Downtown Acquires Catalog Of Rock & Roll Hall-Of-Famer Booker T. Jones
11 July, 2018
Downtown Music Publishing has today announced a partnership with Booker T. Jones in a multi-faceted deal that covers the renowned multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and arranger's vast music publishing interests.
Under the terms of the agreement, Downtown has acquired Jones's interest ...
| Chicago Jazz Vocalist Gayle Kolb To Release Debut Recording "Getting Sentimental" On August 31, 2018
11 July, 2018
With the August 31 release of her debut recording "Getting Sentimental," Chicago's Gayle Kolb makes a triumphant statement in song after a stretch of years away from music. Produced and arranged by acclaimed Chicago bassist Dennis Carroll for JeruJazz Records, the album reveals Kolb's metamorphosis ...
| Saxophonist Jeff Ryan Excitedly Embracing The Moment
10 July, 2018
Saxman Jeff Ryan is excited and for good reason. The contemporary pop instrumentalist's debut single, "Up and Up," flew to No.1 on the Billboard chart as well as on three other charts in the US and UK. Even before his debut album, "Embrace," drops Friday (July 13) on Woodward Avenue Records, the buzz ...
| Video Premier: Melbreeze With Jimmy Haslip And Scott Kinsey
09 July, 2018
Melbreeze was born in the historic port city of Smyrna, Turkey - home to illustrious Greek and Roman settlements. As a only child, she grew up in a house where music flowed freely and she found company in art.
Her first foray into performance was through ballet, which she started learning when ...
| Troy Roberts: Video Premier | Through The Eyes Of Psychoville
08 July, 2018
"Roberts is a master of the modern jazz sound, incorporating odd time signatures, extended forms and a vast array of feels, while still maintaining a clear post-bop musical language that places the music firmly in the jazz genre. This ensemble is on fire! Roberts, like Joshua Redman, has a strong command ...
| MJF Announces 2018 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Members And Tour
03 July, 2018
Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce the 2018 members of its Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, the Festival's internationally-renowned high school all-star big band, featuring the best high school jazz musicians in the country.
Twenty-one of the nation's most talented high school musicians ...
| Jazz Saxophonist Sam Rucker Releases New Album "Redemption" Out August 24, 2018
03 July, 2018
One of the first songs that urban-jazz saxophonist Sam Rucker recorded for his third album, "Redemption," was the soothing "Overcomer," on which he emotes intimately on soprano sax during an uplifting exchange with a guitar duo comprised of his nephew, Justin Taylor, and John Calisto. Tragically, both ...
| Jazz Vocalist, Wendy Lee Taylor Releases New Album "Remembering Fred Astaire"
02 July, 2018
Fred Astaire holds a special place in Wendy Lee Taylor's heart for he is the quintessential charming hero of so many timeless musicals and his gravity defying grace, rhythm and creativity continue to inspire thousands.
Wendy Lee Taylor became passionate about dance and music as a child, and after ...
| Lost Studio Album From John Coltrane, Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album, Is Finally Available Now - 55 Years After It Was Recorded
01 July, 2018
55 years after it was recorded, John Coltrane's studio album Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album is finally available today on Impulse! (Verve Label Group)/Universal Music. Recorded at Van Gelder Studios in 1963 with the Classic Quartet (John Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones), ...
| Tony Bennett Will Release Cole Porter & Gershwins Duet Albums
01 July, 2018
Tony Bennett, who turns 92 this year, is in talks to be releasing two duets albums, one featuring Cole Porter songs and one with songs from the Gershwins. According to reports, the rumors may be true about an upcoming sequel to Bennett's hit album "Cheek to Cheek" with Lady Gaga. The follow up album ...
| Belfast Blues/Jazz/Hip-Hop With A Difference
29 June, 2018
Gritty, honest and not shying away from his inner self, step into the world of Singer-Songwriter John Andrews with his colourful characters and lessons learned.
As a child growing up in a religious background in East Belfast, John attended one of Ian Paisley's churches from an early age, where his ...
| Pat Metheny Elected Into Royal Swedish Academy Of Music
29 June, 2018
Pat Metheny has been elected into the prestigious Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Founded in 1771 by King Gustav III, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. The academy's purpose is to promote art music and musical life. It shall thus follow developments within Swedish ...
| The Mattson 2 Announce Mattson 2 Play A Love Supreme
29 June, 2018
The Mattson 2, the virtuosic guitar-and-drums jazz duo of twin brothers Jonathan and Jared Mattson, announced Mattson 2 Play A Love Supreme, their full album cover of John Coltrane's 1964 masterpiece. The record is due on August 17 on Spiritual Pajamas and finds the brothers translating the iconic saxophonist's ...
| Lagond's Live! From The Haven Present An Evening Of Jazz Improvisation
28 June, 2018
Lagond's LIVE! from The Haven (9 Haven Street) welcomes Jerad Lippi (drums), Rick Rosato (bass) and Jean-Michel Pilc (pianist) for an evening of dynamic musical explorations and jazz improvisation on Saturday, June 30 at 7:00 p.m.
The Opening Act: Lagond graduate Henry Mermer (from Briarcliff) ...
| Keyboardist David Garfield Boxes Himself Into A Jam
27 June, 2018
Indulging his passion for R&B-pop on the second volume of his five-part, multi-genre "Outside the Box" series, keyboardist David Garfield will release "Jammin' Outside the Box" on July 20 on Creatchy Records. Like the first disc, the straight-ahead jazz exploration "Jazz Outside the Box," Garfield produced, ...
| Acclaimed Toronto Jazz Drummer Ilios Steryannis' Quartet Set To Perform At Silence Sounds In Guelph
27 June, 2018
Ilios Steryannis is a respected jazz drummer and composer based in Toronto. He is pleased to announce that he will be performing at Silence Sounds in Guelph on Saturday July 7th, 2018! His debut album "Bethany Project" released in early 2018 has received widespread critical acclaim and airplay worldwide, ...
| The Jamie Saft Quartet Announces New Album 'Blue Dream' On RareNoiseRecords
26 June, 2018
Jamie Saft continues his collaboration with eclectic UK-based label RareNoiseRecords in 2018. On a roll after releasing his first ever solo piano album in January, the aptly named 'Solo A Genova', the Upstate New York-based artist presents a further facet of his seemingly boundless talent for composition, ...
| Baritone Sax Aces Kjetil Møster And Mats Gustafsson Join Forces In 'The End', The Powerhouse Collaboration Releases Svårmod Och Vemod Är Värdesinnen On RareNoise
26 June, 2018
When Norwegian baritone saxophonist Kjetil Møster joined forces in the studio with Swedish baritone sax burner Mats Gustafsson, Norwegian noise-jazz guitarist Anders Hana (MoHa!, Ultralyd, Noxagt), versatile, powerhouse drummer Greg Saunier (of the San Francisco-based avant-rock band Deerhoof, who ...
| Featured This Week On The Jazz Network Worldwide: Ken Greves With His Critically Acclaimed CD, Vintage & Rare: The Songs Of Harold Arlen Volume Two
21 June, 2018
Ken's repertoire spans the Great American Songbook, including such legendary composers as Harold Arlen, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Harry Warren, Cole Porter, Vernon Duke, Richard Rodgers, and Stephen Sondheim; also performs great jazz composers such as Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, ...
| Blues/Jazz/Hip-Hop From East Belfast Singer/Songwriter John Andrews
21 June, 2018
Gritty, honest and not shying away from his inner self, step into the world of Singer-Songwriter John Andrews with his colourful characters and lessons learned.
As a child growing up in a religious background in East Belfast, John attended one of Ian Paisley's churches from an early age, where his ...
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