Results for "AAJ Staff"

JFJO: East Coast Tour

October 15, 2011

TOUR DATES IN BOSTON, NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT, PHILADELPHIA, PORTSMOUTH, AND MORE Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey have unveiled plans to hit cities up and down the East Coast in support of their new album The Race Riot Suite. See below for a complete list of tour dates. As previously announced, the band has decided to enlist the ...

Bob Seger: December Dates

October 15, 2011

NEW DATES IN DALLAS, OAKLAND, PHOENIX AND MORE Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band have added dates to their ongoing North American tour, including stops in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Oakland, and more. Check below for a complete itinerary and all ticketing information. If you are not currently a member of BobSeger.com but would like to ...

2011 Americana Music Association Award Winners

October 15, 2011

Americana music is hard to define, and no where want that more obvious than at last night's 2011 Americana Music Association Awards where winners ranged from Jerry Douglas to Gregg Allman. A list of 2011 Americana Music Award Winners: ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Band Of Joy, Robert Plant ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Buddy Miller INSTRUMENTALIST OF ...

Boom.FM Social Radio: Indie Artists in Social Listening Rooms

October 15, 2011

boom.fm offers yet another twist on social listening rooms by featuring music uploaded by artists. In addition to finding another way to avoid major label licensing, boom.fm is creating a social platform for music marketing. Starting from a base in South Africa, they intend to take their project international. boom.fm recently launched in beta but the ...

Contextual Radio: Deliradio Streams Music from Bands Playing Local Shows

October 15, 2011

Live performances continue to be at the cornerstone of an artist's prowess and prominence in the music business, but the age-old question for many bands (and venues) continues to persist—“How do we get more people to come to our shows?" Taking music discovery to the next level, Deli Radio is a contextual Internet radio station and ...

Jazz Now! Seattle - Special Episode 7 - Earshot Jazz Festival Preview

October 15, 2011

Rudresh Mahanthappa - Samdhi (2011)

October 15, 2011

Despite his heritage, American alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa didn't start out as a practitioner of a unique blend of American jazz and traditional Indian music, he started with the jazz style of the America he grew up in and worked his way back to the music of his forbears' native India. Doing this informed with the ...

Frank Kohl Quartet - Coast to Coast (2011)

October 15, 2011

Frank Kohl approaches the guitar with an exuberant curiosity, but also a well-crafted ability—skittering from influence to influence without ever stumbling. He sounds like he's having a ball, too. That's led to an album called Coast to Coast that boasts a savvy veteran player's satisfying structural logic, but also its share of humor and fun. Kohl ...

Omar Sosa Afreecanos Quartet and Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band Electrify in an Afro-Caribbean Jazz Double Bill

October 15, 2011

Philadelphia, PA: The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts kicks off its 11/12 Latin Roots series with the dual presentation of Omar Sosa Afreecanos Quartet and Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band with special guest Dafnis Prieto, October 28, 2011 at 7:30 PM. With both critically-acclaimed acts showcasing their unique fusion of complex Latin rhythms ...

Bill Laswell, Raoul Bjorkenheim and Morgan Agren - Blixt (Cuneiform, 2011)

October 15, 2011

Blixt, the jazz fusion/progressive rock trio of Bill Laswell on bass, Raoul Bjorkenheim on guitar and Morgan Agren is a powerful one filled with tricky lead statements and intricate improvisational sections. Laswell is famous as a legendary producer and musician on the “downtown" improvisational scene in New York city, while Bjorkenheim, late of Finland (an improvisational ...