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Kabir Sehgal: Spirited Warrior for Jazz

by Michael Ricci
April 22, 2020

Kabir Sehgal has a history of championing meaningful causes for jazz. His wildly impressive background includes five Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards as a producer. He is also the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of fourteen books including Jazzocracy: Jazz, Democracy, and the Creation of a New American Mythology (Better ...

Unfiltered: The Tyshawn Sorey Sextet at the Jazz Gallery

by Dave Kaufman
April 22, 2020

The Jazz Gallery in New York City is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary. It's a great room to listen to music and is also photographer friendly. The Gallery is known for paying homage to jazz greats but is perhaps best known for its commitment to supporting young musicians. It also provides a space for musical artists ...

Alice Soyer: A Tale of Two Wings

by Jim Worsley
April 20, 2020

To think of Alice Soyer is to immediately get in touch with your feelings. Soyer is a most accomplished composer, pianist, and vocalist, who also brilliantly shares her distinct impressions through her drawings and paintings. Born and raised just outside of Paris, Soyer's art, in any form, denotes the cherished moments and adventures of her life ...

The Bebop Channel Issues Stock Grants To Official Selections Amid Worldwide Festival Cancellations

April 20, 2020

Many up-and-coming filmmakers' dreams for success have been crushed indefinitely due to the COVID- 19 pandemic. As pointed out in Shirley Li's piece in The Atlantic entitled The Pandemic Is Hitting One Part of Hollywood Especially Hard, film festivals around the world—arguably the most important life-line for new filmmakers—have been cancelled. One festival has given over ...

Kabir Sehgal

Sehgal has won five Grammy & three Latin Grammy Awards as a producer. Some of his recognized productions include “American Dreamers” by John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists; “Presidential Suite” by Ted Nash; and “Cuba: The Conversation Continues” by Arturo O’Farrill. Sehgal has released two albums as an artist with Deepak Chopra & Paul Avgerinos: Home and Meditations on the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. He is also a jazz bassist, composer, and librettist who wrote an opera on the European financial crisis. He co-founded an arts non-profit organization that merged with the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance.

Grammy Winning Trumpeter, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Multi-Instrumentalist, Songwriter Michael Leonhart Spins Classic & Rare Blue Note Albums On April 21st At 7:30pm ET

April 19, 2020

Live from Leonhart's Lounge! Grab your favorite beverage, sit back and tune in as Michael Leonhart (of Michael Leonhart Orchestra and Steely Dan) “drops the needle" on some classic and rare Blue Note albums on April 21, 2020 at 7:30m ET. A virtual listening party As part of their ongoing monthly residency at Jazz Standard, the ...

Previously Unknown Steve Reid's Recording (2000) Is Now On Bandcamp!

April 16, 2020

After 20 years, I finally decided to go ahead and release this exciting album on Bandcamp. It demonstrates Steve Reid extraordinary ability to spontaneously orchestrate within a jazz quartet, his inventiveness and wide range of dynamics, whether in a modal tune, a free-jazz composition or a romantic jazz standard. The bassist Chris Lachotta met Steve Reid ...

Russian Guitar Virtuoso Roman Miroshnichenko Nominated In The 18th Independent Music Awards

April 14, 2020

Multi-Award winning guitarist, bandleader and producer Roman Miroshnichenko was named by Music Resource Group (MRG) today as a Nominee in The 18th annual Independent Music Awards (The IMAs). Nominated for the Best Compilation Album Category Roman's latest album “Top 10 Songs of 10 Years (Anthology)"—a compilation of ten selected original Award-winning compositions composed, produced and recorded ...

The Jazz Bazaar

We’re The Jazz Bazaar, a collective of musicians fronted by saxophonist Katherine Ocampo and vocalist Andrea Chavarro. We’re passionate about music and putting on the perfect show. Just like at a bazaar, there’s a lot to choose from. Our latin ensemble is sure to spice up cocktail hour with vintage tropical vibes that blend salsa, boogaloo and world music. Choose our jazz trio to add elegance to your soiree with renditions of your favorite pop songs and timeless standards. We specialize in working with you to curate not just repertoire but every detail of the performance from wardrobe to the number of musicians—no event is too big or too small.

Land of the Black Squirrels

by Phillip Woolever
April 7, 2020

Land of the Black Squirrels Mwalim 266 Pages Thirty-three Enterprises 2020 In these days of pandemic pressure, it's increasingly obvious that books are a very effective method of dealing with self-isolation symptoms like boredom, frustration or depression. The smoothly-paced Land of the Black Squirrels (Thirty-three Pages, 2020) provides fictional urban ...