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Ethan Iverson to Release New Album 'Playfair Sonatas'
by Josh Sharpe - October 04, 2024 Pianist, composer, and writer Ethan Iverson will release his next album Playfair Sonatas digitally and as a 2-CD set on November 15, 2024. Playfair Sonatas features six sonatas composed by Iverson for six different instruments and piano, and recorded by Iverson with some of today’s most vibrant clas... 
Austin Peralta to Release 'Endless Planets (Deluxe)'
by Michael Major - February 05, 2024 This Friday, Brainfeeder releases the deluxe release of the late jazz great Austin Peralta's Endless Planets. The album is preceded by single, “The Garden (Jondy • BBC Maida Vale Session),” released in October 2023, on what would have been Peralta's 33rd Birthday.... 
Joe Henderson's 'Power To The People' Sets 'Top Shelf' Reissue
by Michael Major - January 09, 2024 The saxophonist performs such originals as “Isotope,” “Afro-Centric” and the first recording of his classic “Black Narcissus,” alongside such legends as Herbie Hancock (piano, Fender Rhodes), Ron Carter (electric and acoustic bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums), and Mike Lawrence (trumpet).... 
Emmet Cohen Releases 'Isn't It Romantic?' Featuring Houston Person
by Michael Major - September 15, 2023 American Pianists Award winner Emmet Cohen released a new rendition of the Rodgers and Hart composition “Isn’t It Romantic?” — it’s the second single from Master Legacy Series Vol. 5, his upcoming album with jazz master tenor saxophonist Houston Person.... 
Video: Ringo Starr & Cindy Mizelle Star in Nils Lofgren's Official Video For 'Ain't The Truth Enough'
by Michael Major - August 24, 2023 Nils Lofgren has shared the music video for “Ain’t The Truth Enough,” which features Ringo Starr on drums, Kevin McCormick on bass, and vocalist Cindy Mizelle. The track is the opener on the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s new album Mountains out now, which also features guests Neil Young, the Howard ... 
Emmet Cohen Announces New Album 'Master Legacy Series Vol. 5' Featuring Houston Person
by Michael Major - August 22, 2023 Emmet Cohen released “Just The Way You Are,” the first single from Master Legacy Series Vol. 5, his upcoming album with the great master of the tenor saxophone Houston Person. Although not considered a traditional selection in the jazz canon, Person puts any hesitation to rest by bringing his own cl... 
Nils Lofgren Releases New Album 'Mountains' Feat. Neil Young, Ringo Starr, David Crosby & More
by Michael Major - July 21, 2023 The result is perhaps the most vulnerable and revealing work in Lofgren’s impressive 50-year catalog, delivered with the help of an all-star cast of friends including Ringo Starr, Neil Young, Cindy Mizelle, the Howard Gospel Choir, Ron Carter and David Crosby. The album also contains stunning artwor... 
Jon Regen Releases New Album 'Satisfied Mind' Feat. Ron Carter, Rob Thomas, Pino Palladino, Dave McMurray & More
by Michael Major - July 11, 2023 Jon Regen released his long-awaited new album Satisfied Mind via Symphonic, along with the album’s fourth single “Wake Me Up” featuring bass legend Pino Palladino. This week, after celebrating the album’s second single “Nobody But You” for seven straight weeks on their A-List playlist, Jazz FM made ... 
Nils Lofgren Salutes Charlie Watts In New Single 'Won't Cry No More (For Charlie Watts)'
by Michael Major - June 21, 2023 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame E Street Band member, Crazy Horse member and solo artist Nils Lofgren released “Won’t Cry No More (For Charlie Watts),” a blistering track that channels the passing of Charlie Watts into a broader reflection on loss and perseverance.... 
Allan Harris to Release First Live Album In Over A Decade: LIVE AT BLUE LLAMA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 16, 2023 Renowned vocalist and guitarist Allan Harris will release his new album, Live at Blue LLama. ... 
Jon Regen Releases New Single 'My Song For You' Featuring Rob Thomas From 'Satisfied Mind'
by Michael Major - June 06, 2023 Produced by Jamiroquai’s Matt Johnson, the track began on Regen’s vintage Wurlitzer electric piano. Besides Thomas, the album also features a cast of musical luminaries like Ron Carter, Dave McMurray, Pino Palladino, Larry Goldings (James Taylor, John Mayer), Tim Lefebvre (David Bowie, Tedeschi Truc... 
Jon Regen Announces New Album 'Satisfied Mind'
by Michael Major - May 04, 2023 The track (as well as its heartfelt lyric video) features jazz icon Ron Carter and saxophonist Dave McMurray (Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones). This week, after playlisting the album’s first single and title track, famed London radio station Jazz FM made “Nobody But You” their “Breakfast Track of the ... 
Nils Lofgren to Share New Album 'Mountains' feat. Neil Young, David Crosby, Ringo Starr & More
by Michael Major - May 03, 2023 The album’s first single “Ain’t The Truth Enough,” featuring Ringo Starr on drums, was written in the wake of the January 6th insurrection and reckons with the ways that misinformation and demagoguery can tear families apart and silo us in our own realities. Mountains is now available for pre-order.... 
Jason Moran & Christian McBride Proteges Featured in PBS Special This Friday
by Michael Major - April 17, 2023 Modern jazz luminaries Moran (piano) and McBride (bass) perform music by Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Geri Allen, and Louis Armstrong in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Taking inspiration from America’s diverse artistic landscape, their collaboration is infused with a distinctive soul that i... 
Jon Regen Releases New Single 'Satisfied Mind'
by Michael Major - March 29, 2023 The acclaimed New York-based singer, songwriter and pianist Jon Regen released a cover of the song “Satisfied Mind,” his first new music in three years, and the title track to his upcoming new album due out this summer that features luminaries like Ron Carter, Rob Thomas and Pino Pallandino.... 
Grace Jones to Headline Blue Note Jazz Festival in New York City
by Michael Major - March 14, 2023 The lineup includes Grace Jones, Pat Metheny, NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge,) Robert Glasper, BJ The Chicago Kid and Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, as well as a stop on legendary blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy’s Damn Right Farewell tour. Check out the complete list of artists now!... 
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 ... 
MUSIQUITA Will Be Released This Saturday For Hispanic Heritage Month!
by A.A. Cristi - September 21, 2022 The multi-talented, multi-lingual, multi-instrumental team of vocalist and violinist extraordinaire Blanca Cecilia González and pianist/singer/composer Jesse Elder is at the heart of Musiquita, a vivacious performance ensemble as well as a popular Spanish-English music program for families. Their de... 
Rick Beato Partners with Gibson for a Limited-Edition Gibson Les Paul Special Double Cut
by Michael Major - September 13, 2022 Acclaimed record producer, songwriter, musician, and educator Rick Beato is well-known for his YouTube videos on Everything Music. Rick worked closely with Gibson luthiers to create the Les Paul Double Cut to his exact specifications. A striking new model in TV Blue Mist, the Gibson Rick Beato Les P... 
Bass Extremes Debut New Single 'Just-in Time' Featuring Tool's Justin Chancellor
by Michael Major - August 05, 2022 It’s the second single/video revealed ahead of their upcoming album, S’Low Down. The 10-track album features a variety of legendary musicians, including Ron Carter, Bootsy Collins, Marcus Miller, Oteil Burbridge, Justin Chancellor, Linda Oh, Edgar Meyer, John Patitucci, Billy Sheehan, Joe Dart, and ... 
Saxophonist Julian Velasco to Release Debut Album in August
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 28, 2022 Chicago-based classical saxophonist Julian Velasco, winner of Cedille Records' first Emerging Artist Competition, plays contemporary works for tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone on As We Are, his debut recording as a featured artist, set for release August 19, 2022.... 
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
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. ... 
Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series Acoustic Sounds Celebrates Impulse! Records 60th Anniversary
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 26, 2021 The Impulse! 60 series will kick off on May 14 with two of the four releases that launched the label known as The House That Trane Built, in 1961: Ray Charles’ singular and long-out-of-print Genius + Soul = Jazz and Gil Evans Orchestra’s superb Out of the Cool. Charles’ album will also be made avail... 
Vocalist Luba Mason Set to Release New Album 'Triangle'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 10, 2020 With her last album, Mixtura, vocalist Luba Mason established her own musical genre, a “blend of different musical currents.'... |
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