Jazz News

Matthew Shipp Trio’s “Piano Song” To Be Released January 2017

Source: All About Jazz
August 12, 2016

Henry Rollins first introduced me to the music of Matthew Shipp. Thirsty Ear was marketing and distributing his label 2.13.61 Records for which Shipp was a recording artist. This was in the mid 90’s and the NY jazz scene was something I mostly read about in the papers. Though Henry spoke with articulate passion about Shipp’s energy, drive and heightened musicianship, it was not until I attended a concert that I fully understood his power, fury and otherworldly vision. Shipp’s ...

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Bassist / Composer / Producer / Educator Robert Hurst Signs With Dot Time Records!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
August 11, 2016

Bassist/Composer/Producer/Educator ROBERT HURST Signs With Dot Time Records! New Release, Early 2017 BoB's Black Current Jam DOT TIME RECORDS ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF MULTI-AWARD WINNING BASSIST, ROBERT HURST! Dot Time Records is pleased to announce the signing of multiple Grammy and Emmy Award bassist, Robert Hurst. Robert, a Detroit native, has enjoyed a stellar career spanning over 30 years, and is a well respected and highly recognized composer, electric and acoustic bassist, educator, and recording ...

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All About Jazz Top 10 MP3 Downloads: July 2016

Source: All About Jazz
August 11, 2016

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the 31 tracks featured in July, these ten represent the top downloaded. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy!

MOST POPULAR Nuevo Día 06:27 Javier Alcántara From: Resilience Season Heat 06:34 Sal La Rocca From: It Could Be The End Fungii Mama 04:39

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Brooklyn Jazz Underground Presents The 10th Annual BJU Festival @ Smalls & Shapeshifter Lab!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
August 10, 2016

BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND Presents The 10th Annual Brooklyn Jazz Underground Festival @ Smalls & Shapeshifter on August 17 & 18! The Brooklyn Jazz Underground is an association of independent artists with a shared commitment to creativity and community. Through cooperative efforts, the BJU aims to build a greater awareness of original music emerging from Brooklyn, NY. January, 2007 saw the birth of The Brooklyn Jazz Underground, a collective conceived in the spirit of an entrepreneurial, do-it- ...

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Elijah Rock - Triple Threat - New Release January 2017 "Gershwin For My Soul"

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
August 9, 2016

ELIJAH ROCK TRIPLE THREAT: Singer, Dancer, Actor New Release January 2017 Gershwin For My Soul Gershwin For My Soul represents a full circle journey for Cleveland-born baritone Elijah Rock. He began singing at age 13 and stepped up to his first Gershwin songs at 16 in “Porgy & Bess" at the Cleveland Institute of Music. No less than the great Freddy Cole once told him, “Learn a standard a day and you'll be alright!" Along with ...

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Third Annual Charlie Parker Celebration - August 18 through August 27 - in Kansas City

Source: All About Jazz
August 7, 2016

The Celebration of “Bird" in Kansas City Continues KC Jazz Clubs, American Jazz Museum, 18th & Vine Jazz District, Lincoln Cemetery (Parker gravesite) and other historical KC locations. The 3rd Annual Kansas City Charlie Parker Celebration (CPC) will again explore and recognize the legacy of one the most influential saxophonists and jazz icons to ever perform.  The Celebration, a comprehensive Charlie Parker tribute, continues to grow locally and gain recognition through the U.S. Parker was born in 1920 in Kansas ...

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Trumpeter Ryan Quigley To Release "What Doesn't Kill You" September 9 Featuring Paul Booth, Steve Hamilton, Michael Janisch, Clarence Penn

Source: Emma Perry Publicity
August 7, 2016

Enjoying a career which includes key roles with prominent UK symphony orchestras and big bands, plus recording/touring projects with Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Tom Jones and Randy Brecker (to name but a few), trumpeter and composer/arranger Ryan Quigley now unveils his ten-track album What Doesn’t Kill You—a quintet release with Paul Booth (tenor sax, flutes), Steve Hamilton (piano, Fender Rhodes), Michael Janisch (double bass) and Clarence Penn (drums). The album will be supported by a tour featuring special guest pianist ...

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Colombia's Carrera Quinta Release "Big Band" - Available Now!

Source: Javier Perez Sandoval
August 6, 2016

Carrera Quinta, founded by Colombian composers Javier Pérez Sandoval and Francy Montalvo have released Carrera Quinta Big Band. In 2015, Carrera Quinta returned to the studio to record a new album with a big band. Conducted by Colombian Director Ricardo Jaramillo and recorded by the Latin Grammy Award-winning engineer Mauricio Cano, the 19 piece band made Colombian music history by blending traditional Colombian music with big band jazz. The album features compositions awarded in 2013 by Bogota's department of Arts, ...

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