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Music Industry

Orchestrating Innovation: Brian Urra And The Evolution Of Musical Organizations

Orchestrating Innovation: Brian Urra And The Evolution Of Musical Organizations

Source: All About Jazz

Step inside Wally’s Café Jazz Club on a brisk Friday night and you’ll feel the pulse—an electric current rewriting Boston’s musical DNA, one bold violin line at a time. It was 2023, and audience members squeezed through the famous red door for a taste of something new and vital: Chilean crossover jazz, surging from beneath Brian Urra’s restless bow. Urra didn’t just play—he ignited. Under his residency, the club’s legendary jam session tradition tangled with South American fire. Jazz lifers ...

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Recording

FYC 'Falling From Earth' Showcases Relentless Commitment To Jazz Mastery

FYC 'Falling From Earth' Showcases Relentless Commitment To Jazz Mastery

Source: All About Jazz

A bold, self-financed jazz odyssey emerges from years of collaboration, resilience, and vision Falling From Earth arrives as a testament to patience, perseverance, and the enduring power of collaboration. Produced and mixed by veteran audio technologist and producer John March, this independently financed project brings together some of the most celebrated names in modern jazz to craft an album that is as daring as it is deeply human. Featuring six-time GRAMMY nominee Mike Stern (guitar), GRAMMY winner Eddie Gomez (bass), ...

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Website

All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: September 2025

All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: September 2025

Source: All About Jazz

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the songs featured in September, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! Top Songs Bad Teeth Neal Bowen From: The Trouble With Dogma 05:22 Cappuccino YUCHTET From: earworm 06:47 ...

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Festival

Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival Returns In November 2025

Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival Returns In November 2025

Source: Jazz Beyond Borders

The Chesapeake Bay and an historic city nestled along its shores form the perfect back drop for the Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival held weekends November 7-16. Now in its fourth year, the musical feast was founded in the maritime neighborhood of Eastport. In 2025, the festival extends to surrounding areas and includes eight venues. Most events are free; two require admission. Reservations are strongly advised for all events. This year’s theme is “World Travelers & Hometown Heroes." Events celebrate ...

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Performance / Tour

New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra Pays Tribute To A Jazz Great In 'Dreamkeeper: Music Of Carla Bley' On Thursday, October 16

New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra Pays Tribute To A Jazz Great In 'Dreamkeeper: Music Of Carla Bley' On Thursday, October 16

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications

The NEC Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Ken Schaphorst, presents Dreamkeeper: Music of Carla Bley on Thursday, October 16. The concert features music composed and arranged by Bley, including “Awful Coffee,” “Greasy Gravy,” “On the Stage in Stages,” and “Jesus Maria.” The 7:30 p.m. concert takes place in Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Admission is free but tickets are required. Information at necmusic.edu. The iconoclastic pianist, composer and arranger Carla Bley was a visionary whose works are revered ...

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Recording

LateNights With Brad Schrader - Bringing Back Cocktails, Cole Porter And Classy Evenings!

LateNights With Brad Schrader - Bringing Back Cocktails, Cole Porter And Classy Evenings!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations

Album LateNights I make it my goal to carry the torch of the American Songbook to a new and younger audience, to keep this great music alive among us. For LateNights we wanted to bring an easy, night-out-with-a-cocktail vibe to our listeners—something we try to bring to our live shows. We bring a cross-section of standards—and not-so-standards—with fresh arrangements to make things easy and interesting. Our superb band of jazz veterans builds a chill groove under and around the vocals, ...

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Performance / Tour

Announcing Smoke Jazz Club's Line-up Of Shows In November 2025 Including The Billy Hart Quartet’s New Album Celebration, Pianists Joey Alexander And Bill Charlap, And More

Announcing Smoke Jazz Club's Line-up Of Shows In November 2025  Including The Billy Hart Quartet’s New Album Celebration, Pianists Joey Alexander And Bill Charlap, And More

Source: AMT Public Relations

Hailed as the “#1 Jazz Club in New York City (SecretNYC),” SMOKE Jazz Club today announced its concert schedule for November 2025. The NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart celebrates his Quartet’s first live recording Multidirectional in a three-night album release celebration during Thanksgiving weekend. Across consecutive weeks, SMOKE presents two highly regarded pianists spanning the spectrum from rising voices to time-honored masters: the precocious 22-year-old Joey Alexander followed by veteran Bill Charlap. Other highlights this month include the return of ...

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Recording

Kandace Springs’ ‘Lady in Satin’ out now on SRP Records

Kandace Springs’ ‘Lady in Satin’ out now on SRP Records

Source: Lydia Liebman Promotions

Lady in Satin is the fifth album by Kandace Springs, an esteemed jazz vocalist hailing from Music City: Nashville, Tennessee. A luminous tribute to Billie Holiday, the 12-song collection is reverent, luxurious, tasteful reimagining of Lady Day’s classic 1958 album of the same name. Therein, the singer is backed by the 60-piece Portuguese ensemble Orquestra Clássica de Espinho, who serve as ideal accompanists with whom to channel a titanic figure—not just in vocal jazz, but Black American music itself. Lady ...


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