Home » Jazz News
Jazz 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.
King Crimson To Release Meltdown In Mexico – Live In Mexico City 2017
Source:
Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
This 3-CD/1-Blu-Ray set features over three and a half hours of material performed during King Crimson's five night residency at Teatro Metropolitan, Mexico City in July 2017 plus audio extras. The Blu-Ray contains over two hours of multi-camera HD recorded footage, audio soundtrack in 24/48 LPCM, hi-res stereo and 5.1 DTS HD-MA (with 'picture off' mode allowing the music to be heard independently in lossless audio). Meltdown in Mexico includes, for the first time with this line-up, audio recordings of ...
Continue
Reading...
Joel Nichols Joins Kansas City Area Youth Jazz As Spokesperson, Emcee, Consultant
Source:
Christopher Burnett
KC Area Youth Jazz is pleased to announce the addition of Media Relations Expert and Kansas City area Radio and Television Personality, Joel Nichols as an official Spokesperson, Concert Emcee, and Media Consultant. “I’ve known Christopher [Burnett] for many years and look forward to working with KC Area Youth Jazz,” Nichols said. “I’m looking forward to serving the organization as an official spokesperson, concert emcee, and consultant.” An assistant professor of broadcasting for 25 years, Nichols knows the value of ...
Continue
Reading...
Satchmo Summerfest 2018: Two Birthdays For Louis Armstrong
Source:
Watch Jazz Happen by Dan Kassell
Satchmo Summerfest Louis Armstrong House and Museum Queens, NY August 3-5, 2018 New Orleans, the birthplace of Louis Armstrong celebrated August 4th, 2018 with this three day affair for the eighteenth year produced by French Quarter Festivals at the New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint in the French Quarter. In Corona, Queens, New York at Louis Armstrong's House and Museum they celebrated on July 4th and continue ...
Continue
Reading...
Free Showcase To Feature Berkshires Musicians, August 25, 1-6pm in Pittsfield, MA
Source:
Edward Bride
Berkshires Jazz, Inc. presents five of the most popular regional bands in the first annual Berkshire Jazz Showcase, on the Pittsfield Common, August 25 from 1-6pm. The wide-ranging lineup for the jazz extravaganza will include: Gruppo Mondo; Andy Kelly Gypsy Jazz; the Benny Kohn Quartet; the Jason Ennis Quintet with vocalist Natalia Bernal; and The Lucky 5. Berkshire County enjoys a long-standing reputation as a hot-bed of jazz talent, going back nearly 75 years to Music Inn, and now enjoying ...
Continue
Reading...
Jazz-Fusion meets 360º virtual reality
Source:
All About Jazz
Originally conceived back in 2016, the ViO 360º Sessions are the brainchild of Hungarian-born, Holland-based saxophonist Viktor Haraszti and are based on the idea of extending original music through the use of virtual reality. Musically speaking, the project is a mixture of jazz, fusion & groove originals—influenced by the likes of Michael Brecker and Joshua Redman—and features Remco van der Sluis (drums), Taco Nieuwenhuisen Segaar (bass) and Edgar van Asselt (keyboards) alongside Viktor. But the goal is to match the ...
Continue
Reading...
Elio Villafranca Launches Cinque World Tour! Australia To Mexico
Source:
Scott Thompson Public Relations
Cinque will be on a Worldwide Tour this year and the next, with performances in: Australia Friday, Sept 7, Nexus Arts Centre, Adelaide Saturday, Sept 8, Wharf, Ulverstone, Tasmania Wednesday, Sept 12, Darlinghurst Theatre Company's Eternity Playhouse, Darlinghurst Mexico Wednesday, Nov. 6 Instalaciones del ITESO Guadalajara, Mexico Sydney Adelaide Elio Villafranca voted: DownBeat Winner- Rising Star- Keyboard and 4.5-star review for Cinque! He was recently interviewed on Univision 41 and is featured on Lorens Chuno's “Doing ...
Continue
Reading...
ARJUN at The Iridium in NYC On August 31st - One Night Only! Power Jazz Rock Trio - Jam Band!
Source:
Scott Thompson Public Relations
If you like Jeff Beck, John Scofield, Mike Stern...you'll love these guys! ARJUN The Iridium 1650 Broadway (at 51st St.) New York, NY phone: 212-582-2121 August 31 at 8pm- $20 Cover Reserve Now! New EP Due This Fall! ARJUN, the three-piece instrumental band from New York, has been trailblazing their own hybrid of rock and improvisational jazz since 2003. Featuring Eddie Arjun Peters on guitar, Andre Lyles on bass guitar ...
Continue
Reading...
7 Virtual Jazz Club's Contest - 3rd Edition - Enter before October 15th
Source:
Valerio Pappi
The 7 Virtual Jazz Club continues its worldwide search for emerging and under recognized creative musicians of all ages and backgrounds. This Year's Categories Under 25 Students Amateurs & Pros Prizes & Awards Amateur & Pro Category Jury Prize: € 2,000 + Live Concert in one of the top jazz clubs in Europe: Jazz Club Ferrara (Italy). Under 25 Student Category Jury Prize: € 700. Special prize offered by Taklit Publishing & Production Agency to the best Under 25 Student. ...
Continue
Reading...
Album Showcase
Trending
Video / DVD
Saxophonist Ron Blake Announces The Release Of 3 New...
Recording
Oh! Jazz Launches Premium Vinyl Label 'oh! Jazz...
Recording
Bassist Fumi Tomita Enters The Spirit Realm On...
Performance / Tour
New England Conservatory’s Jazz And Contemporary...
Performance / Tour
Smoke Jazz Club Announces October Line-up Including...
Recording
Drummer-bandleader Brandon Sanders Carries Basketball...
Music Industry
Harvard’s Ming Mei Residency Concert Features...
VOTE!
