Results for "Bethlehem"

Anne Mironchik

Anne teaches singing and performing to voice students of all ages. She also works as a speech therapist with those who require special attention for their speech and voice difficulties. As a performer, Anne can be heard playing solo or with her jazz ensemble as well as collaborating with others as a composer and lyricist. She is dedicated to sharing her love of the art and science of music with her audiences, students, and patients. Anne is a jazz vocalist, voice therapist, pianist, composer and lyricist with conservatory training, masters degree, and advanced studies with prominent, NYC jazz instructors

Denise Donatelli

Born: May 26

Denise Donatelli, a 2-time Grammy nominated and critically acclaimed Savant recording artist, has become one of today’s premiere jazz vocalists. Denise's GRAMMY nominations include her 2012 release SOUL SHADOWS for Best Jazz Vocal Album and her 2010 release When Lights are Low — which received two Grammy nominations, one for Best Jazz Vocal Album and another for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist for pianist and collaborator Geoffrey Keezer for his arrangement of "Don't Explain." Denise’s four recordings, Soul Shadows (Savant Records, September 2012), When Lights are Low (Savant Records 2010), What Lies Within (Savant Records 2008), and In the Company of Friends (Jazzed Media 2005), have consistently topped the National Jazz Week radio charts

Keith Jarrett

Born: May 8, 1945

Over the past 40 years, Keith Jarrett has come to be recognized as one of the most creative musicians of our times - universally acclaimed as an improviser of unsurpassed genius; a master of jazz piano; a classical keyboardist of great depth; and as a composer who has written hundreds of pieces for his various jazz groups, plus extended works for orchestra, soloist, and chamber ensemble. Born May 8, 1945 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Keith Jarrett began playing the piano at age 3 and undertook classical music studies throughout his youth; performing as a child in programs at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia and at Madison Square Garden.

Guitarist Mike Lorenz & The Witherbees Release Their Debut, Self-Titled LP

August 20, 2019

This summer, the Philadelphia area folk-jazz band, Mike Lorenz & the Witherbees, are releasing their first LP of new original music and folksy covers. Following up on the release of the digital single “When the Stars Go Blue,” this release encapsulates all of the group’s unique tastes and sonic trajectories. The band celebrated their release with ...

Mike Lorenz

Born: October 10, 1984

Mike Lorenz, guitarist/composer/educator, hails from Bethlehem, PA. Since 2007, Mike has kept a busy schedule as a freelancing performer, leading his trio/quartet in performance up-and-down the Northeast Corridor. Since his first album in 2012, Of the Woods, Mike has released 7 records under his own leadership, the most recent of which, released in June 2021, features his group, the Witherbees.

The Frank Giasullo Quartet Raises A Good Question

by Gloria Krolak
June 1, 2015

There were few people sitting at the bar when Michael and I entered the Lafayette Bar in Easton, PA, on a recent Saturday night. We went straight to the rows of nearly empty tables in front of the stage. There we spotted some friends and sat down to talk while the band sound-checked with Marcus, the ...

Debut Album From Bassist Tim Wolfe, Jr. Released March 25, 2014

February 26, 2014

Topics of Conversation is the debut album from bassist and composer Tim Wolfe, Jr. The album is a nod to the great tradition of East coast hard-bop and features Wolfe’s original compositions. The band on the album is comprised of first-call talent in the Philadelphia area: guitarist Larry Tamanini (who lends an original composition to the ...

Ready Or Not, Jazz Guitarist B.D. Lenz Is Coming

October 11, 2013

“Deer Head Inn to Host CD Release" Hackettstown, NJ: - Award-winning, jazz guitarist and critically acclaimed composer B.D. Lenz will release “Ready or Not" — his eighth album and first straight-ahead jazz project — on Friday, November 1, 2013 from 7-11 pm. The cost is $7 per person and it takes place at the Deer Head ...

Take Five with Dan DeChellis

by AAJ Staff
August 5, 2013

Meet Dan DeChellis:Dan DeChellis' music consists of melody, emotion, energy, and spontaneous adventure. Born on classic rock, schooled in classical music, matured on jazz, and aged with ambient music, DeChellis is a fan of all music and styles. He has released over eight albums of purely improvised music on his own label, Sachimay Records. ...

"Between Equinox" By Jared C. Balogh Released On Happy Puppy Records Now Available!

October 23, 2012

Happy Puppy is pleased to present another collection of humanly-impossible-to-play compositions by the prolific Jared C. Balogh. These cerebral but very musical songs fit right in with his Rhythms of Life album, previously released on Happy Puppy, and continuing his synclavier-esque modern classical material. The new album features some of his earliest works; “Break In The ...