Trumpeter Preston Smith Releases His Innervision Debut Album "On The Surface" July 21st
20 July, 2017
Innervision Records recording artist and multi-award winning trumpeter Preston Smith comes from Houston, Texas. "On the Surface" features Smith's own writing along with original writing by Cory James, Roderick Allen, Kiland, and Frank McComb.
The album features Danny Kusz, Althea Rene', Andre Hayward, ...
| Jazz-Fusion Legends Weather Report's Classic Album "Ηeavy Weather" To Be Released On Limited Edition Hybrid SACD!
20 July, 2017
Jazz aficionados rejoice! Mrshall Blonstein's Audio Fidelity is releasing pioneering jazz-rock fusion legends Weather Report's classic album Heavy Weather on Limited Edition Hybrid SACD! Heavy Weather remains the touchstone - and easily the best-selling album by Weather Report. Formed in 1971 and continuing ...
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Roy Ayers Ubiquity Throws Out A 'Lifeline' Again
19 July, 2017
Originally released on Polydor, was among the most popular of the prolific vibraphonist-keyboardist-composer-vocalist Ayers' 20 albums for the label; the record is best known for containing one of the jazz-funk pioneer's most popular tracks and biggest singles, "Running Away," which peaked at No. 19 ...
| Critical Acclaim For Brazilian Singer And Songwriter Bianca Rossini's New Bossa Nova Album, Vento Do Norte
17 July, 2017
Following the success of her previous albums Meu Amor and Kiss of Brasil, Bianca Rossini releases Vento do Norte, her latest collection of original bossa nova classics.
Brazilian singer-songwriter Bianca Rossini, on her new, critically acclaimed album Vento do Norte, masterfully establishes that there ...
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Dwight & Nicole Release New Single, Video Coming Next Week, Single To Be Released As A 45 On Vinyl Later This Summer, New Album In The Fall
17 July, 2017
Dwight & Nicole just released their powerful new single, "Wait," on July 4th digitally, and the accompanying video is set for release on the morning of Monday, July 24th via the band's social media pages. Folks may already recognize one half of Dwight & Nicole, as Nicole Nelson was a finalist on "The ...
| Ron Francis Blake, Poncho Sanchez, Seamus Blake, Walt Weiskopf And More
17 July, 2017
Ron Francis Blake is a Los Angeles based trumpet player and studio musician. Both his parents being musicians themselves, immersed him in the world of music by playing jazz records and his father quickly recognized Ron's passion for music. At the age of 9, his father bought him an old cornet that Ron ...
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JazzFest At Sea Presents A Lineup Of World-Renowned Traditional And Classic Jazz Artists
13 July, 2017
The 14th Annual JazzFest at Sea will take place onboard the MSC Divina, departing from Miami to the Southern Caribbean on January 3, 2018 for 11 nights, with stops in some of the best Caribbean islands including Antigua, Grenada, St. Kitts, Barbados and more.
World-Renowned Lineup
Our next jazz ...
| Introducing Anastasia Minster
13 July, 2017
Sometimes it's only when you look back that you're truly able to see. Such is the case with Moscow-born artist Anastasia Minster. Having captivated audiences for several years, Anastasia left her homeland for Toronto in 2014 and it's now apparent just how deeply Russia has seeped into her soul. It ...
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Scores Of Jazz Fans Planning A Summer Fling In Cancun
11 July, 2017
With more than a decade of planning music vacation experiences in alluring locales on land and at sea around the world, it should come as no surprise that in his second full year at the helm, Warren Hill has already doubled the number of festivalgoers preparing to end summer with a trek to his Cancun ...
| World's Oldest Jazz Club Breathes New Life Into Genre By Introducing New, National And Emerging Artists
05 July, 2017
With jazz radio stations disappearing from the airways it has become increasingly harder for emerging artists to break onto the scene. Baker's Keyboard Lounge, in Detroit, is doing something about it.
I believe that music should be shared and I'm very fortunate that I get to help introduce such ...
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Jazz Artist Bob Holz To Perform At The Northeast Jazz And Wine Festival
05 July, 2017
MVD Records and Paiste cymbals/Canopus drums artist Bob Holz (Larry Coryell Trio) will perform in concert at the eighth annual Northeast Jazz and Wine Festival in Syracuse, NY on Saturday July 29th,2017. The internationally acclaimed jazz fusion drummer/composer will co-headline the festival with his ...
| Author Trevor Barre Pens Second Book "Convergences, Divergences & Affinities: Further Beyond Jazz, The Second Wave Of English Free Improvisation, 1973-9"
03 July, 2017
The sub title of the book is "The Second Wave of Free Improvisation in England, 1973-9." It is the author's second self-published book about English Free Improvisation, and follows his "Beyond Jazz, The Golden Age of Free Music in London, 1966-72," an account of the genre's formative years. "Beyond ...
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Blair Crimmins Teaches You How To Sell Out In New Video "You Gotta Sell Something"
03 July, 2017
Atlanta-based Dixieland/Gypsy jazz artist Blair Crimmins released his new album You Gotta Sell Something! earlier this year via New Rag Records. Along with his 7-piece band The Hookers, You Gotta Sell Something! is their fourth studio record and delivers more of their signature supercharged ragtime ...
| Montreux Jazz Festival, Where Legends Inspire Young Talents
03 July, 2017
Indeed, 10% of the purchase on any bottle of Clarendelle sold at the Festival or in the Montreux Jazz Cafes around the world will be donated to the Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation. By purchasing Clarendelle, you are supporting the young artists of tomorrow!
During the spring of 2017, 10 young ...
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Concert Jazz Pianist Barron Ryan Releases New Album The Masters' Apprentice
03 July, 2017
Barron Ryan, one of the most talented up-and-coming concert pianists in the country released his debut album, The Masters' Apprentice today!
Barron Ryan's love for music has always been divided. The son of two musicians, he grew up in a house filled with the sounds of artists ranging from Chopin to ...
| Funk, Fatherhood And Motown Meet At The Intersection Of Jackiem Joyner's Sax-Powered "Main Street Beat"
02 July, 2017
Jackiem Joyner has spent a lot of time on airplanes this month to pave the way for the arrival of his sixth album, "Main Street Beat," a steamrolling sax set that was released Friday by Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Records. Jetting back and forth from his suburban Los Angeles base, Joyner is taking the ...
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Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
30 June, 2017
"Brilliantly captures one of the great saxophonists in jazz - and probably its most revered living improviser - during one of his most intensely creative periods. Startling performances. His music is always revealing; so is this loving tribute." - Washington Post
"Revelatory and engrossing. A superb ...
| Fourth Annual Louis Armstrong's Wonderful World Festival Announces Schedule For July 8, 2017
27 June, 2017
Louis Armstrong's Wonderful World has announced its full schedule for its fourth annual festival at the historic Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, the borough where Armstrong famously resided for more than twenty years.
On July 8th, this daylong event including live performance and various ...
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Paul Kelly Readies New Album 'Life Is Fine' For August 11, 2017
26 June, 2017
To everything there is a season. For Paul Kelly, it's time to get the electric guitar out of the case to create one of the most powerful albums of his career.
That's Life Is Fine - due out in North America on Gawd Aggie/Cooking Vinyl via The Orchard on August 11, 2017 — in which Kelly fires up with ...
| Tom Kohl - Dances With The Sun
26 June, 2017
From 1980 to 1985 Kohl attended UMass Amherst. Studying with saxophonists Archie Shepp and Marion Brown as well as gospel musician and scholar Horace Clarence Boyer. The rich jazz environment at UMass prepared Kohl well to eventually relocate back to the NYC area in 1985. For the next few years Kohl ...
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