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Jeff Goldblum To Make Jazz Debut on Decca Records
May 31, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Decca Records, Graham Norton Show, Gregory Porter, Jeff GoldblumA pianist for more than 50 years of his life, Jeff Goldblum has signed with Decca Records to produce his debut jazz album. Goldblum, beloved for his roles in the Jurassic Park franchise, Independence Day and The Grand Budapest Hotel, has been playing the piano since he was a child. Over the ...
VOA: Turkish Ambassador’s Home Has Deep Jazz Roots
May 30, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Ahmet Ertegun, Howard Theatre, Howard University, jazz, Mehmet ErtegunIn 1935, Turkey’s second ambassador to Washington, Mehmet Munir Ertegun, moved into Everett House. He and his two sons – Ahmet and Nesuhi – had a great love for jazz music. They wanted to experience it with musicians in Washington. Ahmet said in a 2005 interview that when he first arrived ...
Danny Green Trio Plus Strings | One Day It Will
May 30, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Danny Green, Erica Erenyi, Igor Pandurski, Julien Cantelm, Justin Grinnell, Kate Hatmaker, One Day It Will, thejazzpage.com, Travis MarilOn One Day It Will , pianist, composer and leader Danny Green joins his trio of bassist Justin Grinnell and drummer Julien Cantelm with a string section for a stunningly beautiful recording. Green’s touch on the keys is fantastic, and the songs, all original works, are melodically and ...
HBCU Bands Recreate Music of Harlem Hellfighters
May 29, 2018 / No CommentsThey were perhaps the best military band ever and they were also a band of brothers: the 369th Regiment Harlem Hellfighters of World War One. Now their music is being recreated 100 years later by young jazz musicians from traditionally black colleges across the country on the Intrepid this ...
Esperanza Spalding – 2018 Berklee Commencement Address
May 26, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Berklee College of Music, Commencement Speech, Esperanza SpaldingBassist/composer Esperanza provided this year’s commencement speech at Berklee College of Music this year. It was brief and to the point. The speech runs about 6 minutes.
Brubeck Brothers Quartet | Timeline
May 25, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Chris Brubeck, Chuck Lamb, Dan Brubeck, Dave Brubeck, Mike DeMiccoWith this release, bassist Chris Brubeck and drummer Dan Brubeck celebrate the 60th anniversary of their father Dave Brubeck’s 1958 tour in which jazz musicians were enlisted to build cultural bridges around the world. Timeline features tunes that the legendary pianist wrote, which were ...
Flashback: Dee Dee Bridgewater Berklee Commencement Address
May 23, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Berklee College of Music, Dee Dee Bridgewater, graduationIn this season of graduation ceremonies, we look back at Dee Dee Bridgewater’s commencement address to a Berklee College of Music graduating class of 2015. The video runs about 22 minutes.
Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis says rap and hip-hop are ‘more damaging than a statue of Robert E. Lee’
May 23, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: hip-hop, Jonathan Capehart, wynton marsalisIn a discussion with The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart, Wynton Marsalis discusses issues of race, Confederate statues, and the impact of rap music’s language that he feels damages community and culture. It’s something he explores to a degree in his new commissioned piece ...
Edward Simon | Sorrows and Triumphs
May 22, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Adam Rogers, Brian Blades, David Binney, Edward Simon, Gretchen Parlato, Imani Winds, Luis Quintero, Rogerio Boccato, Scott ColleyPianist and composer Edward Simon has produced an epic work with the release of Sorrows and Triumphs. It’s a recording that is sweeping in its depth and intricacy. The production marks the debut of his Afinidad quartet, with the stellar talents of saxophonist David Binney on saxophones, ...
The London Saxophone Festival Makes Its Debut
May 22, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: England, jazz, London, London Saxophone Festival, saxophoneMay 2018 sees the launch of the inaugural London Saxophone Festival, a celebration of all things sax, taking place at a range of venues and event spaces across the capital. This week-long series of events will involve performances from world class musicians, educational workshops, film and ...
