Gotham Jazz Festival to Be Held This Month at The DTA
Prohibition Productions and New York Hot Jazz Camp have announced their partnership for the 5th annual GOTHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL to be held Sunday, April 16th (1pm to 12am) at The DTA on 60 Pine Street, in lower Manhattan.
The Anderson Brothers Play Gershwin at Birdland Jazz Club Next Month
Peter and Will Anderson present the life and music of George Gershwin, with an entertaining narrative and live sextet performance. One of the most striking geniuses of modern music, George Gershwin composed for Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, film, radio, and symphony orchestras, combining the sounds of jazz and European classical music.
NYC Jazz Artist Sweet Megg Releases New Single 'Trouble in Mind'
“Trouble in Mind” (which preceded the 1955 off-Broadway play by the same name), is an early jazz standard born out of vaudeville, written as a blues-style song by jazz pianist Richard M. Jones in 1924. Megg recorded her My Window Faces the South album at The Studio Nashville under engineer Roger Moutenot. Listen to the new single now!
THE ANDERSONS PLAY GERSHWIN at Symphony Space Next Month
Peter and Will Anderson – the identical twins and Juilliard graduates have announced a return engagement of their concert series at Symphony Space. The Andersons and their six-piece ensemble will explore the works and life of George Gershwin with an informative narrative, entertaining video presentation, and live performan
Peter & Will Anderson Presents THE ANDERSONS PLAY
Peter and Will Anderson – the identical twins and Juilliard graduates hailed as “virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone” by The New York Times – have announced a return engagement of their concert series at Symphony Space.
Bickford Theatre Hosts Annual Bix Beiderbecke Birthday Bash
The legendary jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke will be celebrated by cornetist Mike Davis and a phenomenal ensemble at the Bickford Theatre's popular Bix Beiderbecke's Birthday Bash - a jazz concert, on Monday, March 11, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
Bix Beiderbecke Birthday Bash Comes to The Bickford Theatre, 3/12
The legendary jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke will be celebrated by cornetist Mike Davis and his all-star group, the New Wonders, with the Bickford Theatre's popular Bix Beiderbecke Birthday Bash on Monday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m. Joining Davis will be Dan Levinson on clarinet, Joe McDonough on trombone, Jared Engel on banjo, Dalton Ridenhour on piano, Jay Rattman on bass saxophone, and Jay Lepley on drums.
A Celebration of the Trailblazers Of Jazz Comes To The Bickford Theatre, 2/26
Dan Levinson and his all-star band celebrate the music of those early days of jazz at the Bickford Theatre for one night only on Monday, February 26th at 7:30 pm. Entitled Dan Levinson's Jazz 101: The Trailblazers of America's Original Art Form, the concert features the music of King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Jelly Roll Morton, The New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Clarence Williams, Eddie Condon, Duke Ellington and more.
Bix Beiderbecke Birthday Bash Comes To The Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum
The legendary jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke will be celebrated by cornetist Mike Davis and his all-star group with our popular Bix Beiderbecke Birthday Bash on Monday, March 13, at 8:00 p.m. Joining Davis will be Dan Levinson on clarinet, Joe McDonough on trombone, Jared Engel on banjo, Dalton Ridenhour on piano, Jay Rattman on bass saxophone, and Jay Lepley on drums.
New Orleans Inspired Music Festival to Be Held in Central Park on June 25
On Saturday, June 25, a day-long blowout celebration of New Orleans-inspired jazz commences at CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE with the debut of the NEW YORK HOT JAZZ FESTIVAL ALL-STARS under the direction of multi-award winning trumpeter / vocalist BRIA SKONBERG. The All-Stars band features New York Hot Jazz Festival alumni including multi-reed virtuoso ANAT COHEN; Grammy-winning big band leader VINCE GIORDANO (as heard on Boardwalk Empire), on double bass and tuba; drummer JOE SAYLOR (member of Jon Batiste's Stay Human, the house band on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert); stride and ragtime specialist DALTON RIDENHOUR on piano; banjo and vocals by bluesman and hot-jazzer BLIND BOY PAXTON; plus a SURPRISE SPECIAL GUEST on trombone as well as other guests to round out the ensemble.