Jazz News

"Things Are Getting Better", New CD by Luther Hughes & the Cannonball-Coltrane Project

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
January 26, 2011

"It all started as I was sitting around one day listening to The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago, a landmark album recorded in 1959. This album was the only time Cannonball and Coltrane appeared together on record other than their work with Miles Davis. As I was listening to this album I thought it might be fun to re-create and perform the original arrangements. While I was mulling over this idea, two dear friends came to mind—Glenn Cashman and Bruce ...

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Bay Area Vocalist Mary Jenson Releases Second Album “Beyond”

Source: Sheryl Lynn Thomas
January 26, 2011

"Beyond" is a beautiful contemporary jazz recording. Mary Jenson has a winner that's sure to please all vocal jazz lovers." —Wayne Wallace, Arranger, composer, musician “ Gorgeous and inspirational east-west jazz blend...pure enjoyment!!!" —Shambhu “I knew this was a serious jazz singer who had something to sing about." —L. Pierce Carson, Napa Valley Register Born on an Air Force base in Biloxi, Mississippi, Mary Jenson is the 6th of 8 children. Her childhood as a military brat was a nomadic ...

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Inside Silence, New Album by Wahid (Dimitris Mahlis (Oud) and Chris Wabich (Frame Drums) Released

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
January 26, 2011

WAHID is the duo of Dimitris Mahlis (oud) and Chris Wabich (frame drums). WAHID (meaning “one") is a new union of instruments and music from the East and West. The primary instruments for WAHID are oud and frame drums, each of which has an ancient history, as found on clay tablets and papyrus scrolls. A duo combination of oud and frames has never been explored or codified, even though the two instruments have complimented each other in classical ensembles for ...

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Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open Continues @ Littlefield - Michael Formanek Quartet & Works

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
January 26, 2011

CONNECTION WORKS PRESENTS The 4th SEASON OF BROOKLYN JAZZ WIDE OPEN @ LITTLEFIELD— littlefieldnyc.com Littlefield is located at is located at 622 Degraw Street between 3rd and 4th Ave in Brooklyn, Tel 718 855 3388, $14 cover, $6 minimum NEXT CONCERT! Wednesday, February 9 @ 8:00 PM MICHAEL FORMANEK QUARTET Tim Berne—saxophones Craig Taborn—piano Michael Formanek—bass Gerald Cleaver—drums Immediately following ...

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CD Release Party

Source: Michael Ricci
January 26, 2011

The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn, a popular early jazz, swing and blues band throw a party celebrating the release of their greatly anticipated third CD Permanent Magic sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery. CD release party, live music performance and swing dance. The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn are an early jazz, swing and blues band composed of acoustic guitar/vocals, upright bass, homemade washboard percussion, trumpet, saxophone and trombone. Their repertoire of witty early jazz, swing and blues is augmented by original tunes ...

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Piano Lessons for Baby Boomers Now Online

Source: Edward Weiss
January 26, 2011

Educator and accredited piano instructor Edward Weiss has recently updated his unique online piano course. It's designed to take anyone from zero to piano composer in less than 30 days—especially those 50 years of age or older. And even better, it's all done over the internet in the privacy and ease of one's home. Almost everyone has unfulfilled dreams, and for many of us over 50 one of those dreams is playing an instrument. The ability to simply sit down ...

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Sean Sullivan breaks onto the scene with "Square One"

Source: Andy Beam
January 26, 2011

New York local Sean Sullivan doesn't believe in limitations. Mastering the genres of blues, folk, jazz, latin and swing Sean Sullivan has befriended and worked with some of the greatest musicians around such as Jon Hendricks of the jazz trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, tenor sax legend David “Fathead" Newman, and late pianist/singer Teri Thornton. The list goes on and on to include Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, Oscar Brown Jr., and Abbey Lincoln and many more. Those great ...

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Emilio Solla & the Tango Jazz Conspiracy at The Painted Bride Arts Center on February 5

Source: Michael Ricci
January 26, 2011

Got tango? The single most essential figure in the history of tango, Argentina's greatest world music export—bandoneon-composer Astor Piazolla—would approve of your decision to take passage alongside Emilio Solla. Considered one of the foremost tango jazz pianists in the business today, Solla delivers earthy folkloric tango styling arranged within a modern jazz structure. Expect minor key tonality, acoustic instrumentation, catchy hooks, and sweeping accordion improvisations.

Pianist-composer Emilio Solla leads his New York-based quintet to debut its freshman recording Bien Sur ...

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