March 2022

A year ago, Illinois' Predatory Loan Prevention Act went into effect, creating a 36%…

The series includes live music, an interactive exhibition, a film, talks By Robert Cloud A silent auction will be held for the art of Doris Weed during Roots of Jazz in!-->…

She will share the stage with American artists Alicia Keys, Diana Ross, Erykah Badu, Robert Glasper and Nile Rodgers, among others. American singer and pianist John Legend will perform at the grand opening night at Maas hall on July 7.…

Most readers of The syncopated times are familiar with alto clarinet/saxophonist Billy Novick from his long association with New England's New Black Eagle Jazz Band, which, until the deaths of three of its key members, was one of the…

Ethan Iverson and Tom Harrell will perform as part of "The Art of Jazz at the Philharmonic". (Image courtesy of Kleinhans Music Hall) Mon March 28, 2022 10:05 AM April 8, 8 p.m., Mary Seaton Hall Ethan Iverson and Tom Harrell – two of…

The welcome return of professional live music to the Eccleshall area is marked by the Adbaston Community Concert Society's (ACCS) first concert of 2022 featuring a local jazz celebrity.Chris Gumbley and pianist Al…

Jidenna, Doen Moen, Mtukudzi, Bruce Melodie, Adekunle Gold and most recently Nigerian Timaya are all stars who have graced the Kigali Jazz Junction, one of the biggest events on the country's entertainment calendar. After a long break due…

Wall Street brokers expect Regional Management Corp. (NYSE:RM- Get a rating) to report sales of $117.18 million for the current quarter, Zacks reports. Two analysts made estimates of the regional branch's earnings, with estimates…

You may have heard: jazz is cool, again. His mainstream sounds are featured in Oscar-nominated Hollywood movies and represented at the Grammys. Locally, it mutates faster, sparking conversations about how new music sounds, who it is and…

NEW ORLEANS -The school board in the town where jazz took root is preparing to overturn a little-known 1922 rule that bans jazz music and dancing in public schools. Officials tell The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate that…

Although founded largely by male musicians, the Milwaukee Jazz Institute understands its "mother" roots as a strong independent musical organization largely comprising former professors from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. This…

Joy Yamusangie always wanted to play the saxophone as a child, but the visual arts turned out to be a more accessible activity. "My parents were buying a pack of printer paper and I was pretty much ready," the London-based artist tells…

Antonio Lizana is one of the most famous artists of the new Flamenco Jazz from southern Spain. Jazz saxophonist, flamenco singer and composer of all his music, Antonio Lizana has given over 300 concerts in over 30 countries in the last…

From John Coltrane's performance at Royce Hall to the legendary Central Avenue, the history of Los Angeles jazz runs deep. And while some The Earth characters may like to mourn the supposed "death" of the genre, there are still plenty of…

The inaugural Jazz on the Lawn event hosted by the Irma Stern Museum ticked all the right boxes for jazz lovers who soaked up the music and the sun in the idyllic setting of the museum's lush secret garden. The March 19 musical event was…

By the mid-twentieth century, the jazz world had an abundance of superstars whose names were familiar even to those uninterested in music; legendary characters like Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgeraldand Nat King…

Brad Leali (photo by Jeff Tracy) Renowned saxophonist Brad Leali will be at SUNY Fredonia on Thursday and Friday, March…

Review at a glance"I used to come here and do kickboxing,” Moses Boyd told the crowd halfway through his show at the Albany Arts Center in Deptford on Sunday night. "I got kicked once and that was the end..."Having realized he's not one to…

American master saxophonist Salim Washington, who lives in South Africa and teaches music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, did not fare well in a recent PenSA podcast. Discussing a common ground between American and…

London-based singer-songwriter and performer Lucy Wroe has been developing her sound as a musician since the age of 10, when she learned to play the guitar. Flourishing with a poised vocals, groovy drum beat and…

Southern State Corporation with ticker code (SSB) now have 8 analysts covering the stock. Analyst consensus points to a buy rating. The target price ranges between 96 and 82 calculating the average target price we see 91.06. With the…

SSince its opening in 2007, the small Sydney jazz club 505 has become an institution. The kind of place where elite international musicians such as Chris Dave and Charlie Watts could "go" just to see what's going on, and where a whole…

Maxi Jazz, legendary vocalist and co-founder of seminal recording group Faithless, has teamed up with electronic music's fastest growing artist, Vintage Culture, on a new dance classic "Commotion." . Vintage Culture also unveiled a…

Covid has starved musicians and fans of live music, but jazz nights in venues across the city are banishing that blues bringing the blues back. As saxophonist Sisonke Xonti tears up a steamy solo on the Jazz Room stage, trumpeter Lwanda…

As saxophonist Sisonke Xonti tears up a steamy solo on the Jazz Room stage, trumpeter Lwanda Gogwana smiles. On a Friday evening in the new jazz hall in Johannesburg, Gogwana leads his quintet through his composition The…

8-piece British afro-jazz collective Kokoroko have an EP and various other tracks dating back to 2018, and now they've finally announced their first full album, Could we be more, due August 5 via Brownswood Recordings (pre-order). "I think…

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One of the most damaging consequences of apartheid was the silence of black artists, which resulted in the loss of their history, among many other things. As many culture documenters know, when artists die, their stories and oral…

All headlining shows are free at this year's CGI Rochester Intl Jazz Festival CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival, June 17-25, Rochester, NY - 19th edition CGI Rochester…

TENDENCYOne of the most damaging consequences of apartheid was the silence of black artists, which resulted in the loss of their history, among many other things. As many culture documenters know, when artists die, their stories…

BOSTON, March 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Mercator Advisory Group has released a report on…

One of the most damaging consequences of apartheid was the silence of black artists, which led to the loss of their history, among many other things. As many culture documenters know, when artists die, their stories and…

One of the most damaging consequences of apartheid was the silence of black artists, which led to the loss of their history, among many other things. As many culture documenters know, when artists die, their stories and oral histories go…

Koma Saxo with Sofia Jernberg – West Koma(We Jazz Records. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Petter Eldh must be one of the most versatile, if not the most brilliant, musicians in Europe. He's Swedish, but studied in Denmark at the…

New Orleans has always been the city of parties and celebrations. Although it has a checkered past, the people of New Orleans have turned life into one huge party and trust us when we say it never ends. This is the city where jazz was…

Saturday March 12, 2022, 2:30 p.m.The worlds of flautist Lina Andonovska and percussionist Matthew Jacobson collided on the Irish experimental music scene – Andonovska from…

goeasy (TSE:GSY - Get a rating) was upgraded by Raymond James equity researchers from an "outperform" rating to a "strong buy" rating in a research report released Friday to clients and investors, BayStreet.CA reports. The company…

American jazz legend and international star, George Benson looks back on his rich career. George Benson scored number one, performed with musical greats such as Miles Davis, Minnie Riperton and Stevie Wonder, and has…

It almost feels like a movie of a lifetime: a successful opera singer decides to leave the road behind and turn her passion for home cooking and love of music into a space where the two arts meet in exciting new ways.At the Green Pear…

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First Hawaiian with ticker code (FHB) now have 7 analysts covering the stock. Analyst consensus points to a 'Hold' rating. The range between the target high and the target low is between 33 and 26 and has an average target at 30.07.…

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BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will feature Karen Mason in their show "Kander & Ebb...And All That Jazz" on Monday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m. The evening pays tribute to John Kander and Fred Ebb, the Tony Award-winning songwriters behind Broadway's…

Added on 03/08/2022 NEPA Stage Staff New York, Plains, River Street Jazz Cafe Excerpt from a press release: Experimental indie funk rockers Paris Monster are coming from New…

Published: 2:10 p.m. March 8, 2022 Update: 12:17 9 March 2022 Tickets go on sale this Friday March 11 for the first Sidmouth International Jazz and Blues Festival. Between Thursday June 2 and Sunday June 5, the event will bring!-->!-->!-->…

Cyberattacks continue to rise alongside the proliferation of business models and digitized systems. Sophisticated attacks such as data breaches, Trojans, phishing, ransomware, and corporate email hijacking are typically left in the hands…

DUBLIN, March 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) today announced that preclinical data on JZP815, an investigational next-generation pan-RAF kinase inhibitor, will be presented as a poster at the American…

Anastasia Wolkenstein, originally from Magdeburg in the former East Germany, lives and works in Regensburg in eastern Bavaria. Her company, Agentur Wolkenstein, which she's run since 2009, has a roster of artists that may seem short…

SUPPORT ROBOCOBRE QUARTET + AFTER THE PARTY WITH K.W.A. DANIEL AND KAIDI TAHAM Led by producer and saxophonist Pete Cunningham, Ishmael Ensemble's richly inventive 2019 debut album "A State Of Flow" marked them as an explosive new force,…

AUXILIARY Ensemble is the brand new project of Belfast composer, Jamie Thompson (formerly James Joys). Emerging somewhat counterintuitively from the lockdowns of 2020, AUXILIARY began life as a remote set of geographically dispersed artists…

Phoenix Central Park has unveiled a new four-day jazz festival that will run from March 31 through April 3. The festival, titled LAYERS, was curated by performer and songwriter Laurence Pike and will inhabit Sydney's innovative…

Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWBK - Get a rating) saw a significant decline in short interest in February. As of February 15, there was short interest totaling 11,300 shares, down 27.1% from the total of 15,500 shares as of January…

Alan John Ainsworth – Sight reading: Photographers andd American Jazz, 1900-1960 (Intellect Books, hardcover, 472 pages. Book review by Andy Hamilton) This exciting and beautifully crafted book tackles a neglected issue in jazz…

The Betsy (thebetsyhotel.com), a luxury family-run Miami Beach hotel known internationally as a hub of arts, culture and community, announces its 10th annual Overture to Overtown (OTO) Jazz Festival, in the honor of National Jazz…

The Enrique Oliver jazz ensemble will perform at the festival. / ONA series of jazz concerts will take place in Malaga, Torremolinos, Ronda, Alhaurín de la Torre and NerjaThe MVA Jazz Festival, an event that brings together the best!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

On Thursday, a group of young Calgary musicians got a taste of how jazz musicians put the bee in beebop. The Jack Singer Concert Hall was filled with the soft, easy rhythms of a small ensemble consisting of piano, horns, strings…

Tweeter tweet button for twitter Posted on March 3, 2022 Evan Mazunik WHAT: ULM Jazz Ensemble performs…

George Gershwin did more than anyone to bridge the worlds of jazz and Broadway and the world of classical music. Already a Broadway prodigy in 1924 due to his work on several editions of George White's Scandals, his Rhapsody in Blue caused…

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The Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival is back.The festival will return to Gahanna's Creekside district from June 17-19, 2022. The festival was canceled in 2020 and reduced and delayed in 2021, due to COVID-19, so festival organizers are…

Written by Penelope Graham As the Canadian housing market hit new frenzied highs during 2021, it's no surprise that the number of new mortgages taken out has also increased - but what's perhaps surprising is that the Gen Z age group…

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Making the world's most influential connectivity industry event for the first time ever for the global deaf community, DeafTawk has partnered with the GSMA and Jazz, to provide live interpretation services of the!-->!-->…

PORTLAND, OR —Mardi Gras is Tuesday and after taking two years off due to the pandemic, the parade will return to Mississippi Avenue. Mysti Krewe, the parade organizers, say it starts at 7 p.m.The parade, which begins in Humboldt/Albina…