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Jamaica's Acclaimed University Singers on a Five-City Tour of Europe
Jamaica's highly acclaimed University Singers, under the direction of Noel Dexter, takes its choral theatre on a five-city tour of the UK and Germany beginning July 23.The tour, conducted under the theme, Connecting with Diaspora: Building Bridges Through Music, forms part of the group's continuing mission as ambassadors of the University of the West ...
Monty Alexander Playing Five-Night Series at Jazz at Lincoln Center
The phenomenal sounds of Jamaica's acclaimed Commander of Distinction and renowned jazz pianist, Monty Alexander, is on the way adding excitement in New York City as he returns with his Harlem-Kingston Express for a five-night series of performances at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Alexander, who has the distinction of being named one of the ...
Howard "Flagga" Duperly Plays Reggae on Florida's Serious Jazz Radio
Jamaican Howard “Flagga"Duperly hosts a reggae show, The Reggae Ride, on predominantly jazz radio WDNA 88.9FM in Florida. The non-profit radio, known worldwide as South Florida's premier jazz station utilizes two words, Serious Jazz, that, in a nutshell, brands its varied programming. But, while jazz is its foundation, the station musically satisfies the multicultural ...
Jimmy Cliff Unplugged at NPR Tiny Desk Concert, to Break Loose at Woodland Park Zoo Concert
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae legend with a big stage presence, is all gentleness as he appeared eleven minutes unplugged on the Tiny Desk Concert at the National Public Radio (NPR) Music office in Washington, DC.Cliff, who brought reggae music to millions worldwide, revered for his legendary songs on the soundtrack to the 1972 hit ...
Reliving Peter Tosh Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Offbeat travels back in time to July 16, 1979, 30 years past, to figuratively relive reggae legend Peter Tosh performing a devastating live set at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. The concert was performed in The Casino which is mostly known for having been burnt down eight years earlier and memorialized in the Deep ...
Ernest "Ernie" Ranglin in Demand at 78
Ernest 'Ernie" Ranglin O.D, Jamaica's legendary guitarist who pioneered Jamaica's fertile reggae and ska scene of the late 1950s and early '60s and who's celebrated for his fluent and versatile guitar style, coupled with his arrangement skills is in constant demand at 78 (June 19. In recent years, Ernest Ranglin has gone back to ...
Strong Line-up Opens Jamaica International Ocho Rios Jazz Festival
A strong line-up of vocalists, instrumentalists mark the opening of the 20th Anniversary of the Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival beginning this Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 6:00 pm in the verdant gardens of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel. The across-the-island week of jazz in tribute to Festival founder the late Cecil “Sonny" Bradshaw, will seed arguably ...
Carmen Lundy Performs Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival June 13
World-renowned American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress Carmen Lundy who is also celebrated painter, is among the international artists to perform at the week-long Ohio Rios International Jazz Festival, June 13-20. Lundy has been performing for 3 decades, with a focus on original material, during which she has earned positive comparison to Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald ...
Bass Virtuoso Stanley Clarke Releases His 28th Album
Bass virtuoso Stanley Clarke, the American jazz performer, composer, bandleader who rose to prominence in the 1970s and single-handedly brought the electric bass to the forefront of jazz and R&B teams with up-and-coming star, Japanese virtuoso Hiromi Uehara, keyboard master, Ruslan Sirota, and fierce drummer Ronald Bruner Jr, in a special “sneak peak" showcase of his ...
Esperanza Spalding Lands at St. Lucia Jazz Festival 2010
Esperanza Spalding, vivacious, prodigious bassist, multi-lingual vocalist, irresistible performer, lands her private jet in exotic Castries for the 19th annual St. Lucia Jazz 2010 which sounds off May 1st - 9th at multiple venues across the Caribbean island. Esperanza (hope) plays Main Stage, Pigeon Island on a star-studded closing night that includes ...
