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News: Performance / Tour

Celebrated Jazz Composer & Vocalist Carmen Lundy To Appear At Vitello's Jazz and Supper Club

March 20, 2012

Carmen Lundy Celebrates the CD Release of Changes Two Shows, Friday-7:30 & 9:30 PM / Saturday -8:00 & 10:00 PM Anthony Wonsey—Piano Darryl Hall—Bass Jamison Ross—Drums and special guest Nolan Shaheed on trumpet “In a world of pretenders, Carmen Lundy is a genuine Jazz Singer" —The Evening Standard Carmen Lundy ...

News: Festival

Monterey Jazz Festival Receives $285,000 in Grants

March 17, 2012

Monterey Jazz Festival Receives $285,000 in Grants $225,000 Grant from Surdna Foundation Supports the Next Generation Jazz Festival and Orchestra $60,000 NEA Grant Supports Monterey Jazz Festival's 2012 Artist-In-Residence Ambrose Akinmusire; Commission Artist Bill Frisell; and Showcase Artist Jack DeJohnette March 16, 2012, Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival is pleased to announce that the Surdna ...

News: Event

Do You Know Valaida Snow and Blanche Calloway? Amanda King Presents

March 15, 2012

SFJAZZ DISCOVER JAZZ PRESENTS AMANDA KING'S “FORGOTTEN WOMEN, LOST SONGS" at Jazz Heritage Center, Tuesday March 20th at 7:00pm SAN FRANCISCO, CA: March is Women's History month and as part of the SFJazz's Discover Jazz Part II series, jazz chanteuse and popular song historian Amanda King will lead a performance-lecture focused on the vibrant lives and ...

News: Interview

Jody Watley Interview: Live in San Francisco, March 15-17

March 15, 2012

Live music fans in San Francisco have a rare opportunity to see a pop icon this week when Jody Watley arrives on the intimate stage of the Rrazz Room in Hotel Nikko. She doesn't mind at all that some people don't realize Watley has been a chameleon in the world of music—gathering hit records since the ...

News: Event

Jazz Without Borders Lua Hadar and her global jazz band TWIST debut at Yoshi’s Oakland, previewing new CD Sunday, March 11 @ 7pm

March 11, 2012

San Francisco, CA: Vocalist Lua Hadar with her band TWIST make their Yoshi's Oakland debut on Sunday, March 11 at 7pm with their signature “Jazz Without Borders," an evening of international jazz. The set list includes several tunes from the band's new CD, Like A Bridge, recently recorded at the legendary Fantasy Studios, Berkeley. Also, a ...

News: Event

Enter Music Publishing Grooves Forward With The 17th Annual Drummies Voting Now Open Till May 1

March 9, 2012

San Jose, Calif.—It's exciting, respected, a bit controversial yet fun. That's right, it's Drummies time! Comprised of more than 40 categories, Enter Music Publishing's annual awards/poll officially opens March 10 in the artist and gear categories. Drummers and drumming fans can cast their votes here. Great Expectations: Diverse Drum Categories Like last year, Enter Music Publishing ...

News: Festival

Next Generation Jazz Festival Hosts America's Top Young Jazz Musicians, March 30 - April 1, 2012 in Downtown Monterey

March 3, 2012

Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival Hosts America's Top Young Jazz Musicians, March 30—April 1, 2012 in Downtown Monterey 65 Groups from 3 Countries, 13 States and 14 California Counties are Participants Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival, a nonprofit leader in jazz education since 1958, is proud to announce its annual Next Generation Jazz ...

News: Festival

11th Annual Brubeck Festival to Explore Communities

March 1, 2012

Dave Brubeck created community both on and off-stage from the moment he began performing. Trios, quartets, octets and even orchestras and choirs became vehicles for Dave's music. Off-stage he and Iola worked to bring groups out of the clubs, onto college campuses and into concert halls. As momentum grew so did the community until Brubeck sounds ...

News: TV / Film

Catalina Film Festival: May 4-6, 2012

February 27, 2012

MAY 4TH-MAY 6TH, 2012 About Catalina Film Festival Catalina Film Festival, an annual celebration of film on the only West Coast resort island, features more than 75 films, nightly events and entertainment. From Charlie Chaplin to Marilyn Monroe, celebrities and filmmakers have flocked to Catalina for inspiration. Clear blue water and coastal breezes provide ...

News: Performance / Tour

Anna Mjoll at Vibrato on February 24th

February 15, 2012

Iceland's First Lady of Jazz, Miss Anna Mjoll plays another near-guaranteed sellout at Herb Alpert's Vibrato in Bel-Air Friday, February 24th, 2012 at 9pm “The sweetest voice on the current Jazz scene. Period." —Arnaldo DeSouteiro “Lightly twisted, jazzy..." —Los Angeles Times Anna Mjoll By LA Weekly's Tom Meek: Iceland's Anna Mjoll grew up in one of ...