Jazz Pianist Monty Alexander To Perform At Birdland January 21st – 24th

Event:
Jan. 21st-24th, 2009
(8:30 pm & 11:00 pm)
Birdland
New York, NY

Acclaimed Jamaican jazz pianist Monty Alexander will perform four nights at Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Manhattan, from Wednesday, January 21 through Saturday, January 24. The first two nights will feature his classic jazz trio lineup, and the second two nights will feature his “Jazz and Roots” [...]

Press Release: Jazz Pianist & Composer Fahir Atakoglu Performs At Nighttown

Legendary Jazz Pianist & Composer Fahir Atakoglu Live At Nighttown. Legendary Jazz composer Fahir Atakoglu will be performing live on January 22nd at 8:00 pm at Nighttown in support of his latest CD, Istanbul in Blue, which has reached #1 on the JazzWeek World Music Charts, at NightTown in Cleveland, Ohio.

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We Say Goodbye To Jazz Pianist Page Cavanaugh

Jazz pianist and singer Page Cavanaugh, whose popular trio in the 1940s and 1950s played in motion pictures and on Frank Sinatra’s radio show, has died at 86. Cavanaugh died of kidney failure December 19th at a nursing home in San Fernando Valley, said Phil Mallory, his bass player of 18 years.

The Page Cavanaugh [...]

Jazz Pianist Max Haymer Releases “Pickpocket Witness”

Los Angeles-born pianist Max Haymer may not be familiar to you, after all the young 22 year old musician does not have much of a discography. If the music on his newest album Pickpocket Witness is any indication of what we can expect from Haymer in the future, then prepare to brace yourself because you’re [...]

Press Release: Roger Kellaway releases new album “Live At The Jazz Standard”

No one can make a piano sing like Roger Kellaway, and nowhere is that more true than on his new release, Live at the Jazz Standard. Beautifully performed and recorded at New York’s legendary Jazz Standard, Kellaway and his usual cast of virtuosos – including guitarist Russell Malone and vibist Stefon Harris – bring to [...]

Getting To Know Bill Evans: A jazz pianist of his time and ours too!

Bill Evans was one of the most famous and influential American jazz pianists of the 20th century. His use of impressionist harmony, his inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and his trademark rhythmically independent, “singing” melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists, including Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Denny Zeitlin and Keith Jarrett, as well as [...]

A Closer Look At Pianist Dave McKenna: Solo Artist Extraordinaire

Dave McKenna, a gifted pianist and solo artist, had a very long and successful career in jazz. Having started out in the 1940s, his talent and musical abilities propelled him for nearly 50 years. Known for quick speed at the piano and being able to cover what sounded like three or four different [...]

Earl “Bud” Powell: Jazz pianist of his time

Introduction:
Often referred to as the “spirit of bebop,” Earl “Bud” Powell embraced the piano as his vehicle to push the envelope on the definition of jazz and what it meant to be a jazz pianist. Writing and performing during a transitional point in jazz’s history, he was one of the few musicians to break [...]