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News: Recording

Pianist Milen Kirov Infuses American Jazz With European Classical, Bulgarian Folk Traditions On 'Spatium,' Set For June 3 Release

April 8, 2022

Pianist Milen Kirov finds the perfect formula with the June 3 release of Spatium on Independent Creative Sound and Music (ICSM) Records. A solo piano performance of 13 originals, the album is precisely the melting pot of styles that has long been the focus of the multi-dimensional Kirov’s creative journey. “My goal is to find the ...

News: Music Industry

Do TikTok Users Care About Jazz? The Montreux Jazz Festival Thinks So

April 8, 2022

The famous Montreux Jazz Festival has partnered with TikTok for a series of live performances of new and emerging artists. The Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF) has announced a UK and European partnership with TikTok surrounding new initiative, MJF Spotlight. The initiative was launched in 2021 by MJF to support new and emerging artists and new music ...

Article: Live Review

Helen Sung Quartet + 1 at SFJAZZ Center

by Harry S. Pariser
April 7, 2022

Helen Sung Quartet+1 Joe Henderson lab at SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA March 18, 2022 Raised by immigrants from Taiwan in Houston, Texas, Helen Sung does not fit the traditional stereotype of a jazz musician. Sung was set to be a classical pianist, earning her bachelor's and master's degrees in classical ...

News: Education

NJPAC's Arts Education Summer Camp Offers Free Jazz And Poetry Program At Rutgers-Newark Campus In July

April 7, 2022

NJPAC’s Arts Education Summer Camp returns to in-person learning for Summer 2022. The award-winning arts education Summer Camp introduces NJPAC’s Colton Institute for Training and Research in the Arts. This dynamic new initiative supports and advances NJPAC’s Arts Education programs, including best-in-class hip hop, jazz, poetry, and theater classes happening this summer. For all students enrolling ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Django Hosts Young, Emerging Artists As Part Of Its Inaugural 'Next Gen Series' In May

April 6, 2022

The Django, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, celebrates the next generation of jazz with a special concert series this month. During the month of May, The Django welcomes rising stars as part of its new Next Gen Series. Artists include recent graduates from William Patterson University, Manhattan School of Music, SUNY/Purchase, Juilliard, The New School, Berklee ...

Article: Live Review

Chris Potter Big Band and Quartet at SFJAZZ Center

by Harry S. Pariser
April 6, 2022

Chris Potter Big Band and Quartet CenterSFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA March 17-19, 2022 Widely acclaimed saxophonist Chris Potter needs no introduction. His fans know him as someone who is always expanding and growing. In addition to his recent role as leader of the SFJAZZ Collective, Potter has formed trios and ...

Article: Live Review

Big Ears Festival 2022

by Mark Sullivan
April 5, 2022

Big Ears Festival Knoxville, TN March 24-27, 2022 The Big Ears Festival found ways to continue virtually during the pandemic—most notably by sponsoring the Norwegian Digital Jazz Festival—but there is no substitute for the big glorious eclectic event that is the in-person festival. Past festivals have usually opened with a big kickoff ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases, Birthday Shoutouts Plus Oscar Winning Songs Written By Women

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 4, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from Sean Nelson's New London Big Band, violinist Leonor Falcón, The DIVA Jazz Orchestra and vocalists Jesse Palter, Jeanie Perkins, Sally Terrell, with birthday shoutouts to bassists Carol Kaye and Mimi Jones, pianists Renee Rosnes, Jessica Williams and Hiromi plus vocalists Sarah Vaughan and Virginia Schenck, among others, with a set ...

News: Recording

Nikos Chatzitsakos Tiny Big Band - Release Date May 13th! Performing April 24th At The Lilypad - Boston!

April 4, 2022

“Nikos Chatzitsakos Tiny Big Band” was formed in 2018. In this project, Nikos arranges jazz standards for a unique instrumentation of six horns and a piano trio, plus some guest appearances on vocals, guitar, and vibraphone. Although this instrumentation is rarely seen in our days, it was common in the heyday of swing music, before the ...

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Article: First Time I Saw

Crepuscules With Monk

by Rob Mariani
November 10, 2006

Something was happening down on the lower East Side of Manhattan, down south of 14th Street way down in the rusty Bowery as the summer of 1957 was beginning. News of it spread out through the jazz community like the subterranean rumble of the subways underneath the clubs up on 52nd Street. Monk was ...