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Toronto Pianist Jeremy Ledbetter to Release New Trio Recording 'Gravity'
by Josh Sharpe - April 15, 2024 In a stirring follow-up to their 2018 debut Got a Light?, the Jeremy Ledbetter Trio returns with Gravity: a high-powered set of new original music, brimming with fresh ideas and the jaw-dropping virtuosity and musicality of Ledbetter on piano with Rich Brown (electric bass) and Larnell Lewis (drums)...
Drummer and Composer Larnell Lewis Releases New Recording 'SLICE OF LIFE'
by Blair Ingenthron - April 06, 2024 Drummer and Composer Larnell Lewis has released a new recording 'SLICE OF LIFE,' out now....
Jimmy October Joins Nigerian Afrobeats Artist Ruger on U.S. Tour
by Michael Major - July 27, 2023 He will open for Nigerian Afrobeats artist Ruger, starting in Boston (Aug. 2), continuing down the East Coast to NYC (Aug. 3), Philly (Aug. 4), D.C. (Aug. 5) and Atlanta (Aug. 16) and wrapping in Los Angeles (Aug. 20). In September, he will join fellow T&T soca legend KES on his tour concluding Oct....
Jason Moran & Christian McBride Proteges Featured in PBS Special This Friday
by Michael Major - April 17, 2023 Modern jazz luminaries Moran (piano) and McBride (bass) perform music by Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Geri Allen, and Louis Armstrong in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Taking inspiration from America’s diverse artistic landscape, their collaboration is infused with a distinctive soul that i...
Bassist Or Bareket's SAHAR Is Out Today On Enja Records
by A.A. Cristi - May 06, 2022 Bassist and composer Or Bareket presents his vibrant new release Sahar, out today on Enja Records. Marking his third album as a bandleader, Sahar is Bareket's compositional masterwork wrought by instrumental acuity. The album's tracks are adorned with potent melodic refrains, rife with deep harmonic...
NYC Musician's Union Local 802 Announces Winner of Four-Year $40,000 Emerging Artists Project Grant: The Roxy Coss Quintet!
by Macon Prickett - April 02, 2018 The Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM today announced that the Roxy Coss Quintet is the winner of the union's groundbreaking Emerging Artists Project (EAP). The four-year grant program, launched in partnership with Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL), has been designed to provide sup... |