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02.07.2024 Each of the ten tracks on jazz trumpeter/singer Augie Haas's new album, Augie Haas +8 Live At The Speakeasy, was recorded in one take before a live audience on a single night in May 2024. Set for release on August 16, 2024, the record realizes Haas's desire to create an album where listeners close their eyes and feel transported to a basement speakeasy in NYC, hearing great jazz and having an amazing time basking in the environment of what jazz is all about – the players, the listeners, and the moment. read more 02.07.2024 Acclaimed drummer/composer Matt Wilson and his stellar new quintet Good Trouble celebrate their eponymous debut recording and Wilson's 60th birthday with a national album release tour which kicks off in July. Joining Wilson are saxophonists Tia Fuller and Jeff Lederer, pianist Dawn Clement, and bassist Ben Allison. Performances take place: read more 01.07.2024 Jazz guitarist Roni Ben-Hur has earned a sterling reputation as a musician and educator, renowned for his golden tone, improvisational brilliance, compositional lyricism and ability to charm peers, students and listeners alike. Eminent jazz critic Gary Giddins wrote in the Village Voice: "A limber and inventive guitarist, Ben-Hur keeps the flamealive and pure, burning in every note… read more 01.07.2024 The Alliance for Downtown New York kicks off a free summer concert series on June 12 that will entertain Lower Manhattan's lunchtime crowds with six weeks of music and dance performances. The performances will feature nationally recognized artists bringing exhilarating sounds of jazz, blues, salsa, bolero, cha-cha-cha, soul and pop music along with exciting tap, swing, and modern jazz dancing to downtown New York. All concerts are free to attend. read more 01.07.2024 The July 2024 issue of Jazz & Blues Florida has been published and is now available at www.JazzBluesFlorida.com! When you get there, just click on the cover image to open the magazine. This month, we feature incredible artists including Katie Henry, Pat Travers, Solomon Hicks, and Eden Brent, who will be headlining the new Ballroom BluesFest – Florida's first indoor weekend blues festival. read more 30.06.2024 Due out October 4, 2024 via ZenneZ Records, the wide-ranging album features tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger joining Adema's quartet along with a string quartet and a host of guests read more 29.06.2024 July 1 (Monday) 5:30 & 8:30 PM – Birdland Theater Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks Catch Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks every Monday evening in January at Birdland Theater! Giordano, the recipient of a GRAMMY Award for his work scoring the HBO show Boardwalk Empire, is a master composer and arranger whose 11-piece band, The Nighthawks, recreate the jubilant 1920s jazz sound with amazing definition, using violins, tubas, banjos, and collector's item drum sets. read more
 17.06.2024 On Thursday June 13, the Sol Roots Band with guest Vince Evans perform a special concert of dynamic funk, heartfelt jazz, and deep blues and soul, at JV's Music Room located in Northern Virginia. Hailed as a fierce guitarist and soulful vocalist, Sol Roots has toured around the world with many musical legends. His monthly residency concerts at the legendary JV's Music Room in Northern Virginia feature an array of special guest appearances of world-class performers. For the month of June 2024, the special guest will be the powerful keyboardist and vocalist Vince Evans. read more03.05.2024 Experience the electric soul of Chicago's blues through the legendary Paul Filipowicz! Born and bred in the heart of Chicago, Paul's journey began on the South Side, where he absorbed the raw energy of Otis Rush's electrifying performances. read more 03.04.2024 TAD ROBINSON back with DELMARK!!! Delmark releases new live digital single from soul blues singer supreme TAD ROBINSON –"That's How Strong My Love Is" with the Delmark All-Stars! Welcome back to the Delmark family, Tad! read more 23.03.2024 Staying true to its long history and commitment to justice and mercy through worship and the arts, poetry, dance, and historic preservation, St. Mark's Church In-The-Bowery, the Rev Anne Marie Witchger, Priest in Charge announces plans for its annual Good Friday Blues on Friday, March 29th noon to 3:00 p.m. read more
28.06.2024 The 36th Falcon Ridge Folk Festival prepares for its annual flight, 3 days of music, dance, community, and overflowing goodwill to all on Fri/Sat/Sun July 26, 27 & 28 at the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen CT. read more 21.06.2024 Stop us if you've heard this one before: Two Toronto jazzmen and a Brooklyn DJ walk into a bar. And when they all walk out, they've written the slap of the summer. Okay, that's a bit of an oversimplification. But it's still a good thumbnail for how we got "Papaya, " the intoxicating first collaboration between Canadian national treasures of jazz Alex Bird and Ewen Farncombe and Venezuelan-born, New York-based Latin-dance giant Cheo. And boy, is their story a case of being in the right place at the right time. read more 20.06.2024 Will Calhoun is a two time Grammy winning interdisciplinary artist who graduated from the Berklee college of music. Although he's mostly known for his drumming/composing with the genre bending Rock Band Living Colour; he's recorded with, toured and/or produced B.B. King, Mick Jagger, Pharaoh Sanders, Wayne Shorter, Lauryn Hill, Yassin Bey (Mos Def) Oumou Sangare, Philip Glass, and many others. read more 19.06.2024 Fête de la Musique, World Music Day is celebrated on Friday 21st June, 2024. Started in the early 1980s by the the French Ministry for Culture, World Music Day is a day now celebrated in around 120 countries of the world. Its whole purpose is to celebrate the wonders of music and is the perfect opportunity for musical events, live performances and new world music album releases. read more
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