Bargemusic: Great Venue In New York City

Imagine a truly unique New York City location with charm, history and spectacular water views: a location that will delight even the most sophisticated socialite or businessperson. And envision this against the magnificent backdrop of the New York City skyline.
The venue is Bargemusic, a floating concert hall that The New York Times calls “inviting… [...]

Antoinette Montague Performs With The Queens Jazz Orchestra

Last May, Antoinette Montague performed when jazz history was made at the inaugural concert of the17-piece Queens Jazz Orchestra at Flushing Town Hall. On May 29th, 2009 under the direction of jazz icon Jimmy Heath the QJO and Antoinette Montague will once again perform together.

Artist Background:

Antoinette Montague has appeared on the cover of Jazz Improv’s [...]

WKCR-FM New York Presents Radio Festival: Devoted to jazz drummer Roy Haynes

WKCR-FM New York is presentong a radio festival devoted to jazz drummer and NEA Jazz Master Roy Haynes. WKCR will be airing his music continuously from Sunday, January 11th at 8:00 am until Friday, January 23rd at 9:00 pm, a total of 301 hours.
To listen to the festival online visit www.columbia.edu/cu/wkcr and click on [...]

Jazz Drum Legend Al Foster & Quartet To Play Smoke Jazz Club In New York

Event:
Jan 15th – 17th
(sets at 8:00 pm, 10:00 pm, 11:30 pm)
Smoke Jazz & Supper Club-Lounge
New York, NY
Jazz drum legend Al Foster and his quartet will play Smoke in New York on Thursday, January 15th through Saturday, January 17th with sets at 8:00 pm, 10:00 pm and 11:30 pm. The Al Foster Quartet features Eli [...]

Smoke Jazz & Supper Club In New York Features “One For All” New Years Eve

Event:
New Years Eve
(call for show times)
Smoke Jazz & Supper Club
New York, NY
New York’s world-renowned sextet One For All, taking its inspiration from the legendary groups of Miles Davis and Art Blakey, is an invigorating, high octane sextet that features original compositions and exceptional soloists. The band will close out 2008 with a special New Year’s [...]

Rockefeller Foundation Presents “A Celebration Of America”: In honor of the presidential inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Event:
Jan. 19th, 2009
(7:00 pm)
Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater
Washington D.C.

Jazz at Lincoln Center and The Rockefeller Foundation will present “A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA” in the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater on the occasion of the Presidential Inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 19, 2009 live on CNN at 7 p.m.

The evening’s program will look [...]

Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola In New York

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola is designed to entertain people in the spirit that Dizzy had – very welcoming. Their mission is that you have a good time and that you have a memorable experience. The whole facility is designed for international participation. This is a hall of integration…to bring everything together.

Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola is [...]

Cafe Carlyle & Bemelmans Bar In New York

Cafe Carlyle
Since opening in 1955, Cafe Carlyle has featured musical performances by legendary entertainers, as epitomized by the “master of melody” Bobby Short. A fixtures at Cafe Carlyle since 1986, Mr. Short was cabaret’s preeminent interpreter of such American composers as Cole Porter and Duke Ellington, and his urbane and elegant style will always [...]

The Jazz Standard Welcomes The Mike LeDonne Quintet: Featuring Eric Alexander & Jeremy Pelt

Event:
Sept. 16th & 17th
The Jazz Standard
New York

Mike LeDonne is an exceptional pianist who has a long list of accomplishments. He has won praise not only from critics but from master musicians: the late Oscar Peterson picked him as one of his favorite pianists of today. His swinging quintet features the most solid jazzmen playing [...]

Ellison, Murray and Bearden Inspire Jazz Photo Exhibit in New York

The Museum of Contemporary African Disaporan Arts (MoCADA) welcomes Kindred Cool: Portraits inspired by the jazz friendship of Romare Bearden, Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray. Produced by Brooklyn-based photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn in conjunction with Up South, Inc., Kindred Cool documents the New York metro jazz community through friendships where jazz is a substantial link.
Through [...]