I want to thank all of those along my journey who have helped keep the music fires burning bright. It is my hope that those who have an inkling to play, write, perform or otherwise, do so. If not for yourself then for the rest of us. It's not only that the world needs more [...]
JazzAscona 2021 scheduled from June 24, to July 3! After last year's unavoidable postponement, JazzAscona will be back this summer and fill the pearl of Lake Maggiore with good sounds between June 24 and July 3. For the editions to come, the festival would like to increase the "unplugged" situations and involve the old [...]
Ovation TV, the only independent television and digital media company dedicated to the arts, announced today a generous $5,000 contribution to a GoFundMe campaign to save Birdland Jazz Club, a historic New York City music venue, from permanent closure. Birdland Jazz Club, which first opened its doors in 1949, announced on January 2nd that it was at risk of shuttering permanently due to [...]
LOFI HOLIDAY MIXTAPE features inspired, new Lofi remixes of Christmas Classics by BILLIE HOLIDAY, ELLA FITZGERALD, THE TEMPTATIONS and more reimagined by electronic music producers BLOND:ISH, EEVEE and several rising stars of the burgeoning Lofi scene UMe has opened its cherished holiday music library to some of the most exciting electronic music producers around the globe for a [...]
CONCORD JAZZ SCORES THREE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS Chick Corea's Trilogy 2 nominated for Best Improvised Jazz Solo (for "All Blues") and Best Jazz Instrumental Album Poncho Sanchez's Trane's Delight nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album The Recording Academy has revealed nominees for the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards, the preeminent honor for excellence in music and the only peer-selected music accolade. Concord [...]