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Kansas City Trombonist And Composer Brian Scarborough Sees His Seeds Of Creativity Bloom With His Debut Album, “Sunflower Song.” Drops August 7th, 2020!
Trombonist, composer, and Kansas City native Brian Scarborough releases his debut album, Sunflower Song, a monument to chronicle and celebrate the growth of his musical voice, and mark the beginnings of a group whose identity will only bloom further. Sunflower Song sees the fruition of a composer and improvisor whose voice has grown organically from seeds ...
Nu Jazz Records Releases The First Album From The Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano Competition: The Finalists
Nu Jazz Entertainment—a long time producer of high quality audio and video content in the genre of jazz—announced the June 2020 release of the first recording from the critically acclaimed 2018 Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano Competition, entitle The ELLIS MARSALIS International Jazz Piano Competition presents: THE FINALISTS, exclusively on Amazon’s Digital store and as a ...
You Reap Just What You Sow - New Releases to Benefit the Jazz Foundation
by Mary Foster Conklin
This week we feature music that is trying to raise funds to support the Jazz Foundation, by Catherine Russell and the Fred Hersch—Esperanza Spalding duo. We also focus on new releases from Sue Maskaleris, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Alexa Tarantino, W. Allen Taylor, Swingadelic, John Finbury and Magos Herrera, with birthday shoutouts to trumpeter Valaida Snow, guitarist Memphis ...
Tamir Hendelman: The Many Colors and Cultures of Tamir
by Jim Worsley
With so many talented jazz pianists over the years, it can be a challenge to make your own mark or carve out your own identity. Many fine musicians have simply blended into the scene, seemingly unnoticed, due to a lack of singularity that sets them apart. Tamir Hendelman crashes that barrier with a signature sound that ...
Mark Ruffin Celebrates 40th Anniversary In Radio Broadcasting With The September 1st Publication Of "Bebop Fairy Tales," His First Short Story Collection
Mark Ruffin , known coast-to-coast as the afternoon drivetime DJ for SiriusXM’s Real Jazz channel, celebrates his 40th anniversary in jazz radio in on September 1, 2020. Ruffin, who is also the program director for Real Jazz, began his first professional job in the business—at Chicago NPR affiliate WBEZ-FM—on September 1, 1980. In the time since, ...
INSIDE SCOFIELD: A film about master guitarist and jazz legend John Scofield
Over the course of his long and successful musical career, John Scofield crossed paths with people like Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson and Chet Baker. With his unique style and sound he became one of today’s most influential master guitarists of jazz and fusion music. INSIDE SCOFIELD is a feature length ...
Benjamin Boone: The Poetry of Jazz and the Ghanaian Connection
by Duncan Heining
So, Down Beat picks your record, The Poetry of Jazz, as one of its year-end top three. You put out a second volume, which is similarly well-received. Now here's the conundrum. Do you lock into the niche and follow up with more of the same? Or do you go for broke with that program masterpiece you ...
Heistheartist Is Back On The Scene With A Brand New Studio Release: “Boom (Love Version)”
Artist and performer Heistheartist is back with a brand new studio release, Boom (Love Version). What’s special about this project is that it captures the artist’s incredibly diverse mindset, pushing him to stretch the boundaries of his creativity and explore styles as diverse as smooth jazz, fusion, and more. The release sports some incredible production aesthetics. ...
20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: Chuck Deardorf
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 '30s. It saw a young Ray Charles arrive as a teenager to escape the nightmare of Jim Crow in the ...
TRRC Presents Eva Cortés "Todas Las Voces"—July 17th Debut Release With All-Star Band!
TRRC Presents Eva Cortés Todas las Voces July 17th Debut Release with All-Star Band! “My music is nothing but a reflection of what my life has been." Honduran/Spanish singer, songwriter and composer Eva Cortés delivers a revelatory set of flamenco and blues-tinged Latin jazz on her newest record, Todas las Voces. Working ...
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