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Craig Alston

Born: August 13, 1974

Craig Alston is a multi-instrumentalist from Baltimore who is best known as the saxophonist for Fertile Ground. However, Craig is also very busy leading the Eubie Blake Legacy Band and performing under his own name. Early in his career, Craig studied Music Education at Morgan Sate University. During his tenure at Morgan State Craig's focus switched from being an educator to a performer. It was then that Craig turned his energy to perfecting his craft to be a world class jazz musician. After leaving college and performing with both national and local artist Craig joined the group Fertile Ground

Sack Full of Dreams

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Sack Full of Dreams; Where is Love; Save Your Love for Me; Do I Move You; This Bitter Earth; Hurry Up This Way Again; When Did you Leave Heaven; Throw it Away; Spirit in the Dark; Dance with My Father; What I Did for Love; Meet Me on the Moon

Take Five with Hazel Mitchell-Bell

by Hazel Mitchell-Bell
March 30, 2020

Meet Hazel Mitchell-Bell Vocalist Hazel Mitchell-Bell has become one of Washington, D.C.'s first ladies of jazz. With highly praised first album, Stronger than Ever, under her belt, and another album set for release in 2020, she appears on festival, concert and club stages, enjoying one sellout after another. Working closely with pianist and music director, Vince ...

Christian De Mesones And Special Guest Debora Galan Unveil An Album And New Jazz Genre At Blues Alley

June 26, 2019

On Wednesday, July 10, genre-busting bassist / composer Christian de Mesones and special guest Debora Galan will bring the slow burn and endless rhythmic possibilities of Latin jazz into the realm of Smooth Jazz—and onto the Blues Alley stage, presenting music from their forthcoming album. Titled They Call Me Big New York, the recording fuses the ...

Stronger Than Ever

By Hazel Mitchell-Bell

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Track listing: Four Women; Autumn Leaves; Everything Must Change; Feel Like Making Love; I Wish You Love; Louisiana Sunday Afternoon; Willow Weep for Me; Rio De Janeiro Blue; Skylark; One Note Samba; The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face; Let There Be Love; The Makings of You

Maryland Events Highlight Women Jazz Artists: Concerts And Panel Discussion Celebrate Women's History Month

March 9, 2017

From its earliest days, women have played key roles in jazz. Vocalists Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday are legendary singers who exhibited a high level of musicianship. They mastered the technique of their instrument (the voice), learned their music thoroughly and were skilled improvisers like any other band member. Many more talented women have ...

New Release From Marianne Matheny-Katz Celebrates Charm City's Fertile Jazz Scene

May 12, 2014

BALTIMORE, MD – Jazz lovers will soon have the opportunity to enjoy the new album Somewhere in Paradise featuring vocalist Marianne Matheny-Katz with many of Baltimore’s best-known jazz musicians. The CD, on the Indy label Jazzway, goes to radio in the United States and will be available for sale in May 2014. While most of her ...