Jazz Vibraphonist Stefon Harris: A Short Bio

A graduate of Manhattan School of Music, Stefon Harris received a B.M. in Classical Music and a M.M. in Jazz Performance. He is a recipient of the prestigious Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center and has earned three consecutive Grammy nominations including Best Jazz Album for Grand Unification Theory (2003) Kindred (2001, Blue Note), [...]

Cassandra Wilson To Release “Closer To You: The Pop Side”: Scheduled to come out April 7th

Artist: Cassandra Wilson
Album: Closer To You: The Pop Side
Label: Blue Note / EMI
Release Date: April 7th, 2009
Grammy-award winning jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson will release Closer To You: The Pop Side on April 7th via Blue Note / EMI.
- 2 Grammy Awards, including a February 2009 win for Best Jazz Vocal Album
- New collection of [...]

Prestige Records Releases 60th Anniversary Album “The Very Best Of Prestige Records”: A great collection of jazz!

Album: The Very Best Of Prestige Records
Label: Concord Music Group
Release Date: March 24th, 2009
On March 24th Concord Music Group launched a yearlong 60th anniversary celebration of Prestige Records, with a full slate of assorted CD releases and other special bonuses, including the new album The Very Best Of Prestige Records.
The Very Best of Prestige Records [...]

Saxophonist Brandon Fields Release New Album “One World”: To celebrate with a performance at the Baked Potato

Saxophonist Brandon Fields celebrates his first CD release in nine years with “One World” Sunday at The Baked Potato in Studio City. “One World” includes contributions from drummer Gary Novak and the late bassist Dave Carpenter.
Joining Fields onstage for the release will be keyboardist Jeff Babko (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), trumpeter Walt Fowler (Frank Zappa/James [...]

Puppet’s Jazz Bar Features The Alex Blake Quartet

Event:
March 20th, 2009
(9:00 pm, 10:30 pm, 12:00 am)
Puppet’s Jazz Bar
Brooklyn, NY

Puppet’s Jazz bar is honored to present the Alex Blake Quartet. Featuring Alex Blake on the bass, Ted Cruz on the piano, Chris on the sax, and our very own Jaime Aff on the drums.
For more information about the group, please visit www.puppetsjazz.com.

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Puppet’s [...]

Getting To Know The Dan Arcamone Trio

Dan Arcamone’s unique approach to the guitar, and writing, is founded in traditional jazz while exploring and incorporating other forms of music. Dan leads his own trio, which performs his original, modern jazz compositions. While his playing is often aggressive, a strong melodic concept is always present.
The Dan Arcamone Trio was awarded “Best Jazz [...]

Review: Wynton Marsalis’ “He and She”

As the title to Wynton Marsalis‘ fifth Blue Note release indicates, He And She is about that eternally compelling and most elemental of subjects, the relationship between a man and a woman. The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, trumpeter and band leader, however, hasn’t merely crafted a love story, but a life story – a bittersweet rumination [...]

Ambitious New Album From Wynton Marsalis: “He and She” to be released March 24th

Artist: Wynton Marsalis
Album: He and She
Label: Blue Note
Release Date: March 24th, 2009

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, trumpeter, and bandleader Wynton Marsalis will release his fifth Blue Note recording, He And She. The album is an ambitious, featuring 22 tracks that combine spoken word and music. Tempered with flashes of humor and plenty of swing [...]

Firehouse 12 Hosts George Colligan Trio

Event:
April 10th
(8:30 pm, 10:00 pm)
Firehouse 12
New Haven CT

On Friday, April 10th, Firehouse 12 will present a two-set performance by New York-based pianist/composer George Colligan and his trio featuring bassist Josh Ginsburg and drummer E.J. Strickland. Colligan, who is known to critics as “an advanced jazz pianist and composer who has done high-ranking work as a [...]

Accujazz Adds A Pre-1940 Channel To Their Online Jazz Radio Collection

AccuJazz Intenet Radio continues its weekly roll-out of new, creatively programmed jazz channels with “Decade: Pre-1940,” a radio stream exclusively playing jazz recorded before 1940.
For jazz fans who don’t know much about what happened before bebop, the new channel is an essential education. The play list includes a variety of early jazz styles. Freewheeling New [...]