Guitar by Anthony Director: Anthony Dalleva IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT LEARNING - YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE! When you pick up your guitar do you know what to practice to improve your playing? Or do you just practice the same old licks and songs over and over again? Ever wonder why you're not improving? Songwriters: learn functional [...]
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Sony Music Entertainment Indonesia (SMEI) introduces new "Extended Play" (EP) from Indonesia's jazz prodigy Ardhito Pramono, "Craziest Thing Happened in My Backyard" (CTHIMB). His latest work was inspired by the movies "Midsommar" and South Korea's "Parasite", portraying Ardhito's deepest and darkest experiences in a smooth jazz music that resembles a happy place. Consisting of five tracks written by Ardhito himself, he explored [...]
We here at JazzMonthly.com would like to thank Dave Wilkes(www.davewilkes.com), an icon in the music business for introducing us to Heather Pierson. Heather Pierson is a rare artist that has essentially mastered all Genres of Music. From beautifully improvised Musical Meditations on piano, to being #1 on the Folk radio charts. Exciting live Jazz performances one night... genuine acoustic original music with her trio the [...]
PALO ALTO JULY 31, 2020 IMPULSE RECORDS In the fall of 1968, a sixteen-year old high school student named Danny Scher had a dream to invite legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk and his all-star quartet to perform a concert at his local high school in Palo Alto, CA. In a series of twists [...]
Sitka Jazz Festival Thu-Sat, Feb 6-8 The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at UCLA returns for the third year to the Sitka Jazz Festival to present clinics and a concert featuring special guest vocalist Gretchen Parlato, an alumna of the Institute and UCLA. In honor of Black History Month, workshops include an in-depth [...]
Joey Alexander, the Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, composer and bandleader releases his major label debut album "WARNA" (Verve Records). WARNA captures the astonishing melodic gift and natural aptitude for spontaneous collaboration that the gifted pianist has quickly developed and showcases Alexander's musical prowess as he stylistically and seamlessly incorporates his influences from Gospel, Latin music and more. [...]
It is my pleasure to welcome to JazzMonthly.com an incredible singer, songwriter, performer and actor. With his trademark look, he is impressing musicians and fans alike every time he steps out on the stage. Alex has just released his debut single titled "The Way She Moves" and is currently working on his soon to be release album, " Whisky Kisses." He has [...]
The Godfather of Harlem Soundtrack has arrived! Featuring the amazing vocal talents of Emeli Sandé, and occasionally my 1925 Vincent Bach trumpet, I am immensely proud of this show, the cast, the filmmakers, and this score! ‘Godfather of Harlem’ features great acting, unusual depth — and a killer soundtrack' - Los Angeles Times “Mark’s score [...]
Alex Bird and The Jazz Mavericks: Debut Single "The Way She Moves" TORONTO, ONTARIO – Alex Bird has been turning heads across the Toronto Jazz scene and his debut single THE WAY SHE MOVES will soon be turning heads across the continent. This song swings. The video, directed by one of the top up and [...]
MusicMonthly.com - 3x JUNO (Canada's Grammys) nominees and Billboard charting Sultans of String take their wickedly eclectic and globetrotting grooves to California, with stops at FAR-West, Museum of Music Making and McCabe's Guitar Shop. Thrilling audiences with their genre-hopping passport of Celtic reels, Gypsy-jazz, Arabic and Cuban rhythms, fiery violin dances with kinetic guitar, while bass [...]