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SFJAZZ Center Reaches Capital Campaign Goal $64 Million & SFJAZZ Collective Receives $3 Million Gift

October 29, 2014

SFJAZZ today announced that the organization has reached the $64 million goal of The World Is Listening campaign for the SFJAZZ Center. The campaign funds created the award- winning SFJAZZ Center that opened on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 21, 2013 and has become a globally recognized bellwether of art, music, culture, and community in ...

News: Recording

SFJAZZ Releases SFJAZZ Collective: 10

October 22, 2014

SFJAZZ today released SFJAZZ Collective: 10, celebrating the SFJAZZ Collective’s 10-year musical legacy. 10 was recorded during the SFJAZZ Collective’s four-night residency on the SFJAZZ Center’s Robert N. Miner Auditorium stage in October 2013. The ten tracks are performed by the SFJAZZ Collective’s current lineup: alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon, tenor saxophonist David Sanchez, vibraphonist Warren Wolf, ...

Article: Album Review

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio: We're Back

Read "We're Back" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 7, 2014

We're Back --a brief title that offers a tantalizing preview: an encore by drummer Gerry Gibbs and his all-star Thrasher Dream Trio (Ron Carter, bass; Kenny Barron, piano). This second time around, however, there are special guests--vibraphonist Warren Wolf, organist Larry Goldings, saxophonist Steve Wilson--and a menu that consists almost entirely of classic R&B and soul ...

Article: Album Review

Mark Meadows: Somethin’ Good

Read "Somethin’ Good" reviewed by Geannine Reid

by Geannine Reid
September 28, 2014

Mark Meadows is a multifaceted jazz pianist, composer and jazz educator. Besides regularly performing across the U.S, Meadows also teaches four courses as an adjunct instructor at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. During the 2014-2015 season, Meadows is appearing alongside world-renowned musicians such as: Warren Wolf, Cyrus Chestnut, Dontae Winslow, Kris ...

Article: Album Review

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio: We're Back

Read "We're Back" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
September 15, 2014

Drummer Gerry Gibbs must be in a “strike while the iron is hot" mode. Less than a year after his very successful Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio (Whaling City Sound, 2013), featuring Ron Carter on bass and Kenny Barron on piano, he has reconvened with those jazz legends for a second go around. This time, with ...

News: Recording

New CD From Vocalist Carmen Lundy, ‘soul To Soul’ Set For Release September 23

September 5, 2014

A Myriad Of Special Guests Including Patrice Rushen, Geri Allen, Randy Brecker, Simphiwe Dana, Bennie Maupin, Carol Robbins, Warren Wolf And More Los Angeles, CA. - “Soul To Soul,” a passionate new song cycle from vocalist, songwriter, producer and musician Carmen Lundy, is set for release September 23rd, 2014 via Afrasia Productions. “Soul To Soul”, Lundy’s ...

Article: Live Review

Newport Jazz Festival 2014, Day 2

by Timothy J. O'Keefe
August 8, 2014

Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State Park Newport, RI Saturday, August 2, 2014 From the first crushing strike against the drums, Brian Blade's heavy hand and swirling rolls captivated the audience attending a rainy installment of the Newport Jazz Festival. Blade led his Fellowship Band through “Stoner Hill," a dour, gray ...

Article: Live Review

Umbria Jazz Festival 2014

by Thomas Conrad
August 5, 2014

Umbria Jazz Festival 2014 Perugia, Italy July 11-20, 2014 There are many jazz festivals held in beautiful places. There are many festivals that run for 10 or more days and consistently offer first-rate programs. There are even a few that claim a history as long as 41 years. But there is ...

Article: Live Review

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival 2014

by Doug Collette
June 21, 2014

Burlington Vermont Discover Jazz Festival 2014Burlington, Vermont May 30-June 8, 2014 During Burlington Vermont's Discover Jazz Festival, Vermont's Queen City teems with a level of excitement and activity unusual even for its ceaselessly vibrant environs. And while the Mainstage of the Flynn Performing Arts Center functions as the center of that universe, ...

News: Recording

New Release From Marianne Matheny-Katz Celebrates Charm City's Fertile Jazz Scene

May 12, 2014

BALTIMORE, MD – Jazz lovers will soon have the opportunity to enjoy the new album Somewhere in Paradise featuring vocalist Marianne Matheny-Katz with many of Baltimore’s best-known jazz musicians. The CD, on the Indy label Jazzway, goes to radio in the United States and will be available for sale in May 2014. While most of her ...