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 …
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Urbanzone Records) On his latest effort, and debut recording for Random Act Records, TONY ADAMO has created a unique genre: “HipSpokenWord.” Built on the wisdom of musical wizards like Gil-Scott Heron, Mark Murphy, Jack Kerouac and hip/hop master rappers, Tony speaks the Truth through his …
Oscar Peterson’s album Night Train was released 50 years ago this spring. CBC Music traveled by train to Montreal with former Peterson sidemen, bassist Dave Young and Alvin Queen, and pianist Robi Botos, whom Peterson took under his wing during the last years of his life, for a concert recreating …
Join us for the 2013 IAJRC Convention in Kansas City, MO September 5th, 6th, & 7th Marriott Country Club Plaza Hotel 4445 Main Street Kansas City, MO 64111 Phone: 1-800-810-3708 The newly-renovated 295-room Marriott Country Club Plaza hotel in Kansas City has been chosen as the 2013 IAJRC Convention venue. …
When Ray Charles’s Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music was released in the summer of 1962, it caused quite a stir. For those of us who already worshipped Ray Charles and were initially exposed to the album through its first single “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” the massive, very …
DUDUKA DA FONSECA COMBO JAZZ SAMBA & JOBIM FRIDAY & SATURDAY APRIL 5 & 6 @ KITANO SETS 8 & 10 PM Featuring DUDUKA DA FONSECA – DRUMS MAUCHA ADNET – VOICE HELIO ALVES – PIANO PAULO LEVI – SAX & FLUTE LEONARDO CIOGLIA – BASS AT THE KITANO 66 …
with Steve Varner and Tim Horner The Kitano, NYC 8 and 10 pm http://www.kitano.com/Jazz-Schedule —————————- The Jim Ridl Quartet performing the music from Jim’s latest release “Blue Corn Enchilada Dreams” • Thursday, April 11 The Jim Ridl Quartet The 55 Bar, NYC early show 7-9 pm Jim Ridl – Keyboard …
Jazz vibraphonist Erik Charlston, a native of Chicago, has a diverse career centered in New York, where he currently leads his JazzBrasil sextet. Charlston has also performed and recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Fred Hersch, Steve Coleman, James Carter, Sam Rivers, Dave Brubeck, and Orlando Puntilla Rios, among others. Tweet
CUBOP – Celebrating Diz & Chano Friday, March 22 @ 8 PM Knight Concert Hall No two sounds were more important in the development of Cubop than the trumpet of Dizzy Gillespie and congas of the great Cuban percussionist – Chano Pozo! CUBOP is the infusion of Caribbean, Brazilian and Afro-Cuban rhythms …
Dimitri Vassilakis Quartet: Daedalus Project – Across the Universe Monday, April 8th, 2013 2 sets 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola 5th floor, Frederick P. Rose Hall Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center on Broadway at 60th Street, New York City Dimitri Vassilakis, saxes/vocals Theo Hill, piano Essiet …
Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month with Louis Armstrong! The Museum’s got West End Blues … Louis Armstrong House Museum is celebrating Jazz Appreciation month in style this April. 85 years ago, Louis Armstrong recorded one of his all-time masterpieces, “West End Blues,” one of the most important records in jazz history. …
Boston, MA, March 13, 2013 – The Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra (BCSO), featuring a trio of Grammy-winning guest musicians from the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano, and John Patitucci, and acclaimed jazz drummer Adam Cruz, presents its spring concert on Wednesday, April 3, 8:00 pm, at New …
