A world of jazz just minutes from home, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) today announced the top five finalists of the 11th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition.
A world of jazz just minutes from home, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center has announced the top five finalists of the 11th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition.
PBS is premiering NEXT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER, the public broadcaster's recently announced collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to spotlight critical contributions to the arts that continue to inspire contemporary artists.
On Saturday, November 5 at 6PM, patrons, community leaders and artists will gather at the Orange Lawn Tennis Club for the South Orange Performing Arts Center's 2022 Gala. The event—SOPAC's largest fundraiser of the year—will raise significant funds to support local arts education and serve the community through arts experiences that inspire and transform.
Vocalist Claudia Acuña is vulnerable and poised on her latest recording, DUO, which is out now via Ropeadope.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts' calendar just got fuller with freshly added shows for the 2022–23 season. Learn more about the full lineup here!
he Soraya's Jazz at Naz festival returns for a second year with five nights of the best of Jazz performances kicking off on February 2 with Christian McBride's “The Movement Revisited,” celebrating heroes of the Civil Rights movement during Black History Month. Four more February performances follow—two in The Soraya's Great Hall, with its pristine acoustics, and two nights of performances in the intimate onstage Jazz Club.
George Benson, Billy Eckstine and Phyllis Hyman, are but a few of the extraordinary singers that had roots in Pittsburgh and enriched the vocal jazz tradition. The vocalists who will sing at the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival (PIJF), which runs from September 16-18, will expand and extend on the legacy of their Steel City forebears.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) welcomes Hip Hop icons Chuck D, Rakim and Speech to perform with jazz great Christian McBride at the 11th Annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival on Saturday, November 19 at 8 P.M.
Ray Brown (1926-2002), a proud native son of Pittsburgh, was one of the founding fathers of modern jazz bass. So it's only fitting that the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival (PIJF) presents Ron Carter Foursight, Buster Williams & Something More, and Stanley Clarke N 4Ever – three lords of the lower frequencies.
The Soraya kicks off its 2022-23 season with the celebrated sounds of four Jazz legends—tenor saxophonist and composer Joshua Redman, pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Brian Blade— all trailblazers of the Jazz genre.
Hammer Theatre Center has announced it will once again heat up the South Bay with its sizzling Black Cab Jazz Series, presenting today's hottest jazz artists in its intimate Hammer4 Studio, which features cabaret style 4-top seating.
Trinity Church Wall Street has announced the upcoming fall music season, which will include the return of Bach at One, performances by NOVUS NY, and Handel's Messiah, alongside a new jazz concert series and dynamic collaborations.
Trinity Church Wall Street has announced the upcoming fall music season, which will include the return of Bach at One, performances by NOVUS NY, and Handel's Messiah, alongside a new jazz concert series and dynamic collaborations.
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) announced the exciting line-up of the highly anticipated TD James Moody Jazz Festival. This year's program offers events combining jazz luminaries in collaboration with artists known for R&B, poetry, hip hop, and so much more.
Six-time Grammy Award winner David Sanborn will headline the final night of Jazz Fest Pompano Beach 2023. The concert by the iconic saxophonist will take place Saturday, January 21, 2023 in Old Town Pompano Beach.
Chicago-based classical saxophonist Julian Velasco, winner of Cedille Records' first Emerging Artist Competition, plays contemporary works for tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone on As We Are, his debut recording as a featured artist, set for release August 19, 2022.
Reflection and re-dedication are steady themes in the life and work of Claudia Acuña. Following her dynamic debut on the NY scene in the 1990's she released five albums as a leader before slowing down to adjust to motherhood and restore her power. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, she returned refreshed and reborn 2019 and in 2019, delivered the Latin Grammy nominated album Turning Pages, representing reclamation, recovery, survivor and documenting a major creative leap.
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this August with a full slate of nightly performances! At Birdland Jazz Club, catch John Pizzarelli Trio, Sam Gravitte, Alexa Tarantino Quartet, Karen Mason, Artemis, John Yao Orchestra Plays Bird, Bobby Conte, and more.
The ASCAP Foundation announced that composer and trumpet player Michael R. Dudley Jr., one of the 21 recipients of this year’s ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards, will perform at the 2022 Newport Jazz Festival.
