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.
Nimrod Speaks At The Cheltenham PA Center For The Arts On Wednesday, March 6th
Source:
Jim Miller
Jazz Bridge in Cheltenham! presents bassist Nimrod Speaks, appearing at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts—439 Ashbourne Road in Cheltenham—on Wednesday, March 6th. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. Information: 215-517-8337. Nimrod Speaks has been playing acoustic and electric bass for more than half of his 30 years. He started playing electric bass in high school, mentored by Ricardo Jackson, and took up the acoustic instrument during his first ...
Continue
Reading...
Hot Club Of Philadelphia @ Kennett Flash, Kennett Square Pa On Wednesday, March 6th
Source:
Jim Miller
Jazz Bridge in Kennett Square! presents the Hot Club of Philadelphia, appearing at Kennett Flash—102 Sycamore Alley in Kennett Square—on Wednesday, March 6th. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. Information: 215-517-8337. Guitarist Barry Wahrhaftig and violinist Mark Campiglia founded the Hot Club of Philadelphia in 2001 as an ensemble dedicated to performing, preserving and celebrating the music and the style of one of the most influential guitarists in jazz ...
Continue
Reading...
Bill Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers to Perform Sunday, April 28 at Old Rock House
Source:
St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Guitarist Bill Frisell (pictured) is returning to St. Louis to perform at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28 at the Old Rock House. Frisell's last St. Louis appearance was with his quartet in May 2011 at the ORH. This time, he'll be with the ensemble known as Beautiful Dreamers, which also includes Eyvind Kang on viola and Rudy Royston on drums. (You can read of review a show they did in 2011 at the Village Vanguard here.) A veteran of more ...
Continue
Reading...
John McLaughlin, Steely Dan, Phil Lesh, Miles Davis, James Taylor Sidemen Form New Touring Band - The Ringers
Source:
Abstract Logix
Los Angeles, CA: Talk about one of the most amazing group of musicians playing together, debuting in early 2013 – they are THE RINGERS featuring three top notch Rock-Blues Guitarists Jimmy Herring (Widespread Panic, The Dead, Phil Lesh) Wayne Krantz (Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Michael Brecker), Michael Landau (James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis) , drummer Keith Carlock (Sting, Steely Dan, John Mayer) and bassist Etienne Mbappe (John McLaughlin, Ray Charles, Joe Zawinul). This super-group of talent, with such varying ...
Continue
Reading...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 15 - 21
Source:
JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Extending Valentine's Day into the weekend? There's lots of options, some perhaps more romantic than others, depending on what revs up your heartbeat! Be it Tin Pan Alley or garage band grooves, it's all happening here in the Twin Cities. Big Gigs This Week Friday, February 15. The Black Dog always hosts musicians who take an independent spin, regardless of genre, but Friday nights typically bring an installment of the Community Pool/Deep End series, curated by Nathan Hanson and Brian ...
Continue
Reading...
Chris' Potter Quartet At Chris' Jazz Cafe On February 22, 2013
Source:
All About Jazz
Chris’ Jazz Cafe presents saxophonist Chris Potter and his quartet on Friday February 22, 2013. Potter is touring in support of his ECM label debut as a leader,The Sirens an album of mood and melody inspired by The Odyssey. Potter is considered one of the top saxophonist of his generation, has toured extensively with Dave Holland and recently joined the acclaimed Pat Metheny Unity Band. Performing with Potter at Chris' Jazz Cafe are, Craig Taborn on piano, Larry Grenadier on ...
Continue
Reading...
Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Presents Stephanie Jordan In A Tribute To Lena Horne
Source:
Sylvain Music Notes
Hilton Hotel * Rockville, Maryland * Sunday, February 17 @ 8:30 PM The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival (MAJF) in Rockville, MD welcomes New Orleans jazz singer Stephanie Jordan in a tribute to the fabulous Lena Horne on Sunday, February 18, 2013 at 8:30pm on the Ronnie Wells Main Stage at the Hilton Hotel. The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, in the grand tradition of the East Coast Jazz Festival has become a mid-winter tradition in the Washington, DC metro region, attracting thousands of ...
Continue
Reading...
Mark Berman Power Trio Valentine Tonight At 78 Below New York 10 PM
Source:
Miranda Callaway
Mark Berman, whose iconic montuno piano playing on the theme to “Sex and the City" assured his place in the pop culture pantheon, brings his hard- hitting power trio to 78 Below, 380 Columbus Avenue at 78th Street, tonight in a special Valentine's Day celebration from 10 pm 'til 1 am. Berman, whom Oscar host and Hollywood star Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables) calls “a rock of creativity" (the two have performed together live both in New York and Las Vegas), ...
Continue
Reading...
Album Showcase
Trending
Award / Grant
How Can Album Notes Compete For A Grammy Nomination?
Recording
Macedonian Saxophonist Hristijan Risteski Releases...
Recording
Jelly Roll Morton - 'New Orleans Joys: The Earliest...
Music Industry
Harvard’s Ming Mei Residency Concert Features...
Recording
Dan Papirany Trio Captures Lyrical Interplay On New...
Recording
What Happened To The American Dream?
Recording
Blue Bottle Coffee Debuts Notes In Repose, A...
VOTE!
