Home » Jazz News

Jazz News

Timely announcements covering new album releases, tours, concert series, special events, job postings, crowdfunding campaigns and more. You can find more news by searching our website, viewing our news stream, seeing what's trending or reading our blog posts. Subscribe to our news RSS feed and/or embed AAJ news content on your website or blog. Learn about our news service here. Submit news here.

Performance / Tour

Gio Guido And Silvano Borzacchiello Announce 14-date San Gennaro Japan Tour

Source: Gio Guido
July 29, 2026

Guitarist Gio Guido and Swiss-based drummer Silvano Borzacchiello will present the San Gennaro Japan Tour 2026, a 14-concert journey across Japan from September 17 through October 3. The project is centered on real-time composition. No predetermined repertoire or fixed structures will be used. Melody, harmony, rhythm and form will emerge through the interaction between guitar and drums, making every concert a completely new work created for that place, audience and moment. Guido and Borzacchiello first met in Los Angeles in ...

Continue Reading...

Performance / Tour

Gio Guido Announces Live Composition Project For Upcoming Solo Guitar Album

Source: Gio Guido
December 30, 2025

Guitarist Gio Guido announces a new live composition project documenting the creation of his next solo guitar album through a series of YouTube live sessions. Following the initial launch of Extemporaneous Compositions, Gio continues the project by recording one complete composition per live broadcast, each performed and captured entirely in real time. Each session results in a single, uninterrupted piece that will become part of a forthcoming solo guitar album. There is no written music, no predetermined form, and no ...

Continue Reading...

Performance / Tour

Gio Guido Introduces Extemporaneous Compositions: A New Real-time Solo Guitar Language

Source: Gio Guido
December 14, 2025

Italian guitarist and composer Gio Guido, currently based in Japan, announces the launch of a groundbreaking new artistic project: Extemporaneous Compositions, a live performance series in which every piece is composed and performed simultaneously in real time. The series premieres on December 14, 2025, with additional live broadcasts on December 19 and December 28 at 8 p.m. (JST) on YouTube. For Gio, this project represents the most significant artistic breakthrough of his musical life—the result of a research path that ...

Continue Reading...