New York's jazz heart wasn't always located downtown. Once it was found on 52nd Street and before that on 125th, and for many decades its most powerful radio voice has been WKCR-FM on the campus of Columbia University. Just a few yards away, jazz finds an uptown home at Columbia's Miller Theatre. This season, Melissa Smey has programmed groups from the top of her wish list in a Jazz series that begins with the inventive Lionel Loueke Trio and the Renee Rosnes Quartet.
Conrad Herwig has spent more than a decade 'latinizing' works by some of the most celebrated jazz musicians and composers of the last fifty years. Save for the first recording, The Latin Side of John Coltrane (Astor Place, 1996), all of Herwig's Latin Side albums have been released on Half Note Records, the in-house record label of the Blue Note jazz club.
Conrad Herwig has spent more than a decade 'latinizing' works by some of the most celebrated jazz musicians and composers of the last fifty years. Save for the first recording, The Latin Side of John Coltrane (Astor Place, 1996), all of Herwig's Latin Side albums have been released on Half Note Records, the in-house record label of the Blue Note jazz club.
The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a noted creative forum for musical exploration and development, will highlight the best new jazz compositions created during the past year at its 23nd Annual Summer Showcase Concert.
Indianapolis-based OWL STUDIOS is proud to announce they've been honored with two of the five nominations in the top jazz category of the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards, as Mike Clark's acclaimed 'Carnival of Soul' and Pharez Whitted's Freddie Hubbard-inspired 'Transient Journey' vie for 'BEST JAZZ ALBUM
For the third year in a row, Performing Arts Fort Worth presents the University of North Texas Jazz Artist Series at McDavid Studio. The series kicks off Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. at McDavid Studio, 301 E. 4th St.
While this is just the debut release from The Black Butterflies, a group led by 27-year-old saxophonist Mercedes Figueras, veterans would do well to prick up their ears and take note.
Grammy award-winning composer Bill Cunliffe's 'fourth stream...La Banda' has been nominated for the 2010 Grammy award in the Best Instrumental Composition category.
While this is just the debut release from The Black Butterflies, a group led by 27-year-old saxophonist Mercedes Figueras, veterans would do well to prick up their ears and take note.
For the third year in a row, Performing Arts Fort Worth presents the University of North Texas Jazz Artist Series at McDavid Studio. The series kicks off Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. at McDavid Studio, 301 E. 4th St.
Tessa Souter with all-star trio at the legendary Blue Note on Monday, November 15, 2010 with with Gene Bertoncini (guitar) Ron McClure (bass) Billy Drummond (drums)
