His career as an influential tenor saxophonist and composer reached across more than half a century, tracking jazz’s complex evolution during that span. Wayne Shorter, the enigmatic, intrepid saxophonist who shaped the color and contour of modern jazz as one of its most intensely admired composers, died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 89. [...]
What: The Smooth Jazz Cruise On Land In St. Louis Ⅲ When: Friday, August 18 & Saturday, August 19, 2023 Where: The Factory in Chesterfield - St. Louis, MO Lineup: Friday, August 18: Lalah Hathaway & Boney James Saturday, August 19: Eric Marienthal/Lee Ritenour & Jonathan Butler Show Times: Friday, August 18: 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm (Doors at 6:30 pm) Saturday, [...]
The image on the album cover of Grammy nominee and award-winning Eric Bibb‘s latest album summarizes pretty much what this review has to say. A horse is one of the most majestic creatures admired by everyone and symbolising beauty, power and grace, inspiring people to be independent, confident and heroic. And yet humble enough to [...]
Headliners include Grammy Award-winners Ashanti and BADBADNOTGOOD, Canada's Queen of R&B Jully Black, and Jazz Legends Herbie Hancock and Geroge Benson, and more to be announced - JUNE 23 - JULY 2 - 2023 TD Toronto Jazz Fest Lineup (CNW Group/Toronto Downtown Jazz Society) TORONTO - The TD Toronto Jazz Fest is back, and it's better [...]
Brad Frost is a musician, web designer, design system consultant, speaker, and writer hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a lifelong bass player and holds a Music Industry Minor from James Madison University. Speaking about the direct correlation between music and web design Brad says, “The web industry is full of musicians. My theory on [...]
It takes a bold, knowledgeable and inventive group to call itself The Verve Jazz Ensemble. It is in the spirit of the Verve label’s 1950s-‘60s hard bop heyday that The Verve Jazz Ensemble composes, arranges, and performs jazz of a timeless quality. Across eight albums and counting – the latest entitled All In – the “VJE” has [...]
Legendary singer, songwriter and producer Lionel Richie announced his 2023 Sing A Song All Night Long tour with very special guests and one of the best-selling bands of all time, Earth, Wind & Fire. Produced by Live Nation, the 20-city arena tour kicks off Friday, August 4th at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, with stops across North America [...]
Reservoir [190 articles]" www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/reservoir, Reservoir Media has acquired both the publishing and recorded rights of saxophonist and jazz icon Sonny Rollins. The New York-based company’s latest deal comes a month after striking a catalog agreement with Rock and Roll and Grammy Hall of Fame inductee Dion Francis DiMucci, professionally known as Dion. Over the past [...]
GRAMMY® Award Nominated Drummer & Composer MARK GUILIANA and his Acclaimed Quartet perform at Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Friday March 17 at 7:30 P.M. Tickets for the Mark Guiliana Quartet at Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club., as well as the current list of 2023 shows, can be found on Ticketmaster.com and Jimmy's Online Event Calendar [...]
The NN North Sea Jazz Festival, the world’s largest indoor music festival, has announced the first wave of artists for its hugely-anticipated return to the Ahoy Centre in Rotterdam this July. Taking place from Friday 7th – Sunday 9th July 2023, this year’s event will present a line-up bursting with huge international stars from across the worlds [...]