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Allison Adams Tucker Spends "April In Paris" For Jazz Tour
If Allison Adams Tucker’s new album, April In Paris, radiates a certain international chic, it’s because the San Diego vocalist recorded her second solo album in the City of Love with a cast of international musicians and arrangers — on UNESCO’s first International Jazz Day. The multi-lingual jazz artist (she can sing in six languages) was ...
AID Seattle presents MAYA: Illusion on August 22nd at Kane Hall
Friday, August 22, 2014 at 7:30PM Kane Hall, University of Washington A grand performance with world class musicians lead by Violin maestro Ganesh Rajagopalan Drums: McArthur genius fellow: Dafnis Preito Piano/Keyboard: Osam Ezzeldin Ghatam (clay pot percussion) by SV Ramani Portland's renowned dancer/choreographer Jayanthi Raman presents a newly choreographed piece with the musicians An ...
Umbria Jazz Festival 2014
by Thomas Conrad
Umbria Jazz Festival 2014 Perugia, Italy July 11-20, 2014 There are many jazz festivals held in beautiful places. There are many festivals that run for 10 or more days and consistently offer first-rate programs. There are even a few that claim a history as long as 41 years. But there is ...
Christopher Parker: Full Circle
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Chris Parker's second CD release on OA2 Records, Full Circle, sounds like an exciting live set full of vigorous life, something that engages the crowd and gets them up out of their seat, dancing. It's a quintet--common enough in jazz--with the uncommon use of violin in the front line beside the saxophone, reeling out unison ...
World Jazz Vocalist Allison Adams Tucker Releases New Recording “April In Paris”
"With a voice supple, agile, and bright, she executes each song on the tracklist with ease and imagination, creating a serene atmosphere that leaves you smiling." —Eva Simontacchi for Jazzitalia Multi-lingual vocalist Allison Adams Tucker is celebrating the release of her second CD “April in Paris” on June 3, 2014 – Songs of springtime and new ...
BreakOUt OUtwest Tour with OU and Amy Denio!
SPOOT MUSIC AND B DAHLIA PRESENT: BreakOUt OUtwest TOUR! with OU (Italy) and Amy Denio (Tiptons, Kultur Shock) “...a joyful, multidimensional romp through the Mediterranean and the Americas... OU shows a remarkable ability to turn on a dime without jarring the listener.” —Matt Cole, DooBeeDooBeeDoo, NY “...an exquisite parenthesis of alleviation... a veritable treat.” ...
FringeArts Presents "The Beautiful Noise," An Interdisciplinary Homage To Jazz Legend Sun Ra
PHILADELPHIA — Bringing together an intergalactic performance as only FringeArts can, “The Beautiful Noise: A Special Tribute to Sun Ra" will be presented as an unrehearsed, one-time-only event on Friday, June 6. Curated by composer King Britt and artist Kate Watson Wallace, electronic-based musicians, body-based performers and videos artists will improvise a never before, never again ...
Table & Chairs Releases Burn List's Debut Album
Seattle, WA: The record label Table & Chairs is proud to release the debut album from Burn List, a new collaboration from Seattle’s scorching new music scene features trumpeter Cuong Vu, tenor saxophonist Greg Sinibaldi, keyboardist Aaron Otheim, and drummer Chris Icasiano. Burn List's album will be available on May 13th, and the group will perform ...
Sam Boshnack Quintet: Exploding Syndrome
by Hrayr Attarian
Intrepid trumpeter and composer Samantha Boshnack's Exploding Syndrome is one of those delightful, surprising discoveries that makes writing about jazz so rewarding. The explorative and intriguing record balances innovation with a strong melodic sense and the intimate ambience of the quintet with a definite dramatic flair. The three part “Suite for Seattle's Royal Court," ...
The Blue Note: Seattle’s Black Musicians' Union A Pictorial History
by David Keller
The following is an excerpt from the preface of The Blue Note: Seattle's Black Musicians' Union A Pictorial History by David Keller (Our House Publishing, 2013). This is a story about the hopes and dreams of a small group of African American men and women. They ran their own union in Seattle beginning ...
