Two years after having her single “In the Dark” selected as The Song Of The Day on Jon Oliver’s The Main Ingredient Radio, Aleksandra releases her debut EP. DREAMER – wonderful patchwork of acoustic and electronic elements, intertwining Neo Soul, Jazz, World Music and Electronica into Aleksandra’s own ethereal sonic …
Phil Ranelin and his Jazz Ensemble will perform at the Mayme Clayton Library & Museum, Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. The performance is in celebration of National Jazz Appreciation Month and the release of Ranelin’s latest endeavor “Portrait in Blue.” The legendary trombonist …
Christian Winther – Refuge In Sound (Sound Perspective Music) Release Date: March 7, 2016 Featuring: Christian Winther: saxophone; Allyn Johnson: piano; Mike Moreno: guitar; Reuben Rogers: bass; Billy Williams Jr.: drums and Christie Dashiell: vocals on one track. Saxophonist Christian Winther’s new release Refuge in Sound espouses the words of …
It’s hard to overestimate the influence Grover Washington Jr. had on both mainstream and contemporary jazz in his heyday. Like only a handful of artists in the realm, Washington managed to bring the separate ideals of jazz into a single mode of expression, and he did so with great success, …
FEATURING ADAM BLACKSTONE, ROBERT GLASPER, VIVIAN GREEN, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE, ULYSSES OWENS JR., CHRISTIAN SANDS AND MORE Recording artist, composer and songwriter, Laurin Talese, will release her debut album Gorgeous Chaos, on March 25, 2016. Surrounding the release, she will be holding a series of special performances beginning with the Music …
Mack Avenue Superband • José James Walt Disney Concert Hall Friday, April 1, 8:00pm Artists Mack Avenue Superband featuring Gary Burton, Tia Fuller, Sean Jones, Christian McBride, Ulysses Owens, Jr., Christian Sands, Kirk Whalum José James About This Performance As one of the last exclusively jazz labels, Mack …
Pianist/composer Jim Clayton isn’t yet a household name to jazz fans, but that is changing. The Canadian co-led the award-winning Clayton/Scott Group and spent a decade as a music director with Emmy-winning theatre company The Second City. But his major break came from his 2014 CD, Songs My Daughter Knows, …
(CINCINNATI, Ohio) – Multiple award-winning jazz drummer Antonio Sánchez has a busy weekend planned in Cincinnati, March 12-14. On Saturday, March 12, Sánchez will introduce a screening of “Birdman” at The Esquire Theatre. The composer recently won a Grammy for his riveting score for the Academy Award-winning motion picture starring …
(CINCINNATI, Ohio) – Multi-Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Christian Sands will include “Southern Song,” his moving tribute to Black History Month, when he performs in Cincinnati on Sunday, February 28, as part of the Xavier University Jazz Series. The piece was inspired by a poem of the same title, by the late …
Dr. Lonnie Smith is back. And in a big way. In the musical environment and with the production values that he deserves. At 73, Smith is one of the few remaining innovators/popularizers of the jazz organ, from the time when Hammond B-3 trios and quartets traveled mostly through the Midwest …
