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Recording

Brazil's Michel Nirenberg Releases "Retrato/Portrait"

Source: The Phillips Agency
July 15, 2015

At the age of 25, award-winning saxophonist and composer Michel Nirenberg has attracted some of the finest Brazilian and Latin jazz players available to record his debut album Retrato/Portrait on indie label Carioca Music. They are at once his musical colleagues and mentors, drawn to make music that sails across geographic and stylistic borders. The album will be released in mid-June 2015. With this album of contemporary Brazilian instrumental music, Nirenberg and co-producer Leonardo Lucini aim to share the fullness ...

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Performance / Tour

Luba Mason Brings MIXTURA To Dizzy's August 12, 7:30 & 9:30pm

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
July 15, 2015

Vocalist Luba Mason Brings MIXTURA to Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Wednesday, August 12, 7:30 & 9:30 pm Renowned Broadway and Recording Star to Present Her Unique Blend of Jazz, Pop, Broadway, Latin and International Music The classically-trained powerhouse vocalist/pianist Luba Mason brings her trademarked MIXTURA, a genre-bending ride of different musical styles, to Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, 60th and Broadway, for one night only on Wednesday, August 12, at 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm. Following a recent performance at Jazz at Lincoln ...

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Festival

Legendary Saxophonist Sonny Fortune Headlines Free, Family-friendly Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival

Source: Trish Downey
July 14, 2015

Traditional, Fusion & Rhythm Jazz Musicians to Groove on July 18th When critics speak of Sonny Fortune, names like John Coltrane are mentioned. Described as “one of the most intriguing alto players in contemporary jazz,” (Stereophile Magazine) the extraordinary saxophonist and Philadelphia native performs around the world and always with a boundless spirit and potent, improvisational energy. Fortune headlines the 9th Annual Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival on Saturday, July 18th in Saunders Park. Hosted by People’s Emergency Center ...

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Performance / Tour

Edmar Castaneda World Ensemble - The Jazz Standard On August 11-12 - CD Release Gig

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
July 14, 2015

CD Release Gig! Live At The Jazz Standard Come and celebrate at the Jazz Standard on August 11th and 12th for the release party of the new album by the Edmar Castaneda World Ensemble. Experience these amazing musicians from all over the world who collaborated on this exciting new project—Live At The Jazz Standard. Featuring: Gregoire Maret: Harmonica; Marshall Gilkes: Trombone; Itai Kriss: Flute; Shlomi Cohen: Soprano Saxophone; Pablo Vergara: Piano; Rodrigo Villalon: Drums; David Silliman: Percussion. Special Guests: Andrea ...

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Recording

Composer/Musician Wayne Horvitz Releases New Album Inspired By Poet Richard Hugo

Source: AMT Public Relations
July 12, 2015

Composer/Musician Wayne Horvitz Releases Some Places Are Forever Afternoon (Songlines), Paying Tribute to Poet Richard Hugo SEATTLE, WA — Known for his multifaceted musical personality, composer/musician Wayne Horvitz ventures into progressively-inclined acoustic jazz and ultra-modern classicism in his latest album, Some Places Are Forever Afternoon. Written in honor of the iconic Northwest poet Richard Hugo (1923-82), Some Places Are Forever Afternoon is a full-length suite of 12 compositions influenced by different poems of Hugo’s. A colorful 28-page booklet featuring the ...

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Festival

Get Ready For The Free 4th Annual GRandJazzFest Aug. 15-16 In Downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan

Source: Molly Klimas
July 11, 2015

GRandJazzFest presented by DTE Energy Foundation brings 10 diverse jazz performance acts to the Rosa Parks Circle stage in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Aug. 15-16, West Michigan’s only free, weekend-long jazz festival. This year’s headline act brings together three internationally acclaimed musicians—Paul Brown and Nate Harasim with special guest Deon Yates – under the billing “The Producers.” “What’s better than one headliner? Three headliners!” GRandJazzFest Founder Audrey Sundstrom said. “This trio brings nonstop soul-shaking, house-rocking guitar, keyboard and saxophone to ...

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Performance / Tour

Elio Villafranca Quartet All-Star Lineup! August 22 At Ginny's Supper Club

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
July 10, 2015

Elio Villafranca brings an all-star band with special guest Eric Alexander to Ginny's Supper Club in New York City on August 22. The Elio Villafranca Quartet All-Star Lineup includes Villafranca (piano) Alexander (tenor saxophone), Matt Wilson (drums) and Peter Slavov (bass) with Arturo Stable (percussion). Ginny's Supper Club at Red Rooster 310 Lenox Ave. (Between 125th & 126th) New York, NY 10027 Phone: 212-421-3821 Spiros Exaras/Elio Villafranca Old Waters, New River Tour July 9 ...

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Recording

Tony Adamo & The New York Crew Is Reviewed By Kirpal Gordon

Source: Tony Adamo
July 10, 2015

By Kirpal Gordon The killin’ist thing about Tony Adamo = 1728 and the New York Crew is that everybody in the band, especially the dope rhyme sayer, has got big ears all the way back to New Orleans and ancient-forward into the ever-evolving multi-new thing. It’s big ears working together that’s keeping this CD in Jazzweek's Chart Top 200 List since its release, a totally unheard of phenomenon for jazz-spoken word collaborations. Although singing the talents and wonders of the ...

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