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Motéma Music Takes Flight In Its Tenth Year With Steady Stream Of Breakthrough Albums
Harlem-Based Label Makes Waves on International Sales, Radio and Tastemaker Charts and Polls Celebrations planned at Monterey, Exit 0 & London Jazz Festivals, As Well As at Events in Detroit, NYC and Paris Motéma Music's tenth anniversary year is in full swing, and as the summer heats up, the Harlem-based label has much cause for celebration. The ...
Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 29-30, 2013
by R.J. DeLuke
Saratoga Performing Arts CenterFreihofer's Saratoga Jazz FestivalSaratoga Springs, NYJune 29-30, 2013 Fiery music that burned with intensity, eclectic compositions that shifted in time signature and tempo, sweet melodies and down-home dirty blues--all were heard at this year's Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival in upstate New York, an event that is among the ...
2013 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival: Ottawa, Canada, June 21-26, 2013
by John Kelman
TD Ottawa Jazz FestivalOttawa, CanadaJune 20-July 1, 2013Having made the decision, in 2012, to broaden its stylistic purview to include not only music on the periphery of jazz, but artists with no real connection to the founding raison d'être of the festival, the 2013 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival continued to bring extracurricular music ...
Take Five With Ralph J DeLorso Jr.
by AAJ Staff
Meet Ralph J DeLorso Jr:I am a 59 year-old seasoned professional drummer. For 43 years I worked for WM Morris and Willard Alexander. For many years I have performed and recorded with many artists. I have performed with the late Jackie McLean two years before his passing at the Artist Collective in Hartford. I ...
David Murray Infinity Quartet: Be My Monster Love
by Steve Bryant
Tenor man David Murray is considered to be one of the most prolific and innovative players and composers of the last 40 years.Not only has he distinguished himself as an inventive leader of the avant-garde movement, he has become a veritable Renaissance man just based on the myriad of projects he has undertaken in ...
Motown Celebrates Its Musical Legends In The 2013 Detroit Jazz Fest
On April 23, 2013, the Producers of the world-renowned Detroit Jazz Festival announced what promises to be another outstanding lineup of nationally and internationally renowned artists in addition to the generations of Detroit players who put the city on the map as one of the historically significant centers for the music. Artistic Director Chris Collins showed ...
Gregory Porter Serves Spoleto Splendidly
By Larry Reni Thomas CHARLESTON, SC: “How does it feel to be the hottest cat out here, Gregory Porter? I mean you are working all over the place. You are here in Charleston for two nights (May 24 and 25) at Spoleto Festival. You are going to be at The Playboy Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, ...
12th Edition Of The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival Starts In 5 Weeks With Record Number Of Artists, Concerts And Venues
Trombone Shorty Back for 4th Year Rochester, NY— May 13, 2013— The nine-day 12th Edition of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival starts in just 39 days, June 21-29, delivering a record number of concerts, and more than 1200 artists performing at 19 venues and outdoor stages. Headlining this year are Bob James & David Sanborn ...
Cape Town Jazz Festival 2013
by Dan Bilawsky
Cape Town Jazz Festival 2013Cape Town, South AfricaApril 5-6, 2013Music has the power to transport those on the receiving end to another place, but the terms of travel are usually figurative in nature. For four North American journalists, however, the figurative took fantastic form with an offer to visit Cape Town, soak in ...
Burghausen Jazz Festival 2013
by John Kelman
Burghausen Jazz Festival Burghausen, Germany March 12-17, 2013 Located almost exactly halfway along the border of the province of Bavaria (located in Germany's southeast) and Austria, the town of Burghausen might seem an odd place for a jazz festival, especially one now celebrating its 44th year. But this town of just 18,000 people, ...
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