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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lewis Nash
All About Jazz is celebrating Lewis Nash's birthday today! Lewis Nash (born December 30, 1958) is an American jazz drummer. Nash grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was encouraged into jazz by his high school band teacher. By the age of 18, Nash was a first call sideman for visiting musicians to Phoenix, and received ...
Charlie Harrington Signs With Tempus Drums
Award-Winning Acclaimed Artist, Charlie Harrington, has signed with Tempus Drums. Charlie, an in demand session player with a well-established reputation as a first call drummer, is proud to endorse the fine quality products offered by Tempus Drums. Tempus Drums started out in 1973 as Milestone Drums in Vancouver, Canada, at the height of the synthetic shell ...
Ron Carter's Great Big Band: Ron Carter's Great Big Band
by Dan McClenaghan
Bassist Ron Carter rode to high profile during his stint with trumpeter Miles Davis' second great quintet, the stellar mid-1960s ensemble that also included pianist Herbie Hancock, drummer Tony Williams and saxophonist Wayne Shorter--all of whom, like Carter, went on to create great things. Carter also used the opportunity afforded by the Davis boost to become ...
Jazz Tour of NYC with Cory Weeds, March 2012
COME TO NEW YORK WITH CORY WEEDS A Jazz Filled Exploration of the Big Apple! March 24 -31, 2012 Turner Music and Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club (Vancouver, BC, CAN) are pleased to announce the dates for New York With Weeds 2012. This year's tour will begin on Saturday, March 24th and ...
Annual Jazz Party at Sea Announces Lineup
The Annual Jazz Party At Sea is pleased to announce the lineup for the 12th Annual departure, November 4th through the 11th, 2012. We will set sail from New Orleans for seven nights aboard Norwegian Cruise Line's m/s Norwegian Star visiting Costa Maya, Belize City, Roatan and Cozumel. Featured artists include Renee Rosnes Quartet with Peter ...
Helen Sung: (re)Conception
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Helen Sung has got the swing thing down. A graduate of the inaugural class of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance, Sung has put out a series of increasingly distinctive CDs, from her ear-grabbing debut, Push (Blue Moon, 2004), to the classical leaning Sungbird (After Albeniz) (Sunnyside, 2007), through to 2010's quintet outing, Going ...
Take Five With Lauren Henderson
by AAJ Staff
Meet Lauren Henderson:Lauren Henderson is a Massachusetts-born singer and songwriter. With eclectic vocal influences and a style that spreads across genres, she produces a distinct yet versatile sound. Her diverse musical background is rooted in jazz and expands to rhythm and blues, Latin, soul, gospel, classical, fusion, neo-soul, pop, Nuevo-flamenco and many other forms. ...
Lisa Hilton: Underground
by Dan Bilawsky
In the minds of some musicians and fans, music is meant to be an athletic competition where speed and strength trump everything else, but a large segment of audiences and performers don't buy into that line of thinking. Others believe that music can be a vehicle for expressing emotions and dealing in the art of communication, ...
Riverside Theater to Honor Phylicia Rashad & Roy Haynes During Annual Gala
NYC's Riverside Theater to Pay Tribute to Renowned Actress Phylicia Rashad and Jazz Great Roy Haynes During Their “Legacy to Promise" Gala on September 26th, 2011 Since its inception in 1960, The Riverside Theatre of Morningside Heights in New York City has aimed to bring a vibrant array of culture, performance, and arts to the surrounding ...
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band / Gerald Wilson Orchestra / Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat BandThat's How We RollTelarc2010 After more than a decade of making beautiful music at home, on the road and in the studio, Gordon Goodwin's irrepressible Big Phat Band keeps rolling merrily along, burning rubber on its sixth free-wheeling recording (and first for Telarc Records). ...
