New Frequencies Fest: Jazz@YBCA “jazz in the present tense” February 5-7, 2015 Highlights include Angélique Kidjo, Henry Threadgill Double-Up, Matana Roberts, Ben Goldberg’s Orphic Machine, Jenny Scheinman solo, Satoko Fujii Duo, Rudy Royston’s 303, Myra Melford, Joëlle Léandre & Nicole Mitchell Trio, Lisa Mezzacappa’s Bait & Switch Plus Special Events, dance …
NEW YORK, NY – On a cold, brisk March morning some 18 months ago, jazz vocalist Michelle Walker was packing her small suit case for a 3 day stay out of town. She and the band members that she had been playing with for a little over 4 years were …
Called “spellbinding” (The Boston Globe) and “beyond category” (Downbeat), The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra will perform An American Christmas, celebrating the band’s 42nd Annual Christmas Concert on December 20 at 7:30 pm, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston MA 02116. $20 at the door. Information: 617 776 8778 or 617 452 …
Guitarist Tobias Grim is releasing his debut album in close collaboration with the singer Karolina Vucidolac , drummer Anders Kjellberg and bassist Magnus Bergström . The group is now releasing their first joint album after playing together since in 2010. With Brazilian rhythms and improvisation blended imaginatively with musical influences …
Press Contact: NEW MASSES MEDIA RELATIONS John Pietaro (646) 599-0060 newmassesmedia@gmail.com New York, NY: Memorial Concerts for Underground Legend of Avant Jazz Will Connell As winter descends over Alphabet City, the homeland of radical arts mourns the loss of one of its own. Saxophonist/bass clarinetist/composer Will Connell Jr died on …
LeitmotivArts is honored to present drummer and composer Marko Djordjevic who will join forces with Bobby Avey on piano and Pablo Menares on upright bass at a performance at the Gallery MC in New York City on December 20, 2014 at 7 p.m. Marko Djordjevic, who has been hailed as a “world …
Larry Reni Thomas, the author of the recently published book, The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan (khabooks) (www.khabooks.com) , is scheduled to be interviewed on “TV Durham Skywriter” http://www.durhamskywriter.com/ by host Patricia A. Murray, December 14, 2014, at 7 p.m. (EST). Thomas will talk about his experience with Helen Morgan, …
Softly, With Feeling: Joe Wilder and the Breaking Of Barriers in American Music (author Edward Berger) (2014) Softly, With Feeling: Joe Wilder and the Breaking Of Barriers in American Music (Temple University Press, 2014) by author /photographer Edward Berger, is an excellent, well-written biography of a pioneer who was an …
“I’ve always considered music to be a bridge to the spirit world…I perceive music with an architectural bent — add and subtract — everything is connected.” – Lawrence Sieberth Pianist, composer, and producer Lawrence Sieberth is at home in virtually any musical setting. While based in jazz, Lawrence’s musical vision …
Award Winning Contemporary Jazz Funk Ensemble, SounDoctrine has released their brand new digital single, “After All” via their website. The Jim Couchenour penned ballad featuring saxophonist Michael Austin and guitarist Mike Donadio will also be available at iTunes and Amazon, but the band has chosen to ignore Spotify and Pandora. “We’ve …
By John Stevenson Garvin Blake is the thinking man’s jazz steel pannist. He has a well thought out approach to playing the steelpans and brings a high level of technical sophistication to his craft, which easily sets him apart from other exponents of the unique instruments he has mastered. Evidence …
GREAT BLACK MUSIC—Kahil El Zabar—Delmark TRILOGY—Chick Corea Trio—Concord GREAT VOICES OF HARLEM—Porter, Scott, Smith—Pao EIGHT TRACK—Dave Stryker—Strikezone SONGS MY MOTHER LOVES–Dee Alexander—Blujazz SALSA DE LA BAHIA (VOL. 1 and 2)—Various Artists—Patois THE ARTISTRY OF THE STANDARD—Misha Tsiganov—Criss Cross THE ORIGINAL MONO RECORDINGS—Miles Davis—Columbia PUSHING THE WORLD AWAY—Kenny Garrett—Mack Avenue MIDNIGHT …
