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.

Recording

Grammy-Winning Producer Ricky Kej Joins Singer-songwriter Kathy Sanborn In Lights Of Laniakea

Source: Kathy Sanborn
May 15, 2015

Teaming with GRAMMY-winning producer Ricky Kej, recording artist Kathy Sanborn combines her trademark silky vocals and heartfelt compositions with Kej's consummate production skills for her seventh album, Lights of Laniakea, to be released worldwide August 14, 2015. Sanborn says, “Lights of Laniakea is packed with cheerful songs and positive energy. Always an optimist, I wanted to share my upbeat vision for the world in Lights of Laniakea, and Ricky Kej was the ideal producer to bring my compositions to life.” ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

Sultry Vocalist Kathy Sanborn Joins #1 Billboard Artist Ricky Kej In “fantasy”

Source: Kathy Sanborn
August 8, 2014

Velvet-voiced singer/composer Kathy Sanborn and award-winning recording artist and producer Ricky Kej combine their considerable musical talents in the brand new single, “Fantasy.” Releasing August 12, “Fantasy” will be available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, and other select retailers. Jazz meets New Age to produce the song that captures the passion of romance. Sung in Spanish, the composition showcases Sanborn's renowned sultry vocals and signature jazzy style. Kej adds his own unparalleled skills in production and instrumentation to invite the ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

Jazz Singer Kathy Sanborn Goes Latin With New Album Fantasía, Releasing June 3rd

Source: Kathy Sanborn
June 2, 2014

Internationally renowned singer and composer Kathy Sanborn releases her new Latin jazz album, Fantasía, June 3, 2014, available through Amazon, iTunes, Barnes & Noble, and other fine retailers. Packed with songs that showcase Sanborn’s trademark velvet voice and sultry style, Fantasía spotlights the many moods of Latin Jazz, from upbeat, bouncy tunes to romantic ballads. From the South American flavor of “Pensamiento” to the modern jazz feel of the title track, “Fantasía,” the common theme of Sanborn’s sixth album is ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

Kathy Sanborn's Latin Jazz Album Fantasía Releases June 3, 2014

Source: Kathy Sanborn
April 1, 2014

Renowned jazz singer and composer Kathy Sanborn pays homage to her Latin heritage with Fantasía, Sanborn’s latest album comprised of primarily Spanish vocal jazz songs releasing June 3, 2014. Based in northern California, the American velvet-voiced jazz songstress is of Nicaraguan descent. Bilingual and cosmopolitan, the exotic Sanborn combines sensual vocals with artistic originality. Fantasía, the sultry vocalist’s sixth album, reflects Sanborn’s South American roots and Latin musical sensibilities. Fantasía incorporates many moods of Latin jazz, from the South American ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

Kathy Sanborn's Sultry Night Releases September 3rd

Source: Kathy Sanborn
August 29, 2013

The glamour of yesterday returns to today’s jazz music with Sultry Night, the steamy new release by American jazz singer and composer Kathy Sanborn. Sanborn’s sizzling album has a film noir inspiration, where passion and sensuality rule the day. Sultry Night opens with the smoky and seductive title track, evocative of the age of film noir detectives Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe. The album continues with songs honoring movie icon Cary Grant and jazz vocal legend Anita O’Day, both performers ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

Kathy Sanborn's "Sultry Night" Releases July 1st

Source: Kathy Sanborn
July 2, 2013

Sultry Night, the steamy new jazz MP3 album from singer, pianist, and composer Kathy Sanborn, releases July 1, 2013 through the Pacific Coast Jazz label. Sultry Night is available for purchase through popular online outlets such as iTunes and Amazon. The CD version of Sultry Night debuts September 3, 2013. Sanborn’s fifth album hearkens back to the glamour days of sizzling romance in classic movies. Taking a cue from the film noirish cover photo of Sanborn in a vintage evening ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

Vocalist Kathy Sanborn Turns Up The Heat With Sultry Night

Source: Kathy Sanborn
June 6, 2013

Sultry Night, the steamy and seductive new jazz album from singer, pianist, and composer Kathy Sanborn, releases July 2nd, 2013 through the Pacific Coast Jazz label. Sultry Night will be available for purchase from popular digital outlets such as iTunes. The CD version of Sultry Night debuts September 3rd, 2013. Sultry Night includes songs honoring jazz vocal legend Anita O’Day and popular screen actor Cary Grant. Sultry Night also includes the song, “Angels Cry,” which was penned by Sanborn in ...

Continue Reading...

Recording

New Vocal Jazz Album Six Degrees Of Cool Spotlights Financial Woes Of The 99%

Source: Kathy Sanborn
September 5, 2012

Six Degrees of Cool, the newly released vocal jazz project from singer, pianist, and composer Kathy Sanborn, shines a light on the economic turmoil of the 99-percenters. Packing a punch on the nature of economic hard times are the songs “Bitter Winter” and “Shanty Man,” the last a song describing the effects on a family in the Great Depression of the 1930s. Sanborn says, “'Bitter Winter' describes the nature of the times we’re living in; homeless families, jobless people, and ...

Continue Reading...