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 …
Atlanta, GA (January 28th, 2016) – Blue Canoe Records has released “Touch Of Blue”, the fifth album from epic guitar man Bill Hart. This bold, current effort fuses rock and bits of blues and jam-band to form a unique blend of Satriani-like soul. Bill Hart was born and raised in Ontario, …
Highlights include: • Annual Film Noir Concert Dave Holland performing in an NEC Jazz Orchestra Tribute to Kenny Wheeler Music of Ken Schaphorst with the NEC Jazz Orchestra Jason Moran Residency celebrating the music of Andrew Hill Faculty Recitals by Dominique Eade, Eden MacAdam-Somer and Bob …
GET YOUR COPY HERE >>> Jamaica is known for the undulating sounds of reggae, but it also contributed mightily to the jazz continuum. Dizzy Reese, Ernest Ranglin, and Harry Beckett are from Jamaica, but perhaps the island’s best-known jazz export is Monty Alexander, a pianist that’s been enthralling jazz fans …
King Music Collective: An Intersection of Music, Food and Circus invites you to our annual St. Valentine’s Day Celebration, “All About Love”, featuring two exciting jazz ensembles, ROBERM and The Cynthia Tauro Quartet. ROBERM: with iconic, international jazz pianists BERNIE SENENSKY and ROBI BOTOS and featuring talented vocalist, pianist, lyricist …
