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Jazz & Blues Revue Featuring George Kahn Unveils Holiday Magic With New Album 'Holiday Soirée'
Jazz & Blues Revue Featuring George Kahn Unveils Holiday Magic with New Album “Holiday Soirée” Los Angeles, CA – August 30, 2024 – As the holiday season approaches, the George Kahn = 1250 Jazz & Blues Revue is ready to light up your celebrations with their latest release, Holiday Soirée. This collection of twelve tracks is ...
San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2024
by Walter Atkins
San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2024 San Jose, CAAugust 9 through August 11, 2024 San Jose Jazz's Summer Fest 2024 was a high-octane weekend of top-flight musicians and artists covering the full spectrum of melodic sounds, in a friendly and accessible location in downtown San Jose. SJJSF 2024 featured multiple outdoor and ...
Adam Hawley On New Album, ‘Unstoppable’ And Tour
by Steven Roby
Our interview with guitarist Adam Hawley on Backstage Sonoma covers various topics, offering an insightful glimpse into Adam's career and musical journey. The conversation begins with casual exchanges and then delves into Adam's early years, highlighting his origins in Oregon, his early passion for guitar, and his first forays into bluegrass and blues rock bands.
Fillmore Jazz Festival 2024
by Walter Atkins
Fillmore Jazz Festival 2024 Harlem Of The West San Francisco CA July 6-7 2024 This year's 35th edition of the San Francisco's massive Fillmore Jazz Festival focused on the rich and extensive heritage of the City's historic Fillmore district and it's importance as the cultural and musical “Harlem of ...
Vocalist Zuri Alexander's Enchanting Tribute To Ella Fitzgerald At Alvas Showroom on August 2, 2024
Alvas Showroom proudly presents “My Tribute To Ella Fitzgerald" with the extraordinary jazz vocalist Zuri Alexander on Friday, August 2, 2024. This special event is set to be an enchanting evening celebrating the timeless music and enduring legacy of the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald. Accompanying Zuri Alexander on stage will be an exceptional lineup ...
Multi-Cultural AfroBlueGrazz Guitarist Pascal Bokar's 'I Can Tell' Drops Today
An award-winning jazz composer, guitarist and vocalist, Dr. Pascal Bokar Thiam presents a global musical banquet from his native France to his Senegalese and Malian roots. Anchored in bebop, he has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Byrd, Donald Bailey and Donald Brown. Pascal is the “father” of the funky, jazzy, bluesy, bluegrass-y, joyous and thoroughly infectious ...
Doodlebug from Digable Planets: Now and Then
by Steven Roby
The interview features Craig Irwin, also known as Doodlebug, from the pioneering hip-hop trio Digable Planets. The conversation begins with a discussion about the group's influential debut single, “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)," and the creative process behind it, highlighting the group's innovative use of samples and their advantageous track development. Doodlebug shares insights into ...
Youth Trumpet Scholars Inaugural Event For So Cal Student Musicians, September 21-22, 2024
Student Musicians to Perform with, Attend Master Classes with World-Renowned Trumpeters Wayne Bergeron, Andrea Giuffredi & Alex Sipiagin! On September 21 and 22, local area trumpet students will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform onstage and attend highly-involved Master Classes with trumpet legends, Wayne Bergeron, jazz artist Alex Sipiagin, virtuoso Andrea Giuffredi and the entire Grammy-winning ...
John Escreet: Departure No. 1
by John Chacona
When you first listen to “Departure No. 1," from John Escreet's The epicenter of your dreams (Blue Room Music, 2024), you might well ask, Who wrote that? At once familiar but tantalizingly hard to pin down, the composition sounds like a Bud Powell tune or maybe an undiscovered Herbie Nichols gem, perhaps in an edition by ...
Tribute To Angela Bofill - Livestreamed funeral mass set for Friday, June 28, 2024 at 1pm Pacific time on St. Dominic’s Catholic Church's YouTube channel in Benicia, CA
On June 13, 2024, jazz/R&B/pop singer-songwriter Angela Bofill's death at 70 years old was announced in a post on Angela Bofill’s Facebook page by Rich Engel—her long-time friend and manager: “On behalf of my dear friend Angie, I am saddened to announce her passing on the morning of June 13th.” Angela Bofill passed away at the ...
