$10 cover, $10 minimum double bill with James Shipp & Nadje Noordhuis (they play at 9:45pm) @ Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia St, NYC btw Bleecker & West 4th St Reservations recommended 212-989-9319 www.corneliastreetcafe.com Three New York musicians explore the luminous landscape of French musettes (“swing-waltzes”), augmenting these fleet, lush, …

Thursday, July 18, 2013 8 pm Festival Tent, Mendocino, CA From jazz standards to American folk melodies to contemporary indie rock songs to Pollack’s own compositions, the Trio’s aim is music “beautiful, moving, yet modern,” according to Julian Waterfall Pollack (“…emerging, young, and poised…a pianist with an earnest air” – …

New York, NY – American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University (CJS), in cooperation with EarShot, the National Orchestra Composition Discovery Network, will present the second Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute (JCOI) Readings in 2013. Three orchestras – the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (April 23 & 24), ACO (June 3 & 4), and La Jolla Symphony & …

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 …