Spring Ensemble Student Concert at the Vermont Jazz Center Thursday April 30, 2015 8 pm Vermont Jazz Center celebrates International Jazz Day 2015 with a concert featuring students from four of the VJC’s student ensembles. Featuring the Youth Jazz Ensemble, the Women’s Jazz Harmony Ensemble, the Latin Jazz Ensemble and …
Jazz Pianist and Leader Ahmad Jamal, Soprano Jessye Norman, Violinist Kyung-Wha Chung, and Pianist Russell Sherman to Receive Degrees Sherman, Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at NEC, to Give Commencement Address Annual Exercises to be Held May 17, 2015 in NEC’s Jordan Hall New England Conservatory will bestow honorary Doctor of Music (hon. …
Alicia Olatuja Quartet Saturday May 16, 2015 8 pm Vocalist Alicia Olatuja performs with her quartet- Jahaan Sweet on piano, Michael Olatuja on bass and Otis Brown III on drums. Olatuja is best known for her remarkable vocal solo at Obama’s 2013 inauguration with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. A person …
By John Stevenson Combining the often separate worlds of jazz and Haitian vodun (or voodoo) music is at first glance a strange and unique pairing. There was a Black Haitian presence in New Orleans from 1792 right through to the Haitian revolution of 1804 and its aftermath and Haitians of …
By John Stevenson It’s difficult to believe that Daymé Arocena is only 22 years old. Coming from a musically endowed family, the Cuban singer, composer, arranger, choir director and band leader has already established a remarkable artistic footprint. Havana Cultura and Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings have recently collaborated to release …
(New York, NY) – Nu Jazz Agency has just announced that founder & Managing Director Jerald Miller will be leading and moderating a discussion entitled: Creating a Stronger Digital Business Model in Jazz on Friday, April 24th, 2015 for the Jazzahead! music conference to be held in Bremen, Germany at …
(Photo of Billie Holiday by William Gottlieb) By John Stevenson ‘In A Different Mood: Billie Holiday at 100′, is the title of an exciting concert staged by Jazzmo’thology. The concert honours the 100th anniversary of the birth of jazz singer and artistic legend, Billie Holiday. It takes place on 30th …
Don’t miss Karrin Allyson at The Ridgefield Playhouse Jazz Brunch! Join us in the lobby at 1pm for a prosecco tasting courtesy of 109 Cheese and Wine, brunch items from Bareburger’s new spring menu and art exhibit with local artist Megan Marden courtesy of Watershed Gallery Four-time Grammy nominee Karrin …
Called “spellbinding” (The Boston Globe), “brilliant” (CultureJazz.Fr), and “captivating” (JazzImprov), the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra performs new works by Mark Harvey, including Sisyphus of the Snow Banks, inspired by the record Boston snowfall in 2015; a free-form romp called Out and Out; and the big band premiere of FiLmprov Cha Cha …
Holophonor Sextet featuring Miro Sprague Saturday, April 18, 2015 8 pm Touring band of recent graduates of the Thelonious Monk Institute Masters Program where they studied with jazz legends including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter. Holophonor toured Israel, Japan, Sweden and Turkey, performed at the Kennedy Center and taught in inner …
