Saxophonist Najee Releases New Album “Mind Over Matter”

Jazz Saxophonist Najee released his latest album, Mind Over Matter, August of this year, and it is definitely getting the recognition it deserves. Having been inspired by the great Miles David, it combines many different styles – R&B, neo-soul, contemporary jazz – all into one. It is actually in this intricate weaving of [...]

Guitarist Jim Hall To Play Birdland, Nov. 10th-14th

Jazz guitarist Jim Hall will be stopping by Birdland Jazz Club November 10th-14th, 2009. Playing alongside him are Greg Osby, Scott Colley, & Joey Baron, to round out the quartet. Sets are at 8:30 pm & 11:00 pm each night, and tickets run between $30 – $40.
He is also promoting his latest release Hemispheres, [...]

Nancy Harms To Celebrate Release Of “In The Indigo” With 2 Performances in Minneapolis

One of the Twin Cities’ fastest-rising vocalists, Nancy Harms will release In the Indigo on November 19th, 2009 with a celebration at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis (7:00 pm -11:00 pm), featuring Nancy’s CD supporting cast—pianist Tanner Taylor, guitarist Robert Bell, bassist Graydon Peterson, and drummer Jay Epstein.
The party continues on November 21st [...]

Tribute To Jazz Drummer Donald Bailey At Yoshi’s In Oakland, Nov. 11th-12th

Yoshi’s in Oakland will host a tribute to jazz drummer Donald Bailey featuring Charles McPherson, Bruce Forman, Chester Smith, Donald Bailey and more on Wednesday, November 11th and Thursday, November 12th.
This tribute also serves as a belated CD release celebration for Bailey’s Blueprints Of Jazz Vol.3 CD (below, on right), released earlier this year. [...]

Iridium Jazz Club Announces November Performance List

The Iridium Jazz Club in New York has announced their list of featured performers for month of November. In particular, they would like to draw your attention to three great artists: guitarists Steve Miller, Stanley Jordan, and Mike Stern. These featured artists will be playing alongside the ever popular Les Paul Trio, which [...]

Legion of Honor Medal Given To Wynton Marsalis

Saturday, November 7th famed jazz trumpeter – and artistic director of Jazz At The Lincoln Center – Wynton Marsalis received the Legion of Honor Medal at the French Embassy in New York City. The medal was presented to him by the French Ambassador Pierre Vimont.

French Ambassador Pierre Vimont presented Wynton Marsalis the insignia of [...]

Spencer Day Concert Review: Hotel Cafe in Hollywood

Spencer Day and his quartet played last night, November 4th, at Hotel Cafe in Hollywood. Playing many songs from his latest release, Vagabond, they also threw in some tunes they have recently been working and will hopefully show up on future albums. The gig was well-done, and I was tremendously impressed by the [...]

Wynton Marsalis’ Call To New Orleans Jazz: What’s missing from contemporary jazz?

Wynton Marsalis describes the layout for upcoming shows at Jazz At The Lincoln Center, laying out that they will be doing his music for three days. Elements of jazz that he remembers back in New Orleans were to be added to the music (choirs, singing, jazz tap) that he said were not a part [...]

Jazz Contest: Sign up and win Poncho Sachez signed album, poster & even a conga drum

Legendary conguero Poncho Sanchez and Remo & Drum! Magazine have teamed up to give away a Remo Quinto drum and some cool signed Poncho Sanchez prizes. One grand prize winner will receive a Remo Quinto drum, a signed copy of Poncho’s new album Psychedelic Blues and a signed poster.
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All Your Jazz Still Looking For Event Contributors: Sign up and receive a free gift from us!

We have had our All Your Jazz Community Jazz Calendar up for about a week and half now, and we are really happy to see the amount of contributors so far. We would like to extend the invitation once again, so that we can really create and maintain a well-balanced and comprehensive Jazz Community [...]