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Review: Diana Krall, with a Three-piece Band, Summons Jazz Predecessors at Clearwater Show | Music…
Click to enlarge At a less than full Ruth Eckerd Hall on Friday night, Diana Krall admitted her dimly lit stage was a bit boring. "I can't really see those papers," she observed, before launching into "The Look of Love." The…
International musicians – Masters and students – Play jazz in Antwerp
ANTWERP, Belgium - "It was a really cool experience working with him and playing, especially after a hard winter of isolation!" This is how Alexander Baboian described a musical event in which he participated with…
‘Secular Psalms’ – London Jazz News
Dave Douglas: Secular Psalms
(Greenleaf CD Gre-CD-1090. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans)
This album consists of a suite to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the start of work on the Ghent Altarpiece designed and painted by…
Jazz singer Kat Edmonson returns to the Jefferson Center | The music
Randy Walker special for the Roanoke Times
It is said that skilled workers know their tools. Kat Edmonson knows hers.“It's a clear voice. It's intimate,” the…
Roots of Jazz in Waupaca
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!-->…
Billy Novick’s Blue Syncopators • Jazz Age Music – The Syncopated Times
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…
Koma Saxo with Sofia Jernberg – ‘Koma West’ – London Jazz News
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…
Tickets are on sale for the Sidmouth Jazz and Blues Festival 2022
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!-->!-->!-->…
German agent/artist manager Anastasia Wolkenstein – London Jazz News
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…
The Betsy to Host the 10th Annual OVERTURE TO OVERTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL
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…
BKAV: Westside Blues & Jazz
Welcome back to "Better Know a Venue", a regular column highlighting the coolest and coziest places to listen to live music in the Valley, any day of the week.
An entrepreneur with 40 years of experience, Paul Vincent Perez knows how…
Kick off for the BMW Welt Jazz Award 2022. “Key Position” performed by the trios of…
Munich. With the Julia Hulsmann Trio
to 8 March and the Jacob Karlzon Trio to March 22, the BMW Welt Jazz Award 2022 is launching its thirteenth season. A total of six free concerts given on Tuesday evenings from…
Juilliard Orchestra and Juilliard Jazz Orchestra: Together at Carnegie
Juilliard Orchestra and Juilliard Jazz Orchestra will perform Wynton Marsalis' Swing Symphony at Carnegie Hall on February 23.
When the Juilliard Orchestra and the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra share the stage at Carnegie Hall…
Jazz singer Diana Krall to make her Lied Center debut in October | The music
Jazz legend Diana Krall will make her Lincoln debut on Oct. 2 in a concert that is part of the Lied Center for Performing Arts' 2022-23 season.Krall, the only jazz singer to debut with eight albums at the top of the…
Thundercat, Melissa Aldana, Robert Glasper and More: Jazz Week
Jazz Week is your roundup of new and remarkable stories from the world of jazz. It's a one-stop destination for music news you need to know. Let's take it from the top.
Remarkable
Robert Glasper on The Daily Show with…
BMW Welt Jazz Award 2022. Six pianists and their international ensembles will compete for the…
Munich. In 2022, the BMW Welt Jazz Award will enter its 13and season. Following the theme "Key Position", selected exceptional jazz ensembles will perform in six evening concerts from March to April in the unique…
The unexpected joys of a jazz atmosphere
Faced with unknown places, I turn to music. Often it's jazz, with its standards as the backbone, because this idea of improvisation, of letting new possibilities happen, seems particularly important to me when I'm away from home.…
Painting expressive lyricism through jazz and Brazilian blends: Annie Addington unveils new single…
With an uplifting new jazz single, Annie Addington pierces hearts and minds, forcing listeners to unravel the many emotions they experience.
Expressing authentic and real feelings and evoking raw feelings in the audience, Annie…
Necks are patiently waiting to deliver
The necks ★★★★Melbourne Recital Centre, January 28Of all the assets The Necks possess as performers, perhaps the most striking is their patience. Chris Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton and Tony Buck wait like zen monks, in silence, for the right…
Willis Conover: the jazz messiah who defused the Cold War
Current tensions between the United States and Russia over the Ukraine crisis bear a strong resemblance to the Cold War between the two nations in the mid-1950s. Jazz played a major role in helping to defuse tensions and the possibility of…
The Montreux Jazz Festival partners with TikTok to support new artists | Digital
The Montreux Jazz Festival has announced a UK and European partnership with TikTok for the festival's new music initiative, MJF Spotlight.
Launched in 2021, MJF Spotlight was created by the Montreux Jazz Festival to…
Beegie Adair Pass for the Nashville Jazz Legend
Beegie Adair
Beegie Adaira keystone of the Nashville jazz community, died Sunday, January 23 at the age of 84.
The pianist and singer was equally at home in a variety of musical contexts. She's recorded more than 35 albums, performed in…
Julie Sassoon Quartet: Revue Voyages – the sound of a fascinating original | Jazz
Jit imposed the 2020 lockdown prompted Julie Sassoon to dust off and release an inspired but long-running solo improv recording, If You Can't Go Outside…Go Inside. Later that year, in a gap between lockdowns, she and her longtime quartet…
Salina Symphony channels the 1920s with Jazz Era Garden Party
By Hailey Chapman Hays Daily News
The Salina Symphony Orchestra presents an evening of "good old-fashioned fun and frivolity" with their Jass Era Garden Party, taking place February 19.
The event takes place at the…
“Andreas Brandis and Siggi Loch establish full partnership for ACT” – London Jazz News
Sebastian writes:
A milestone for one of Europe's leading jazz labels is announced today, with the announcement that Andreas Brandis has become a full partner/shareholder of ACT Music.
Andreas Brandis (L) and Siggi Loch. Photo ©…
Universal Music Group is running a series of promotions in the Global Classics and Jazz division
Universal Music Group (UMG) has carried out a series of strategic promotions within the management team within its Global Classics & Jazz (GCJ) division.UMG says these appointments "reflect the company's continued commitment to growth"…
Looking for a new groove? Jazz host Michael Stratton brings his show to WKAR
WKAR welcomes Michael Stratton to its weekend lineup as the host of a new local jazz program.Stratton was the longtime host of The midnight vinyl side on Lansing Community College radio station. His…
Chelsea Carmichael, Ayanda Sikade, Christian McBride and more
Tate was an incredible writer at the sentence-by-sentence level. He reconstructed the art of criticism in his own image, and his thoughts on the artists he covered left heads spinning. From Giddins, I learned to listen to jazz, and…
Wiffle Ball, Dr. Seuss, Jazz, Foot Rubs, and more in today’s FUN10!
Every Sunday we launch a new Fun10, to give you a head start on your week and a glimpse of what's going on over the next seven days. Check out Fun10 every Sunday for details on ten awesome events happening in the city. It's cool read and…
Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2021 | Jazz
10. Emile Parisien / Tim Lefebvre / Christian Lillinger / Michael Wollny - XXXXThis international quartet of contemporary jazz mavericks was invited by German virtuoso pianist / composer Michael Wollny to perform four evenings of unheard…
City College students review and recommend a selection of jazz albums – City Times
Appreciation of jazz through the ears of City students
The cover of the last album released by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald features a portrait of the singer known as “First Lady of Song”. Photo from ellafitzgerald.comEach…
Classical, Jazz and Sound Arts Winners Announced at Ivors Composer Awards
The Ivors Academy has unveiled the winners of 10 Ivor Novello Awards at the 2021 Ivors Composer Awards, celebrating the music of composers writing for classical, jazz, and sound art. The winners were announced at a ceremony hosted by Tom…
We Jazz brings hot jazz to Freezin´ Finland
This place is cool. Not that big, but not super small either. First you have to go up a flight of stairs and then you are in the middle of the cozy bar. To the left is the stage and in front of it, separated from…
Laufey brings Generation Z back to vintage jazz | Characteristics
In 1960, in West Berlin, Ella Fitzgerald stood on stage in front of thousands of people. She was unlike any singer - not just one of the greatest in jazz, but far beyond most of the American music industry. She captivated the crowd who…
THE MUSIC OF MARY LOU WILLIAMS
Described by Duke Ellington as "soul upon soul", Mary Lou Williams has been an extremely influential jazz pianist, arranger and composer for over 60 years. From "Mess-A-Stomp", recorded in 1929 by Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy, to…
2021 Jazz and Classical Encounters Festival in Speyer in December
The 2021 Jazz and Classical Encounters Festival Vol 3 at Spier Amphitheater featuring some of South Africa's best jazz and classical artists in a feast of contemporary music, will take place on Saturday, December 4, 2021.
The full-day…
Jazz Album of the Week: Debunking an Enigmatic ’60s Philadelphia Jazz Legend, One Archival…
For almost 60 years, the only recording on which Hassan Ibn Aliyou could hear the piano playing from 1964 was The Max Roach trio with the legendary Hasaan, an album for which Hasaan - one of the most…
Ticket delivery: the jazz show ends with a dynamic duo
The third and final performance in the Words & Music concert series takes place this week at the Center for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal as a duo, N'den will take the stage on November 17.
N'den is a…
Hear the history of America through the jazz program
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) - Music and technology come together to teach jazz to people around the world.
Augustana University has partnered with the Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Society to create the Jazz Diversity Project.
The…
Rochester Jazz Fest returns to downtown in 2022
ROCHESTER, NY - After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival will return to downtown in 2022.
Festival producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona confirmed on Friday that planning for the…
Kildare Nationalist – Lady jazz arrives at the moat
Kildare actress Roseanne Lynch as Zandra
By Finian Coghlan
IMAGINE a young musician spotted by a talent scout and taken on a tour of Europe to perform with some of the world's greatest musicians. You would think things turned out!-->…
Murray State University Jazz Ensembles returns to the stage for a concert for the first time in 18…
MURRAY - The nationally recognized Murray State University Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Workshop and Blue Jazz Combo…
ChurchJazz Ensemble ‘Jazz It Up’ from Grace Lutheran
The ChurchJazz Ensemble will present a song composed by band leader Andy Tecson called "Jazz It Up" at Grace Lutheran Church in River Forest on November 5th. Proceeds from the concert will go to Voice of Care, a "ministry by and…
Best Jazz Series for UKZN
Through Frank chemaly 23 October 2021Share this article:To shareTweeterTo shareTo shareTo shareE-mailTo shareThe UKZN Jazz and Folk Music Center has reopened its live performances with three exciting jazz concerts scheduled for next month!--sse-->!-->!-->!-->…
Cork Lord Mayor says closure of town station on jazz festival weekend ‘unfortunate’
CORK OFFICIALS have urged revelers to head into town for next weekend's jazz festival despite news that there will be no direct airport or train service on the bank holiday weekend.
Work on the runway…
The Weekend Playlist: A sprawling epic from Toronto jazz trio BadBadNotGood, a nostalgic hit from…
Keeping up to date with new music releases can be a difficult task. Your weekend playlist offers a brief introduction to a wide range of new tracks and the most interesting emerging artists.This week's playlist includes new music from…
The Feeling of Jazz – Spotlight on Wynton Kelly
The feeling of jazz, Hour-1, 10-03-2021 The feeling of jazz, Hour-2, 10-03-2021 The Feeling of Jazz, program # 439 aired on October 3, 2021, featured…
Time to brighten it up at beach festivals
Local beaches continue to receive a constant flow of visitors and warmer than usual temperatures make Delmarva even more attractive. In the coastal county of Sussex, the next few days will also see a large number of musicians and their…
Columbus Jazz Orchestra hopes to instill a sense of joy through music
"We're going to imbue people with music," says Byron Stripling, artistic director of CJOWhen the artistic director of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, Byron Stripling, listens to the music of composers George Gershwin and Irving Berlin, he…
Jonesin ‘for jazz | SDPB
I heard a lot of country music growing up in South Dakota. Not only were country songs all over the radio and TV shows like Big laugh, but I also drew on my mom's collection of classic country…
Latin Jazz Month + World Animal Day, Fado, David Hidalgo, Yo-Yo Ma & Pee Wee Ellis
Monday October 4Global village marks World Animal Day, an event that dates back to 1920s Berlin and is dedicated to bringing attention to animal welfare and protection issues. Global Village marks…
52 tracks of jazz for 2021. 39. “Seems like there’s a whole life” – Bill Bruford, Feels…
Jon Turney's 39th Weekly Selections the drummer makes the best use of an elusive singer.
A set of two halves, labeled Parts One and Two on the original, and posted separately on YouTube (see below). The first half really stays…
Night 2 of Savannah Jazz Festival features musicians from across the East Coast
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) - The 40th Annual Savannah Jazz Festival continued on Saturday with a busy lineup.
The performers for the evening came from across the East Coast, Jacksonville, Florida, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and cities in…
LIVE: Night 2 of Savannah Jazz Festival features musicians from across the East Coast
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) - The 40th Annual Savannah Jazz Festival continues with a packed lineup.
Saturday's performers come from across the East Coast, Jacksonville, Florida, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and cities in between.…
The 14th Annual Angel City Jazz Festival presents the Billy Childs Jazz Chamber Ensemble with Dianne…
Los Angeles, CA - September 15, 2021 - Angel City Arts enters week three of its 14th annual Angel City Jazz Festival featuring Billy Childs Jazz Chamber Ensemble with special guest Dianne Reeves Thursday October 14 at The Ford, 2580…
Pianist’s New Album Features An Array Of Jazz Artists – Times-Standard
Pianist / composer Lukasz Pawlik has released a new recording, "Long -Distance Connections".
"Long-Distance Connections" is Pawlik's second album released under his own name after "Lonely Journey" (2016). The new album was recorded on…
Updates from jazzahead! – News, reviews, articles and commentary from the London jazz scene…
Sébastien writes:
The German press release issued today announces that:
Registration for 2022 jazzahead! (April 28 to May 1) is open, with an early bird discount available until Monday October 18 The Deutscher Jazzpreis…
Christine’s Jazz Quartet | the Pekingese
Christine Xu, jazz singer studied at NewYorkCity , learned classical piano since childhood. In the summer of 2015, she participated in the Jazz Vocal Workshop of singer and jazz composer Annie Chen. During the days in the United States,…
Soho.Live Jazz Week – September 15 – 17 – News, reviews, reports and commentary…
10 venues in Soho, over 100 jazz artists and 17 shows: Soho.Live Jazz Week returns on September 15, writes Izzy Blankfield
This year's lineup for Soho.Live Jazz Week (see full list below) sees a slew of familiar names sharing…
The best jazz on Bandcamp: August 2021
BEST JAZZ
The best jazz on Bandcamp: August 2021
By Dave Sumner September 08, 2021!-->…
Jazz FM Awards 2021. Nominees announced – News, reviews, reports and commentary from the…
New
Nominees for the 2021 JAZZ FM Awards are announced. As the press release states:
“The nominees for the 2021 Jazz FM Awards with PPL and PRS for Music have been announced, once again recognizing a wide range of artists from…
Saalfelden Jazz Festival 2021, Austria – News, reviews, articles and commentary from the…
Art is about what can be done, not just what can be done. The 41st The Saalfelden Jazz Festival, which took place in Austria from August 16 to 22, 2021, relied on the communication of a handful of lead musicians who, in different…
Jazz musicians bring lively energy to the East Village Community Garden
Sign up for our PoliticsNY newsletter for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 elections in your district and across New YorkIn the East Village there are a lot of community gardens - 39, at last count. In a city of…
The Rolling Stones tour stopped Charlie Watts from playing at the Dundee Jazz Festival
How well did Charlie Watts, pillar of the Rolling Stones, come to perform at the Dundee Jazz Festival?
If the cards had fallen differently, an old pal with a worthy Barnhill might very well have seen Watts come back to town for the first…
Coffee to present jazz ensemble | Entertainment News
COOPERSTOWN - Origins Café at 558 Beaver Meadow Road in Cooperstown will host Hyuna Park, Amadis Dunkel and…
The Jazz Project | HillRag
Sunday race •••Blake Aaron, Guitar"Sunday Strut" by Blake Aaron from his Color and passion The album, starring Najee, is now the third Billboard No. 1 hit on the album released in September 2019. Guitarist and Adam…
New Orleans Jazz Festival cancels due to COVID-19 concerns
Elevator aerials during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2018
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival To canceled its annual event due to Concerns about COVID-19 In the region. Organizers released a…
The best jazz singers of all time – classical music
Armstrong's unique scat voice brought a new dimension to improvisation: a track like 'Heebie Jeebies' seems an outpouring of pure joy, a song that doesn't need words to convey its rhythmic, melodic enthusiasm. And on the magnificent 'West…
Eyal Maoz on experimental jazz, new recordings and New York
New York musician Eyal Maoz
Peter Gannushkin
Eyal Maoz has been an active musician in New York for over 20 years and has observed the evolution of the city's music scene over the years. His music is more than…
Bradley Jazz Collective to Host Mountain Top Benefit Brunch on August 8 | Open air concerts
JACKSON - The Bradley Jazz Collective will perform in the Garden of the Wildcat Inn & Tavern on Sunday…
Ljubljana Jazz Festival back in town, July 28-31
STA, July 28, 2021 - Following last year's hybrid edition, this year's Ljubljana Jazz Festival will take place live from July 28-31. Most of the concerts will take place in the Council of Europe Park adjacent to the Cankarjev Dom. The…
Boston She Party to present FOLLIES FOR BOSTON’s first jazz-infused theatrical show at Big…
The must-see original production, Follies for Boston, a theatrical cabaret event, will premiere Thursday, August 12, 2021 at Big Night Live in Boston.Presented by Boston She Party Productions, Follies for Boston combines the sweet, alluring…
Unusual cemetery tours feature jazz stars, more buried in New York
NEW YORK - Michael Cumella, dressed in a 1920s costume, placed his old Victrola record player among the gravestones and turned to the small group of tourists gathered under the towering trees of Woodlawn Cemetery.
“She…
The best jazz on Bandcamp: June 2021
BEST JAZZ
The best jazz on Bandcamp: June 2021
By Dave Sumner July 16, 2021!-->…
Juini Booth, jazz bassist and member of Sun Ra Arkestra, dies at 73
Juini Booth, jazz bassist and longtime Sun Ra Arkestra member, has passed away. Band manager Jack Reich confirmed the news to Pitchfork on Thursday (July 15th). Booth's family said Buffalo News that the musician's health had deteriorated…
Jazz album review: “Freedom over everything” by Vince Mendoza
By Michael Ullman
There is a contrast here, an understandable impatience with current events placed alongside belief in MLK's view of the long arc of the moral universe. Neither cancels the other.
Vince Mendoza and the Czech National…
ABC appoints Joe Gelonesi to lead ABC Classic and ABC Jazz networks
The ABC has appointed Senior Creative and Editorial Director Joe Gelonesi as ABC Classic and ABC Jazz Content Director to drive national networks' continued commitment to distinctive Australian music and talent.In his role as head of…
The Extended Cut: Mattia Prete – Moon, Please Don’t Go [Jazz-O-Tech]
Mattia Prete has been at the heart of Techno Jazz, a new musical movement where free improvisation and jazz instrumentation meet the futuristic and hypnotic mechanics of techno. Prete has worked in this niche as a DJ, live performer and!-->…
Columbus Jazz Group looks forward to live performances of 2021-22
During the coronavirus pandemic, the Jazz Arts Group helped the public stay in touch with their interior Duke Ellington, Count Basie or Dave Brubeck.Thanks to limited capacity concerts, a surprise visit from the great jazzman Wynton…
Central Romania: the Jazz at Bran Castle festival returns with a new edition in August
The eighth edition of the Jazz at Bran Castle festival will take place this summer in the inner courtyard of the famous Bran Castle and at the Evangelical Church in Rasnov, central Romania. The event is scheduled for August 27-29.
This…
40th Annual Savannah Jazz Festival returns with live performances at Forsyth Park
Savannah, GA (WSAV) - The 40e The annual Savannah Jazz Festival returns to Hostess City in late September. Organizers announced Friday that the festival will return this year with live performances at Forsyth Park.
This comes…
Highsnobiety Launches Digital Jazz Festival and You’re Invited
2020 has been a trying year overall, but the ramifications for the arts have been particularly devastating. As concerts and festivals around the world continue to be canceled and many artists struggle to make ends meet, Highsnobiety has…