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Nu Jazz Entertainment/ELM Records Announces The Vinyl Release Of An 80th Birthday Celebration! From NEA Jazz Master Ellis Marsalis In Celebration Of His 82nd Birthday For A Limited Time!
Nu Jazz Entertainment/ELM Records—two long time producers of high quality audio and video content in the genre of jazz—announced the November 2016 release of a vinyl album, Ellis Marsalis: An 80th Birthday Celebration (Limited Edition), from the NEA Jazz Master. The double disc vinyl album will be released through the Pledge Music distribution platform with a ...
2016 Detroit Jazz Festival
by C. Andrew Hovan
2016 Detroit Jazz Festival Hart Plaza Detroit, Michigan September 2-4, 2016 The staging of North America's largest free jazz festival must indeed be some kind of massive undertaking. In the years since artistic director Chris Collins has taken the reins of the festival, there have been many changes, some for the ...
The Big Beat: Edwin G. Hamilton, Scott Neumann, Donald Edwards, Arthur Vint, Rob Garcia, Jeremy Warren
by C. Michael Bailey
This is a spotlight on drums...a pretty big spotlight. Edwin G. Hamilton The Whole World Must Change Self Produced2016 It's hard enough to find a drummer, much less one who sings. There is Les DeMerle, and he is fine, but, the drummer/singer is a pretty hard chair to fill, ...
Henry Butler, Steven Bernstein and the Hot 9: Viper's Drag
by Angelo Leonardi
Cosa unisce la dissacrante verve di Steven Bernstein -estroverso leader dei Sex Mob e animatore di vari progetti con la Tzadik di John Zorn-col virtuosistico pianismo di Henry Butler, fortemente intriso di blues? Questa rilettura sul primo jazz di New Orleans è una delle risposte. La passione per la tradizione ha accomunato i due ...
Saxophonist Christian Winther Releases "Refuge In Sound" on Sound Perspective Music
Christian Winther: Refuge In Sound (Sound Perspective Music). Release Date: March 7, 2016 Featuring: Christian Winther (saxophone) Allyn Johnson (piano) Mike Moreno (guitar) Reuben Rogers (bass) Billy Williams Jr. (drums) Christie Dashiell (vocals on track 3) Saxophonist Christian Winther's new release Refuge In Sound ...
Ahmad Jamal & Yusef Lateef: Live At The Olympia
by Ian Patterson
Ahmad Jamal's live performances have been well represented in his discography over the past sixty years. Yet despite touring the globe, all Jamal's live recordings--with the exception of the DVD concert from Lebanon, Live at Baalbeck (Birdology, 2003)--document North American and European gigs. France has always accorded the Pittsburgh pianist a royal welcome, naming him an ...
37th Paradise Valley Jazz Party at Scottsdale Hilton Resort
by Patricia Myers
37th Paradise Valley Jazz Party Scottsdale Hilton Resort Scottsdale, Arizona March 22-23, 2014 An A-team of East Coast, West Coast and Arizona musicians played a mix of swing and bebop sounds in 14 jam-session-style sets at the 37th annual Paradise Valley Jazz Party. A special element at this party ...
Ahmad Jamal at Vicar Street, Dublin
by Ian Patterson
Ahmad Jamal Vicar Street Dublin 24 January, 2014 It's been a banner year for fans of jazz piano in Dublin, with solo concerts by Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau bookending 2013. Influential to both these pianists was NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal, so it was fitting in a way that he ...
NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal Plays Rare Irish Date
The term “jazz legend” is perhaps one that is over used, but how else do you adequately describe Mr. Ahmad Jamal, NEA Jazz Master? Certainly, those fortunate enough to grab a ticket for the Pennsylvanian pianist’s one-off Irish gig in Vicar Street, Dublin on 24th January will be left in no doubt as to why Jamal ...
Saturday Morning
by Ian Patterson
Just over a year after Blue Moon (Jazzbook Records, 2012) Jamal's stellar homage to American cinema and Broadwaythe Pittsburgh pianist returns in the same rich vein of form on Saturday Morning. Blue Moon earned a Grammy nomination, and for the second time in recent years Jamal was invited to open the Lincoln Center season in September; ...