Drummer Anthony Fung, a native of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, is a graduate of St. Michael’s College School where he performed in the Senior Drumline, Jazz Combo, Jazz Big Band, Wind Orchestra, and in the pit orchestra for musical theater. Anthony has additionally studied jazz improvisation with Juno Award-winning saxophonist, …
Acclaimed Toronto-based vocalist raises awareness of Hebrew University’s Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada TORONTO, June 16, 2011 /CNW/ – Juno Award-winning singer Sophie Milman will be visiting Israel as a guest of the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University (CFHU) to help raise awareness of the Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada …
Jazz played by young German musicians, claims Volker Schmidt, is original and self-confident and yet both the media and the large audience don’t take notice (Zeit Online). He quotes the Norwegian pianist Bugge Wesseltoft who says that he’s ashamed to know how much Scandinavian jazz is loved in Germany and …
Bret Primack, aka the Jazz Video Guy, was awarded Best Short Form Jazz Video at the Jazz Journalists Association annual ceremony this weekend for his video Sonny Rollins – Getting It Back Together. Since he began working with Mr. Rollins as his website and new media producer nearly six years …
The inaugural BluesFest London, which will see an array of stars from the worlds of jazz and blues descend on the capital, is now less than two weeks away. Jamie Cullum, BB King, Liza Minnelli, Dr John, Booker T, Ramsey Lewis, Blind Boys of Alabama, Georgie Fame, Buddy Greco and …
By Ken Franckling to Ken Franckling’s Jazz Notes John Swenson, my music writing collaborator for many years at UPI, is out with a gem. “New Atlantis: Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans” (Oxford University Press) captures the determination of New Orleans’ stylistically varied music makers to survive after …
SET FOR RELEASE ON SUNNYSIDE RECORDS FEATURING MATT PENMAN, ERIC HARLAND, MIGUEL ZENÓN & CHRIS CHEEK “Jazz doesn’t have many great albums featuring two pianists, and the rare examples tend to be mano-a-mano affairs, one virtuoso facing another on equal terms. So ‘Bienestan,’ due out on Sunnyside on Tuesday, is …
Tickets go on sale tomorrow at noon Montreal, Monday, June 13, 2011 – What luck-right at the very last minute, the brilliant and unpredictable Prince asked if he could perform two late-night shows during the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. The Festival had a one-word answer: YES! This incredible …
“Piazza is a superior diatonic and chromatic harmonica player with style – the elusive quality that combines confidence, presence, control, risk-taking and instinct.” – Down Beat Magazine “Piazza adds West coast swing and sophistication to traditional Chicago electric roots and the results are right up there with the best of …
Pablo Ziegler, modern Tango/Jazz Pianist and Composer, is showing his versatilify at Birdland July 12 – 16, with his Quartet of Hector Del Curto on Bandoneon, Pedro Giraudo on Bass, and Jisoo Ok on Cello, Produced by Pat Philips & Ettore Stratta. This is a journey of Tango mixed with …
