‘Brooklyn Dreaming’ Is Bell’s 9th Album Renditions of Classics By Monk, Mingus and Earle Hagen Quartet Includes Pianist Tamir Hendelman, Bassist Katie Thiroux & Drummer Matt Witek San Diego, CA: On January 15, 2016, virtuoso flutist, and world-renown composer, Lori Bell will release Brooklyn Dreaming, an homage to her familial roots with an …
Saturday, November 14, 2015 8 pm Brazilian Vocalist Maucha Adnet performed, toured and recorded with legendary composer Antônio Carlos Jobim and Banda Nova for ten years. For this performance, she will be supported by Brazilian musicians Helio Alvez (piano) and Duduka DaFonseca (drums) and Austrian bassist Hans Glawishnig. Jobim was …
Friday, October 30, 2015 8 pm http://sofiamusic.com/ Called “one of the best Argentine singers ever” and “a song researcher with a vibrant voice,” Sofia Rei is emerging as a star while still holding firm to the scholarly mission of discovering and performing song forms and rhythms rarely heard outside their …
Spyro Gyra Thu, October 22, 2015 – 8:00pm With Special Guest Jumaane Smith 109 Cheese & Wine Evening of Art, Wine and Jazz Join us for a complimentary wine tasting courtesy of 109 Cheese and Wine and an art exhibit by artist Hans Fischer in the lobby at 7:15pm …
After a 25 years long recording career comprising a dozen albums released as a leader or co-leader, in several styles, from electro-acoustic to post-rock, tango and jazz, Daniel Diaz releases SWAN SONG in October 2015. This is the third and last installment in a trilogy of world-jazz-fusion solo “composer” albums, …
Carlos Averhoff Jr. is a Latin Grammy nominated tenor saxophonist from Cuba. He has been called “a dynamic fresh new voice on the saxophone” (All about Jazz) and “a virtuoso soloist” (Latin Jazz Network). This concert will fuse the excitement of the music of Cuba mixed with the heady grooves of …
(NEW YORK, NY) – Zac Greenberg’s new jazz-fusion album UNEXPECTED JOURNEY is brash and beautiful; one minute predictable, and then, surprising. In other words, it is like life itself. Inspired by cancer, the music paints a picture of one cancer patient’s road from normalcy to shock, fear, acceptance and, hopefully, …
September 18th (Friday), 2015 8 pm Downbeat and Guggenheim award winning composer and flutist Jamie Baum leads her Septet Plus in an original, driving, colorful blend of jazz influenced by Indian, Pakistani, and classical music, with music from her new CD, ‘In this Life’. Sponsored by Julian Gerstin and Carlene …
Saturday, September 19th, 2015 8pm Famed alto saxophonist Wilson brings his quartet, heralded as “jazz at its finest – in conception, execution and spontaneity.” With Orrin Evans, piano, Ugonna Okegwo, bass and Clarence Penn, drums. Sponsored by Dave Ellis and Ann Greenwalt of Ellis Music $20-40 sliding scale, $15 …
Danilo Pérez, president of the Danilo Pérez Foundation and artistic director of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI), and Patricia Zarate, executive director of Panama Jazz Productions and founder of the Latin American Music Therapy Symposium, are bringing students from the BGJI and Berklee’s music therapy program to Panama City, …
SEE THESE GREAT SHOWS AT THE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE! CALL BOX OFFICE AT 203-438-5795 FOR TICKETS Festival Cubano Featuring Chuchito Valdés Quartet Sat, 08/15/2015 – 5:30pm Includes a wine tasting courtesy of Palm Bay International, Specialty Rum Drinks and Cuban inspired food from Babaloo! Put on your Fedora and celebrate …
Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Berklee-Umbria Jazz Clinics at the Umbria Jazz Festival (July 10-19) in Perugia, Italy, Berklee College of Music surprised the festival’s founder Carlo Pagnotta with the George Wein Impresario Award at a concert held on the eve of the festival. The George Wein Impresario Award …
