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Dominique Fils-Aimé: Jazz as Freedom, Healing, and Connection
Montreal vocalist--composer Dominique Fils-Aimé discusses music as essential as breath--something vital, grounding, and shared. In conversation, a few recurring themes emerge: freedom as the driving force of jazz, healing as the restorative power of music on the body, and connection--among people, across generations, and through history--as the quiet foundation that allows songs to travel. These ideas are not mere abstract concepts for her; they influence how she writes and constructs a live set--especially in intimate spaces like SFJAZZ's Joe Henderson ......
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Bark Culture At Solar Myth
Bark Culture Solar Myth Philadelphia, PAAugust 21, 2025 Midway through an extended road trip, Bark Culture returned to Solar Myth in their hometown of Philadelphia for an evening, taking the stage before a standing room only audience. Formed in 2021, Bark Culture is comprised of Brazilian ex-pat Victor Vieira--Branco on vibraphone, Joey Sullivan on percussion, John Moran on bass and recent addition Sam Yulsman on piano. The enthusiastic response to the opening introductions suggested a ......
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Michiyo Yagi At Jazztopad Festival New York
Michiyo YagiJazztopad Festival New YorkVarious Venues New York, NY June 15-16, 2025 The opportunity to attend two performances at this year's Jazztopad Festival New York was a fortunate experience. Both events featured the brilliant Michyo Yagi on koto as a special guest, visiting from Tokyo, Japan. The Jazztopad Festival has been held in NYC for the past nine years (and for over 20 years in Poland), showcasing many of the most culturally significant members of the ......
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Smoke Jazz Club Announces October 2025 Lineup Including A Two-week Thelonious Monk Festival With Orrin Evans, Terri Lyne Carrington, Melissa Aldana, Joe Lovano, And More
SMOKE Jazz Club today announced its concert schedule for October 2025. The month’s capstone is a two-week Thelonious Monk Festival (Oct 8-19) celebrating the unparalleled genius of the legendary composer/pianist Thelonious Monk (born 10.10.17) with performances by some of today’s top artists including Melissa Aldana, winner of the 2013 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Other highlights this month include the return of club audience favorites Nicholas Payton, Steve Davis, and one of the greatest organ trios Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart. For the ......
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Kenneth Dahl Knudsen: Beyond 'Sound American' – Crafting a Nordic Jazz Identity
What does finding an authentic musical voice in a genre so deeply connected to history and geography mean? The answer for Danish double bassist, composer, and educator Kenneth Dahl Knudsen is to transcend limitation and let identity shape the sound. A restless presence on the European jazz scene, Knudsen has resisted the pressure to “sound American" and instead draws from his Scandinavian roots, folk song, church music and rock energy, while taking influences from collaborators worldwide. ...
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Hingetown Jazz Festival 2025
Hingetown Jazz Festival Various venues Cleveland, OH August 30, 2025 It would surprise no one if this review of the third Hingetown Jazz Festival in Cleveland began, as such pieces often do, by noting how the festival has grown. But that would not exactly be accurate. By the most common measure of such things, the size of the audience, this year's audience looked a lot like 2024's (this writer was not at the ......
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Christian McBride Gives Fans A Preview Of McBride’s World At Sea Via New Musical Collaborations With Samara Joy, Ledisi, Cécile Mclorin Salvant And José James - All Are Scheduled To Perform On The Cruise, Sailing January 20-27, 2026
Nine-time GRAMMY Award-winning bassist, composer and bandleader Christian McBride is giving fans a glimpse into the creative energy and collaborative spirit that will defineChristian McBride’s World at Sea, his week-long music cruise that sails from January 20-27, 2026. Starting this summer and continuing through October, McBride unveils a series of projects with artists who will join him on the cruise that will take place aboard the Celebrity Summit (departing from Ft. Lauderdale with stops in Jamaica and Grand Cayman). Earlier ......
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Deconstructing Free Jazz
In the continuously evolving history of artistic expression, certain movements emerge that challenge the very foundations of our aesthetic sensibilities. In the early and mid-20th century, Expressionism and free jazz were two audacious musics that not only broke all the rules but broke the spirit of many well-intentioned listeners. If the terms are not quite interchangeable, Expressionism and free jazz share a common genesis that goes back to the early 20th century with the introduction of the 12-tone ......
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Dave Redmond: The Next In Line
Ireland probably has more good jazz bassists than at any time before but ask who the most in-demand bassist in the country is and the answer is most likely Dave Redmond. The Dubliner has been a key player on the Irish jazz scene since the early 2000s, playing with Irish guitar greats Louis Stewart and Tommy Halferty. He has forged an enduring musical partnership with Kevin Brady in the drummer's piano trio as well as his electric quartet. Redmond and ......
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Jazz-Con 2025 Assembles 75+ Panelists From 22 Countries, With Women Leading Over 40% Of The Dialogue
Jazz-Con 2025, the fully virtual global jazz l music business conference, has announced its most ambitious program to date. Across two days, September 15-16, the summit will bring together 75+ panelists representing 22 countries and six continents, reflecting the conference’s rapidly growing reputation as a crossroads for musicians, technologists, and cultural leaders. In a milestone for inclusivity, more than 40% of this year’s speakers are women, setting a new standard for international gatherings in the field. “Jazz-Con was designed to ......
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Hayley Kavanagh Quartet At Scott's Jazz Club
Hayley Kavanagh Quartet Scott's Jazz Club Belfast, N. Ireland August 29, 2025 “Welcome to the Upper East Side." Variations on this phrase--delivered by Scott's Jazz Club co-founder Cormac O'Kane--have greeted visitors to Belfast's award-winning jazz venue every Friday night since 2020. Hard to believe that half a decade has whizzed by just like that. So much has happened--global pandemic, devastating wars, mass migration, worldwide floods and fires on an unprecedented scale, Trump again... and ......
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Jazz-Con And Belongó Announce Partnership For Global Clave: The Spanish-speaking Jazz Connection
Jazz-Con 2025, the international virtual jazz music business conference, is proud to announce a presenting partnership with Belongó, the Bronx-based nonprofit founded by Artistic Director and music legend, Arturo O'Farrill, and dedicated to advancing Latin and Spanish-speaking arts and culture, for the new session Global Clave: The Spanish-Speaking Jazz Connection. Taking place on Monday, September 15, 2025, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (EST), this panel will explore the thriving jazz communities across Latin America, Spain, and Spanish-speaking communities in ......
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Oscar Peterson 100 birthday celebration at Birdland
Makoto Ozone, John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton Birdland Oscar Peterson 100th birthday New York, NY August 15, 2025 The “Maharajah of the Keyboard" as Duke Ellington dubbed Oscar Peterson--or, to his friends, simply O.P.--would have turned one hundred in August, reason enough to remember the consummate Canadian pianist at that hallowed house of jazz, Birdland in New York City. In the nimble hands of Peterson protege Makoto Ozone, bassist John Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton, ......
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All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: August 2025
All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the songs featured in August, 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 Armando Mi Conga Irving Flores From: Armando Mi Conga 08:27 Once Upon a Time on the Sun ......
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Introducing Guitarist Ely Perlman
After graduating from Israel's Thelma Yellin High School for the Performing Arts about four years ago, guitarist Ely Perlman came to the United States to attend Boston's Berklee College of Music. The summer before school started, he went to the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Academy, a music education program in Aspen, CO, directed by bassist Christian McBride. “It was June 2021," the 26-year-old Perlman recalled, “during the last period of Covid. Christian was just forming his band, Ursa Major. ......
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Dainius Pulauskas Acoustic Group at the Christopher Summer Festival
Dainius Pulauskas Acoustic Group Adomas Mickevičius LibraryChristopher Summer Festival Vilnius, Lithuania August 5, 2025 Vilnius Christopher Summer Festival has long demonstrated an ability to present quality concerts that connect with cultural roots and artistic ambition. On this warm August evening, in the courtyard of the Adomas Mickevičius Library, the festival featured pianist and composer Dainius Pulauskas with his Acoustic Group. The evening included a program of original compositions and reimagined works by Polish jazz legend ......
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Made In New York Jazz Competition Announces 2024-2025 Winners
The Made In New York Jazz Competition today named the winners of its 2024-2025 season. Launched in 2013 as the first online jazz contest by the Made In New York Jazz brand, it drew entries from over 70 countries. Judges included legendary American jazz artists Mike Stern, Lenny White, and Randy Brecker. The voting committee members The Made In New York Jazz Competition's committee features prominent American artists, alongside international peers. John Lee (American bassist) has graced over 50 albums ......
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Ashia Ackov Honors Love And Legacy With Poignant Jazz Ballad 'In Time'
Ashia Ackov Unveils Sultry Jazz Noir Single “In Time” — A Smoky Serenade of Longing and Elegance Jazz vocalist and storyteller Ashia Ackov has released her latest single, “In Time,” a hauntingly beautiful Jazz Noir ballad that evokes the velvet shadows of a bygone era. Released on August 12, 2025, the track is now available for streaming and purchase and will be featured on her upcoming album Irresistible, available exclusively on ashiaackov.com. From the first breathy note, Ackov’s voice glides ......
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Joey Waronker & Pete Min: Parrots
King King (Colorfield Records) was recorded at LA's Lucy's Meat Market studio by drummer Joey Waronker and bassist/engineer Pete Min--the creative force behind both that sonic laboratory and the Colorfield Records label. For these sessions, Waronker and Min played a multitude of instruments with a multitude of guests, including Mark Guiliana, Larry Goldings, Josh Johnson, Nicole McCabe, and Jeff Parker. Yet, some of the album's most striking moments emerge when it's just the two of them, ......
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The Five Corners Quintet: Trading Eights
The Five Corners Quintet was a Finnish combo that doubled as both launchpad and meeting point--bringing together up-and-coming players and established figures alike, with veteran Eero Koivistoinen as well as younger musicians including Timo Lassy (saxophones), Jukka Eskola (trumpet and flugelhorn), Kim Rantala and Mikael Jakobsson (piano), Antti Lötjönen and Tapani Nevalainen (bass), and Teppo Mäkynen (drums and bandleading). Many of them today enrich the We Jazz Records roster. Their debut album--aptly titled Chasin' The Jazz Gone By ......
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