Emerging teen pop sensation ThomAs TroutmAn has announced a global distribution deal with DSN Music for his new project. The talented musician, writer, producer, dancer, actor, and director from Dayton, Ohio, is set to release his exciting debut album “Pressure”, a move which will thrill his growing army of fans …
“A LATIN JAZZ MUSIC LEGEND”– Jimmy Smits Legendary Percussionist Pete Escovedo is an artist who broke down the barriers between Smooth Jazz, Salsa, Latin Jazz and contemporary music. His name has been synonymous in the music industry for more than 50 years. Pete Escovedo is known worldwide for his live …
In the midst of the second Covid variant outbreak, avante-garde LA Artist Creature Benny has released an exclusive director’s cut version of his thought-provoking, post-quarantine video “Pandemic Madness.”
Virtuoso trombonist ERIC GOLETZ is releasing A NEW LIGHT, his second CD as a leader. After a 30-year career as a studio musician and first-call horn player in New York City, Goletz released his debut CD, Into the Night, in March of 2021. Brimming with ideas and unstoppable energy, Goletz …
Personal responses to music assume numerous forms based on individual experiences or the spirit of the music. Celebratory music inspires dancing; spiritual music, prayer; blues, relief from pain; crooning, romance; dirges, grief; percussiveness, acoustic communication, sometimes coded; Muzak, manufactured calming relief from uncomfortable silence; rock, energy; free music, freedom; marches, …
Cerissa McQueen provides a fresh, welcome, and wholesome recording, featuring Kevin O’Neal, of a timeless song, perfectly in time for the holiday season. Escondido, Ca — It takes a great deal of courage for an artist to approach an all-time classic with a reinterpretation and seldom does it pay off. …
Is that Jack McDuff playing? No, it’s Alberto Marsico. Marsico, a native of Turin, Italy, has been deeply influenced by McDuff’s sound, so much so that he attended one of McDuff’s week-long workshops in 1994. Marsico’s passion for jazz was the cause for his recent friendship with fellow musician, Jeremy …
Let’s Get Together For Christmas Will Prep Fans For Her Much-Anticipated New Album Reverberate, Slated For An Early 2021 Release Renowned Singer-Songwriter Laura Cheadle, who recently inked a worldwide distribution deal with So Bold Entertainment/ Sony Orchard, has announced that she will be giving the gift of music this holiday season as she …
By John Stevenson (All images courtesy Emile Holba) Zakir Hussain wowed his Royal Festival Hall audience on 21st November with triumphant sets for the finale of the 2021 EFG London Jazz Festival. The first half of the evening saw the critically-acclaimed Indian tabla master collaborate with sarangi player Sabir Khan. …
December 17th will be the second offering of contemporary jazz performances at the Woodland, in Maplewood, N.J. featuring Marion Meadows and Alex Bugnon. Following the successful Bernie Williams-Gil Parris Quartet, ending with an encore and standing ovation, “Holidays at the Woodland” will feature two of the genre’s top names …
