Danilo Perez
Providencia
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Esperanza Spalding
Chamber Music Society
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Michael C. Lewis
Reflection
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Reflection:
In his new CD Reflection Lewis worked with Grammy Winning Engineer Jeff Jones (best contemporary blues record) and Wendell Brooks. He has created an intimate and intense experience where the listener can hear the spirituality and sensuality of the Michael C. Lewis expression, with an...
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Amabutho
Sikelela
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Ragabop Trio
Ragabop Trio
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George Duke
Déjà Vu
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Déjà Vu:
Keyboardist-composer-producer George Duke is back with Déjà Vu, his new recording on BPM/Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group. Set for release on August 10, the album revisits the synthesizer sound that character...
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31st Annual
Detroit Jazz Festival 2010
September 3-6, 2010
 DJF
Festival organizers have announced the lineup for the 31st Detroit International Jazz Festival (DJF), Friday, September 3 through Monday, September 6, in downtown Detroit.
Subtitled "Flame Keepers - Carrying the Torch for Modern Jazz," the Detroit Jazz Fest will feature a veritable "dean's list" of alumni who passed through the "schools" of Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Betty Carter, Ray Brown, Miles Davis and Gil Evans. "2010 artists Mulgrew Miller, Bobby Watson, Branford Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Randy Brecker, and Benny Green were all in Blakey's band at one time or another," says festival director Terri Pontremoli. more >>
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The Bad Plus
Never Stop
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John Stein / Ron Gill
Turn Up The Quiet
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Jeff Berlin
High Standards
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High Standards:
"High Standards" is a representation of three players in a recording studio, playing a live concert, for no one but themselves! Bassist Jeff Berlin, pianist/upright bassist Richard Drexler, and drummer Danny Gottlieb's long collaboration, have allowed them to create telepathic...
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Jennifer Zarine
Fresh Made Cuppa Tea
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Rebecca Coupe Franks
Check the Box
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Gabriel Alegría & The Afro-Per...
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Pucusana:
The growling clarion call evokes old jazz, Louis Armstrong, and New Orleans, but the cries in Spanish, the percussion, and the gentle, looping groove takes us to a different place. Both familiar and fresh, those first bars on Peruvian trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Gabriel Ale...
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Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival
Thousands Turn Out to Enjoy the Music
Brittany Somerset
When reggae band Third World exited the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival stage on Saturday January 30, they brought the curtains down on the biggest staging of the event since its inception. 2010 saw the 14th renewal of the JAMAICA Jazz and Blues Festival, and the event moving from a three day event, to an all-out, week-long musical experience, that drew thousands of people to witness it. With prelude shows in Kingston and along the northern coast of the island, the Festival headed to its new home, The 'Greenfield' Stadium, for an awesome three nights of live music from performers like Babyface, Gladys Knight, Marion Hall, Erykah Badu, Hall and Oates, Machel Montano, Jon Secada, Joss Stone, and more. more >>
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Harvie S.
Cocolamus Bridge,
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The Jazz Passengers
Reunited
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Chris Graham Trio
After-Bir...
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After-Birth of Cool:
After-Birth of Cool is bursting with texturally rich compositions and technically evocative playing. The Chris Graham Trio has a telekinetic communication underpinning each adventurous track. What is so special about this vibraphone led ensemble, is the technique of Chris Graham in...
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Patrick Simard
P.S. I Groove You
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Kristin Porter
By The Light of The Moon
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Richard Blake
Plays Midtown a...
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Plays Midtown at Midnight:
This is Blake's second CD, a follow-up to Richard Blake Plays Heartache Guitar, a collection of love songs played completely alone on guitar. Richard Blake Plays Midtown at Midnight is a rhythm driven, contemporary exposition of a master guitarist. As a seconda...
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Tony Bennett
Live at Mohegan Sun
February 14, 2010
Matthew Robinson
Wow! Tony Bennett at the surprisingly acoustically-supportive Mohegan Sun Arena! It's like Valentine's Day, the Chinese New Year and Presidents' Day rolled into one! Oh - it WAS all that! Supported by music director Lee Musiker, long-time guitarist Gray Sergent, Basie band beatmaster Harold Jones and totally into it bassist Marshall Wood (who mouthed along with his strings when not smiling like a kid on another holiday), Mr. Bennett also enrolled the burgeoning talents of his daughter Antonia, who warmed up the packed crowd with her cupied smile and voice.
When the elder Bennett bounded on stage, he was greeted with a roar that was only duplicated by those heard after pretty much every song. more >>
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Frank DiBussolo
Average White Cats
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Jackson Garrett
Speechless
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Ellen Honert
Hummingville
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Hummingville:
Listen to this performance in its entirety and be moved. Not sound bites and samples, but the work as a whole. Not bits and pieces, but an entire rainbow's arc from beginning to end. Not just skimming the surface, but diving in to sample the depths. This recording captures the...
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Dave LeMieux and House of Soul
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Kathryn Smith
With Every Breath I Take
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Mark Weinstein / Omar Sosa
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Tales from the Earth:
Witnessing the creation of new music as it happens is one of the best experiences one can have whether you're a musician or a spectator/listener. On TALES FROM THE EARTH, multi-instrumentalists Mark Weinstein and Omar Sosa got together with some of their most revered collaborators to...
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24th Annual Catalina Island
JazzTrax Festival
Three Weekends in October 2010
Fourplay and Chris Standring are the latest artists to Confirm for the October festival on Catalina Island. Each Weekend in October offers five separate festival sessions providing a month-long smooth jazz smorgasborg. Artists include GERALD ALBRIGHT, DAVID BENOIT, EUGE GROOVE, ALEX BUGNON, ERIC DARIUS, PETER WHITE, JEFF KASHIWA, STEVE COLE, JACKIEM JOYNER, MINDI ABAIR, WARREN HILL, GREG ADAMS, EARL KLUGH, JEFF LORBER, ERIC MARIENTHAL, JIMMY HASLIP, EVERETTE HARP, MARION MEADOWS, PAUL TAYLOR, MICHAEL LINGTON, CHUCK LOEB and more. For more information visit the JazzTrax Catalina Web Site. more >>
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Alexis Cole
Someday My Prince Will Come
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Dave Anderson
Conversations
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Lawrence Lebo
Don't Call Her ...
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Don't Call Her Larry, Vol 3: American Roots:
In the age of the trilogy, Lebo's Don't Call Her Larry, Vol. 3: American Roots continues to explore the depths of American Roots music. She reinterprets her songbook in a duet setting, featuring herself and bassist Denny Croy (Doug MacLeod, Brian Setzer Orchestra)...
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Generosity Water
The Generosity Water Proje...
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Mark Moultrup
Dar Cho
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Jonathan Butler
So Strong
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So Strong:
Jonathan Butler knows a thing or two about playing the guitar...and we're not talking about air guitar! On SO STRONG, his 15th solo recording, Butler comes through with 12 great songs that speak fun, flavor and feeling. The songs reflect Butler's romantic side, his passionate side and...
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Patti Labelle
Performs Two Sold Out Valentine's Day Concerts
Brittany Somerset and Gerry Hopkins
In response to what has been characterized as "Patti-fever," the cultural connoisseurs of Jammins Entertainment, assisted by Gmax Enterprises, scheduled a second appearance of the iconic soul star, Patti LaBelle. Both shows - the initial one at 7p.m., and the added appearance at 10p.m. - took place at the prestigious Brooklyn Academy of Music, on Valentine's Day. The versatile two-time Grammy winning singer has over 40 years in the music business and is a cultural icon to multiple generations of fans. She performed her classic, genre-crossing hits like "On My Own," "Lady Marmalade," "If Only You Knew," "Live! One Night Only," and "Burnin' " with her distinctive four octave voice, all while looking fabulous in a stunning bright red dress and high heels. more >>
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Lenny White
Anomaly
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Dave Holland Octet
Pathways
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John Secada
Expressions
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Expressions:
Expressions: The Jazz Album is a heartfelt collection of new songs, classic standards and Secada hits - all with a twist and Jon's own jazz-flavored arrangements. Songs include the evergreen favorites "Chances Are and "What A Wonderful World," the Secada h...
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Fabrizio Sotti
Inner Dance
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Rosana Eckert
Small Hotel
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Roberto Badoglio
Re-Evaluatin...
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Re-Evaluating-Time:
Four decades after Fusion's burst into the seventies, it is spontaneous to wonder what's left of the amazing musical virtues that Fusion brought up. The confusing alternation between memorable and less than significant outcomes throughout the eighties and nineties has...
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Jazz Aspen Snowmass
20th Anniversary June Festival
June 24 - July 3, 2010
Harry Connick, Jr. and Natalie Cole are among the headliner for the Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Festival which kicks off their 20th Anniversary season with some of the biggest names in jazz, pop and world music. Making his first ever JAS appearance jazz pianist/vocalist Harry Connick, Jr. and Orchestra have been added to the June Festival lineup appearing at the Benedict Music Tent (pictured at right) on Friday, June 25.
Over the past two decades Connick has taken a very hands-on approach to his recording career, calling the shots at the numerous phases of his albums projects. more >>
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Mark Weinstein and Omar Sosa
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John McLaughlin
To the One
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Steve Kuhn Trio
Mostly Cole...
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Mostly Coletrane:
Mostly Coletrane is one magnificent homage to the legendary John Coltrane. As the pianist with Coltrane for a brief eight weeks at the Jazz Gallery in 1960, Steve Kuhn remembers those nights with respectful renditions of such great Coltrane songs as "Welcome," "Song of Praise,"...
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David Widelock Trio
Skating on the Sidewalk
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Christian Scott
Yesterday You Said Tomorrow
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Jamie Cullum
The Pursuit
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The Pursuit:
It's hard to imagine that it's been 10 years since Jamie Cullum released his first self-funded release called HEARD IT ALL BEFORE! In between touring on behalf of his stellar chart-topping hits TWENTYSOMETHING and CATCHING TALES, Cullum stayed busy and even...
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Meklit Hadero
On A Day Like This...
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Nnenna Freelon
Homefree
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Fred Fried and Core
Core ...
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Core 3.0:
With the release of CORE 3.0 Fred Fried debuts his new group, CORE and his new custom 8-string guitar. This is certainly not Fried's first album. He has recorded a number of trio albums with such jazz luminaries such as Michael Moore, Steve LaSpina and Billy Drummond. In...
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David Benoit
EarthGlow
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Monica Mancini
I've Loved These Days
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Tony Marcus
Vanishing Point
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Vanishing Point:
Vanishing Point, the new CD of original songs from California composer and guitarist Tony Marcus, spans many musical pathways, but offers a singular message of jazz flavorings. "That Summer" is a dreamy waltz that paints a musical picture of Parisian nights coupled with a...
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