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- by AllAboutJazz.comA Tribe for Jazz proudly announces receipt of a Battelle Central Ohio STEM Grant, awarded for their innovative Jazz Lab mobile pilot initiative. As a leading nonprofit philanthropic organization, Battelle dedicates a significant portion of its resources to STEM initiatives, aiming to equip students with the necessary skills to become future leaders and innovators….
- by AllAboutJazz.comMarc Iacona and John Nugent, producers of the Rochester International Jazz Festival, have announced four more shows in the 22nd Edition Festival's ticketed Headliner Series – Smokey Robinson, The Wood Brothers, Rickie Lee Jones, and Thundercat…
- by AllAboutJazz.comAll About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek Radio Chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations in the United States. Enjoy! TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 4 1 Renee Rosnes Crossing Paths (Smoke Sessions)…
- by AllAboutJazz.comWho was Ted McNabb? And what company did he keep, as the album cover above intimates? You won't believe the story behind this 1959 album or the album's superb arrangements and musicians. I came across this LP by accident in 2012. Back then, few jazz fans even knew it existed. The record was arranged and conducted by the great Marion […]
- by AllAboutJazz.comElysium Furnace Works is proud the announce the initial concerts for its 2025 season. To kick off 2025, EFW will present its very first solo piano festival. On each Saturday in March this year, EFW will present five of the most brilliant pianists performing anywhere today. All five concerts as part of the EFW Solo Piano Festival will be presented […]
- by AllAboutJazz.comDustin Carlson’s Krakowians is an ode to the city of Krakow, Poland. “My experience of Krakow is one of awe, bewilderment, and playfulness; the rich history and imposing architecture, the wild endless nightlife, the young musicians I met seemed to carry an excitement and earnestness that hit different than my colleagues in NY and the older people I met seemed […]
- by AllAboutJazz.comIn 1966, just before the country went psychedelic and the place to be was off the grid and deep in the woods, there was the beach. The passing this week of Mike Hynson—star of that year's cult surf film The Endless Summer, produced and directed by Bruce Brown—took me back to my childhood. When I was a kid in the […]
- by AllAboutJazz.comDespite 50 years age difference, Kim Paterson and Alex Ventling grew a bond through their common appreciation towards improvising and the jazz tradition…
- by AllAboutJazz.comLiquid Reality Out March 14, Coinciding with Hindu Celebration of Holi, the Festival of Colors; Featuring Swaminathan Selvaganesh, Satoshi Takeishi, Gumbi Ortiz, Santiago Leibson, and more; Highlights Include “Ladders to the Sky” and an Innovative New Take on Shakti’s “La Danse du Bonheur” …
- by AllAboutJazz.comFebruary to June 2025 Schedule Includes Cassandra Wilson, Sheila Jordan, Arturo O'Farrill, Rhoda Scott and More…
- by AllAboutJazz.comTenor saxophonist Hank Mobley began recording in New York in 1953 as part of the Max Roach Sextette. The session was for Debut, a label founded a year earlier by Roach, bassist Charles Mingus and Mingus's then wife Celia. Mobley's first recording session for Blue Note came a year later as a sideman on The Horace Silver Quintet Vol…
- by AllAboutJazz.comA talented husband-and-wife duo, performing jazz together for over 25 years, proudly presents their second self-produced studio album. Based in the Dallas-Fort Worth region of Texas, their new album, Retrospective, draws inspiration from iconic pop and rock melodies spanning 35 years. Henry Beal—Acoustic Bass…
- by AllAboutJazz.comAll About Jazz publishes the weekly JazzWeek Radio Chart. Discover new releases, track chart movement, and learn what is being played on jazz radio stations in the United States. Enjoy! TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 George Cables I Hear Echoes (HighNote)…
- by AllAboutJazz.comAcclaimed jazz musician and Indianapolis native, Travis Brant, is set to release his highly anticipated EP, Casual Metres on February 10, 2025, under Def Left Ear Records. This four-track collection showcases Brant's exceptional talent as both a composer and producer, further solidifying his reputation in the contemporary jazz scene….
- by AllAboutJazz.comI love watching videos of musicians covering songs made famous by jazz legends. I've posted quite a few of these as part of my YouTubers Dig series. Today, I thought I'd share 10 clips with you of guitarists covering songs recorded by Bill Evans:…
- by AllAboutJazz.comLiberation Hall has announced details of a previously unreleased concert recording by legendary jazz pianist Marian McPartland. Captured before an intimate crowd of fans and students in jny: Long Island, New York, the 18-track At the Peninsula Library 1972 will arrive April 11 on 180-gram vinyl LP, CD and download…
- by AllAboutJazz.comDrummer Jonah David is already a fully formed and remarkably accomplished artist as he arrives in the jazz world with the February 28 release of his debut, Waltz for Eli, on Swish Tap Records. Produced with a core trio of pianist Joel Sanford and bassist Joe Bussey, plus an impressive array of special guests, David introduces himself with an infectious […]
- by AllAboutJazz.comMelvin Sparks was one of the finest and most important guitarists during the jazz-funk movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. For the Prestige label, Sparks recorded with Lou Donaldson, Sonny Stitt, Leon Spencer Jr., Johnny Hammond Smith, Caesar Frazier and many others. He was known for his Houston shuffle rhythm guitar and funky jazz lines…
- by AllAboutJazz.comThe highly-acclaimed jazz and rock drummer Karl Latham on Living Standards II turns rock favorites into jazz fusion jams. With an all-star cast that includes bassist Mark Egan (Pat Metheny, Gil Evans) and special guest vibraphonist Wolfgang Lackerschmid (Chet Baker, Larry Coryell), Latham digs into pieces associated with Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, the Doors, Steppenwolf and other rock icons, giving […]
- by AllAboutJazz.comPianist Herbie Nichols has long been considered a Thelonious Monk disciple. In truth, Nichols had his own modernist bag that combined bebop's jagged attack and Dixieland's hard syncopation. A fascinating artist who was largely ignored during his lifetime (1919-1963), Nichols is perhaps best known for penning the jazz standard Lady Sings the Blues…