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Full Multi-Media Presentation of Three-Performance Work Friday and Saturday, October 25 & 26 at Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, D.C. Smith is 2013 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Music for Ten Freedom Summers 2013 Composer of the Year – DownBeat Magazine’s 61st Annual Critics Poll 2013 Musician of the Year and …

The Bill McBirnie Trio featuring Bernie Senensky & Anthony Michelli FIND YOUR PLACE Bill McBirnie has released a new album that departs, in a significant way, from his previously acclaimed acoustic jazz projects (Mercy with Robi Botos; Paco Paco with Bernie Senensky; and Nature Boy with Mark Eisenman).   In FIND YOUR PLACE, Bill places the flute …

Eric Person Big Band Appearing at: The Blue Note Jazz Club 131 W.3rd street (between Mcdougal and Sixth Ave) 212-475-8592 $10 at the bar, $15 at the tablePurchase Ticket: Direct Link HERE featuring Eric Person-saxophones, flute Craig Bailey-alto sax, flute Patience Higgins-tenor sax, clarinet Sylvester Scott-tenor sax, flute Frank Vasin-baritone …

2013 has been a banner year for Australian guitarist Albare and his band. The year began in the best of places: the recording studio! “The Road Ahead” was produced in January 2013 at System Sound Recording Studios in Brooklyn, New York, with pianist Phil Turcio, bassist Yunior Terry and drummer …

Chick Corea proves at the age of 72 that the inspirations for creativity are infinite and that the results of creative output are cumulative and still delightfully unpredictable. Like other ground-breaking jazz musicians who retain youthful wonder in real-life and imaginative joys, Corea continues to examine and explore and adapt …

Bob DeVos Organ Quartet NYC CD Release Event Friday October 18th Sets 7:30-10:30pm @ Smalls Jazz Club 183 W10th St @ 7th Ave 212-252-5091 www.smallsjazzclub.com featuring Bob DeVos Guitar Ralph Bowen Tenor Saxophone Dan Kostelnik Hammond B-3 Organ Steve Johns Drums Bob DeVos Organ Quartet     “A Powerhouse Band That Delivers”–Zan …

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 …