Honoring the work and legacy of one of the great jazz composers and collaborators, the Music Institute of Chicago presents a Billy Strayhorn Festival October 26-28. The festival, presented in partnership with Billy Strayhorn Songs Inc., a family corporation of the Strayhorn heirs, includes two star-studded concerts featuring trumpet great Terell Stafford and a screening of the award-winning film Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life followed by a panel discussion. The festival takes place at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.
Radam Schwartz, Hammond B3 Organist and Jazz pianist, has built his reputation over the last 30 years playing with such great musicians as Arthur and Red Prysock, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Al Hibler, and Jimmy Ford. He continues to make music history today playing with renowned artists Cecil Brooks III, Russell Malone, and David Fathead Newman and many others.
Radam Schwartz, Hammond B3 Organist and Jazz pianist, has built his reputation over the last 30 years playing with such great musicians as Arthur and Red Prysock, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Al Hibler, and Jimmy Ford. He continues to make music history today playing with renowned artists Cecil Brooks III, Russell Malone, and David Fathead Newman and many others.
Gwen Terry, The Duke Ellington Society, International Women in Jazz, Jazz Foundation of America and Saint Peter's Church - Jazz Ministry are partnering to produce a fundraiser for Clark Terry on Monday, April 23 at 7 PM at Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street, New York City.
Juilliard Jazz presents a benefit evening on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in celebration of Juilliard faculty member and legendary bassist Ron Carter. "Ron Carter at 75: A Life in Music" includes performances by Mr. Carter and an all-star line-up featuring guest artists Carl Allen, Benny Golson, Hubert Laws, Russell Malone, Christian McBride, Mulgrew Miller, Lewis Nash, Buster Williams, and others! Actor Danny Glover will emcee the evening.
Monty Alexander, who received his first Grammy nomination earlier this year for the Motéma recording Harlem-Kingston Express: Live, will celebrate 50 years in music and the 50th anniversary of Jamaica in a two-week star-studded run at the Blue Note.
Juilliard Jazz presents a benefit evening on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in celebration of Juilliard faculty member and legendary bassist Ron Carter. "Ron Carter at 75: A Life in Music" includes performances by Mr. Carter and an all-star line-up featuring guest artists Carl Allen, Benny Golson, Hubert Laws, Russell Malone, Christian McBride, Mulgrew Miller, Lewis Nash, Buster Williams, and others! Actor Danny Glover will emcee the evening.
Monty Alexander, who received his first Grammy nomination earlier this year for the Motéma recording Harlem-Kingston Express: Live, will celebrate 50 years in music and the 50th anniversary of Jamaica in a two-week star-studded run at the Blue Note.
New York's top charting jazz artist Allan Harris joined jazz legend Monty Alexander at Jazz at Lincoln Center for the Music of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, a nostalgic holiday performance which was sold out Friday, December 9th and Saturday, December 10th, 2011, this past weekend.
The Rewind Show is a vision we have had for as long as we have been in the business of night clubs and event planning. We are tired of the same concept that every night-club in NYC has been stuck with over the years and think that it's time to change the way to party!
The January 2011 issue of Jazz Inside Magazine (64 pages), available free in print and as a down-loadable digital edition is designed for jazz lovers worldwide - and features guitarist Kevin Eubanks - in an interview conducted by Ken Weiss - discussing his new Mack Avenue recording, Zen Food, the importance of marketing one's music, how jazz artists get in the way of their own success by maintaining the belief that marketing, publicity, dressing up, and other image-bolstering activities are somehow selling out and negative influences in attracting fans to the music.
For nearly five decades, Michael Jackson and his music affected and moved generations of people all over the world. His accomplishments as an entertainer were unprecedented, he embodied the definition of a superstar and his music is intimately intertwined with some of the most memorable moments of our lives.
For nearly five decades, Michael Jackson and his music affected and moved generations of people all over the world. His accomplishments as an entertainer were unprecedented, he embodied the definition of a superstar and his music is intimately intertwined with some of the most memorable moments of our lives.
The David Berger Jazz Orchestra - the acclaimed band featured in the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio and PBS TV - recently released their latest CD, 'Sing Me A Love Song: Harry Warren's Undiscovered Standards', featuring Freda Payne ('Band Of Gold,' 'Bring The Boys Home') and Denzal Sinclaire (National Jazz Award Winner). The CD has had great radio airplay and was singled out in USA Today's Best Tracks of the Week and is on sale now at retailers nationwide, as well as Amazon.com, iTunes, CD Baby and their website, http://www.davidbergerjazz.com.
