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Drummer-bandleader Brandon Sanders Carries Basketball Roles Into The Studio On His Feel-Good Fourth Album, The Game Changer
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Out October 30, 2026 via Savant Records, The Game Changer features Warren Wolf, Jeremy Pelt, William Hill III, Stacy Dillard, Eric Wheeler and guest vocalist Briana Swann “Instead of playing jazz in his youth, Sanders played basketball, and one can picture him dribbling the ball with the same springy energy….” —Chris Pearson, The Times of London Album release concertsNovember 20 at Jazz Fellowship, Seattle November 27, 2026 at World Stage, Los Angeles January 16, 2027 at Sista’s Place, Brooklyn, NY ...
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Ted Rosenthal Caps His 4-part Piano Trio Cycle With 'The Good Old Days,' Set For May 1 Release On TMR Music
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Ted Rosenthal offers up yet another side of his rich, expansive approach to the jazz piano with the May 1 CD release of The Good Old Days (TMR Music). The capstone of Rosenthal’s monumental tetralogy Trios in 4 Acts, it finds him leading his two longtime trios in putting a contemporary twist on early jazz styles. The album also features joyful cameos on two tracks by the late, great clarinetist Ken Peplowski. Recorded in summer 2024, the Trios in 4 ...
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Acclaimed Jazz Saxophonist Nick Stefanacci Headlines At Williams Center For A Good Cause
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EMPKT PR
Renowned saxophonist Nick Stefanacci, hailing from Wayne, New Jersey, is set to grace the stage of the Williams Center in Rutherford, NJ once again with his captivating performance and magnetic stage presence. The occasion? The unveiling of his latest musical endeavor, the much-anticipated Secrets EP, scheduled for release on May 10, 2024. Stefanacci, accompanied by his esteemed ensemble of musicians, will command the Black Box Stage of the Williams Center on Saturday, May 11, 2024, starting at 8:00 PM. Tickets ...
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Fania Boogaloo: It's a Good, Good Feeling
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back in the 1960s, there were the Billboard pop and R&B charts. Everything was rock and soul, Black and white, uptown and downtown. But if you lived in New York, as I did then, in Washington Heights, you knew there was a third stream—boogaloo. You could hear it coming out of the open windows of apartments on summer weekends in Washington Heights, from 140th to 175th streets, and in East Harlem. Amazing what you'd hear in the days before air ...
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Pianist George Kahn George Kahn 'Some Good Jazz News' Virtual Viewing Party Premieres on Sunday December 6
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George Kahn
West Coast Jazz Recording Artist George Kahn Presents SOME GOOD JAZZ NEWS A Virtual Video Premiere Party – Sunday December 6 at 6:00 PM PT Please join George Kahn along with Pat Kelley, David Hughes, Alex Acuña and special guests for SOME GOOD JAZZ NEWS, a Virtual Video Premiere Party This Sunday December 6. To celebrate the release of his 10th album, DreamCatcher, George has put together an hour of GOOD JAZZ NEWS including the premiere of three ...
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Some good news for a change, near and far
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Amid all the economic pain and uncertainty this year for jazz musicians, clubs and festivals due to the pandemic, there is some good news to share. It comes on distant and local fronts, as we continue to await how the “new normal” affects the arts long term. First, from Europe: On September 2, Denmark’s iconic venue, Jazz Club Montmartre in Copenhagen, announced it was closing and laying off all staff. Management said it was economically impossible to keep operating with ...
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Roberto Magris And Two Good Czechs
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
An Italian of Slovenian ancestry who grew up in Trieste, pianist Roberto Magris frequently tours in Europe with colleagues from a variety of European nations. He also works in in the United States, where he operates the record label called JMood. Here, we see and hear Magris a few weeks ago in the Birdland Jazz Club in Neuburg a.d. Donau, Germany. With him are the formidable bassist Frantisek Uhlir and drummer Jaromir Helesic, mainstays of modern jazz in the Czech ...
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Japanese Music Sales Dragging, But It Could Be Good News
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HypeBot
While the US is well established as the largest music market in the world, number two, Japan, is perhaps less well known. Recently, the island nation's music sales have seen a bit of slowdown, however. Still, this may not be a bad thing for the music industry overall. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Everyone knows that the United States is still the largest music market in the world, but which one do you think is #2? The ...
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The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra - So Far, So Good…with More On The Way
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Michael S. Clark
An especially creative jazz ensemble like the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) seldom has time to look back or dwell too long on past achievements. The last couple of years, however, have been marked by several milestone events with even more still to come. In fact, the band has been so busy with performing, recording and overseas commitments that we almost forgot to tell the world about our many diverse projects. The previous 20 months or so have seen the ...
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Did Technology Bring About The Death Of Good Music?
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HypeBot
After new research was released suggesting that millennials prefer golden oldies to contemporary pop, Stephen Carlisle did some digging to determine if this was in fact accurate and, if so, what role technology may have played in the “decline" of music's quality. Guest post by Stephen Carlisle of NOVA Southeastern University This item from the website Metro.co.uk caught my eye last week. The article’s headline read: “Millennials Prefer Music from the “Golden Age” to the Pop of Today, Research Suggests.” ...
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