Home » Jazz News
Performance / Tour 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.
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 30-November 5
Source:
JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Along with assorted ghosts and goblins, we have some of the area's best jazz musicians delivering their own tricks and treats this week. Big Gigs This Week Friday, October 30. Tonight (and tomorrow night), start your evening at Crooners where accordionist/keyboardist Denny Malmberg plays the Happy Hour sets— featuring polkas! Dinner sets at the Icehouse tonight feature the sublime duo of Bryan Nichols (piano) and James Buckley(bass). At Jazz Central, the trio was initially scheduled as Hipster Farm Supply, and ...
Continue
Reading...
Jazz this week: Kat Edmonson, Houston Person, Dave Dickey Big Band, and more
Source:
St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
While goblins, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and zombies may rule the upcoming Halloween weekend, there's also plenty of live jazz and creative music to be found in and around St. Louis over the next few days. Here's a brief look at some of the most noteworthy shows... Wednesday, October 28 Multi-instrumentalist Lamar Harris and singer Anita Jackson will team up for the first of two nights of what's billed as a tribute to Nina Simone at Jazz at the Bistro. Thursday, ...
Continue
Reading...
Legendary Jamaican Piano Master Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express at Catalina's On November 13-14
Source:
Scott Thompson Public Relations
A REGGAE-JAZZ PARTY! Plus Special Surprise Guests Rare L.A. Appearance! Catalina Bar & Grill in Los Angeles November 13-14, 2015 Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge in Denver November 11-12, 2015 Monty Alexander is on a roll having a sold-out European summer tour, then bringing his Harlem-Kingston Express roaring into the Motor City for the 2015 Detroit Jazz Festival in September, he now leads this rockin' crew to Los Angeles' famed Catalina's. One of ...
Continue
Reading...
Guitarist/Composer Pete McCann On Tour In Support Of "Range"
Source:
Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
GUITARIST/COMPOSER/BANDLEADER PETE MCCANN ON TOUR IN SUPPORT OF HIS FIFTH RECORDING, RANGE Range is available now on Whirlwind Recordings. CD RELEASE CELEBRATION TOUR Nov 3 - 8PM - Marshall University, Huntington, WV Nov 4 - 9PM - Denison University, Granville, OH Nov 5 - 3:30PM - Clinic at Kent State Univ. Recital Hall, Kent, OH Nov 5 - 8PM - Blu Jazz, Akron, OH Nov 6 - Clinic for Jazz Arts Group, Columbus, OH Nov 7 - 10PM - Natalie's, ...
Continue
Reading...
The National Jazz Museum In Harlem Fall 2015 Benefit Concert Next Week October 28 Featuring Jon Batiste with Guest Michela Marino Lerman!
Source:
Scott Thompson Public Relations
JON BATISTE, THE BANDLEADER FOR LATE NIGHT WITH STEPHEN COLBERT October 28, 8pm - Alhambra Ballroom - Reserve Now JUST ADDED OPENING ACT: TAPDANCER MICHELA MARINO LERMAN Jon Batiste, National Jazz Museum in Harlem's Artistic Director at Large brings his legendary energy and great music to the intimate and historic Alhambra Ballroom in Harlem on October 28 at 8pm to benefit the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Adding to the excitement is the incredibly talented tapdancer Michela Marino ...
Continue
Reading...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 23-29
Source:
JazzINK by Andrea Canter
A new youth series, local veterans and some stellar visitors— just another typical jazz week in the Twin Cities, full of difficult choices but you can't really go wrong here! Friday, October 23. Friday Night Jazz at The Nicollet branches out in collaboration with JazzINK to present (monthly) an opening set from a prodigious ensemble of young talents. Tonight the Will Schmid New Quintet kicks off the JazzINK Youth Showcase, featuring guitarist Will (a senior at Minnetonka High School) and ...
Continue
Reading...
Jazz this week: Kevin Eubanks, St. Louis Gypsy Jazz Festival, Banu Gibson, and more
Source:
St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The wide variety of music encompassed by the label “jazz" will be on full display this week in St. Louis, with performances of big band swing, cabaret, free improv, Gypsy jazz, ragtime, and numerous other sub-genres and allied musics happening at local venues. Here's a look at some of the most noteworthy shows coming up... Wednesday, October 21 Guitarist Kevin Eubanks and his trio begin a four-night stand at Jazz at the Bistro. Since leaving his steady gig on television, ...
Continue
Reading...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 16-22
Source:
JazzINK by Andrea Canter
The frost is on the pumpkin, leaves are falling, and jazz is buzzing all over the Metro. It's a full week of local veterans in varying combinations and some young cats from Oberlin highlighting the local scene. Friday, October 16. A fine voice that gets too little attention around town, Joyce Lyons and her usual crew (Phil Aaron, Graydon Peterson) help you chill out at Parma 8200. In Lowertown St Paul, a young voice getting more and more attention lately ...
Continue
Reading...
Album Showcase
Trending
Award / Grant
How Can Album Notes Compete For A Grammy Nomination?
Performance / Tour
Smoke Jazz Club Announces October Line-up Including...
Recording
Macedonian Saxophonist Hristijan Risteski Releases...
Music Industry
Harvard’s Ming Mei Residency Concert Features...
Recording
Jelly Roll Morton - 'New Orleans Joys: The Earliest...
Recording
Dan Papirany Trio Captures Lyrical Interplay On New...
Recording
What Happened To The American Dream?
Featured Video
VOTE!
