James "Son" Thomas

Christian McBride Gives Fans A Preview Of McBride’s World At Sea Via New Musical Collaborations With Samara Joy, Ledisi, Cécile Mclorin Salvant And José James - All Are Scheduled To Perform On The Cruise, Sailing January 20-27, 2026

Source: G Sibley
September 4, 2025

Nine-time GRAMMY Award-winning bassist, composer and bandleader Christian McBride is giving fans a glimpse into the creative energy and collaborative spirit that will defineChristian McBride’s World at Sea, his week-long music cruise that sails from January 20-27, 2026. Starting this summer and continuing through October, McBride unveils a series of projects with artists who will join him on the cruise that will take place aboard the Celebrity Summit (departing from Ft. Lauderdale with stops in Jamaica and Grand Cayman). Earlier ...
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Perfection: Harry James in the Late '50s/Early '60s

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
May 23, 2025

Two big bands that knock me out from the late 1950s and early 1960s are the ones led by Count Basie and Harry James. Both could swing the house sideways, but both knew when enough was enough. Basie, of course, invented the concept of just enough, but James's decade-straddling band is often overlooked for the same quality. James's near-stalker passion for Basie is well known ("Two O'Clock Jump) but less known is that during this period, they shared the same ...
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Bob James And Dave Koz Team Up On Duets Album, Just Us, Set For March 7 Release

Source: Dave Koz
March 1, 2025

Just Us – An Intimate Evening Of Songs And Stories – Kicks Off On March 13 With Sold-Out Show In Traverse City, MI, James’ Hometown Contemporary jazz icons Bob James and Dave Koz mark a unique milestone in both their careers with the aptly titled duo album Just Us, scheduled for release on March 7 via Just Koz Entertainment. A piano and saxophone only collection of fresh originals and colorful re-imaginings of Great American Songbook standards, its inspired format—sans the ...
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Lizzie Thomas Redefines Holiday Jazz With 'This Christmas'

Source: Cyber PR
November 20, 2024

Acclaimed jazz vocalist Lizzie Thomas rings in the holiday season with This Christmas. This is a radiant collection of holiday classics and originals that blend jazz, Neo-soul, and R&B with her signature sound. Released via Dot Time Records, the album features a stellar lineup of musicians, including John Di Martino (piano), Wayne Escoffery (saxophone), Dezron Douglas and Noriko Ueda (bass), Kevin Sibley (B3 Hammond), Leandro Pellegrino (acoustic guitar), and Neal Smith (drums). The lead single is a sultry rendition of ...
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Announcing The 13th Annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival Presented By The New Jersey Performing Arts Center, November 7-24, 2024

Source: AMT Public Relations
September 14, 2024

Festival Hightlights Paquito D’ Rivera with New Jersey Symphony (Nov 7, 8 & 10) Tribute to Funk! with Bilal, Nona Hendryx, Christian McBride, Savion Glover, Vernon Reid, George Clinton, and More (Nov 14) NJMEA All-State Jazz Band + Choir (Nov 15) Tyshawn Sorey Trio featuring Aaron Diehl and Harish Raghavanand Sandbox Percussion (Nov 15) WBGO Children’s Concert with Davell Crawford (Nov 16) Madeleine Peyroux (Nov 16) Cindy Blackman Santana (Nov 17) Jazz Jams @ Clement’s Place (Nov 21) Bethany Baptist ...
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Son Brings Father's Promised Melody to Fruition

Source: Greg Nathan
July 11, 2024

The song “In the Autumn Years" is the title track of a new album being released this Monday by Soaring Music Publications. “In the Autumn Years" is a 70-year-old melody written by Charles Nathan. Charles was recognized in 1953 by BMI with a Certificate of Achievement for the “great national popularity" of his melody from “Say You're Mine Again," which was one of Perry Como's greatest hits. Also in 1953, Charles wrote the music and words of the song “In ...
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James Blood Ulmer, One Of The 'Greatest Guitarists Of All Time,' In Cambridge, MA on November 16, 2023

Source: Mary Curtin Productions
October 26, 2023

James Blood Ulmer is among the most distinctive and influential electric guitarists who has made a career built on left turns and reinvention. One of the most expressive guitarists on the planet, Blood is one of the undisputed keepers of the flame for the “harmolodic movement” created by Ornette Coleman. He takes those fundamentals and applies them at will to any genre he pursues, from rootsy Americana, rock, hyper funk, outside electric, Hendrix-inspired cosmic blues. Blood’s music is rooted in ...
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Announcing The 12th Annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival Presented By The New Jersey Performing Arts Center November 3-19, 2023

Source: AMT Public Relations
September 13, 2023

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) today announced the line-up of the highly anticipated 12th annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival, running from November 3-19, 2023. This year’s program showcases both legendary and emerging artists exploring jazz through the lens of Afrofuturism, Latin music, dance, soul, and more. Presented by way of unique genre-crossing collaborative concerts, this year’s program reflects on the amalgamation of jazz both in its musical form as well as in its force for and response ...
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Backgrounder: James Moody - Return From Overbrook

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
August 10, 2023

This James Moody CD came out in 1996 and covered two great albums by the saxophonist and flutist—Last Train From Overbrook (tracks #1-10; recorded in 1958) and Flute 'N' the Blues (tracks #11-20; recorded in 1956). Both were released on Chess's Argo label. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Moody, these two albums are great introductions. For those of you who know Moody's work well, you probably haven't heard them in some time and they'll serve as a ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: James Moody

Source: Michael Ricci
March 26, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating James Moody's birthday today!

For over six decades, saxophone master James Moody has serenaded lovers with his signature song Moody's Mood for Love an improvisation on the chord progressions of I'm in the Mood for Love. Born in Savannah, Georgia on March 26, 1925, and raised in Newark, New Jersey, James Moody took up the alto sax, a gift from his uncle, at the age of 16. Within a few years he fell under the ...
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