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.
Songlines Will Release Kartet's Grand Laps On March 11, 2014
Source:
GoMedia PR
Sixth Album from Critically Lauded Kartet Introduces New Member and Expanded Instrumentation “Kartet makes a deliberate and beautiful brand of inside-out jazz...decidedly unconventional yet not harsh or taxing on the ear...Kartet flows seamlessly in and out of improvisations, and its arranged material shows harmonic daring and imagination." —Will Layman, PopMatters It's seven years since Kartet's sixth album (The Bay Window, Songlines), but then this is a group that's been pacing itself for the long haul. Celebrating its 25th anniversary in ...
Continue Reading
New Short Film Launched On Noted Montreal Jazz Drummer Jim Doxas
Source:
Randy Cole
A film by Randy Cole Noted jazz drummer Jim Doxas speaks eloquently about color and texture, and how they define his musical ideas. Set in Montreal landmark club Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill and in the studio of artist Fung Sou, this short film puts you in the drummer's seat, and before the painter's canvas, conceptually blending the two art forms in an unexpected duet of ideas and spirit. Fung Sou's brush strokes are curiously musical, and Doxas' myriad choices ...
Continue Reading
Tamela D'amico Records Theme Song To Upcoming Release "Rob The Mob"
Source:
Tamela D'Amico
LML recording artist/actress Tamela D'Amico has recorded the theme song “Love and the Gun" for Raymond De Felitta's upcoming crime thriller, Rob the Mob, which is released in theaters March 21, 2014. The theme song, written by Raymond De Felitta and composer Stephen Endelman, was produced by 6 time Grammy-winner, Jimmy Hoyson (translations in Italian by Tamela D'Amico and actress Josette Di Carlo). It is featured throughout the film several times, both in English and Italian. Boardwalk Empire star, Michael ...
Continue Reading
37th Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Announces Lineup
Source:
R.J. DeLuke
Saratoga Springs, NY: The 37th annual Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, one of the most celebrated and longest running jazz events in the world, will be held on Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. This year's festival headliners include Earth, Wind & Fire, Trombone Shorty, Terence Blanchard, Dave Holland Prism, Patti Austin, Jon Batiste & Stay Human, Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra, Quinn Sullivan, Dr. Lonnie Smith, and Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60, among others. ...
Continue Reading
Pianist Francesco Turrisi Launches Album Grigio At London's Vortex Jazz Club, 10 February
Source:
All About Jazz
Ireland-based Italian pianist Francesco Turrisi celebrates the UK launch of his album Grigio, his third release on the Diatribe label with a concert at London’s Vortex Jazz Club on Monday 10th February. Turrisi’s highly melodic, deeply lyrical music draws from jazz, classical and folk traditions that reference various cultures and epochs. Alongside Turrisi’s striking originals, Grigio showcases the pianist’s haunting arrangements of traditional Irish songs, baroque and Hebrew songs that sound utterly relevant today and John Zorn’s “Hadasha”. Described by ...
Continue Reading
2013 Grammy Winner Billy Vera Announces Catalina Jazz Dates For 2014
Source:
Tamela D'Amico
Platinum selling singer/songwriter and 2013 Grammy winner Billy Vera is gearing up for a string of dates with his Big Band Jazz Orchestra at Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood along with special guest Tamela D'Amico. Billy is thrilled to continue to share with fans his first ever album recorded with a large jazz orchestra entitled Big Band Jazz- a tribute to the great black songwriters of the 20s, 30s, and 40s. “Play that again! That’s one of the most brilliant ...
Continue Reading
Pianist Mike Longo Reconvenes His Trio With Bob Cranshaw & Lewis Nash For "Step On It"
Source:
Terri Hinte Publicity
In his distinguished and sometimes surprising career, pianist Mike Longo has established himself as an invaluable sideman, most notably with Dizzy Gillespie, and as a versatile leader of groups ranging from his 17-piece New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble to his six-man eponymous Funk Band. Longo is also a master of the trio format, and he dedicates his new CD, Step On It, to explorations of jazz standards in the company of two favorite trio-mates, bassist Bob Cranshaw ...
Continue Reading
Enter the "Kenny Barron/Gerry Gibbs/Ron Carter - Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
Source:
All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Whaling City Sound “Kenny Barron/Gerry Gibbs/Ron Carter - Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on March 8th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Gerry Gibbs at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Whaling City Sound About Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio “Anyone who has concerns regarding ...
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...
Performance / Tour
Lin Hsiao-feng Brings Taiwanese Flute Traditions And...
VOTE!
