Results for "United States"

NEWS: RECORDING October 31, 2020

New David Martinez Single Made With Groove And Passion

David Martinez is a recording artist, guitarist and musician based out of Los Angeles, California. Recently, he has been quite busy in the studio, creating new and exciting music for the audience, even at a time in which many artists are sadly stuck due to the current coronavirus pandemic. His most recent recording endeavor is a ...

ARTICLE: CHATS WITH CATS October 30, 2020

The Archival Producer: Zev Feldman

By B.D. LENZ

I have to be honest. When I approached Zev Feldman about doing this interview I really had no idea what an “archival producer" was. I had the impression that it was a very solitary task that involved working in some, half-lit, library basement searching through dusty stacks. I came to understand that it's really more about ...

NEWS: MUSIC INDUSTRY October 30, 2020

New England Conservatory Launches Low-Latency Music-Making Initiative, Leading The Way In Innovative Technology For Musicians And Music Educators

The use of this near lagless technology makes NEC the first music institution to undertake such a large-scale initiative using cutting-edge audio-visual technology with live performance and music education New England Conservatory (NEC) and Grammy Award winning vocal faculty member Ian Howell have revolutionized low-latency music-making using cutting edge and affordable technology for musicians and music ...

NEWS: EVENT October 29, 2020

Jazz At The Mezz Celebrates One Year Anniversary With Unified Jazz Ensemble on November 15

On Sunday, November 15 Jazz Beyond Borders marks the one-year anniversary of its supper time world music and jazz concerts held monthly at Café Mezzanotte in Severna Park, Maryland. Listeners will enjoy a concert and a surprise gift to mark the occasion and a new fall menu will be unveiled featuring items from the restaurant’s organic ...

ARTICLE: PROFILE October 29, 2020

20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: Matt Jorgensen

By PAUL RAUCH

The city of Seattle has a jazz history that dates back to the very beginnings of the form. It was home to the first integrated club scene in America on Jackson St in the 1920's and 1930's. It saw a young Ray Charles arrive as a teenager to escape the nightmare of Jim Crow in the ...

NEWS: RECORDING October 28, 2020

The Ed Palermo Big Band  Flaunts the Union Jack with The Great Un-American Songbook Vol. 3: Run for Your Life

While pundits and experts debate whether the United States of America has entered an age of decline as a world power, New York saxophonist, composer, arranger, bandleader and inveterate troublemaker Ed Palermo makes an incontrovertible case for un-American ascendance. With The Great Un-American Songbook Volume 3: Run for your Life, slated for release on guitarist/vocalist Bruce ...

ARTICLE: MEET THE STAFF October 27, 2020

Meet Mary Foster Conklin

By AAJ STAFF

About Mary Foster Conklin Mary Foster Conklin is a jazz vocalist based in jny: New York City. She hosts A Broad Spectrum, a weekly broadcast celebrating women composers and lyricists on Sunday afternoons on the HD2 channel at WFDU FM based at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. The campus closed down in March due ...

NEWS: RECORDING October 27, 2020

Brazilian jazz pianist Ricardo Bacelar makes a 'Live' statement with 'Nothing Will Be As It Was'

Brazil is leading the world per capita in coronavirus cases making it unlikely that people will be cramming into a concert venue anytime soon to hear live music. Then there is the recent unrest that erupted in response to civil injustices in the US that bodes to spark meaningful change around the world. These are the ...

MUSICIAN Born: December 29, 1974

Travis Brant

Travis Brant is an American drummer, composer, and co-founder of Axon Radio.

ARTICLE: INTERVIEW October 26, 2020

Joe Farnsworth: Friends In High Places

By R.J. DELUKE

Joe Farnsworth is one of the top jazz drummers working today, with a resume that includes some of the absolute greats. His muscular swing and precise timekeeping have been attractive to employers like Wynton Marsalis, Diana Krall, McCoy Tyner, George Coleman, Pharoah Sanders, Eric Alexander, Benny Golson and many more. He likes to say ...