JAS Experience June 2023
JAS ANNOUNCES 2023 JUNE EXPERIENCE LINE-UP Jazz, Soul, Blues, Funk, World Music, NOLA & More at Multiple Venues Across the Downtown Core Jazz Aspen Snowmass (JAS) has just announced the full artist and venue line-up for the JAS June Experience, taking place June 22-25 in downtown Aspen. The Experience will consist of multiple staggered shows…
Read MoreTomer Cohen | Not the Same River
Guitarist Tomer Cohen Makes Auspicious Debut with Not the Same River Featuring Drummer Obed Calvaire and Bassist Matt Penman Cohen Demonstrates His Unique Fingerstyle-and-Pick Technique on Eight Thoughtful Compositions that Reflect His Pastoral Upbringing on a Kibbutz in Israel Available Tomorrow on Hypnote Records “Cohen writes melodies that flow, sometimes in directions you might not expect, and…
Read MoreRalph Towner | At First Light
Guitarist Ralph Towner, an ECM Artist for More Than Five Decades, Releases His Solo Album At First Light In Addition to New Towner Pieces, At First Light Also Includes His Personal Take on Tunes from Broadway Musicals Available March 17 on ECM Records “A convincing case can be made that Ralph Towner is at his finest in a solo…
Read MoreBilly Childs | The Winds of Change
On The Winds of Change, Five-Time GRAMMY® Award Winner and 16-Time GRAMMY® Nominee Billy Childs Leads a Dream Quartet Featuring Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, Bassist Scott Colley and Drummer Brian Blade Much of the Music on The Winds of Change Is Inspired by Film Noir and Nostalgia for the Los Angeles of Childs’ Youth Available March 17 via Mack…
Read MoreAvailable Now: Allison Adams Tucker | 1988
On RETRO Trilogy, Jazz Singer Allison Adams Tucker Zeroes in on the Three Decades of Her Evolved Freedom of Musical Expression: the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s “1977” and “1988” Available Now “1999” Will be Released in March Full-Length Album RETRO Trilogy Available April 14 on Allegato Music Stream Tracks From RETRO Trilogy In today’s streaming world, the process to…
Read MoreAvailable Now: Birth of Bop
Craft Recording Celebrates the Enduring Legacy of Savoy Records and the Revolutionary Bebop Era with The Birth of Bop Featuring Seminal Tracks From Many of the Genre’s Pioneers, Including Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Dexter Gordon, Fats Navarro and More Featuring Painstaking Recreations of the Five 10-Inch LP Compilations That Were Originally Released by…
Read MoreAnn Hampton Callaway | “Fever”
Singer-Songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway Pays Homage to Peggy Lee on Fever: A Peggy Lee Celebration! Includes Two New Lee Compositions That Have Never Been Recorded Featuring Special Guest John Pizzarelli with Ted Rosenthal, Tim Horner, Martin Wind and Bob Mann Available Tomorrow on Palmetto Records “As for Callaway, this recording only goes to show she has…
Read MoreWayne Escoffery | “Like Minds”
Saxophonist/Composer Wayne Escoffery Celebrates the Chemistry Shared by His Closest Musical Collaborators on Like Minds Due Out April 14, 2023, on Smoke Sessions Records, the Album Features Gregory Porter, Tom Harrell and Mike Moreno Joining Escoffery’s Quartet with David Kikoski, Ugonna Okegwo and Mark Whitfield, Jr. It’s often said that great minds think alike, but…
Read MoreECM February and March Releases
ECM Releases New Albums by Bobo Stenson Trio, Ralph Alessi Quartet and Gianluigi Trovesi & Stefano Montanari ECM announces new albums, including Bobo Stenson Trio’s Sphere, Ralph Alessi Quartet’s It’s Always Now and Gianluigi Trovesi & Stefano Montanari’s Stravaganze consonanti. More information on these releases is available below. Gianluigi Trovesi & Stefano Montanari | Stravaganze consonanti | February 24, 2023 In…
Read MoreEmilie-Claire Barlow | “Spark Bird”
Award-Winning Canadian Songstress Emilie-Claire Barlow Returns with Spark Bird Her First Full Album in Five Years Birds, a Constant Source of Joy and Inspiration for Barlow, Reignite Her Spark Available March 31 via Empress Music Barlow Embarks on Her First-Ever American Tour in March Stream Tracks From Spark Bird During the dark isolation days of the coronavirus…
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