Home » Jazz News
Recording 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.
Randy Napoleon’s “the Jukebox Crowd” Set For Release on April 2
Source:
Janet Goldberg
With the release on April 2, 2012 of The Jukebox Crowd (Gut String Records GSR008), acclaimed jazz guitarist Randy Napoleon adds a swinging third recording to his impressive discography. The album features Napoleon leading a three-horn sextet performing originals as well as arrangements of “Fools Rush In,” “God Only Knows,” “I'm in the Mood for Love” and other standards. Joining the guitarist are trumpeter Justin Walter, trombonist Josh Brown, tenor saxophonist Ben Jansson, drummer Quincy Davis and organist Duncan McMillan. ...
Continue
Reading...
Snarky Puppy Releases "GroundUP" on Ropeadope Records
Source:
Ropeadope Records
With the release of their last two live CD/DVDs on Ropeadope Records and GroundUP Music, Snarky Puppy has gone from an underground secret to one of the most internationally respected names in instrumental music. The 3-time Dallas Observer Music Award winning group ("Best Jazz Act" 2008, 2009, 2010) has, over the last four years of touring, gained a reputation for putting on a live show unparalleled in energy, virtuosity, and musicianship. They seamlessly fuse a deep knowledge and respect for ...
Continue
Reading...
Paul Simon's "Graceland" 25th Anniversary Editions to be Released June 5th
Source:
Sony Music Entertainment/Legacy
25th ANNIVERSARY OF PAUL SIMON'S GRACELAND CELEBRATED WITH THEATRICAL SCREENINGS AND PRIMETIME TELEVISION SPECIAL OF “UNDER AFRICAN SKIES" DOCUMENTARY; RELEASE OF 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONS: CD/DVD, BOX SET, VINYL AND BLU-RAY DISC “Under African Skies," New Documentary About Graceland From Two-Time Emmy, Peabody Award Winner And Oscar Nominated Filmmaker Joe Berlinger A Premiere Television Event on A&E Following Limited Theatrical Run Graceland 25th Anniversary Editions on Legacy Recordings To Be Released June 5th The 25th anniversary of Graceland, Paul Simon's groundbreaking ...
Continue
Reading...
Minnie Riperton is in bloom with The Decoders featuring Boston Fielder's remake of the classic "Les Fleurs"
Source:
4961 Polemics
It's Spring and flowers are in bloom. Soul music great, Minnie Riperton, left a powerful body of work that continues to influence artists across multiple genres and generations. Riperton's uncanny 5 octave vocal range with an impeccable whistle register, however, has inspired and intimidated artists so much so that there have been very few covers of her music. The Decoders, a Los Angeles production duo, went directly to the heart to rectify that matter. Producer, engineer and multi-instrumentalist, Itai Shapira ...
Continue
Reading...
Third World Love Returns To Its Jazz Roots With Stellar New Album, "Songs And Portraits" (anzic Records)
Source:
Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Third World Love is Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Yonatan Avishai (piano), Omer Avital (bass), Daniel Freedman (drums) CD Release Concerts/Celebrations The Checkout Live at 92Y Tribeca, NYC on April 26, 8:00 PM, on a double bill with Jason Lindner's Now Vs. Now, 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street, NYC SF Jazz Spring Season—Israeli Jazz Fest on April 28, 8:00 PM Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Almost ten years ago in Barcelona, a unique brotherhood was formed that we now know as ...
Continue
Reading...
Cuban Pianist Alfredo Rodríguez, Quincy Jones Co-Produce "Sounds Of Space"
Source:
Michael Ricci
Alfredo Rodríguez brings a lot to the jazz table. But the pianist and composer has been through a lot in his 26 years. Growing up in Havana, Cuba couldn't have been easy. Having an entertainment industry giant such as his father (TV presenter, popular singer) certainly provided the creative outlet, on-the-job training, and fostering of such amazing music to offset such hardship. Because this was Cuba, Rodríguez couldn't just pick up the drum sticks and go to town. He had ...
Continue
Reading...
"Azul," Debut Recording by San Francisco Pianist/Composer Anne Sajdera, Due for Release 4/17
Source:
Terri Hinte Publicity
Pianist/composer Anne Sajdera has long been an invaluable part of the San Francisco Bay Area Brazilian music scene—as leader of her own band Pelo Mar and member of ensembles such as Rio Thing and the award-winning Bat Makumba. Her much-anticipated debut Azul, which will be released April 17 by her label, Bijuri Records, highlights her exquisite touch, rhythmic acuity, and melodic resourcefulness front and center. Sajdera (sazh-dair-uh), who co-produced the CD with veteran guitarist/composer Ray Obiedo, utilizes her dynamic trio ...
Continue
Reading...
MC Yogi Announces New Album Pilgrimage Set For June 19 Release
Source:
Susan Blond, Inc.
"MC Yogi is changing the face of devotional music in America." —NPR “The world needs more artists like MC Yogi." —Russell Simmons Mindful Talent recording artist MC Yogi will release his highly anticipated sophomore album, Pilgrimage, on June 19, 2012. A prolific MC and genre-bending musician, Yogi draws from his life's journey—a high school drop-out graffiti artist who reemerged as a student of Hindu philosophy, a revered yoga teacher, an icon for the alternative lifestyle movement—to offer a refreshing and ...
Continue
Reading...
Trending
Award / Grant
How Can Album Notes Compete For A Grammy Nomination?
Recording
Saxophonist David Ehrlin And Guitarist Neff Irizarry...
Recording
Jelly Roll Morton - 'New Orleans Joys: The Earliest...
Recording
Macedonian Saxophonist Hristijan Risteski Releases...
Recording
Blue Bottle Coffee Debuts Notes In Repose, A...
Recording
What Happened To The American Dream?
TV / Film
Mark Isham: The Voice Within Premieres October 11 On...
VOTE!
