entertainment Group. The acquisition is being made on …
Vicki Burns Quintet at The Metropolitan Room Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 7:00pm Performing a Concert in Tribute to Jazz Vocal Legend, Anita O’Day Cover $20 with 2 drink minimum Featuring: Vicki Burns- Vocals Ed MacEachen- Guitar and Musical Direction Leonard Thompson- Piano Tom Hubbard- Bass Weaving an informative narrative …
Mark Egan’s über-versatile trio (with guitarist John Hart and drummer Karl Latham) reimagines bebop classics live with an East Coast edge. – Bass Player Magazine the record goes from a slow burn to a date with death velocity, with sounds you can hum all the way to oblivion – John Shelton Ivany Wavetone Records is …
There have been many jazz contests held through the years, but the one created by the Made In New York Jazz Competition is unique. Mikhael Brovkin, the founder of the festival, explains. “There are many great international jazz talents who we may never know of because of their lack of access …
In fashion circles, the adjective “bespoke” denotes custom-made suits and shirts and signifies the person who designs and constructs them. On The Bespoke Man’s Narrative, his brilliant Mack Avenue Records debut, pianist Aaron Diehl extrapolates this notion to matters of musical invention. “The idea for the metaphor was that the …
Celebrating their 25th Anniversary this year, New York Voices is the Grammy© Award winning vocal ensemble renowned for their excellence in jazz and the art of group singing. Like the great groups that have come before, such as Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Singers Unlimited, and Manhattan Transfer, they have learned …
