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Playboy Jazz Festival Soars June 14th And 15th At The Hollywood Bowl

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC PRESENTS 36TH ANNUAL PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL JUNE 14-15, 2014 PERFORMERS INCLUDE CELEBRATED ICONS OF THE GENRE, EMERGING ARTISTS AND A TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDARY GEORGE DUKE Headliners include: Dianne Reeves, George Benson with special guest Earl Klugh, Jamie Cullum, Fantasia, Al Jarreau and Stanley Clarke celebrating George Duke George ...
Jose James at Dazzle

by Geoff Anderson
Jose James Dazzle Denver, CO April 23, 2014 Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Gil Scott-Heron. Mix them together, bring them into the 21st Century and you end up with something that sounds a lot like Jose James. Wednesday night at Dazzle, 36-year-old James brought his band and updated soul ...
Introducing Nir Felder

by Angelo Leonardi
La recente uscita di Golden Age, debutto da leader di Nir Felder (Okeh 2014), conferma i positivi riconoscimenti che il chitarrista ottiene sulla scena musicale di New York. A partire da maestri come Greg Osby, Terri Lyne Carrington o Jack DeJohnette, molti jazzmen l'hanno coinvolto nei loro organici, facendolo conoscere oltre la cerchia del suo pubblico ...
SFJAZZ Announces 2014 Summer Programming

SFJAZZ today announced summer programming for the 32nd Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival running June 12 to June 22, 2014 and the 2014 Summer Sessions running July 17 to August 24, 2014. The Festival will present a nonstop celebration of legendary performers and up-and-coming artists at the SFJAZZ Center’s Robert N. Miner Auditorium, Joe Henderson Lab, ...
Dianne Reeves at Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver

by Geoff Anderson
Dianne Reeves Boettcher Concert Hall Denver, CO January 25, 2014 Let's get right to the most important fact: Dianne Reeves is the greatest living jazz singer. And she gives the dead ones a run for their money too. Pick any aspect: phrasing, intonation, soul, emotion, interpretation, range, control, improvisation. She ...
Beautiful Life

Label: Concord Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: I Want You; Feels So Good (Lifted); Dreams; Satiated (Been Waiting); Waiting In Vain; 32 Flavors; Cold; Wild Rose; Stormy Weather; Tango; Unconditional Love (For You); Long Road Ahead;
Billy Kilson: Nasty Pitch

by Trish Richardson
Here's the wind up. And the pitch. Whoa, did you see that one folks? That pitch was just nasty. In baseball, occasionally a ball gets thrown by the pitcher that is so good, so perfectly placed, so unbelievable, the announcer calls it nasty. The opposing batter doesn't have much chance of hitting it, but ...
Songwriting Bandleaders Of The Swing Era This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, vocalist and Arbors recording artist Rebecca Kilgore joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to celebrate Songwriting Bandleaders of the Swing Era with music by Ray Noble, Isham Jones, Artie Shaw and Duke Ellington. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Dianne Reeves

All About Jazz is celebrating Dianne Reeves' birthday today! Recognized as one of jazz\'s pre-eminent vocalists, Grammy winner Dianne Reeves is one of the most significant singers in jazz. While her singing is steeped in tradition, her rhythmic virtuosity and improvisational ease are breathtaking. Reeves has won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for each ...
George Duke: The Master of the Game

by Jeff Winbush
[Editor's Note: The following piece was first published at AAJ contributor Jeff Winbush's The Domino Theory blog, and is reprinted here in tribute to George Duke, who passed away on August 5, 2013]I never caught George Duke live in concert. I never met the man in person. However, he did give me two hours ...