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Recording

Alex Coke-Carl Michel Sextet Release 'Situation' on Play On Records

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2025

The Alex Coke-Carl Michel Sextet features Coke (woodwinds) and Michel (guitar) with Elaine Barber (concert harp), Bob Hoffnar (pedal steel guitar), James Suter (acoustic bass) and Carolyn Trowbridge (vibraphone). This distinctive six piece composer’s forum from Austin, Texas, breaks down barriers of musical genres, fearlessly exploring the possibilities involved in combining musicians from diverse musical backgrounds. The music is consistently cinematic and offers listeners a warm, modern, propulsive sound expressed through colorful timbres and solid musicianship. For their third recording, ...

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Performance / Tour

Smoke Jazz Club Announces March Line-up Including Terri Lyn Carrington's Tribute To Max Roach, Fred Hersch Solo Piano, Charles McPherson, Jeremy Pelt And More

Source: AMT Public Relations
February 3, 2025

Hailed as the “#1 Jazz Club in New York City (SecretNYC),” SMOKE Jazz Club presents legendary artists and today’s leading female musicians in March. The month kickstarts with the NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington paying tribute to Max Roach’s Centennial with the debut of her “We Insist! 2025” ensemble complete with live dancing on the SMOKE stage (Mar 5-9). Making his highly anticipated SMOKE debut is pianist Fred Hersch performing three nights solo (Mar 12, 13 + 16) and ...

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Website

All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: January 2025

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2025

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the songs featured in January, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! Top Songs Homecoming Daniel Meron From: Pendulum 5:35 Oska T Caleb Wheeler Curtis From: The ...

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Education

A Tribe for Jazz Awarded Battelle Central Ohio STEM Grant for Groundbreaking Jazz Lab Mobile Pilot

Source: Michael Ricci
February 1, 2025

A Tribe for Jazz proudly announces receipt of a Battelle Central Ohio STEM Grant, awarded for their innovative Jazz Lab mobile pilot initiative. As a leading nonprofit philanthropic organization, Battelle dedicates a significant portion of its resources to STEM initiatives, aiming to equip students with the necessary skills to become future leaders and innovators. “These creative and impactful projects will expand access to STEM education across Central Ohio,” said Wes Hall, Senior Vice President of Philanthropy and Education at Battelle. ...

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Festival

Rochester International Jazz Festival Announces Four More Headliners—Tickets on Sale Today!

Source: Dalmath Associates Inc.
January 31, 2025

Marc Iacona and John Nugent, producers of the Rochester International Jazz Festival, have announced four more shows in the 22nd Edition Festival's ticketed Headliner Series – Smokey Robinson, The Wood Brothers, Rickie Lee Jones, and Thundercat. The Festival takes place in downtown Rochester, NY, from June 20th to 28th. Today's headliners join the already announced Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis show on Saturday, June 21. All shows are at 8 p.m. at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. ...

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Festival

Elysium Furnace Works Kicks Off 2025 Season With A Solo Piano Festival, Beginning With Dave Burrell on Saturday, March 1 in Beacon, NY

Source: James Keepnews
January 30, 2025

Elysium Furnace Works is proud the announce the initial concerts for its 2025 season. To kick off 2025, EFW will present its very first solo piano festival. On each Saturday in March this year, EFW will present five of the most brilliant pianists performing anywhere today. All five concerts as part of the EFW Solo Piano Festival will be presented at St. Andrew & St. Luke's Episcopal Church, located at 15 South Ave. in Beacon, NY — each concert will ...

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Recording

Guitarist Dustin Carlson Releases 'Krakowians'

Source: Dustin Carlson
January 29, 2025

Dustin Carlson’s Krakowians is an ode to the city of Krakow, Poland. “My experience of Krakow is one of awe, bewilderment, and playfulness; the rich history and imposing architecture, the wild endless nightlife, the young musicians I met seemed to carry an excitement and earnestness that hit different than my colleagues in NY and the older people I met seemed to carry a wisdom that went much farther than my own sense of history.” Krakowians is a quintet featuring, Bartosz ...

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Recording

New Zealand Jazz Icon Releases Album With Swiss Pianist

Source: Ben Wilcock
January 28, 2025

Despite 50 years age difference, Kim Paterson and Alex Ventling grew a bond through their common appreciation towards improvising and the jazz tradition. On regular visits to Kim’s house in Red Beach, Auckland, the two would listen to records, discuss music, philosophise, and play together. These visits first began 10 years ago and formed a lasting friendship. This album is a snapshot of the musical conversations recorded in Kim’s home during summer 2023, of moments the two felt free to ...

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