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.

Recording

Jimmy Bennington Celebrates 25 Years In Music With Inclusion In "Best Recordings Of 2014" Down Beat Magazine

Source: Downbeat
January 14, 2015

Jimmy Bennington/ Demian Richardson Trio featuring Ken Filiano Exotic Coda CIMP Records #403 Once mentored by Elvin Jones, Chicago-based drummer Jimmy Bennington celebrates 25 years in the music business with a series of recordings, the latest of which is a session cut with trumpeter Demian Richardson and bassist Ken Filiano. The program includes mostly originals by either Bennington or Richardson, the latter penning the most memorable tunes, with the swinging “Know More Blues" and a stirring ballad, Moonbeams", The drummer ...

Continue Reading

Education

New England Conservatory Faculty Profile: Fred Hersch

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
January 14, 2015

Fred Hersch has much to look forward to in his immediate future, including the premiere of a new extended composition and a variety of performances in the diverse solo and small-ensemble settings that have made him one of the major contemporary voices in jazz piano. Yet 2015 looms large in his mind for another reason. “It will be my 40th anniversary of association with NEC,” he notes with pride. “I arrived in 1975, graduated in 1977, and took over teaching ...

Continue Reading

Event

Charlie Haden Memorial And Celebration Of His Life Tuesday, January 13, 2015 @ 7pm @ The Town Hall NYC

Source: Michael Ricci
January 13, 2015

Family and friends, including many jazz greats, will come together to celebrate the life of CHARLIE HADEN (1937-2014), one of the most innovative and influential bassists in the history of jazz. A three-time Grammy winner, Haden has received many awards and accolades throughout his five-decade career including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the NEA Jazz Master Award, and was most recently bestowed the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. Just as importantly, ...

Continue Reading

Recording

Iconic Australian Troubadour Paul Kelly Presents "The Merri Soul Sessions" Releasing January 27, 2015

Source: 1888 Media
January 13, 2015

U.S. Release Contains Three Exclusive Bonus Tracks Special Guests Include Kira Puru, Vika & Linda Bull and Clairy Browne of The Bangin’ Rackettes Limited Edition 7” Vinyl Box Set Available Via PledgeMusic LOS ANGELES, CA. — Following the recent releases of his groundbreaking song cycles, Spring and Fall and Conversations With Ghosts, Australian troubadour Paul Kelly is pleased to announce another innovative chapter in his long-standing career. In the dawn of last year, he assembled his touring band and an ...

Continue Reading

Festival

George Wein Announces Lineup For 2015 Newport Jazz Festival

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
January 13, 2015

George Wein Announces Lineup for 2015 Newport Jazz Festival® July 31 – August 2, Including Three Full Days of Performances by Some of the World’s Greatest Established and Emerging Artists Performers Include Cassandra Wilson, Dr. John, Chris Botti, Jamie Cullum, Snarky Puppy, Maria Schneider, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Fred Hersch, Billy Childs, Bill Frisell, Arturo Sandoval, Ambrose Akinmusire and More Tickets Go On Sale Thursday, January 15, 10:00 am NEWPORT, RI, January 13, 2015 – After producing a successful and exciting ...

Continue Reading

Recording

Cassandra Wilson "Coming Forth By Day" to be released April 7

Source: Michael Ricci
January 13, 2015

PRODUCED BY NICK LAUNAY (NICK CAVE) + FEATURING MEMBERS OF THE BAD SEEDS, T BONE BURNETT, STRING ARRANGEMENTS BY VAN DYKE PARKS Cassandra Wilson will release an otherworldly homage to Billie Holiday, Coming Forth by Day (Legacy Recordings) April 7, 2015, on what would have been Holiday’s 100th birthday. Wilson, who has drawn inspiration from Billie Holiday for her entire life, chose the title as a way to honor the iconic singer: Coming Forth by Day is an English translation ...

Continue Reading

Recording

Two New Songs by Ethan Hawke from Golden Globe-winning "Boyhood" available now

Source: Michael Ricci
January 13, 2015

Nonesuch Releases Two Original Songs Written and Performed by Ethan Hawke from Richard Linklater’s Golden Globe-winning Boyhood Film soundtrack also available on Nonesuch Boyhood awarded three Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture—Drama; Best Director—Motion Picture; and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture “A landmark achievement and easily the year’s most emotional film, channeling real life with seamless authenticity in a way that movies rarely do. It’s bound to be talked about for years to ...

Continue Reading

Recording

Brian Culbertson Celebrates A Milestone Anniversary “live”

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
January 13, 2015

The first live recording from the multi-genre multi-instrumentalist aims to get radio to “Think Free” Los Angeles, CA: Years ago, a young ambitious musician-songwriter-producer emerged from Chicago who went on to architect 27 No. 1 Billboard singles along with a half-dozen albums that debuted at No.1 that changed the status quo with a creative and fresh alchemy of astutely performed contemporary jazz, soulful R&B and horn-powered funk. Decades later, his ability to achieve and balance commercial success and the respect ...

Continue Reading