Brad Mehldau's "Suite: April 2020" Out Now
15 June, 2020
While sheltering at home with his family in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic this spring, pianist and composer Brad Mehldau wrote twelve new songs about what he was experiencing; he was able to record them safely in an Amsterdam studio, together with interpretations of three tunes that mean ...
| Burt Bacharach And Daniel Tashian Team For Blue Umbrella - A Collaborative EP Of Original Songs Out July 31, 2020
12 June, 2020
Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian have announced their Blue Umbrella EP (July 31 / Big Yellow Dog Music), a set of fresh original songs co-written by the three-time Academy Award-winning music legend and the writer/producer behind modern classics like Kacey Musgraves' Golden Hour(which earned Tashian ...
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Deborah Silver Presents A Silver Spin On 'That Old Black Magic'
12 June, 2020
Billboard chart-topping Jazz artist Deborah Silver announces the release of her brand new single "That Old Black Magic" from her upcoming full-length release Glitter & Grits (NTL Records).
The dynamic Silver, who is newly recovered from a 40-day battle with Covid-19, is excited to share her new ...
| Brazilian Jazz Pianist Ricardo Bacelar Makes A "Live" Statement With "Nothing Will Be As It Was"
11 June, 2020
Brazil is leading the world per capita in coronavirus cases making it unlikely that people will be cramming into a concert venue anytime soon to hear live music. Then there is the recent unrest that erupted in response to civil injustices in the US that bodes to spark meaningful change around the world. ...
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Announcing Blue Note Re:Imagined; Lead Single Jorja Smith "Rose Rouge" Out Now
11 June, 2020
Announcing Blue Note Re:imagined, a brand new collection of classic Blue Note tracks, reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the UK scene's most exciting young talents today. Representing a bridge between the past and future, the project will feature contributions from a rollcall of internationally ...
| John McLaughlin And The 4th Dimension Release First New Recording In Five Years - To Benefit The Jazz Foundation Of America
11 June, 2020
The blues may be the only thing even more universal than the current global pandemic we are all operating through. With this in mind, pathbreaking guitarist and bandleader John McLaughlin has convened his longstanding band the 4th Dimension - Gary Husband (keyboards), Etienne M'Bappe (bass), and Ranjit ...
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Jazz Power ON Honors Charlie Parker At 100
11 June, 2020
Charlie Parker 100: Jazz Power ON, hosted by Eli Yamin, musician, educator and Managing Artistic Director of Jazz Power Initiative, celebrates the bebop genius of saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker.
This live streaming special event features solo performances and iconic stories from Knoel Scott ...
| Jazz Clarinetist Eddie Daniels Captures The Heart Of Another Brazilian Great
09 June, 2020
"It's jazz, it's beauty and it opens the heart." That is how six-time GRAMMY-nominated horn player Eddie Daniels describes his forthcoming album, "Night Kisses: A Tribute to Ivan Lins." Slated to drop July 31 on Resonance Records, the new collection is the second chapter in a trilogy devoted to iconic ...
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Cory Smythe - 'Accelerate Every Voice' Out This Friday
09 June, 2020
Pianist and composer Cory Smythe evokes cyborg choirs and coastal floods on Accelerate Every Voice, his second release for Pyroclastic Records and the follow-up to 2018 album Circulate Susanna. Bringing together five vocalists from the a cappella, new and improvised music scenes, AEV cradles Smythe's ...
| Daniel Hersog 'Night Devoid Of Stars' Out Friday, June 12
09 June, 2020
Vancouver-based jazz composer Daniel Hersog wrote much of the music for Night Devoid of Stars, his debut big-band album, early in the morning before teaching, with news on the TV in the background.
So, the darker strain of events these days - extreme political polarization, escalating climate disaster, ...
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Contemporary Jazz Duo Vibes Alive Hope "Windchime" Rings In Healing
05 June, 2020
It had been twelve years between albums for contemporary jazz group Vibes Alive when their "Vibrasonic" disc dropped in early March. Only their third album in the 23-year partnership between vibraphonist Dirk Richter and guitarist Randall Crissman, each recording is an event record. The buzz started ...
| SY Smith, The Queen Of Undergrouund Soul Releases Visuals For Album Title-Track "Sometimes A Rose Will Grow In Concrete"
04 June, 2020
Among the myriad of things this pandemic has severely disrupted for so many people is travel, especially summer holiday plans. Singer-songwriter SY SMITH aims to alleviate our quarantine cabin fever with her scenic offering for her album's ethereal title track "Sometimes A Rose Will Grow In Concrete" ...
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California Jazz Vocalist Beth Duncan To Release Her Third Album "I'm All Yours," On July 24, 2020
04 June, 2020
Sacramento jazz vocalist Beth Duncan's third album, a collection of songs written by composer-lyricist Martine Tabilio, is a persuasively swinging project brimming with smart new tunes that deliver many of the pleasures found in American Songbook standards. It's also a confident and deeply satisfying ...
| That's A Wrap On The First Virtual Jazz Festival
04 June, 2020
The first ever VIRTUAL TD JazzYYC International Jazz Days Festival ended its successful run last week. Over 28 days, JazzYYC presented 29 live streams and 19 educational videos featuring Calgary artists alongside top Canadian and International jazz musicians. The final episode featured a world-premiere ...
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Michael Buble Offers To Match Donations From Fans To ACLU
04 June, 2020
While quarantined with his family in Vancouver, Michael Bublé, the Canadian, Argentinian, U.S., Italian and global citizen of the world, challenged his followers to be part of the solution to help seek justice and equal rights. He has asked them to consider making a donation to the ACLU and vowed to ...
| Pianist & Composer Jon Notar Releases Single 'To Ourselves'
03 June, 2020
Music has the power to heal, and at this moment, the whole world can use all the healing power it can get. Striving to provide some measure of emotional and spiritual relief during a time of ultimate uncertainty, Jon Notar shares a thoughtful and powerful song in an effort to bring hope and optimism ...
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Guitarist Lawson Rollins' Imaginative "With The Wind" Hopes To Blow To The Top Of The Charts
02 June, 2020
The winds of change are upon us and while possessing the power of destruction, wind can also purify, refresh and foster renewal. It's the latter that world music guitarist Lawson Rollins had in mind when composing "With the Wind," the second single from the recently released "True North" album, a collection ...
| Gerald Clayton To Release Blue Note Debut "Happening: Live At The Village Vanguard" On July 10, 2020
01 June, 2020
Pianist Gerald Clayton is set to release his Blue Note Records debut Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard on July 10. Recorded at the legendary NYC jazz club with a quintet of longtime collaborators—Logan Richardson on alto saxophone, Walter Smith III on tenor saxophone, Joe Sanders on bass, and ...
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Pianist Gerald Clayton To Release Blue Note Debut "Happening: Live At The Village Vanguard" On July 10
29 May, 2020
Pianist Gerald Clayton is set to release his Blue Note Records debut Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard on July 10. Recorded at the legendary NYC jazz club with a quintet of longtime collaborators—Logan Richardson on alto saxophone, Walter Smith III on tenor saxophone, Joe Sanders on bass, and ...
| Afro-Cosmic Music Video Brings Blue Note Recording Artist Marcus Strickland's "On My Mind Remix" Into Rare Dialogue
28 May, 2020
The music video, ON MY MIND, featuring Marcus Strickland, Bilal, Pharoahe Monch, Greg Tate, Ben Williams, EJ Strickland, and Storyboard P, will world premiere with Afropunk on Friday, June 5. The collaboration between Strickland and Storyboard P marks a historic moment-a bonafide jazz musician working ...
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