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2024 NYC Winter Jazzfest Announces Final Lineup For 20th Anniversary Season
by A.A. Cristi - January 05, 2024 NYC Winter Jazzfest has announced the complete list of artists to be featured at the 20th annual NYC Winter Jazzfest! Please mark your calendars for January 10-18, 2024.... 
Antoine Drye Collaborates with Isaac Raz and an Ensemble of Over Twenty Musicians for New Album RETREAT TO BEAUTY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 19, 2023 Trumpeter Antoine Drye is set to release his new album 'Retreat To Beauty'. Collaborating with esteemed orchestrator Isaac Raz and an ensemble of over twenty musicians, the album delivers lush arrangements of jazz standards and original material, giving a modern twist to a classic orchestral jazz so... 
Kassa Overall Shares New Single '2 Sentimental'
by Michael Major - October 16, 2023 Grammy-nominated alternative jazz drummer, producer, and rapper Kassa Overall releases “2 Sentimental”, a melancholic reimagining of Duke Ellington’s ballad “In a Sentimental Mood”, which Overall has transformed into an anthem for musicians struggling to survive the economic upheaval of the post-pan... 
Celebrate A Cool Yule With Louis Armstrong Holiday Gifts And His First-Ever Christmas Album
by A.A. Cristi - December 05, 2022 When the world-renowned jazz icon Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was on tour, he would always put up a small Christmas tree in the hotel he and his wife Lucille were staying. When they were home for the holidays, they would lavishly display their Corona Queens home with decorations, sing carols, recite... 
Vocalist Judy Niemack's New Songbook WHAT'S LOVE Out Now Via Sunnyside Records
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 28, 2022 Jazz vocalist Judy Niemack presents a collection of rhapsodic romantic songs on her album release, What's Love, out now on Sunnyside Records. Following Niemack's lauded 2018 release New York Stories with pianist Jim McNeely and Danish Radio Big Band, What's Love represents a vulnerable side of the l... 
Louis Armstrong's First Christmas Album Featuring Final Recording, 'Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule,' Available To Stream Now
by Michael Major - October 28, 2022 Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule features nearly the entirety of Armstrong’s holiday output: six singles from the ‘50s, including “Cool Yule,” “Christmas Night in Harlem,” and “‘Zat You Santa Claus?.” The 11-track album also features duets with Velma Middleton (“Baby, It’s Cold Outside”) and Ella Fitzge... 
Louis Armstrong's First-Ever Christmas Album 'Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule,' Featuring Final Recording, Sets Release
by Michael Major - September 16, 2022 Now available for pre-order, Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule features nearly the entirety of Armstrong’s holiday output: six Decca singles from the ‘50s, including “Cool Yule,” “Christmas Night in Harlem,” and the swinging “‘Zat You Santa Claus?.” The 11-track album also features duets with Velma Middl... 
Rising Drummer Aaron Seeber's Album FIRST MOVE Is Out Today
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2022 Drummer Aaron Seeber has released his electrifying debut album as a bandleader, First Move, today via Cellar Music Group. Joined by vibraphonist Warren Wolf, alto saxophonist Tim Green, pianist Sullivan Fortner and bassist Ugonna Okegwo, Seeber and his apt crew recorded First Move at Ornithology Jaz... 
The Town Hall to Celebrate 100th Anniversary With Live Concert in Bryant Park
by Michael Major - August 30, 2021 The concert with feature Grammy-winning musician Chris Thile and special guests Cécile McLorin Salvant and Sullivan Fortner, Zakir Hussain and Ganesh Rajagopalan, Damon Daunno, and Timo Andres, with more to be announced soon. The concert will commemorate the remarkable history of The Town Hall.... 
Dara Tucker Announces The Release Of New Album DREAMS OF WAKING: MUSIC FOR A BETTER WORLD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 25, 2021 Green Hill Music has announced the May 28th, 2021 release of Dreams of Waking: Music For a Better World, the new album by consummate vocalist, songwriter and bandleader Dara Tucker. Tucker's powerful new release gives voice to the cry for social justice and change that has swept across the United St... 
Acclaimed Soprano Janinah Burnett to Release Debut Album
by Stephi Wild - January 03, 2021 World-renowned soprano Janinah Burnett will step into the spotlight with the release of her new album, Love the Color of Your Butterfly. ... 
Lauren Henderson's THE SONGBOOK SESSION Out April 24
by A.A. Cristi - March 30, 2020 Vocalist, arranger and musical impresario Lauren Henderson is proud to announce the April 24th release of her new album - and sixth musical alliance with pianist Sullivan Fortner - The Songbook Session.... 
HARLEM 100 Featuring Mwenso & The Shakes Announced At MPAC
by A.A. Cristi - September 24, 2019 Celebrate the music that made Harlem the center of the music universe at Harlem 100 Featuring Mwenso & The Shakes, Sunday, October 27 at 7 pm at Mayo Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $29-$69.... 
Harlem Based Mwenso & The Shakes' Debut Album EMERGENCE Out Now
by Tori Hartshorn - August 02, 2019 Harlem based band Mwenso & The Shakes' debut album, Emergence, is out now viaRopeadope Records. The new music is receiving early critical praise—JAZZIZ calls the group, “…a unique troupe of global artists presenting music that merges entertainment and artistry” while WBGO.org furthers, “Not many ban... 
Introducing Harlem Based Band Mwenso & The Shakes, Debut Album Out 8/2
by Tori Hartshorn - July 16, 2019 Harlem based band Mwenso & The Shakes' debut album, Emergence, is set for release on August 2 via Ropeadope Records. The band's new single, “No Regrets,” premieres on JAZZIZ, who calls the group, “…a unique troupe of global artists presenting music that merges entertainment and artistry.” ... 
LIVE FROM HERE WITH CHRIS THILE Confirms Guest Lineup For Performances In New York City, Nashville and Dallas
by Tori Hartshorn - March 28, 2019 The guest lineups for the upcoming episodes of Live from Here with Chris Thile in Dallas onApril 6, New York on April 13 & 20 and Nashville on April 27 are set, featuring The Head and The Heart, Sara Bareilles, The Milk Carton Kids, Josh Ritter, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Esperanza Spalding, Del McCour... 
Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour To Head Out This Spring
by A.A. Cristi - November 08, 2018 It's millennials only for the Monterey Jazz Festival's fifth national tour, March 15-April 14, 2019. Featuring some of the most critically-acclaimed, GRAMMY-winning and GRAMMY-nominated jazz artists of their generation, including three winners of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, ... 
Paul Simon To Release New Album IN THE BLUE LIGHT September 7, With Final Leg Of Homeward Bound - The Farewell Tour
by Macon Prickett - July 12, 2018 Legendary songwriter, recording artist and performer Paul Simon will release his 14 th studio album - In The Blue Light - on September 7. Produced by Simon and Roy Halee, who have worked together since the 1960s, the album features a talented cast of musicians who have joined Simon to lend fresh pe... 
Lost Studio Album from John Coltrane to be Released on IMPULSE! on June 29
by Macon Prickett - June 08, 2018 On March 6, 1963, John Coltrane and his Classic Quartet - McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones - recorded an entire studio album at the legendary Van Gelder Studios. This music, which features unheard originals, will finally be released 55 years later. This is, in short, the holy grail of ja... 
Lauren Henderson To Release ÁRMAME March 30 on Her Brontosaurus Records Imprint
by Macon Prickett - March 02, 2018 On her lovely and coolly sensual new recording, 'Ármame,' vocalist Lauren Henderson delivers an eclectic set of jazz, Latin jazz, and other styles in a program reflecting her African-American and Caribbean heritage and her omnivorous musical tastes. Produced by veteran broadcaster and Sirius/XM jazz... 
José James x Bill Withers Tribute Tour Kicks Off 1/11
by Caryn Robbins - December 05, 2017 As 2018 marks the 80th birthday of legendary singer-songwriter Bill Withers, critically acclaimed contemporary jazz and R&B musician Jos James has announced a national tribute tour vetted by Withers himself.... 
José James Celebrates Bill Withers with New Video via NPR
by Caryn Robbins - November 14, 2017 As 2018 marks the 80th birthday of legendary singer-songwriter Bill Withers, critically acclaimed contemporary jazz and R&B musician Jos James announces a national tribute tour vetted by Withers himself.... |
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