Jazz-Vocal Discovery Tawanda Releases Much-Awaited Debut Album “Smile” on Resonance Records
Exciting Jazz-Vocal Discovery Tawanda, Winner of the 2020 Sarah Vaughan Competition, Releases Much-Awaited Debut Album Smile Available Now on Resonance Records “Tawanda seems to go from zero to belonging in the esteemed company of Veronica Swift, Cecile McLorin Salvant and Cyrille Aimee in negative time, if that could be measured.” — All About Jazz Stream Tracks from Smile On October 28, 2022, Resonance Records, the acclaimed…
Read MoreArild Andersen Group | “Affirmation” | ECM
Affirmation, Norwegian Bassist Arild Andersen’s First Recording with His New Quartet, is Almost Entirely Improvised Featuring Tenor Saxophonist Marius Neset, Pianist Helge Lien and Drummer Håkon Mjåset Johansen Available Tomorrow via ECM Records “As he edges ever closer to 80, Andersen proves with Affirmation that he’s still got plenty left in the tank.” — The Big Takeover In November…
Read More“Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes” Airs Tonight on PBS, Soundtrack Now Available on IN+OUT Records
Tonight, PBS Airs Finding the Right Notes, the Two-Hour Major Documentary on Jazz Legend Ron Carter The Freiburg, Germany Record Label IN+OUT Records Releases the Original Soundtrack of the Film on CD and Double Vinyl with a Bonus Track Partisan Pictures’ Six-Year Project is Produced and Directed by Peter Schnall WBGO Interview with Ron Carter “Carter’s…
Read More15th Annual Angel City Jazz Festival Starts Tomorrow, Final Lineup Announced
Illustration: Wengxian Shi & Chengcheng Han 15th Annual Angel City Jazz Festival Starts Tomorrow Luciana Souza & Vince Mendoza In its 15th year, 501 (c)(3) Angel City Arts presents the Angel City Jazz Festival October 21 – November 5, 2022, at diverse and popular venues such as REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater), 2220 Arts & Archives (formerly…
Read MoreGIG ALERT: Charged Particles with Tod Dickow and Guest Randy Brecker Play the Music of Michael Brecker @ Dazzle on November 11 & 12
GIG ALERT: Charged Particles with Tod Dickow and Randy Brecker Play the Music of Late Tenor Sax Legend Michael Brecker at Dazzle Tuesday, November 11 Wednesday, November 12 Performances at 6:30PM and 9:00PM Tickets Available Online Now Photo Credit: Pat Johnson …
Read MoreAvailable Friday: Benjamin Lackner | “Last Decade” | ECM
On Last Decade, Pianist Benjamin Lackner Leads an Exceptional Cast of Instrumentalists With a Keen Sense of Restraint Featuring Trumpeter Mathis Eick, Drummer Manu Katché and Bassist Jérôme Regard Available Friday via ECM Records Benjamin Lackner’s label debut, Last Decade, is a concentrated investigation into patient quartet interplay, as the pianist leads an exceptional cast…
Read More20th Annual Panama Jazz Festival Announced for January 16-21, 2023
20th Annual Panama Jazz Festival Announced for January 16-21, 2023 Featuring Chucho Valdes, Catherine Russell, Children of the Light featuring Perez, Patitucci, Blade, Erika Ender, Roman Diaz, Global Jazz Womxn, and More In 2023, Panama Jazz Festival celebrates its twentieth edition in a hybrid format. Last year’s festival gathered more than 60,000 people from 20 countries (virtually and on-site). For the 2023…
Read MoreTaurey Butler | “One Of The Others” | Available Today via Justin Time Records
Montreal-Based Pianist Taurey Butler Follows Up His Justin Time Records Debut with One Of The Others, a Suite of Truly Personal Tracks Available Today on Justin Time Records “Drawing heavily from the bebop and hard bop eras, with some Big Easy spice in his rhythms, Butler concerns himself on One of the Others less with a youthful…
Read MoreMaria Mendes | “Saudade, Colour of Love” | Available Tomorrow via Challenge Records
Portuguese-Born Vocalist Maria Mendes Brings Her Spirited Blend of Symphonic Jazz and Fado to the Concert Stage with John Beasley and the Metropole Orkest Saudade, Colour of Love, Available Tomorrow on Challenge Records, Features Orchestral Arrangements of Songs from her Grammy-Nominated Album Close To Me “Mendes and producer, co-arranger and conductor John Beasley get the balance…
Read MoreAvailable October 21: Evgueni Galperine | “Theory of Becoming” | ECM
Theory of Becoming, Evgueni Galperine’s ECM New Series Debut, is One of the Most Strikingly Original and Evocative Albums of the Year Galperine, Who is of Russian and Ukrainian Heritage and a Composer of Film Music, is Working with Sound, Texture and Dynamics in New and Powerfully Expressive Ways Available October 21 via ECM Records…
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