Home » Jazz News

Event 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.

Event

Mexico City Jazz Tours with Jorge Canavati Announced

Source: Jorge Canavati
July 5, 2016

Jorge Canavati, host of the “Jazz de Mexico” radio show featured on 91.7FM KRTU Trinity University Radio in San Antonio has announced the Mexico City Jazz Tours project. An unprecedented and innovative culture and jazz tour of Mexico City, a top jazz center. The tour is a three day and two-night visit to Mexico City which includes visiting two jazz venues. Visitors will have ample time to set up satellite tours and shopping during the day. “This is very unique ...

Continue Reading...

Event

2nd Annual Jazz Bridge Jazz Cruise Set For Saturday, June 11th from 1:30 to 4:30pm

Source: All About Jazz
June 5, 2016

Ahoy Mates! Get yer swagger on an' try out some o' yer pirate ramble. Better yet, please join Jazz Bridge as we set sail on the Elite Yacht for our 2nd Annual Jazz Bridge Jazz Cruise. Join us on Saturday, June 11 from 1:30 to 4:30 PM where you will enjoy “world class jazz” provided by the Bootsie Barnes Organ band, featuring trombonist John Swana, organist Dan Kuralnick and drummer Duck Scott. Michael Ricci of All About Jazz and Jazz ...

Continue Reading...

Event

Asheville Percussion Festival To Take Place June 17-19, 2016

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
May 5, 2016

Please join Asheville Rhythm for our Fifth Annual Asheville Percussion Festival on June 17-19, 2016 at the Odyssey Community School, 90 Zillicoa St. among the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains in Asheville, NC. This year’s festival will feature teaching artists from around the globe, including NYC-based drummer and composer Allison Miller, who has performed with Natalie Merchant, Ani DeFranco and voted “Rising Star Drummer”and “Top 20 Jazz Drummers” in Downbeat Magazine’s acclaimed Critics Poll, Portuguese World Music Hand Pan artist Kabeção, ...

Continue Reading...

Event

Virtual Reality In The Music Industry Must Be A Tool, And Not Just An Experience

Source: HypeBot
April 30, 2016

Cherie Hu discusses how, in order for virtual reality tech to gain legitimacy as an industry tool, it must rise above simply being thought of as a gimmicky toy and realize its true potential for use in our day-to-day lives. Guest Post by Cherie Hu Last month, I found myself at the Made in NY Media Center in Brooklyn, testing a prototype of content management platform AudioSalad’s VR player for music streaming. The product intrigued me because it seemed to challenge ...

Continue Reading...

Event

Tickets Moving Fast For May 14 Memorial Concert For Phil Woods In Pittsfield, Mass.

Source: Ed Bride Associates
April 28, 2016

Tribute in Pittsfield, Mass., to Feature the Jazz Master’s Protégé Grace Kelly With Brian Lynch, Bill Mays, Steve Gilmore and Bill Goodwin Berkshires Jazz, Inc. has announced that tickets are on sale, and moving briskly, for the May 14 memorial concert in honor of the late alto saxophonist Phil Woods. To take place at Barrington Stage, in Pittsfield, Mass., the tribute will be performed by a gathering of the NEA Jazz Master’s quintet, with Brian Lynch (trumpet), Bill Mays (piano), ...

Continue Reading...

Event

Vadim Neselovskyi Headlines Art Boutiki In San Jose During Ridgeway Arts Educational Series

Source: Dan Vado
April 28, 2016

Pianist, composer, Berklee College of Music professor and former Gary Burton sideman Vadim Neselovskyi kicks off the Ridgeway Presents series with a stellar trio performance featuring new compositions, original arrangements and select solo piano pieces. A Ukrainian-born pianist, Vadim was classically trained at conservatories in his native Odessa and in Germany; honed his jazz chops on German jazz stages and at Berklee College of Music; and undertook his apprenticeship around the world as a member of master vibraphonist Gary Burton’s ...

Continue Reading...

Event

Internationally Acclaimed Israeli Saxophonist Eli Degibri To Perform At The White House

Source: Greg Pasenko
April 28, 2016

Internationally acclaimed Israeli jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader, Eli Degbiri, will be performing at the 2016 International Jazz Day Global Concert, hosted by President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at The White House. The concert will be broadcast nationally on ABC on April 30th—International Jazz Day—and streamed across the globe by the United Nations and UNESCO. A remarkable list of artists and living legends will take the stage along with Degibri, including Chick Corea, Sting, Pat Metheny, Aretha Franklin, ...

Continue Reading...

Event

Jazzahead! 2016 Trade Fair - Record Attendence - A Rousing Success

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2016

The 11th jazzahead!, the world's largest and most important specialist jazz trade fair, came to a successful end in Bremen, Germany this past Sunday. With a total of 969 exhibiting companies and 2,742 professional participants, the number of visitors from the jazz industry has risen yet again. The trade fair organisers attribute this to the extremely good reputation that jazzahead! enjoys as an international platform for jazz. Music programme is well attended The 40 showcase concerts were also once again ...

Continue Reading...