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13.03.2025 Richard Tabnik, alto saxophonist, started saxophone at the age of 10 in public school, had his first band at 12 (the year after The Beatles appeared), and his first working band at 15. He studied with Lee Konitz and Hall Overton in the early 1970's, and soon was playing and performing in Providence, RI, Boston, MA, Harrisburg, PA, Houston, TX, and Atlanta, GA. read more 13.03.2025 Acclaimed saxophonist/composer Kevin Sun celebrates his recent double album Quartets (Endectomorph Music), with a nine-city national tour April 21 30. Concerts feature Sun's new quartet with pianist Christian Li, bassist Walter Stinson, and drummer Kayvon Gordon unless otherwise indicated. read more 13.03.2025 Worldwide Street Date: March 11th, 2025 Bandcamp/Streaming Digital Download Pre-Order: January 8th, 2025 Artist: Dion Kerr Title: eko vizion meusik Genre: Jazz, Jazz/Fusion, World Jazz, Ambient Contact: dionkerrsound@gmail.com read more  13.03.2025 Across cultures the world over, the word echo, well, echoes. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, the mountain nymph Echo's voice was cursed so that she could only repeat the words of others. In Arabic, صَدَى (ṣadā) meaning "echo, " "ring, " "resonance" deeply connotes longing, memory. Given her Japanese heritage, the revered, Brooklyn-based composer, vocalist, shamisen player, and educator Emi Makabe was drawn to her native language's unique iteration: ekō. read more13.03.2025 Shiri Zorn is an innovative jazz vocalist whose fresh and intercultural sound combines American Songbook tunes with Middle Eastern influences. She reinvents standard jazz repertoire with unexpected time signatures and reharmonizes Latin and Samba classics to evoke feelings of transcendence, temporarily rendering the listener lost to time and space. read more 13.03.2025 CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE & URSA MAJOR!! Coming to ASSEMBLY in Kingston!! When: Tuesday, March 18 (2025) Door 7pm / Show 8pm Where: ASSEMBLY, 236 Wall Street, Kingston, NY Assembly WebSite: www.assemblykingston.com Christian McBride's WebSite: www.christianmcbride.com read more 13.03.2025 Pianist and composer Charles Chen, in looking to the heroes of jazz, past and present, found himself drawing parallels to the heroes contained elsewhere, drawing on fiction, mythology, and anime. "We listen to musicians across their lifetimes, read more
07.03.2025 On Friday March 7, the Sol Roots trio performs a night of dynamic funk, upbeat jazz, deep blues and soul, and hypnotic rhythms at Two Nineteen in Old Town Alexandria, VA. read more 04.03.2025 The Maitland Jazz and Blues Festival presented by Duke Energy on April 4-5, 2025 will showcase some of the best local and touring artists 12 bands in all on two stages for a non-stop music celebration along with great food and drinks, crafts and vendors and lots of kids activities. read more 28.02.2025 The Blues are the roots of African American music today. Blues On The Patio, Spring/Fall series, features local and regional Blues artists. This series provides a network of association for area Blues lovers and build upon the Blues Education program by encouraging youth participation. Admission is FREE! read more 08.02.2025 On Saturday February 8, two world class performers, Linwood Taylor and Sol Roots, join forces for a powerful concert of deep blues, energetic rock, raw funk, and heartfelt soul. Experience an electrifying night of blues and soul as Linwood Taylor, a bluesman steeped in the traditions of Howlin' Wolf, Jimi Hendrix, and Albert Collins, takes the stage at The Listening Booth. read more
07.03.2025 Considered the most important musician in the history of Afro-Cuban based dance music (Salsa/Son), Arsenio Rodriguez was indeed transformative. A master of the mandolin sounding Cuban Tres, he was the the first to add the conga drum to band performance, the piano to play son/salsa, developed the multi-horn mambo concept and created the son montuno, the rhythmic foundation of salsa. read more 28.02.2025 Eight years after Blue Maqams, Anouar Brahem returns with a new project, and a programme of powerfully-moving pieces for oud, cello, piano and bass. Asked about the nature of his artistic journey, Brahem has drawn analogies with the growth of a tree, its branches spreading out above ground, while roots dig ever deeper. read more  14.02.2025 Irish guitar hero Mark O'Leary continues to pursue the outer boundaries of improvisation. Here, he aligns with Norwegian percussionist Terje Isungset for a polytonal and multihued improv fest. On 2008's Shamanic Voices, with more on the way, the guitarist intermingles acoustic and electric guitar parts with his partner's keen use of disparate percussion objects. Loaded with contrasts, O'Leary shades the proceedings with injections of electronics and a myriad of guitars. Whether he fuses fuzz-toned pyrotechnics with Isungset's shakers, woodblocks, cymbals and drums, O'Leary looms as a unifying force throughout. read more12.02.2025 On Monday, March 8th, 2025 at 7pm at Westbeth, Composers Concordance presents 'Seth & Gene's Excellent Electroacoustic Adventure'. Composers Gene Pritsker and Seth Boustead will perform a duo concert featuring special guests, poets Robert C. Ford and Imelda O'Reilly. read more
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