Presented at the Town & Country Hotel and Convention Center 500 Hotel Circle North MORE INFO >>> Discerning jazz fans call the San Diego Jazz Festival “the crown jewel of jazz festivals.” The event is held during the Thanksgiving weekend at the Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, in …
Washington, D.C. – When songbird Lori Jenaire brings her sultry sophistication to Washington D.C’s famed Blues Alley, it will be an evening to remember. Dubbed Lori ‘Magic Mona’ Jenaire for her long heralded physical and tonal likeness to legendary chanteuse Phyllis Hyman, Jenaire will pay a special homage to Hyman. The soul drenched tribute will …
Friday, November 1 at 8:30 PM Ray Blue Tickets are $10 New York-bred saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator Ray Blue’s music is a fusion of straight ahead jazz and African groove. Friday, November 8 at 8:30 PM Robert Silverman Group Tickets are $10 Robert Silverman, a pianist, trumpeter, and composer, …
October 15, 2013 – Argentinian producerand Brooklyn MChave joined forces to release their first collaborative album, Jazz Hop. Released 20 years after the late Guru released his classic first installment of the Jazzmatazz series, Jazz Hop is a return to the vintage blending of jazz instrumentation with hip-hop rhythms and poignant lyrics that made artists like A Tribe …
History has produced its share of great artists and great people—John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was both. As a performer, he left behind an incredible record of innovation and inspiration. As a composer, a broad repository of musical masterpieces, and as a man, a legion of friends, colleagues and compatriots who …
When Gloria Lynne was growing up in Harlem, like so many of her peers, life revolved around music. The icons—Sarah Vaughan, Carmen Mc Fitzgerald—were the revered singers of the time and were Gloria’s idols. Lynne began singing as a very small child in the local Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion …
Jazz Vocal Veteran Lenora Zenzalai Helm Launches Web Programs “Vocal Jazz Online” and “The VocalMusicianshipAcademy“ For Serious Singers In Search of a Career in Music Former U.S. Jazz Ambassador and BerkleeCollege of Music Grad Shares Her Passion of Singing with Up and Coming Artists “Lenora Zenzalai Helm possesses an astonishing …
Detroit native, Jacques Lesure has played with music’s finest from Oscar Brown Jr. to Wynton Marsalis. For the last 10 years, he has resided in Los Angeles and has been an ambassador of the East Coast Jazz sound through his performances and educational endeavors. With the influence of all the …
“Music for Dave” A musical tribute to Mr. Dave Valentin @ the Tarrytown Music Hall The Tarrytown Music Hall 13 Main Street Tarrytown, NY 10591 914-631-3390 Thursday, November 7, – 7:30 pm Purchase Tickets HERE Out-of-towners and those unable to attend are still encouraged to buy a balcony seat ticket …
Ken Schaphorst and the NEC Jazz Orchestra draw on New England Conservatory’s exclusive archive of Vaughn Monroe charts, alongside hits by Billy Eckstine – two of the most popular singing stars of the 1940s – in the Music of Vaughn Monroe + Billy Eckstine, a free concert on Thursday, October …
Costello to Receive Honorary Doctor of Music Degree from NEC New England Conservatory welcomes legendary songwriter Elvis Costello to campus on Friday, October 25, 2013. After a morning of working in the classroom with songwriters enrolled in NEC’s Contemporary Improvisation program, Costello talks about his genre-spanning career in a public …
AccuJazz Internet Radio is now featuring the music of Melissa Aldana along with other recent winners and finalists of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition on its Emerging Voices channel. The channel has always exclusively played music by the younger generation of musicians, so it is a perfect fit …
