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On the 130th anniversary of the birth of Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva, at a time when immigrants, women and artists face a growing struggle in the United States, renowned Russian-born saxophonist and composer Lena Bloch creates My Name Is…

From the opening notes of “Where or When” to the final fade out of “Ophelia,” Diana Krall and her superb trio captivated a sold-out Lied Center for Performing Arts on Sunday with a standout 100 minutes of jazz from one of…

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's PNC Pops series features two very different themed programs taking place over two weekends this month. “Prohibition: Cabarets and Speakasies of the Era” arrives this weekend, while “Hot Latin Sounds with…

Diana Krall grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, listening to her father's collection of 78 rpm records and falling in love with the piano, which she mastered after a stint at the prestigious Berklee College of Music.She…

New The Grizzly Jazz Foundation owes its name to the nickname of its founder, Dr. Andreas Hoeft (1954-2020), a leading figure in intensive medicine and anesthesiology in Bonn, who was also a big fan of jazz. The foundation has…

Duke Ellington – Live At the Berlin Jazz Festival 1969 -1973 (The Lost Recordings TLR2204041. Album review by Len Weinreich) By their own admission, the record companies are clumsy, cowardly and negligent. And the proof lies in…

Acclaimed singer, pilot, bestselling author, psychologist and theater producer Judy Whitmore has released her new jazz album Isn't It Romantic along with the music video for the enchanting third single "I Remember You".With her music…

Sibongile Mbotshane, Chris Hani District Municipality Integrated Planning and Economic Development Portfolio Manager. Photo: Chris Hani…

DGAP-News: DEAG Deutsche Entertainment Aktiengesellschaft / Keyword(s): MiscellaneousDEAG Deutsche Entertainment Aktiengesellschaft: DEAG strengthens Classics & Jazz segment by acquiring “Classic Open Air” at Gendarmenmarkt 12.09.2022 /…

If travel is on your mind and jazz has a place in your heart, these festivals are the next stop for you! Gone are the days when jazz was the prerogative of poorly lit clubs. Over the years, the fascinating musical genre has…

Click to enlarge Photo: Chris Bair | Unsplash The first Cincinnati International Jazz Festival will be held on the ICON Festival Stage at Smale Riverfront Park. The first Cincinnati International Jazz Festival…

A few weeks ago, she gave a private concert at the invitation of the German head of state. Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a proud and avowed jazz fan, started what he calls his own "little tradition" of holding open-air jazz…

Staci Griesbach says when she dropped the needle on "Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits" on a lazy day at home, it was like she was struck by lightning. "It was a tape we had in our Bonneville family when I was growing up in…

On the 130th anniversary of the birth of Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva, at a time when immigrants, women and artists face a growing struggle in the United States, renowned Russian-born saxophonist and composer Lena Bloch creates My Name Is…

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The festival stage at Domaine D'O Paul Allen Every July since 1985, a French music festival showcases top international talent with hundreds of mostly free classical music, opera, jazz and DJ concerts. This year's…

Parker's footprint at Summer Fest extends far beyond the main stage on Sunday. With Kansas City-raised Bobby Watson's Saturday afternoon and evening sets paving the way for the "Parker at 100" triumvirate, the San Jose Jazz has engaged…

"Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, launched by singer Nicky Schrire, and it is the second feature film to be released. The initiative aims to create an online resource for jazz musicians who work with children, those considering…

Hard work is paying off for the students of the Jazz and Commercial Music Academy at Bakersfield College…

At times, Jazz on Jay feels like an extended family as players move from band to band and show off new or unfamiliar talents.Kaitlyn Fay performs today at Jazz on Jay as a vocalist. However, she is probably best known as the baritone…

Australian saxophonist Richard Maegraith, back from Berlin, Germany, where he has been based since 2015, opened this concert with his supergroup Galaxstare. Originally formed in 2007, they played music from their third album Listening With…

Tempe-based Lakeshore Music, which for 14 seasons was a premier jazz concert series, has merged with…

Jthe centenary year of the birth of Charles Mingus deserves to be celebrated wherever creative music thrives, not just in the jazz world which has celebrated him since the 1940s. LA-raised original rocked the insularity of jazz with a…

Suedtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige 2022 (Festival Overview and iPhone Snaps by Alison Bentley - Part 1 of 2) Steffi Narr (R), Oliver Steidle. High women - among the mountains surrounding Bozen/Bolzano, women have prominent roles in…

Itinerant – lost bees (Diatribe Records - DIABOK040. Album review by Jon Turney) A gnat caught in the eyelash none of us know who is more afraid Vagabond are "a quartet of the most internationally recognized Irish…

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. Outstanding The Underrated Miles Davis Period…

Ella Fitzgerald at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook (Verve. Album review by Len Weinreich)For most of his career, the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald was led by the incomparable impresario Norman Granz, founder of "Jazz At…

Inntöne Keyboard Festival (Diersbach, Austria. June 3-5, 2022. Summary by Oliver Weindling) Paul Zauner, founder and artistic director of the Inntöne Festival, having moved the dates of the main festival to July a few years ago,…

It was breathtaking when Jimmy Fallon ridiculed Peter Brötzmann on national television. Last year, apropos of nothing, the chuckling 'Slow Jam the News' purveyor took it upon himself to compile a 'Do Not Play List', which included the…

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. Outstanding First recording of Wadada Leo Smith's…

Photo courtesy of Brian NalepkaMiss Maybell & Her Ragged Jazz Band, including, left to right, Charlie Judkins; Lauren Sansaricq, aka Miss Maybell; and Brian Nalepka, will perform music from the early 20th century at Brookdale Reformed…

The last time musicians performed for an audience inside the Smoke Jazz Club on Broadway on 106th Street was in mid-March 2020. Kevin Hays was on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Al Foster on drums.…

Light-hearted and relatable, the lyrics advise that "happiness can be found cheap, but it can be quite expensive to keep." This thread of humor runs throughout the album and…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4hoh6CqzwIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4hoh6CqzwI Like American jazz, Japanese jazz began with earlier styles like foxtrot and ragtime. Jazz was international music, spreading across the…

Features News day reporter Friday, May 27, 2022 International jazz, soul, funk and techno artist Sharon Phillips stunned audiences when she performed at North Coast Jazz in 2019. When!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Carnegie Hall today announced the schedule for its acclaimed ensemble NYO Jazz's first-ever U.S. tour, which will take place on the heels of the June 24, 2022 release of the ensemble's first full-length studio album, We're Still Here. The…

Double bass player, conductor and composer Petter Eldh, originally from Gothenburg in Sweden and living in Berlin since 2009, will receive Germany's oldest jazz prize, the SWR Jazz Prize, originally initiated by Joachim-Ernst Berendt.…

Golding and his crew followed him. “He dragged us through all these old Soviet-style towers for miles and miles and finally he brought us to this club in the basement,” he explains. "We go down the stairs and people shout…

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. Outstanding Verve/UMe Acoustic Sounds audiophile vinyl…

Bristol New Music 2022 (various locations in Bristol, May 5-8) Angel Bat Dawid + Bendik Giske + Ligeti Quartet + Shirley Pegna/Dominic Lash/Angharad Davies + Kelly Jayne Jones + Sarah Davachi KellyJane Jones. Performance in…

The Sidmouth International Jazz and Blues Festival is set to be an exciting new cultural event for East Devon. Ticketed concerts will take place in the atmospheric setting of Sidmouth Parish Church and there will also be free live music by!-->…

Capping off a historic April that included his first ever Grammy win, an appearance on the Grammy Salute to Paul Simon (airing later this year on CBS) and a deeply revealing interview with Marc Maron's WTF podcast, where Marc attested "I…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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!-->…

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 – 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…

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!-->!-->!-->…

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 (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…

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…

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 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 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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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 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 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…

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…

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…

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 (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"…

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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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…

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…

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…

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, 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 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 - The nationally recognized Murray State University Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Workshop and Blue Jazz Combo…

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…

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 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…

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, 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…

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…

"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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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 / 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…

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 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,…

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…

BEST JAZZ The best jazz on Bandcamp: August 2021 By Dave Sumner September 08, 2021!-->…

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…

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…

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…

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…

COOPERSTOWN - Origins Café at 558 Beaver Meadow Road in Cooperstown will host Hyuna Park, Amadis Dunkel and…

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…