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News: Performance / Tour

Mark Winkler and Cheryl Bentyne: West Coast Cool Coming Your Way!

Mark Winkler and Cheryl Bentyne: West Coast Cool Coming Your Way!

Limited dates and a new CD! THE WEST COAST COOL SHOW! Mark Winkler platinum award-winning jazz vocalist/lyricist meets Cheryl Bentyne, member of The Manhattan Transfer, and sparks fly. This duo is intent on proving how cool the West Coast Cool Jazz scene of the 1950s still is. Together and separately they perform songs by Dave Brubeck, ...

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Article: Album Review

Danny Green: A Thousand Ways Home

Read "A Thousand Ways Home" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Danny Green delivers his second album as leader with A Thousand Ways Home mirroring the same design he employed for his impressive debut With You In Mind (Alante, 2008). With a strong affinity for Brazilian, classical and jazz music, the San Diego pianist touched upon each of the genres in his first recording and continues his ...

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News: Recording

Songwriter And Vocalist Alison Marae Releases Debut Album

Songwriter And Vocalist Alison Marae Releases Debut Album

San Diego songwriter and vocalist, Alison Marae releases her debut album on November 1, 2012. The six song Ep, My Heart Can't Take It, is released under independent label Chanteuse Records. The album features four originals written by Alison Marae. Musically inspired by early jazz and lyrically inspired by matters of the heart. The first original ...

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News: Education

Improvisation For Piano: "New Age" Method Gets Adults Playing Right Away

Improvisation For Piano: "New Age" Method Gets Adults Playing Right Away

The piano. So many people would love to play this amazing instrument. But for most, it’s just a faraway dream. But according to pianist and online piano teacher Edward Weiss, this dream may be closer than you think. Weiss has come up with a ‘New Age’ method that promises to show even a complete beginner how ...

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News: Book / Magazine

West Coast Release Party For "The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story"

West Coast Release Party For "The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story"

Author Gregg Akkerman will be launching the release of his new book, The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story (Scarecrow Press, 2012), on the West Coast at a reading event in San Diego, California. The release marks the long-overdue biography of a vocalist best known for his eponymously titled album with the intrepid saxophonist John Coltrane ...

News: Education

Piano Teacher Gives Away 342 Page Bestselling Book

Who says you have to be a gifted genius to create your own unique piano compositions? Not Edward Weiss, educator, author and composer who’s just completed his first full length book on doing just that – turning anyone into a “virtual virtuoso” in as little as 30 days – even if they’ve never touched a musical ...

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News: Recording

National Recording Artist and Saxophonist Brandon Primus New CD Release

Brandon Primus a former Showtime at the Apollo winning jazz saxophonist and instrumentalist has released his first music CD. Primus is a big name who has earned countless prestigious awards over his career and is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music Boston, MA. Known as the Soulful Strut Saxophonist for his signature moves on ...

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News: Technology

Jon Whitledge's "Magic Bus" Appears In The September Issue Of "The Abso!ute Sound" Magazine!

Jon Whitledge's "Magic Bus" Appears In The September Issue Of "The Abso!ute Sound" Magazine!

Last June, Jon Whitledge had the honor and privilege to exhibit the “Magic Bus" at T.H.E. Show in Newport Beach. Mr. Whitledge exhibited for all three days and was swamped by listeners of all types—home audiophiles, car stereo aficionados, audio component designers, and musicians—all of whom were impressed by the Magic Bus. Most of all, the ...

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News: Festival

David Longoria To Perform At Temecula Balloon And Wine Festival

David Longoria To Perform At Temecula Balloon And Wine Festival

Hollywood, CA— International recording artist David Longoria will bring his Latin infused jazz and pop music to the stage at the 2011 Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival Saturday June 4th at 4pm at Lake Skinner. The singer and trumpet player is known by jazz and pop audiences from both his releases, and his work performing ...

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News: Radio

Music Podcast Show Seeking Artists And Bands

PERFORMERS CAFE, a new music podcast show, features the music of established and up- and-coming musicians, singer-songwriters and bands from the U.S., Canada, Europe and beyond. We include various genres of music including Jazz, Rock, R&B/Soul, World Music, Alternative, Reggae and more. If you are interested in having your music featured on one of our upcoming ...


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