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 …
Boston, MA. March 12, 2013 – Premier funk, pop, and R&B drummer John Blackwell, best known for his work with Prince, Justin Timberlake, and Patti LaBelle, has been named associate professor of percussion at his alma matter, Berklee College of Music. He began teaching this semester. Born and raised in …
“Changing Everything” another chapter in the ongoing story as Joe Blessett continues to push jazz in a new direction. Creating a new Alternative Jazz genre by combing multiple music genres and engaging a younger listening audience. This is not the heavily sedated, under driven smooth jazz of the past. Get …
Soundbrush Records continues the Wed. night series @ CAFFE VIVALDI at 7:15pm 32 Jones St. EVERY WEDNESDAY IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH! Free Admission great food & drink March 13 – 7:15PM ROGER DAVIDSON, piano FRANK LONDON, trumpet VICTOR PRIETO, accordion BRIAN GLASSMAN, bass KLEZMER “On the Road of Life” March …
Following a smashing success from his Ukrainian Tour, SRI Jazz Releases the long awaited “The Best of Ray Brown Jr.” Ray Brown Jr’s recent tour in the Ukraine, a smashing success for the artist, which included starring in Jazz Festivals, concerts and television interviews, coincides with the SRI Jazz release …
Ed Cherry – Guitar Pat Bianchi – Hammond B–3 organ Chris Beck – Drums 7:30/9:30/11:30 $12 Cover Charge Bar Next Door 129 MacDougal Street Manhattan, NY 10012 (212) 529-5945 Guitarist Ed Cherry has performed with many of the legends of jazz: Sam Rivers, Henry Threadill , Jimmy Smith, John Patton, …
Fri, Mar 15th 6-8pm @ Swing 46 349 W 46th St Manhattan, NY 10036 (212) 262-9554 No Cover Featuring Jessica Valiente, flutist and musical director Geneviève Gazón and Julie Martí, vocalists Debra Kreisberg, alto saxophone and clarinet Rick Faulkner, trombone Chiemi Nakai, piano Anna Milat-Meyer, bass Yasuyo Kimura, congas Victor …
Praised for his music’s “elusive beauty” (DownBeat), and for his “style informed by tradition but not encumbered by it” (Philadelphia City Paper), saxophonist Ravi Coltrane takes a bold step in his creative journey with Spirit Fiction, his Blue Note Records debut. Spirit Fiction features two different band lineups, each with …
With confidence, lyricism, and a tonality that is suffused in warmth, saxophonist Matt Garrison fervently pursues the art-form of jazz as reflected in his own words, “I like to think that I am a translator of sorts. A jazz musician, in my opinion, is supposed to interpret the world around …
Hugh Masekela & his Group (4/17) PRESENTED BY JAZZ FORUM ARTS South African trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer Hugh Masekela, a two times Grammy awarded artist and Africa´s most important jazz and world musician. He has covered the globe and played with just about every top star there is. Masekela wrote …
