Orrin Evans | “The Red Door”
Pianist Orrin Evans Opens The Red Door With a Stellar New Album That Celebrates Taking Musical and Personal Chances, Available Today via Smoke Sessions All-Star Date Featuring Nicholas Payton, Gary Thomas, Robert Hurst, Marvin “Smitty” Smith With Special Guests Buster Williams, Larry McKenna, Gene Jackson, the Late Wallace Roney and Vocalists Jazzmeia Horn, Sy Smith, and Alita…
Read MoreJazz Is Dead Releases New Single “No End” off of Tony Allen JID018 Produced by Adrian Younge
Jazz Is Dead Releases New Single “No End” off of Tony Allen JID018 Produced by Adrian Younge Tony Allen JID018 will be Available July 7 via Jazz is Dead “The Jazz Is Dead series has done a lot to become gateway drugs for younger listeners to these pivotal ’60s and ’70s jazz icons…” – NPR Music “No End” #2 on…
Read MoreElina Duni | “A Time to Remember”
Swiss-Albanian Jazz Singer Elina Duni’s A Time To Remember is a Continuation of the Special Synergy That Inhabited Her Acclaimed 2020 ECM Release Lost Ships A Time To Remember Features the Same Quartet of Guitarist Rob Luft, Matthieu Michel on Flugelhorn and Fred Thomas on Percussion and Piano Available Today via ECM “A Time To Remember is a quietly powerful album…”…
Read MoreChristine Jensen | “Day Moon”
Saxophonist, Composer and Conductor Christine Jensen, Regarded as One of Canada’s Most Compelling Jazz Artists, Releases Day Moon The Ten Compositions are at Turns, Melancholic and Ebullient, Sober and Playful Available Tomorrow via Justin Time Records “Jensen’s broad, burly, often vibratoless tone jumps out on both alto and soprano, though the former, especially, she rivals Kenny…
Read MoreHerbie Hancock and Gladys Knight Headline 37th Annual The National Grid Jazz Fest, June 21-25 in Syracuse, New York
37th Annual National Grid Jazz Fest Features Herbie Hancock, Gladys Knight, Tower of Power, Postmodern Jukebox, Spyro Gyra, Tuba Skinny and More Wednesday, June 21 to Sunday, June 25 Downtown Syracuse, New York The Northeast’s Largest Free Admission Jazz Festival Legendary keyboardist and NEA Jazz Master and 14-time Grammy winner Herbie Hancock will join legendary songstress, seven-time…
Read MoreLeroy Vinnegar | “Leroy Walks!”
Craft Recordings Releases Leroy Vinnegar’s Leroy Walks! as part of Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series Available Friday on vinyl and hi-res digital The extensive rollout, which continues Craft Recordings’ celebration of the storied jazz label, also includes titles by Ornette Coleman, Art Farmer, Curtis Counce and Phineas Newborn, Jr. Each album features lacquers cut from the original master tapes (AAA) by Bernie Grundman and is…
Read More16th Annual Angel City Jazz Festival Announces Final 2023 Lineup
16th Annual Angel City Jazz Festival Announces Final 2023 Lineup In its 16th year, 501 (c)(3) Angel City Arts presents the Angel City Jazz Festival October 13 – 29, 2023, at diverse and popular venues such as REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater), 2220 Arts & Archives, LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), The Moss Theatre,…
Read MoreArthur Verocai Tour Announcement
Brazilian Composer Arthur Verocai Announces His First Ever US Tour With Accompaniment From a 30-Piece-Orchestra He Will Be Performing His 1972 Debut, Self-Titled Album In Its Entirety With Special Guests Presented by ArtDontSleep Tickets On Sale Now In August 2023, ArtDontSleep presents Jazz Está Morto celebrates the genius of Arthur Verocai with a 30-piece-orchestra and Special Guests bringing to life his self-titled, 1972, debut album on Verocai’s first…
Read MoreKeith Jarrett | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s “Württemberg Sonatas” | ECM New Series
Keith Jarrett’s Recording of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Württemberg Sonatas, Made in 1994, Followed a Period in Which the Pianist Had Been Focussing on the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach The Fluidity of the Performance Has a Quality That Perhaps Could Be Conveyed Only by an Artist of Great Improvisational Skills Available June 30 via ECM New Series…
Read MoreNigeria-born, Los Angeles-Based Jazz Vocalist Douyé Breathes New Life into the Great American Songbook on “The Golden Sèkèrè”
Nigeria-born, Los Angeles-Based Jazz Vocalist Douyé Breathes New Life into the Great American Songbook on The Golden Sèkèrè Douyé Blends Her Polyrhythmic African Heritage with the Lyricism of the Western Jazz World to Create an Astonishing 14-Song Collection of Sublime Beauty and Percussive Festivity Featuring Trumpeter Sean Jones, Guitarist Lionel Loueke and Bassist Buster Williams Available…
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