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Esperanza Spalding, Nile Rodgers Honored at Berklee College of Music
May 16, 2018 / No CommentsOn May 12, 2018, Berklee College of Music President Roger H. Brown presented an honorary doctor of music degree to Esperanza Spalding, along with Grammy-winning super-producer/guitarist Nile Rodgers, and producer/singer Roseanne Cash. Spalding, a 2005 graduate of the college, delivered the ...
Jamie Shew | Eyes Wide Open
May 15, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Darek Oles, Jamie Shew, Jason Harnell, Joe Bagg, Larry KoonseSinger Jamie Shew’s Eyes Wide Open emerges from the loss of her husband Roger as a gift of healing and love. Her second studio production is a journey through full range of emotions involved in any relationship. It’s a work that is joyous, humorous and reflective with wonderfully ...
Christian McBride Joined by Bruce Hornsby and Jack DeJohnette For Jazz House Kids Benefit
May 12, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Bruce Hornsby, Christian McBride, Jack DeJohnetteBruce Hornsby and Jack DeJohnette will join host Christian McBride for a rare onstage concert and conversation during Inside the Jazz Note, a benefit for Jazz House Kids on Thursday, May 17th at the Kasser Theater, Montclair State University. Source: Baristanet Read ...
Fred Hersch Trio | Live in Europe
May 11, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Eric McPherson, Fred Hersch, John Hébert, Live In EuropeRecording during a three-week tour Live in Europe capture the performance of pianist Fred Hersch and his longtime trio of bassist John Hébert and drummer Eric McPherson. Hersch says the shows recorded in Brussels during the stretch represented some of the trio’s best work both ...
NBC Spotlights The Jazz Institute of Chicago’s Impact on Young Musicians
May 10, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Jazz Institute of Chicago, Lester Holt, NBC NewsNBC’s Lester Holt, a bass player himself, talks to young students in Chicago about their dreams in jazz fueled by the Jazz Institute of Chicago.
Joey Alexander | Eclipse
May 8, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Eclipse, Eric Harland, Joey Alexander, Joshua Redman, Motema Music, Reuben RogersEclipse shows the now-15-year old Joey Alexander continuing to ascend into an infinite musical stratosphere. His fourth album release was recorded over a three-day period beginning on the day of the 2017’s solar eclipse. The project features Alexander with bassist Reuben Rogers and ...
PBS’ The Jazz Ambassadors Premieres May 4th
May 6, 2018 / No CommentsThe PBS Documentary series airs the first of its 3-part documentary The Jazz Ambassadors on May 4th. The show focuses on the role of jazz and jazz musicians played in Cold War diplomacy. Learn more and watch segments of the show here: http://www.pbs.org/show/jazz-ambassadors/
PBS’ The Jazz Ambassadors
May 6, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: pbsDiscover how the Cold War and Civil Rights movement collided when America asked Dizzy Gillespie and American Masters Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman to travel as cultural ambassadors and combat racially-charged Soviet propaganda through their music. Narrated by Leslie Odom, ...
George Wein addresses crowd at 2018 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
May 4, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: festival, new orleans jazzfestThe father of the jazz festival, George Wein, speaks at this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
RollingStone: New Orleans Jazz Fest 2018: The 7 Best Things We Saw
May 4, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: festivals, New Orleans Jazz FestIt was a sobering way to enter the weekend. On April 26th, the day before the 49th annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival opened at the Fair Grounds race track, the news broke around town of the death of Charles Neville, the saxophonist and second eldest of the Neville Brothers, at 79 of ...
