Lee Konitz News

Dave Stryker and Jay Anderson will play the Seligman Center for the Arts in Sugar Loaf (Chester), NY on October 20th at 3PM.

The Stage at Rockwells has announced its October 2013 live music and comedy lineup. Details below!

City Parks Foundation announces the 21st edition of the beloved late summer jazz favorite, the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. In the world of modern music, few figures loom as large or cast as long a shadow as saxophonist Charlie Parker, best known as 'Bird' (short for 'Yardbird') to generations of musicians. He was born in 1920, and almost sixty years since his death in 1955, he is universally celebrated for single-handedly inventing bebop and bringing jazz into the modern era.

On Wednesday, August 21, The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival at SummerStage presents 'Beacons of Jazz' - A Full Length Film Screening. The FREE SHOW will take place at The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music, located at 55 W. 13th Street, 5th floor. Showtime: 6:30PM - 8:30PM - Seating is First Come, First Served.

City Parks Foundation proudly announces the 21st edition of the beloved late summer jazz favorite, the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. In the world of modern music, few figures loom as large or cast as long a shadow as saxophonist Charlie Parker, best known as "Bird" (short for "Yardbird") to generations of musicians. He was born in 1920, and almost sixty years since his death in 1955, he is universally celebrated for single-handedly inventing bebop and bringing jazz into the modern era.

Carol Fredette is everything you need in a jazz singer. She thinks, swings and phrases like a creative instrumentalist, yet her way with words captures the essence of a lyric," says critic Dan Morgenstern, one of her many fans. Her deep expressive voice, strong sense of swing and charismatic presence have wowed audiences, critics and fellow musicians the world over. Fredette's reputation has continued to grow as a fine educator, vocal coach and record producer.

Yoshi's San Francisco announces updated calendar for club and restaurant through July 7, 2013.

Cornelia Street Cafe presents the Mat Maneri Trio featuring Mat Maneri, viola, Ed Schuller, bass and Randy Peterson, drums. This concert will be the 20 year anniversary of this contrapuntal trio who will be playing a collection of music from their past 3 recordings as well as new material. The trio have worked together over the years to try and push the boundaries of what a jazz trio can be, incorporating fresh ways of interpreting modern classical, swing and other forms of music.

Cornelia Street Cafe presents the Mat Maneri Trio featuring Mat Maneri, viola, Ed Schuller, bass and Randy Peterson, drums. This concert will be the 20 year anniversary of this contrapuntal trio who will be playing a collection of music from their past 3 recordings as well as new material. The trio have worked together over the years to try and push the boundaries of what a jazz trio can be, incorporating fresh ways of interpreting modern classical, swing and other forms of music.

The Harlem Resonance Festival (tonight, April 2 - May 11) is Symphony Space's second annual multi-disciplinary thematic spring festival, following last year's celebration of Gertrude Stein's Paris.

The Harlem Resonance Festival (April 2 - May 11) is Symphony Space's second annual multi-disciplinary thematic spring festival, following last year's celebration of Gertrude Stein's Paris.

Award winning jazz singer, Martha Lorin, brings 2013 in with a new show at the Metropolitan Room in New York, NY, featuring jazz greats guitarist Vic Juris and bassist Harvie S. Martha Lorin's 'Love Songs for Jazz Lovers' will play one show only tonight, February 11th, 2013 at 9:30 p.m.

Award winning jazz singer, Martha Lorin, brings 2013 in with a new show at the Metropolitan Room in New York, NY, featuring jazz greats guitarist Vic Juris and bassist Harvie S. Martha Lorin's 'Love Songs for Jazz Lovers' will play one show only on Monday, February 11th, 2013 at 9:30 p.m.

Tras el éxito de las dos anteriores giras Jazz in Blue por España, grandes artistas de jazz vuelven a España en 2013 para actuar en la tercera edición de este festival itinerante, en el que Jason Moran, Chuchito Valdés, Madeleine Peyroux y José James estarán desde febrero a mayo pisando escenarios de ciudades como Madrid, Barcelona, A Coruña, Valencia y San Sebastián.

Edison Award winning trumpeter-composer-producer-bandleader Christian Scott stands tall among a handful of talented young jazz artists who are expanding their artistic vision beyond the strict confines of the genre's tradition. Scott plays The Blue Note tonight through Sunday, August 24 - 26, 8pm & 10:30pm.

Saxophonist Lee Konitz, guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Joey Baron return to the Blue Note for a weeklong run in anticipation of their upcoming release Enfants Terribles (2012), available commercially on Half Note Records September 25th. The group features four veteran jazzmen whose collective efforts on stage and in the studio span decades. Individually, each boasts a distinguished career path and network of associations representing a wide of range of jazz's stylistic directions.

Edison Award winning trumpeter-composer-producer-bandleader Christian Scott stands tall among a handful of talented young jazz artists who are expanding their artistic vision beyond the strict confines of the genre's tradition. Scott plays The Blue Note Friday through Sunday, August 24 - 26, 8pm & 10:30pm.

Saxophonist Lee Konitz, guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Joey Baron return to the Blue Note for a weeklong run in anticipation of their upcoming release Enfants Terribles (2012), available commercially on Half Note Records September 25th. The group features four veteran jazzmen whose collective efforts on stage and in the studio span decades. Individually, each boasts a distinguished career path and network of associations representing a wide of range of jazz's stylistic directions.

The Blue Note announces its lineup for the Late Night Groove Series, Brunch and Monday nights, tonight, July 20-July 23, featuring the Randy Oxford Band, Dwight & Nicole, Ben Monder Trio and Michelle Carr. See full details below.

Birdland (315 West 44th Street - between 8th & 9th Aves.) has announced its line-up of entertainment for the month of August, 2012.