“Cassara…gives a song a unique distinctive flavor all it’s own…incredibly intimate…” Will Friedwald Tweet

The jazz pianist known as Eric Shenefield has released his latest LP record, “Southwest.” The record contains 11 original tracks for an approximate total listening time of one hour, bringing “Southwest” closer to the length of a double LP than that of a traditional long-play album alone. It has proudly …

Series of workshops, panels and events on January 8-9, 2015 will address important issues and trends in the jazz community The Jazz Connect Conference, organized by JazzTimes and the Jazz Forward Coalition, announced the dates and location for the annual gathering of the jazz community in 2015.  The conference will …

Often, it seems that jazz musicians proceed through a path of initial musical discovery, exposure to jazz, growth of their jazz careers, and then a final synthesis of everything they experienced along the way. For example, Monty Alexander lately has concentrated on the reggae music heard in his youth in …

Jazz For Curious Listeners Who is Lester Young? 7:00 – 8:30pm Donation Suggested Note Location:  Jazz at Lincoln Center The Varis Leichtman Studio Jazz At Lincoln Center 5th floor Time-Warner Building 60th and Broadway  Celebrated as a main progenitor of the “cool” sensibility, saxophonist Lester Young introduced a new sound …

LOS ANGELES – Legendary Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White’s newly re-launched Kalimba Music label (www.kalimba-music.com) follows last week’s exciting back-to-back chart action with major leaps for both of its current hit singles, keyboardist Greg Manning’s “Cruisin’ Down The Road” and EWF’s “Never.” Following the entries of both tracks …

Talk about sizzling Sundays! Southern Cross Kitchen (SCK), located in Conshohocken, is striking a chord with customers with its fabulous Sunday Brunch series featuring live jazz music and a special menu each week from 10:00 AM to 3 PM. As part of SCK’s new live entertainment bar “The Barrel Room”, …

$25 + $15 food and drink minimum​ Purchase Tickets for the 8pm show HERE ​Purchase Tickets for the 10pm HERE  SOUTER STEALS THE SHOW Review of Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, 2014 By Jeff Spevak, Staff Writer Rochester Democrat and Chronicle  “For a guy who isn’t a part of the candles-on-the-table crowd, who leans …

TITO ROJAS- October 3rd, 8pmTito Rojas, known as “El Gallo Salsero” was born on June 14, 1955 in Humacao, Puerto Rico. This talented artist has prevailed in the Salsa genre with an upstroke that for more than 36 years has crowned him as one of the monarchs of Salsa, standing …

Hollenbeck also leads September 23 Master Class with Claudia Quintet “John Hollenbeck has the power to induce synesthesia. A precociously gifted… composer, arranger, percussionist, and leader of several musical groups… Hollenbeck makes music that sounds the way the world looks and feels… Hollenbeck is a musician for our time.” — …

Grammy-Winning Saxophonist and jazz legend Joe Henderson had a long and memorable history with SFJAZZ performing over a dozen times in various settings including a duet with tabla great Zakir Hussain at Grace Cathedral, a salute to Antônio Carlos Jobim with Herbie Hancock, and a 1993 tribute night entitled “We …

City Parks Foundation Presents the CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FESTIVAL August 23-24, 2014   August 7, 2014 – New York, NY – City Parks Foundation is proud to announce the 22nd edition of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival.Founded in memoriam of beloved jazz musician Charlie Parker, this festival annually attracts thousands …