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23.10.2024 The year 2024 marks the 60th birthday of the beloved drummer, composer, and bandleader Matt Wilson. It also celebrates the 15th anniversary of one of Matt's acclaimed ensembles, the Christmas Tree-O, featuring multi-reed legend Jeff Lederer and revered bassist Paul Sikivie. read more 23.10.2024 Duke & Strays Live Release Date: November 8, 2024 (via Corner Stone Jazz) Steve Rudolph, piano Drew Gress, bass Phil Haynes, drums "This is a trio that truly is more than the sum of its parts, attaining vibrancy and color through a melding of Gress' deep, shapely tones, Haynes' probing, loose-limbed accents and Rudolph's heady lyricism." – Lloyd Sachs, DownBeat read more 23.10.2024 Matt Dwonszyk, a stellar bassist who's performed with everyone from trumpeter Dr. Eddie Henderson to trumpeter Wallace Roney to pianist David Hazeltine, is thrilled to announce Donny Time: The Music of Don DePalma, an album-length tribute to the late, great Hartford, Connecticut, one-man piano institution. Credited to "Matt Dwonsyk and Friends, " the album is released today, September 27 via Truth Revolution Recording Collective. read more 23.10.2024 New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice proudly announce the continuation of Next Jazz Legacy, a groundbreaking initiative designed by NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington, and New Music USA, to expand opportunities for women and non-binary artists who have been historically underrepresented in jazz. read more 23.10.2024 The number seven is mystical, magical and prime; ever present in the world we live in from the seven days of the week to the seven degrees of the scale. Bearing connotations of luck and completeness and representing the delimitation of the span of memory, seven is truly a number to conjure with when applied to creative work. read more 21.10.2024 BARNSTOCK is a monthly jazz series in Woodstock, NY. Run by drummer Matt Garrity. The space is set in the top floor studio of a renovated 1911 barn. The warm, intimate setting makes for the perfect listening room. Come hear some of the best musicians on the scene in the hippest house concert you'll ever go to, including Grammy-winning artists and legends like David Amram and Joe Lovano! read more 21.10.2024 Jazz At The Bolt (JATB) 2025 returns to the beautiful Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby from Feb 14th – 16th, 2025. Celebrating its 5th straight year of brilliant programming, some of BC, Canada and the world's greatest jazz and improvised music artists will grace the numerous stages of one of the most unique multi-purpose arts centres in the country. read more
14.10.2024 It's been eight years since R&B singer Eric Benét dropped an album. Now the vet is back on the scene and has tapped Tamar Braxton for an assist. "Something We Can Make Love To" features smooth and passionate vocals from both singers, set to an intimate and romantic mood. An alluring exchange of passionate lyrics can be heard over the three-minute track. read more 03.10.2024 Deep Digs, in cooperation with the B. B. King Estate, Universal Music Enterprises and INA France, will issue a sensational, previously unreleased B.B. King album, In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival, as a limited two-LP set for RSD Black Friday on Nov. 29. read more 04.09.2024 Canadian singer-songwriter Gracie Ella conveys a beautiful combination of soulful vocals, vulnerable songwriting, and a wide array of diverse influences in her music. Through her art, the Toronto, ON native wants more than anything to comfort listeners. On her latest single, "Skin, " Ella shares how confident she has become with herself and how she doesn't desire anything but her own independence and invincibility. read more 02.09.2024 On Friday September 13, The Linwood Taylor Band, with special guest Sol Roots, perform at the intimate concert hall and supper club, The Room at Cedar Grove, which is located on Delaware's scenic coast. The Room at Cedar Grove regularly showcases some of the very best in Mid Atlantic area blues, jazz, and rock talent. read more
18.10.2024 A special recording project from Seikilo Ancient World Music from master lyre musician, Theodore Koumartzis, upright electric bassist, Jordan Koumartzis & lyre musician vocalist, Thanasis Kleopas read more  15.10.2024 Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Suite for Africa Best Jazz Performance: Suite for Africa PART I "Spirit Africa, Spirit Liberia" Best Engineered Album: Suite for Afric Best Instrumental Composition: Dancing Clouds Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: Suite for Africa PART I, II and III Pianist/composer Amina Figarova pairs her stellar sextet with a choir of orphaned and at-risk children from Liberia on her masterful new album, featuring Wayne Escoffery, Bart Platteau, Alex Pope Norris, Yasushi Nakamura and Rudy Royston, joined by West Africa's Matsiko World Orphan Choir read more14.10.2024 67TH GRAMMY AWARDS BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM Sugilanon, Caroline Cabading on Patois Records A story about one family of a larger Filipino-American experience in San Francisco since the early 1900s. read more 10.10.2024 One of India's most versatile singers, Pratibha Singh Baghel's dream to perform ghazals at London's Royal Albert Hall, comes true on Sunday 17th November. In a sublime performance accompanied by South Asian musicians, Pratibha Singh Baghel celebrates ghazals and geet. Pronounced 'guzzle' – ghazals are poems that traditionally focus on romantic love, that lend themselves to being performed in a classical format with minimal musical accompaniment. read more
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