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W&E Swing: Moonshine
by Wade Luquet
Through a chance meeting at a weekly jam session at Round Guys Brewery in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, a group of musicians became friends and began to gel as a group. The jam organizer Mike Mahomet, has a small recording studio blocks away and invited the talented group to record some tunes. The group known as W&E Swing ...
Premiere Of "Killer Heels"
Executive producers, W. Mark Dendy and Jimena Bautista, invite you to the World Premiere of Killer Heels, a film deemed sexy, jazzy, and provocative, February 24, 2016, at Beatnik Studios in Sacramento, California, as part of Fashion On Film, the Capital region's premiere showcase for fashion media. The event occurs during SACRAMENTO FASHION WEEK and is ...
Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord: Make Magic Happen
by Dan McClenaghan
The computer/internet age ushers in new ways of selling music. Record stores, flipping through bins of long playing albums--long gone. Compact discs--not selling like they used to. Digital downloads--the thing of the future? Guitarist Jon Lundbom has come up with the idea--influenced by trumpeter Dave Douglas' foray into this territory, perhaps, with his Three Views (Greenleaf, ...
Hristo Vitchev Quartet: In Search of Wonders
by Mark Sullivan
Bulgarian-born San Franciscan jazz guitarist/composer Hristo Vitchev leads an experienced quartet on this double-CD collection of attractive modern jazz. This is his seventh release as a leader, and the third with this quartet (allowing for a change in the drum chair), following Familiar Fields (First Orbit Sounds Music, 2013) and Song For Messsambria (First Orbit Sounds ...
"Find A Heart" February 9-13 With 2016 Best Jazz Vocal Grammy Nominee Denise Donatelli
Denise Donatelli, who garnered her third consecutive GRAMMY Nomination this year in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category for her latest recording, Find A Heart, will take us on a “Big Noise/New York” tour of Manhattan with performances at five different jazz venues. Donatelli will perform with her superb band featuring Laurence Hobgood, piano; Lage Lund, ...
Jazz this week: Cyrille Aimée, Gregory Porter, Branford Marsalis, Jeff Barnhart, and more
Although the official celebrations during Mardi Gras week in St. Louis typically don't offer much for jazz fans, leaning heavily on rock cover/tribute bands and DJs, this year the concert calendar countdown to Fat Tuesday just happens to feature several noteworthy touring jazz headliners, plus an assortment of shows from local performers. Let's go to the ...
Philadelphia Wants Musicians To Register With The Police Before They Play A Show
A Philadelphia councilman has recently sponsored a bill which would require venues to collect information from bands to hand over to the police, who would then either approve or revoke a license before said band could perform. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 A city councilman in Philadelphia isn't exactly showing much brotherly love to musicians, as he's introduced ...
Four Headliners Announced For Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival's 15th Edition -- Chick Corea Plus Joey Alexander, Chris Botti, Grace Potter And Erykah Badu
Producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona announced four headliner shows today for the nine-day 15th edition Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) June 24 to July 2. Singer songwriter Grace Potter will perform on opening night, Friday, June 24. Grammy winner and “First Lady of Neo Soul" Erykah Badu will perform on Saturday, June 25. Twenty-two-time ...
International Association Of Jazz Managers (IAJM) Launches Monthly Webinar Series For Independent Artists, Managers And Agents To Teach Digital Strategies!
The International Association of Jazz Managers (IAJM) has announced the launching of a monthly webinar series designed to teach independent artists, managers, agents, and industry professionals the critical skill sets they need to succeed in the music business in the 21st Century! This webinar series will consist of (60) minute sessions led by industry thought leaders ...
George "Pepe" Grant: 1937-2016
By Patricia Myers George “Pepe" Grant, 78, a memorable entertainment personality and renowned doo-wop and pop music vocalist, died January 13 following emergency heart surgery. He had resided and performed in the metro-Phoenix area since 1984, but his entertainment career began as a teenager in Philadelphia, eventually expanding to world tours. His satiny tenor ...
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