Pat Metheny News

Guitarist Tyler Reese has been releasing jazz-rock records since he was 15, but the now 23-year-year-old finally reached Billboard's Top 5, which is where his newly-released Reminiscence debuted on the contemporary jazz albums chart.

Morning Sun: Adventures with Oboe -- Paul McCandless with the Paul Winter Consort, A Retrospective will be released on October 20, 2017.

How much do you know about the music of Joni Mitchell? How much do you know about the life of Joni Mitchell? Everything you'd want to know about the life and loves of Joni are found on every album across the past 50 years. Much about Joni's life is committed to biographical anthologies that attempt to explain her life to those who love her music.

One of the most acclaimed and innovative of all contemporary vocal groups, The Manhattan Transfer as first lauded for its pop success in the 1970s and 1980s, including chart-topping hits like 'Boy from New York City' and 'Operator.'

MusicTalks celebrates Ella Fitzgerald's centennial in a special concert at the legendary Birdland Jazz Club on November 12th, at 6:00pm (Tickets $30-$40 plus a $10 drink minimum), featuring award-winning vocalist, Thana Alexa and some of New York City's most in-demand musicians, including world renowned trumpeter, Michael Rodriguez.

KRIS KRINGLE The Musical has found its Kris Kringle and Mrs. Claus! ...Broadway's Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Tuck Everlasting, Newsies) and Kim Crosby (Into the Woods, Guys & Dolls) will play Kris Kringle and Mrs. Claus, respectively, in the original holiday musical, featuring previously announced Tony Award nominees Cathy Rigby (Peter Pan, Seussical) and Pamela Myers (Company, Into the Woods).

'What's a marimba?' It's like a xylophone, but bigger and more fabulous - just like Brian.

Symphonic music, tap, R&B, modern dance, American Song and all that jazz, performed by an array of artists beloved by audiences around the world, will be experienced for one night only in "NJPAC@20: Friends in Concert!" today, Sept. 23 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). This special occasion at 7 p.m. in Prudential Hall celebrates the Arts Center's 20th anniversary season (2017-18).

Critically acclaimed musical virtuosos, The Dixie Dregs, or The Dregs, have announced they will perform a limited number of concerts in select U.S. cities on the east coast beginning in March and will stop in New York at Town Hall on March 16 at 8pm. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com.

Launch the holiday season with KRIS KRINGLE The Musical. Featuring Tony Award nominees Cathy Rigby (Peter Pan, Seussical) and Pamela Myers (Company, Into the Woods), KRIS KRINGLE The Musical plays two performances, Friday, November 24 at 3PM and 8PM, at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street, NYC).

Symphonic music, tap, R&B, modern dance, American Song and all that jazz, performed by an array of artists beloved by audiences around the world, will be experienced for one night only in NJPAC@20: Friends in Concert! on Saturday, Sept. 23 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC).

Latin Grammy Award-winning Flamenco composer and virtuoso guitarist, Vicente Amigo, known as one of the most dazzling Flamenco guitarists of his generation, returns to Los Angeles for one-night only at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, September 20 at 8:00 p.m. Hailing from Cordoba, Spain, Amigo has toured the world receiving many of Spain's most important awards and honors and is highly respected and admired for his artistic thirst and capacity for innovation and renovation.

Canadian saxophone player and multi-instrumentalist Joseph Shabason is streaming his debut album Aytche this week via the CBC's First Play.

The Iridium has revealed four just-announced shows, plus its upcoming lineup. Scroll down for details!

Adelphi University Performing Arts Center (PAC) is marking its 10th anniversary season featuring the concert version of the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning RENT by Adelphi graduate Jonathan Larson; multiple Grammy winner Bruce Hornsby; powerhouse Broadway singer and Hamilton star Mandy Gonzalez; star of stage and screen Lucie Arnaz and much more. Tickets are now on sale at the box office or online at pac.adelphi.edu.

Canadian saxophone player and multi-instrumentalist Joseph Shabason is streaming his debut album Aytche this week via the CBC's First Play.

Symphonic music, tap, R&B, modern dance, American Song and all that jazz, performed by an array of artists beloved by audiences around the world, will be experienced for one night only in "NJPAC@20: Friends in Concert!" on Saturday, Sept. 23 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). This special occasion at 7 p.m. in Prudential Hall celebrates the Arts Center's 20th anniversary season (2017-18).

Tyler Reese recorded his first album in his mid-teens, studied with jazz legend Pat Metheny and has played with everyone from Prince and Ernie Isley to country great Craig Morgan. Now, still riding the accolades and buzz of his 2017 breakthrough album Reminiscence - which debuted at #5 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart - the multi-talented 24 year old guitar virtuoso is set to make his NYC debut as a headliner at the famed Club Bonafide Today, August 9.

For the sixth consecutive year, singers from around the world will compete online for a coveted spot in the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, a 21st century version of the amateur night at the Apollo Theater that helped launch the career of a gifted teenager from Newark, Sarah 'Sassy' Vaughan, more than 70 years ago.

Tyler Reese recorded his first album in his mid-teens, studied with jazz legend Pat Metheny and has played with everyone from Prince and Ernie Isley to country great Craig Morgan.