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2024 NYC Winter Jazzfest Announces Final Lineup For 20th Anniversary Season Photo 2024 NYC Winter Jazzfest Announces Final Lineup For 20th Anniversary Season
by A.A. Cristi - January 05, 2024

NYC Winter Jazzfest has announced the complete list of artists to be featured at the 20th annual NYC Winter Jazzfest! Please mark your calendars for January 10-18, 2024....

Tré Burt Announces 'Traffic Fiction' Tour Photo Tré Burt Announces 'Traffic Fiction' Tour
by Michael Major - October 17, 2023

Tré Burt announces his 'Traffic Fiction' tour and releases a video for his song 'Santiago'. Get all the details and watch the video here. The tour concludes in Seattle, WA on January 31 and also makes a stop in Los Angeles for a show at Gold Diggers on January 25. ...

TRE BURT Releases New Album 'Traffic Fiction' Photo TRE BURT Releases New Album 'Traffic Fiction'
by Michael Major - October 06, 2023

TRÉ BURT releases new album 'Traffic Fiction' and shares music video for '2 For Tha Show' - Get all the details on the latest release and watch the captivating music video. The album marks a musical reinvention and is deeply influenced by the soul music he listened to with his grandfather as a child...

Tré Burt Unveils New Single 'Piece Of Me' From Forthcoming New Album Photo Tré Burt Unveils New Single 'Piece Of Me' From Forthcoming New Album
by Michael Major - September 19, 2023

Tré Burt will release his new album, Traffic Fiction, via Oh Boy Records. He continues to showcase the evolution of his songwriting with the release of “Piece of Me.” Following a European tour supporting Wilco, Tré Burt will play a select number of shows this fall with a full tour planned for early ...

Tré Burt Announces New Album 'Traffic Fiction' & Shares New Single 'Santiago' Photo Tré Burt Announces New Album 'Traffic Fiction' & Shares New Single 'Santiago'
by Michael Major - June 14, 2023

At the same time the LP also preserves the special relationship Tré shared with his grandfather who passed away earlier this year - this was the music the two shared. Along with the announcement, Tré Burt shares the LP’s lead single, the jubilant “Santiago,” which recounts an overseas tryst that end...

CeeLo Green & Ledisi to Headline San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2022 Photo CeeLo Green & Ledisi to Headline San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2022
by Michael Major - March 23, 2022

San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2022 is thrilled to officially announce today its initial round of confirmed artists including CeeLo Green; Ledisi; Judith Hill; Javon Jackson's 'Charlie Parker at 100,' Ft. Gary Bartz, Charles McPherson & Donald Harrison; The Brubeck Brothers; Telmary & Friends; Joel Ross;...

Jazz Journalists Association Announces 2021 Jazz Awards Winners Photo Jazz Journalists Association Announces 2021 Jazz Awards Winners
by A.A. Cristi - May 07, 2021

As trending in the greater jazz community, creative women earned significant recognition: Composer-orchestra leader Maria Schneider, whose album Data Lords (ArtistShare) is Record of the Year, and drummer-producer educator Terri Lyne Carrington, Jazz Musician of the Year, won multiple awards. Women ...

2021 JJA Jazz Awards Winners Announced Photo 2021 JJA Jazz Awards Winners Announced
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 06, 2021

See all results of JJA members' 25th annual voting in 47 categories that honor writers, photographers, broadcasters, books, documentaries, podcasts and live-stream productions as well as musicians' achievements, at JAJazzAwards.org.  ...

The Jazz Foundation of America Presents BIRD CALLS Livestream Concert Celebrating Cha Photo The Jazz Foundation of America Presents BIRD CALLS Livestream Concert Celebrating Charlie Parker
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 01, 2020

The Jazz Foundation of America will continue its fundraising efforts on behalf of musicians affected by the pandemic, with “BIRD CALLS,” on Thursday, December 10th, a livestream concert celebrating the centennial of saxophonist, composer, and legendary musical innovator Charlie “Yardbird” Parker....

The Jazz Foundation Of America Celebrates Charlie Parker With All-Star Streaming Fund Photo The Jazz Foundation Of America Celebrates Charlie Parker With All-Star Streaming Fundraiser
by A.A. Cristi - November 20, 2020

The Jazz Foundation of America, the 31-year-old New York-based non-profit serving the jazz community, will continue its fundraising efforts on behalf of musicians affected by the pandemic with “Bird Calls,” a glittering December 10 livestream celebrating the centennial birthday of alto saxophonist C...

Justice Comes Alive Raises $55,000 for the Plus1 For Black Lives Fund with Virtual Mu Photo Justice Comes Alive Raises $55,000 for the Plus1 For Black Lives Fund with Virtual Music Festival
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 01, 2020

The live music community came together to raise funds and awareness for racial equality with the new one-day, donation-based virtual event, Justice Comes Alive....

City Parks Foundation Presents the 26th Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Photo City Parks Foundation Presents the 26th Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 21, 2018

City Parks Foundation's SummerStage is proud to announce the 26th Anniversary celebration of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. The free festival is New York City's annual salute to the legendary late saxophonist, featuring storied veteran players as well as young jazz musicians who continue to shape...

City Parks Foundation Announces the SummerStage 2018 Season Photo City Parks Foundation Announces the SummerStage 2018 Season
by Macon Prickett - April 18, 2018

City Parks Foundation is thrilled to announce the 2018 season of SummerStage, New York City's largest free outdoor performing arts festival, bringing more than 100 performances to Central Park and 17 neighborhood parks throughout the five boroughs. This year's festival, presented by Capital One, wil...

11-Time Grammy Nominee Kenny Barron To Play Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts S Photo 11-Time Grammy Nominee Kenny Barron To Play Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Saturday 2/24
by Macon Prickett - February 20, 2018

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 2017-18 Kumble Theater season with jazz maestro Kenny Barron. An 11-time GRAMMY® nominee, NEA Jazz Master, and American Jazz Hall of Fame inductee, this virtuosic pianist comes to Brooklyn's Kumble Theater for an intimate solo...

Drummer Ronnie Burrage Upcoming Master Class and Performances Photo Drummer Ronnie Burrage Upcoming Master Class and Performances
by Tori Hartshorn - January 25, 2018

Ronnie's latest recording 'Heal' with 'Band Burrage' blends fusion, hard bop, rock and pop elements in a diverse, contemporary fashion. There are sections featuring unison playing and Afro-Latin rhythms, then periods with free, skittering passages as drummer/keyboardist Ronnie Burrage, EWI/saxophoni...

Jazz Dispensary Rolls Out Two Limited Edition Titles on Vinyl
by Caryn Robbins - July 11, 2017

Two new vinyl titles will be reissued on July 28th as part of Jazz Dispensary's Top Shelf Series: The Elements, a cosmic, four-part improvisation from Joe Henderson featuring Alice Coltrane, and the hard-grooving, politically-charged Harlem Bush Music - Uhurufrom Gary Bartz Ntu Troop....












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