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Johnathan Blake: un batterista ai vertici

by Angelo Leonardi
January 31, 2022

Accolto tra i lavori migliori dell'anno dalle massime riviste internazionali Homeward Bound, è il quarto disco di Johnathan Blake e il debutto con l'etichetta Blue Note. L'album ha finalmente evidenziato le doti di compositore e leader del 45enne batterista di Philadelphia, figlio del violinista John Blake Jr., noto partner di McCoy Tyner, Archie Shepp, James Newton, ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Django Announces March Schedule Including Women's History Month Celebration, Slide Hampton Octet, And More

January 31, 2022

The Django downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, commemorates Women’s History Month by hosting more than 20 leading female jazz artists on its stage during March from Lezlie Harrison (3/19) and Roxy Coss (3/25) to emerging artists Marianne Solivan (3/5) and Endea Owens (3/11), to name a few. A special tribute concert for trombonist Slide Hampton (1932-2021) ...

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Article: First Time I Saw

Connie Kay Plays the Drums Impeccably

by Rob Mariani
November 17, 2006

The impeccable Mr. Connie Kay plays perfectly. If you say that sentence out loud in a chamber where there is just the slightest echo, and emphasize the “p" sounds and the hard “c" sounds just a little, you get a feeling of what this remarkable percussionist's drumming actually sounds like. In all music, I ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Buddy Rich, Joe Zawinul and Shawnn Monteiro

by Joe Dimino
January 30, 2022

Our 736th show starts with stellar vocalist Shawnn Monteiro and music off her 2021 release You Are There. We also hear what's new from Nick Finzer, Dino Govoni and Peter McEachern. Sadly we say goodbye to the powerful St. Louis-native, NYC jazz force Montez Coleman. Enjoy the jazz, my friends. Playlist Shawnn Monteiro “Never ...

News: Recording

Pianist Extraordinaire Harold O'Neal Releases 'The Adventures Of Mr. Grey' On April 15th

January 30, 2022

Pianist, composer, and storyteller Harold O'Neal debuts a new and exciting project. The Adventures of Mr. Grey is a music and NFT collaboration with renowned illustrator and cartoonist, Thomas Deisboeck. Release date: April 15th. Label: Piano Cinema Music. Deisboeck’s eight illustrations have a 1920s art noir feel, which O’Neal first encountered in the music studio while ...

News: Education

Harlem School Of The Arts Welcomes Pianist Adegoke Steve Colson Recipient Of South Arts Jazz Road Creative Residencies Grant

January 28, 2022

The 58-year-old Harlem School of the Arts (HSA), located in New York City's historic community, is proud to welcome Grammy Award nominee and composer/pianist, Adegoke Steve Colson, recipient of the South Arts, 2021 Jazz Road Creative Residencies Grant, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Through funding made possible by this grant, Mr. Colson ...

News: Contest

The 7 Virtual Jazz Club Announces The Finalists Of The 2021 Edition

January 27, 2022

The Web Community Prize (direct access to the final) has been awarded to the Russian guitarist Leonid Morozov for the Under 25’s Category which presented the song “Will You Still Be Mine" and to the Ecuadorean drums player Juan Posso for the Pros & Amateurs’ Category which presented the song “Cambio de lugar”. Finalists selected by ...

News: Performance / Tour

Dara Tucker to perform at New Jersey Jazz Society January Social on January 29th

January 25, 2022

Other jazz musicians appearing on the album, in addition to Chestnut, include pianist Sullivan Fortner, bassist Dezron Douglas, drummer Johnathan Blake, saxophonist John Ellis, and trumpeter Giveton Gelin. Among additional song selections on Dreams of Waking are James Taylor's “Secret O' Life," Donny Hathaway's “Someday We'll All Be Free," and Wonder's “You Haven't Done Nothin.'" As ...

Article: Chats with Cats

The Digital Content Producer: Joseph Vella

by B.D. Lenz
January 25, 2022

We've all witnessed how quickly the explosion of technology has changed life in recent years. Arguably, the internet has revolutionized every facet of our life, including how we consume music. We tend to think of technology as some faceless machine that continually churns forward and forget that behind it all are passionate individuals who are pioneering ...

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Article: Live Review

Double Vision Revisited at SFJAZZ

by Walter Atkins
January 25, 2022

Bob James, David Sanborn and Marcus Miller SFJAZZ, Miner Auditorium Double Vision Revisited Tour San Francisco, CA January 14, 2022 SFJAZZ celebrated the 35th anniversary release of the seminal album Double Vision (Warner Brothers 1986), by Bob James, David Sanborn and Marcus Miller. The group performed the popular 1987 Grammy-winning ...