Steve Stevens And Sebastian Bach Playing At The Iridium Jazz Club In NYC
20 January, 2012
Steve Stevens is one of the most gifted guitarists to emerge from the '80s music scene. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 5, 1959, Stevens first picked up the guitar at only seven years old on the suggestion of Sunny Ochs, sister/guitar teacher of 1960's protest singer Phil Ochs. Immersing himself ...
| Independent Jazz Artist Gains Global Audience Through Facebook
19 January, 2012
For several years now, web-savvy musicians have been taking advantage of social media sites to connect with people all over the world, some with more success than others. One artist who seems to have been successful is independent Dutch jazz singer Thisbe Vos. Having previously performed and toured ...
| Kristofferson, Ritter, Sexsmith <3 Jill Barber
18 January, 2012
Jill Barber pens effortlessly hip, timeless songs and sings with a Peggy Lee caliber voice. She has earned two Juno and one Polaris prize nomination and has headlined Montreal Jazz Fest.
She also has fans in some of the most acclaimed songwriters:
Kris Kristofferson has called Jill "a real ...
| Guitar Maestro Lloyd Gregory's Gentle Warrior CD Is Slamming It Up The Jazz Radio Airplay Charts
16 January, 2012
The New Year finds award winning jazz guitarist, composer Lloyd Gregory's CD, Gentle Warrior, surging up the jazz indie and radio airplay charts with its first single "Haiti." January 9, 2012, Gentle Warrior jumped from 79 to 46 on the "SmoothJazz.com Current Top 50 Indie Chart." It moved from 23 to ...
| Soul-Jazz Saxophonist Reinhold Schwarzwald Rides "Sunset" Onto The Wave
12 January, 2012
A collaboration with a pair of Grammy nominated artists ushered the amorous title track to soul-jazz saxophonist Reinhold Schwarzwald's "Sunset" album onto the radio waves of influential Los Angeles radio station 94.7 KTWV The Wave. The kissing on the beach - or by the fireplace - ballad written by ...
| Bass Legend Jeff Berlin Records An Astonishing New CD
10 January, 2012
Insiders who have heard bass legend Jeff Berlin's newest CD are buzzing about the forthcoming release - a release that they are saying could possibly be among the greatest bass album of all time! The word is that Jeff Berlin has recorded a jazz CD so astonishing that the artist himself is in shock with ...
| Original Allman Brothers Band Drummer Returns To NYC With Superb Septet, 1.27 At The Gramercy
06 January, 2012
On January 27, Jaimoe's Jasssz Band will perform cuts off its debut studio album 'Renaissance Man' at The Gramercy Theatre. Led by original Allman Brothers Band member Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson, the band's sound is best experienced in a live setting where the improvisation, impeccable timing and ...
| Grammy-winning Saxophonist Kenny G To Host Special Celebrity Cruises Alaska Sailing In 2013
06 January, 2012
Grammy Award-winning artist Kenny G has chartered modern luxury line Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Millennium to create a special vacation experience in Alaska, May 17-24, 2013. The world-renowned saxophonist will not only offer multiple performances during the sailing, but also will mix and mingle with ...
| Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Patti Labelle, Kem, Ledisi, Kenny G, Doug E. Fresh, Kevin Eubanks, Ramsey Lewis And Nicole Henry Headline The Lucky 7th Annual "Jazz In The Gardens" Music Festival
06 January, 2012
The lucky 7th year of the two-day Jazz in the Gardens music festival returns to Miami Gardens with an incredible line-up sure to put the audience at Sun Life Stadium on their feet on March 17 and 18, 2012. Beginning Saturday, March 17, 2012, "Jazz in the Gardens" attendees will be treated to exhilarating ...
| Karrin Allyson Is #1 Album Of 2011, Says USA Today's Elysa Gardner; Grammy Nominated For 'Best Jazz Vocal Album'
05 January, 2012
'Round Midnight (Concord Jazz) has earned vocalist/pianist Allyson the best reviews of her illustrious career and the widest range of coverage she's ever encountered, as the elegant, dreamy music was embraced not only by her core jazz audience but by mainstream, Broadway/Theater press, syndicated radio, ...
| Ellington Big Band, Southwest Jazz And The Fab Four Headline Tucson's 2nd Saturdays In January
04 January, 2012
The sounds of award winning jazz and a "spot on" Beatles tribute will drift over Downtown Tucson for the popular 2nd SATURDAYS event scheduled from 4-9pm, January 14th. The Tucson Jazz Institute's Ellington Band, winner of the national Ellington Big Band competition last year, will appear for free at ...
| I Am PR Agency Signs Thomas Hutchings To Its Roster
28 December, 2011
I AM PR Agency is proud to announce the addition of unique jazz saxophonist/electronic music composer Thomas Hutchings.
The first time the New York-based musician held a saxophone, he knew music would be a part of him for the rest of his life. "Words barely represent the complete effect of listening ...
| Miles Davis Protege Wallace Roney Sextet To To Launch "Templar Jazz Series" At Detroit's Historic Masonic Temple On Dec. 30 & 31
28 December, 2011
Miles Davis Protégé Wallace Roney Sextet To To Launch "Templar Jazz Series" At Detroit's Historic Masonic Temple On Dec. 30 & 31The Detroit Masonic Temple Theatre Company will launch the Templar Jazz Series on Friday, December 30 and Saturday, December 31, 2011. Internationally renowned jazz trumpet ...
| Duets II, Behind The Scenes Of The Legendary Singer's History-making No 1 Album, On Thirteen's Great Performances Friday, January 27, 2012
28 December, 2011
Tony Bennett made music history with the Grammy-nominated CD Duets II when it debuted at the top of the Billboard Album charts, making Bennett the oldest vocal artist ever to achieve the number one spot. Recently nominated for three Grammys, including Best Traditional Pop Vocal, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, ...
| "The Disharmonic Misadventures Of David Stein", A Funny, Far-out Musical Mystery Novel, Written By A Jazz Musician
23 December, 2011
"The Disharmonic Misadventures of David Stein" A funny, far-out musical mystery. A jazzy new novel written by a jazz pianist. Now available at Amazon.com. A bungling jazz musician gets caught in a crazy, comic world of musical intrigue.
David is a neurotic New York jazz pianist, stumbling through ...
| The Tierney Sutton Band Rings In The New Year With Two Grammy Nominations For American Road On BFM Jazz
22 December, 2011
The Tierney Sutton Band, a collaboration that has spanned over 18 years, has produced a catalog of nine extraordinary, critically acclaimed, chart-topping recordings. American Road, their latest and debut on BFM Jazz, just earned the ensemble their fourth consecutive GRAMMY nomination in the Best Jazz ...
| Don Byron New Gospel Quintet Set For Release On Savoy Jazz
22 December, 2011
An innovative, continually curious musical explorer like no other, Don Byron has signed with Savoy Jazz and is gearing up for the release of "LOVE, PEACE, AND SOUL," the debut album by his New Gospel Quintet. With jazz as his springboard, the virtuosic clarinetist and saxophonist has turned his ear ...
| Featured Christmas Week On The Jazz Network Worldwide Percussionist & Musical Evangelist William Johnson Shares His CD Project "Flor De Vida"
21 December, 2011
Latin Music is at the heartbeat of percussionist William Johnson. Influenced by the creativity of other musicians he admired inspired his new CD project "Flor de Vida" The threshold of this music took two years, incorportating sixteen musicians where a selected few were Grammy award-winning artists.
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| Crooner Frank Lamphere's Original Songs To Be Featured In Movie
21 December, 2011
Just eight days after being digitally released, two songs on the new EP, Frank Swings, jazz retro-pop crooner Frank Lamphere's (LAM-fear) first release of original music, have been licensed for inclusion in an independent film.
The New York-based film production company A May Sky Picture Entertainment ...
| Jazz Pianist/Composer Tom Wetmore Debuts With "The Desired Effect" On January 17, 2012
20 December, 2011
The buoyant grooves and graceful melodies heard on the forthcoming CD "The Desired Effect" serve to introduce a fresh new voice in jazz—Tom Wetmore, whose Crosstown Records will release the pianist/composer's exceptional debut, "The Desired Effect," on January 17.
The 29-year-old Massachusetts ...
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