Dave Bennett Performs October 4-7 At Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe in Support of New Album,”Blood Moon”
Personnel: Dave Bennett / clarinet Cliff Monear / piano Jeff Pedraz / bass Pete Siers / drums Wednesday, October 4 – Saturday, October 7 Performances at 6:00 & 8:30PM Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe 97 Kercheval Ave Grosse Point Farms, MI 48236 Phone: 313-882-5299 Web: DirtyDogJazz.com Dave Bennett is set to perform at Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe…
Read MoreChristian Sands Rounds Out Critically Acclaimed Year With International Tour
Christian Sands Upcoming International Tour Dates: October 10 / Blue Note Milano / Milan, Italy October 11 / Jazzclub Q4 / Rheinfelden, Germany October 12 / Jazz Club Bix / Stuttgart, Germany October 13 / Jazz Club Unterfahrt / Munich, Germany October 14 / Ferrara Jazz Club / Ferrara, Italy October 16 / Ronnie Scott’s / London, UK October 17 / Magic Mirrors / Toulouse, France October 18 / Tourcoing…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Frankie Carerra – “Frankie Carerra”
The music, rhymes and flow of Chicago-based rapper, singer and multi-instrumentalist Frankie Carrera represent an introspective and surreal aural journey–a hazy time-lapse portrait of survival, grit and grace, hauntingly captured on his official self-titled debut. Imagine regaining consciousness, washed up on a Cabo San Lucas shoreline, face down, sand in your teeth, beaten with your…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Christian McBride – “Bringin’ It” – Mack Avenue Records
“Bassist extraordinaire, composer, arranger, educator, curator and administrator, Christian McBride has been one of the most important and most omnipresent figures in the jazz world for 20 years.” – NPR “The deep, dark-maple tone that Christian McBride elicits from an upright bass is one of jazz’s forthright pleasures, and so is the pleasure he seems…
Read MoreRun N’ Fly – “Run N’ Fly” – Available November 10 on Run N’ Fly
Embracing a newfound creative freedom to explore his lifelong passion for old school R&B/funk and contemporary urban jazz, guitarist Sandro Albert is the mastermind, composer and producer of an extraordinary collective, Run N’ Fly. Teaming up, Steely Dan style, with the brilliant Brazilian lyricist and artist Manu Lafer, Run N’ Fly includes a dynamic and…
Read MoreSaxophonist Gary Meek – Performance at Catalina Jazz Club Thursday, October 5
Saxophonist Gary Meek is set to perform at Los Angeles‘ Catalina Jazz Club on Thursday, October 5 at 8:30PM in support of his new album, Originals (available September 29). Meek will be joined by trumpeter Walt Fowler, guitarist Bruce Forman, pianist Mitchell Forman, bassist Brian Bromberg and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington for the engagement. With six recordings as a leader…
Read MoreIvo Perelman: Six New Releases – “Live In Brussels, Live In Baltimore, Scalene, Heptagon, Octagon, Philosopher’s Stone” – Leo Records
In a career that now numbers more than 80 recordings under his own name, Ivo Perelman has established a variety of new benchmarks. He has developed an unsurpassed facility for integrating the tenor saxophone’s extra-high altissimo octaves with the instrument’s conventional range, bringing a new edge and polish to the concept of extended technique. To an extraordinary…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge – “Whispers On the Wind” – MAMA Records
With Whispers On the Wind, their first recording since the two-time Grammy® Award-nominated River Runs, Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge would, at first glance, appear to have returned to a more standard jazz big band outing. Having shed the orchestral trappings characterizing the prior ambitious work however, Whispers on the Wind quickly becomes anything but standard.…
Read MoreFrankie Carrera – “Frankie Carrera” – Available September 22
The music, rhymes and flow of Chicago-based rapper, singer and multi-instrumentalist Frankie Carrera represent an introspective and surreal aural journey–a hazy time-lapse portrait of survival, grit and grace, hauntingly captured on his official self-titled debut. Imagine regaining consciousness, washed up on a Cabo San Lucas shoreline, face down, sand in your teeth, beaten with your wallet and belongings…
Read MoreRondi Charleston – “Resilience” – Available October 13
Rondi Charleston knows the power of a story well told and knows how to tell it like it is. This talent, which led her to winning both Emmy and Peabody Awards as a field producer for ABC’s Diane Sawyer, led also to her back to her innate passion and a third act: that of a rising…
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