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Brazz plays a Mother's Day show @ Mellow Mushroom

mcfar57 wrote 1 week ago: Sunday, May 12: The all-brass (and all acoustic) quintet, Brazz, will play a Mother’s Day prog … more →

Tags: Denton Jazz Connection, Jazz skeds & events, Jazz Venues, Musicians / Bands, UNT Jazz, A.G. Robeson, Brazz line-up is Marshall Smith, Catherine Gilstrap, charlie parker

“For me, the main thing is spontaneity and taking chances. You have to study and know the traditions, but then you have to play things that haven’t been played before.” – Dave Kikoski

sjjradio wrote 3 weeks ago: Pianist Dave Kikoski is best known for displaying astonishing technical facility and brilliantly inv … more →

Tags: Quote, Video, Piano, Composer, post-bop

Torch Song Tuesday at Bar Divani

kulturevulture1 wrote 1 month ago: TUESDAY’S JUST GOT HOTTER! EVERY TUESDAY STARTING AROUND 7 PM, BAR DIVANI WILL BE FEATURING SOME OF … more →

Tags: jazz, live music, live jazz

Early beginnings 15 years old

Hipster Sanctuary wrote 4 months ago: Jazz Drummer, …Who is this man?? … more →

Tags: Drums, Percussions, Blue Music, Jazz legend, Detroit jazz

Tim Warfield -][- EYE OF THE BEHOLDER - [Criss Cross, 2013] -

Rob Young wrote 4 months ago: Tim Warfield, EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Tim Warfield -][- EYE OF THE BEHOLDER - [Criss Cross, 2013] On Eye … more →

Tags: Improvised music, jazz, Music, new music, Post-Bop, What's New, bandleader, Clarence Penn, Composer

Lewis Nash Quintet -][- The Highest Mountain - [Cellar Live, 2012] -1 comment

Rob Young wrote 5 months ago: Lewis Nash Quintet, The Highest Mountain Lewis Nash Quintet -][- The Highest Mountain -Mp3- [Cellar … more →

Tags: new music, What's New, Improvised music, Music, jazz, African-American, JEREMY PELT, renee rosnes, jimmy greene

Calvin Johnson -][- JEWEL'S LULLBY - [Alma Records, 2012] -

Rob Young wrote 5 months ago: Calvin Johnson, JEWEL’S LULLABY Calvin Johnson -][- JEWEL'S LULLBY -Mp3- [Alma Records, 2012] … more →

Tags: new music, What's New, Modern Jazz, Improvised music, Biography, Music, jazz, Post-Bop, African-American

Hurricane Sandy Jazz Benefit Concert Sponsored by Truth Revolution Records, Revive Music Group, Motema Music, and DL Media - Thursday, November 8 at Le Poisson Rouge

Rob Young wrote 6 months ago: Truth Revolution Records, Revive Music Group, Motéma Music and DL Media are proud to join forces to … more →

Tags: What's New, Modern Jazz, Concerts, Festivals & Tours, Mainstream-Traditional Jazz, Improvised music, jazz, Press Release, Motema Music, Truth Revolution Records

Available Now: NEA Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson Returns with Somewhere in the Night on Kind of Blue Records

Rob Young wrote 7 months ago: First Release in Three Years Continues Vibraphonist Partnership With Organist Joey DeFrancesco **Str … more →

Tags: new music, What's New, Modern Jazz, Mainstream-Traditional Jazz, Improvised music, Flux Music Essentials, Music, jazz, Press Release

Mark Gross -][- BLACKSIDE - [Jazz Legacy Productions, 2012] -

Rob Young wrote 7 months ago: Mark Gross, BLACKSIDE Mark Gross -][- BLACKSIDE - [Jazz Legacy Productions, 2012] - Mark Gross swing … more →

Tags: new music, What's New, Modern Jazz, Mainstream-Traditional Jazz, Improvised music, Biography, Music, jazz, African-American

Cool Jazz that you might have missed ...

Rob Young wrote 7 months ago: Greetings jazz enthusiast, as regulars visitors you know I’m always hunting down new, trending … more →

Tags: Nu-Voices, What's New, Modern Jazz, Biography, Flux Music Essentials, Music, jazz, African-American, Trumpeter

Jazz for Obama 2012: The Jazz Concert for America's Future - October 9 at Symphony Space

Rob Young wrote 7 months ago: :::: SOURCE: DL Media :::: … more →

Tags: What's New, Modern Jazz, Concerts, Festivals & Tours, Mainstream-Traditional Jazz, Improvised music, Live Music, jazz, Press Release, fund raiser

Lou Donaldson Quartet Live At The Inntöne Jazz Festival 2012 - Past Daily Downbeat

gordonskene wrote 8 months ago: Lou Donaldson – taking the message to Austria. Click on the link here for Audio player: Lou Do … more →

Tags: jazz, Festivals, Broadcasts, World Stage, radio, Broadcast Concert, Past Daily, Past Daily Downbeat, live concert 2

Masaaki Mizuguchi -][- ALONE TOGETHER -[Bistro Tempo, 2012] -

Rob Young wrote 9 months ago: Masaaki Mizuguchi, ALONE TOGETHER Masaaki Mizuguchi -][- ALONE TOGETHER -Mp3- [Bistro Tempo, 2012] - … more →

Tags: new music, What's New, Mainstream-Traditional Jazz, Improvised music, Music, jazz, Guitar, Japan, Masaaki Mizuguchi

Bassist-Composer Brandi Disterheft Shows "Gratitude" on Her Third Release as a Leader for Justin Time Records, Available September 11

Rob Young wrote 9 months ago: All-star Crew Features Renee Rosnes, Vincent Herring, Gregory Hutchinson, Sean Jones and Anne Drummo … more →

Tags: new music, What's New, Modern Jazz, Improvised music, Music, jazz, Press Release, Composer, Bassist

Sunnie Paxson -][- BOHEMIAN SUN - [Roxboro Entertainment Group, 2011] -

Rob Young wrote 10 months ago: Sunnie Paxson, BOHEMIAN SUN Sunnie Paxson -][- BOHEMIAN SUN -Mp3- [Roxboro Entertainment Group, 2011 … more →

Tags: Biography, contemporary jazz, Gospel Jazz, jazz, Modern Funk, Music, Vocals, arranger, berklee college of music

Virginia Mayhew Quartet -][- MARY LOU WILLIAMS - The Next 100 Years - [Renma Recordings, 2012] -

Rob Young wrote 10 months ago: Virginia Mayhew Quartet, MARY LOU WILLIAMS – The Next 100 Years Virginia Mayhew Quartet -][- M … more →

Tags: new music, What's New, Mainstream-Traditional Jazz, jazz, Tribute Album, wycliffe gordon, Tenor Saxophone, BKMusic, Virginia Mayhew

Branford Marsalis Quartet -][- FOUR MFS PLAYIN' TUNES - [Marsalis Music, 2012] -

Rob Young wrote 10 months ago: Branford Marsalis Quartet, FOUR MFS PLAYIN’ TUNES Branford Marsalis Quartet -][- FOUR MFS PLAY … more →

Tags: new music, What's New, Modern Jazz, Improvised music, Press Release, African-American, saxophonist, Branford Marsalis, Joey Calderazzo

Mosaic Records Celebrates 90th Birthday Anniversary of Charles Mingus with 6 CD Limited Edition Collection Including Previously Unreleased Material

Rob Young wrote 10 months ago: Charles Mingus The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 Release Date: September 18, 2012 Charles Mingus, T … more →

Tags: new music, Classic Modern Jazz, What's New, Improvised music, Music, compilations, jazz, Press Release, Bassist


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