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Jazz pianist and composer Eric Mintel Releases New Book on Securing Jazz Gigs
Renowned jazz pianist Eric Mintel, celebrated for his performances at the White House, is thrilled to announce the release of his new book, How I Got to Play at the White House Twice… A Jazz Man’s Guide to Getting the Gig and Making a Living as a Professional Jazz Musician. Drawing on his extensive career and ...
Innerviews, The World’s First Online Music Magazine, Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Innerviews is pleased to announce it has achieved the unprecedented milestone of 30 years online. First launched in 1994 by editor and writer Anil Prasad, Innerviews is revered for delivering in-depth, uncompromising interviews that enable artists to speak at length about topics that matter to them. With an archive of hundreds of interviews, Innerviews continues to ...
'Early Jazz,' A New Book by Fumi Tomita
Early Jazz is an overview of the beginnings of jazz from its nineteenth-century roots through 1929, when elements of the Swing Era began to emerge. It is the first book on early jazz history in over fifty years and fills a compelling need for an update that reflects recent research. With a broad definition of jazz ...
First Complete Discography Of Early Interracial Jazz Sessions by Stephen Provizer
As Long As They Can Blow: Interracial Jazz Recording and Other Jive Before 1935 has just been released in print, eBook and .pdf download. Author Stephen Provizer has amassed a discography of hundreds of interracial recording sessions, which include some of the most well-known jazz musicians of the era, including Jelly Roll Morton, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie ...
'The Practice Notebooks Of Michael Brecker' Now Available From Sher Music
Sher Music Co. proudly presents The Practice Notebooks of Michael Brecker, an extraordinary release that grants unprecedented access to the inner workings of one of the greatest saxophonists in jazz history. This remarkable publication offers a rare opportunity for musicians to dive deep into the mind of a jazz legend and unlock the secrets of his ...
Mike & Dorothy Longo's Co-Written 'The Rhythm Of Unity,' A Story Of A Search For Musical, Spiritual, & Racial Enlightenment, Due May 9 From Redwood Publishing
When Mike Longo—the New York jazz pianist who was a longtime protégé, collaborator, and friend of Dizzy Gillespie—passed away in 2020 from COVID-19, he left behind a manuscript of his journey to musical and spiritual fruition. His widow, Dorothy Longo, completed the memoir as The Rhythm of Unity: A Jazz Musician’s Lifelong Journey Beyond Black and ...
Cynthia Basinet Interview New York Lifestyles Magazine February 2023
New York Lifestyle Magazine Interview With Cynthia Basinet Innovator + Trendsetter + Humanitarian By Ann Grenier | Photos by Vital Agibalow for Hensel Hair & Makeup by John Henry Edington Among the iconic sounds of the recent Holiday season is the song “Santa Baby.” Initially recorded by Eartha Kitt in the early 1950s, the song ...
'Misty: The Music of Johnny Mathis' by Jakob Baekgaard
Few singers have been able to change with the times like Johnny Mathis. Although his fame rests on his massive popularity in the '50s and '60s when he competed with Elvis and Frank Sinatra and outsold almost anyone, Mathis has remained relevant through the decades and no other crooner is as technically skilled or able to ...
Willard Jenkins Presents A Collection Of Reflections About Jazz, Journalism, And Race With 'Ain't But A Few Of Us,' To Be Published Dec. 2 By Duke University Press
Washington, DC-based jazz journalist, broadcaster, presenter, and advocate Willard Jenkins presents a literary panorama of the lives and works of African American jazz writers with his edited volume Ain’t But A Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story (Duke University Press). As the title suggests, Jenkins gathers the relative handful of Black scribes who ...
New Book 'Inside Black' investigates the depth and true meaning of black through art, culture, science and human consciousness
Inside Black is a dynamic concept initiated by visual artist and poet Leslie Browne, and executed with writer, photographer Joan Gannij, which investigates the depth and true meaning of black through art, culture, science and human consciousness. The word “Black" has been loaded with associations throughout history, referring to race, class, the human shadow side, the unknown, and Black Holes. ...
