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John McLaughlin, Steely Dan, Phil Lesh, Miles Davis, James Taylor Sidemen Form New Touring Band - The Ringers
Los Angeles, CA: Talk about one of the most amazing group of musicians playing together, debuting in early 2013 – they are THE RINGERS featuring three top notch Rock-Blues Guitarists Jimmy Herring (Widespread Panic, The Dead, Phil Lesh) Wayne Krantz (Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Michael Brecker), Michael Landau (James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis) , drummer ...
Emy Tseng: Sonho
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Fifty-plus years after saxophonist Stan Getz and singer/guitarist Astrud Gilberto captured composer Antonio Carlos Jobim and served up bossa nova for popular consumption, musicians continue to eagerly return to Brazilian classics. Logically, the integration of attractive bossa textures with the Great American Songbook has been another phenomenon. Thus, the bossa nova resource has been incredibly robust ...
Anat Cohen at Kennedy Center Jazz Club
by Franz A. Matzner
Anat Cohen has received no shortage of accolades of late and her rise is a testament to her stunning capacities on clarinet and saxophone. She is no stranger to Washington, DC audiences either, packing clubs and concert halls from Bohemian Caverns to the Sixth and I Synagogue. Most recently, Cohen filled the Kennedy Center's Jazz Club, ...
New Orleans Heavyweights Joe Krown Trio Perform In Washington DC! Sol Roots Opens The Show!
Joe Krown Trio, featuring the best in New Orleans funk performs Tues Nov 13 at The Hamilton! Funky guitarist and soulful singer, Sol Roots opens the show! “A killer collaboration between three of New Orleans greatest players!" —Jan Ramsey, Offbeat Magazine Joe Krown Trio some of the greatest New Orleans funk and R&B musicians! Joe Krown ...
Paul De Barros Presents New Marian McPartland Biography "Shall We Play That One Together" At The University Of The District Of Columbia's Jazzforum
Thursday, November 1st At 7:00pm Author Paul de Barros discusses his just-published biography, Shall We Play That One Together?: The Life and Art of Jazz Piano Legend Marian McPartland (St. Martin's Press). Though she is well-known as the award winning host of NPR's long-running Piano Jazz program, McPartland's remarkable career began in the 1930s in her ...
2012 Thelonious Monk International Drums Competition
by Franz A. Matzner
It can never be said that the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz does anything halfway. Held annually at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, this year's competition and gala concert was ambitious and extravagant--equal parts a celebration of jazz drumming, a salute to women's past and present contributions to the art form, and a promotion for ...
Capitol Blues Night 2012! Ironing Board Sam, Cool John Ferguson, Sol Roots, Big Ron Hunter, Captain Luke!
Capitol Blues Night Wednesday October 24 at The Hamilton in Washington D.C.! Don’t miss this- it’s not often you get to see Ironing Board Sam, Cool John Ferguson, Big Ron Hunter, Sol Roots, Captain Luke, Ardie Dean all on one ticket! A full Music Maker Blues Revue will be performing and tickets will be $25. The ...
Jazz Film Uncovers Washington, D.C. Jazz Treasures
Stefan Immler has taken Washington’s love for jazz to new heights with his seminal documentary Oxygen for the Ears: Living Jazz. This full-length documentary, which took the German-born jazz lover more than three years to make, reveals many surprising new facts about jazz in the nation’s capital. Immler’s film will be the opener for the Third ...
Thelonious Monk Institute Of Jazz Presents Annual Competition And Gala Made Possible By Cadillac
Festivities Will Celebrate “Women, Music and Diplomacy” All-star talent line-up includes Herbie Hancock, Helen Mirren, Tipper Gore, Billy Dee Williams, Jimmy Heath, Wayne Shorter, George Duke, Patti Austin, Nnenna Freelon, Geri Allen, Mark O’Connor, Gretchen Parlato, Lee Ritenour, Roberta Gambarini and many others, with special guests Aretha Franklin and Chris Botti Washington, D.C. – The 25th ...
inDepth Jazz Clinic And Concert Celebrate Brazilian Samba in Rockville, Maryland
In celebration of America’s 50-year love affair with Brazilian jazz, five venerated jazz artists will teach and perform Samba music in the first inDepth Jazz Clinic and Concert of the season. The eight-year-old series near the nation’s capital serves gifted amateur and semi- pro musicians and jazz lovers with half a dozen programs annually. Last season’s ...
