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Vocal-Guitar Duo Nancy And Spencer Reed Release New Album Photo Vocal-Guitar Duo Nancy And Spencer Reed Release New Album
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 28, 2024

Nancy and Spencer Reed, a vocal-guitar duo from the Pocono Mountains, released their career-spanning album Happying. Listen now!...

Jim Snidero Releases First Chordless Trio Album 'For All We Know' Photo Jim Snidero Releases First Chordless Trio Album 'For All We Know'
by Michael Major - December 07, 2023

Sound forms the basis of everything that follows. For musicians, there is no greater truth. And for alto saxophonists specifically, that gospel, and the difficult trials it presents, is magnified to the fullest. A horn not easily tamed, the alto illuminates its every utterance. Simply put, the instr...

Franco Ambrosetti's Strings Album 'NORA' To Be Released In Immersive Sound Format Photo Franco Ambrosetti's Strings Album 'NORA' To Be Released In Immersive Sound Format
by Michael Major - September 26, 2022

Anchored by a core of world-class musicians (guitarist John Scofield, bassist Scott Colley, pianist Uri Caine, drummer Peter Erskine) and featuring a 22-piece string orchestra conducted by Grammy-winning pianist-arranger Alan Broadbent, Ambrosetti’s Nora is his answer to Charlie Parker with Strings ...

Three-Time Grammy Nominated Jazz Vocalist Denise Donatelli Reimagines Bacharach On Ne Photo Three-Time Grammy Nominated Jazz Vocalist Denise Donatelli Reimagines Bacharach On New Album Released on Savant Records August 27, 2021
by A.A. Cristi - July 26, 2021

Just as the indelible vibe of the legendary Burt Bacharach was beginning to take hold of our culture and become the soundtrack of everyone's lives, three-time GRAMMY nominated vocalist Denise Donatelli, then a young girl growing up in Allentown, PA, found a deep connection to Dionne Warwick's origin...

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.  ...

Franco Ambrosetti Leads All-Star Group on New Album Photo Franco Ambrosetti Leads All-Star Group on New Album
by Abigail Charpentier - September 05, 2019

One of the most revered figures on the European jazz scene, Swiss trumpeter Franco Ambrosetti has maintained a strong affinity for the music since debuting as a leader in 1965 with A Jazz Portrait of Franco Ambrosetti. Now approaching his 78th birthday in December, Ambrosetti is still swinging after...

City Parks Foundation Presents: 27th Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Photo City Parks Foundation Presents: 27th Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
by Tori Hartshorn - August 08, 2019

City Parks Foundation's SummerStage is proud to announce the 27th Anniversary celebration of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. In the world of modern music, few figures loom as large or cast as long a shadow as saxophonist Charlie 'Bird' Parker, celebrated as a bebop pioneer and for bringing jazz in...

Laury Shelley Releases New CD EP 'Time Is A Healer' Photo Laury Shelley Releases New CD EP 'Time Is A Healer'
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2018

Praised by Billboard Magazine as 'a singer with exciting vocal ability,' singer/songwriter Laury Shelley is proud to announce the release of her long-awaited new CD EP. Time Is A Healer , covers a variety of genres: soul, r & b, funk, jazz, adult contemporary and pop power ballads. The album marks t...












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