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30.10.2024 The 7th Annual Washington Heights Jazz Festival is set to take place from October 31st - November 3rd and promises to be a vibrant celebration of jazz music, featuring an impressive lineup of sixteen bands and over 60 talented musicians. This four-day event will showcase the best of New York City's jazz scene, reflecting the rich cultural diversity of Upper Manhattan. read more 30.10.2024 The Vermont Jazz Center will present the 7th Emerging Artist Festival on Friday and Saturday, November 1st and 2nd. The event begins with youth jazz ensembles performing at 118 Elliot Gallery on Friday, November 1st, and continues at the Vermont Jazz Center on Saturday, November 2nd with student groups starting at 11:00 AM. read more 30.10.2024 On Friday, November 22nd, 2024 at 7pm, Composers Concordance presents soprano Ljiljana Winkler and trumpeter Peter Oswald. These two musicians traveled from Bavaria to join the CompCord String Quartet in a concert of new compositions and older music reimagined in new ways. read more 29.10.2024 Alternative Jazz Vocalist/Composer Laird Jackson's Latest Release "Life" Features A Spectacular List Of Award-Winning Musicians Laird Jackson (vocals) Jeff Haynes (percussion) Marvin Sewell, John Smith and C Lanzbom (guitar) Gregoire Maret (harmonica) Michael Manring (bass) Charlie Burnham (violin) Premik Russell Tubbs (sax/EWI) Brandon Ross (guitar) Eugene Friesen (cello) Jennifer DeFrayne (piano) Sean Harkness (guitar/bass) Doug Weiss (bass) Candace Coates (harp) read more 29.10.2024 Honoring the legacy of John Heiss, this weeklong festival features residencies with guest artists Raven Chacon and John Musto, a barn dance with Alex Cummings and Adah Hetko, a four-night run of John Musto and Mark Campbell's opera, Later the Same Evening and more. read more  29.10.2024 Rhythm Edge introduces Eric Person as a multi-talented saxophonist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. This album showcases some of Eric's most dynamic and passionate saxophone performances. Joining him on Rhythm Edge are renowned jazz musicians such as Ingrid Jensen on trumpet, Robin Eubanks on trombone, and Daniel Sadownick on percussion. The rhythm section effortlessly switches gears and adds a touch of magic to each tune. read more29.10.2024 HAMMER, ROLL AND LEAF SAKINA ABDOU'S NEW ALBUM Rising Star of European improvised music Sakina Abdou releases her new Studio Album. Out on November 29th 2024 Sakina ABDOU : Alto and tenor Saxophones Marta WARELIS : Piano Toma GOUBAND : Drums, stones and leaves 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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