The Jazz Music Awards: Celebrating the Spirit of Jazz, the first awards celebration to exclusively focus on Jazz announces a star-studded lineup of acclaimed artists who will perform live under the musical direction of NEA Jazz Master and three-time Grammy Award-winning musician, composer, and educator Terri Lyne Carrington. Grammy and Tony Award-winning artist Dee Dee Bridgewater and multiple award-winning
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It began simply enough. “I wanted to make a jazz trombone record,” Jacob Garchik says, explaining his decision to embark on the challenging, entertaining tour … Read More “Jacob Garchik: Mixes It Up on Assembly” The post Jacob Garchik: Mixes It Up on Assembly appeared first on JazzTimes.
There is a certain elusiveness and beauty in guitarist Julian Lage’s playing that’s reminiscent of his influences Charlie Christian and Jimmy Bryant. As he describes … Read More “Julian Lage: View with a Room (Blue Note)” The post Julian Lage: View with a Room (Blue Note) appeared first on JazzTimes.
Award-winning recording artist Brian Courtney Wilson’s upcoming full-length album, Transitions, is available today for pre-order and pre-save on all digital platforms. With the pre-order today, listeners can instantly access the new song “I Will See.” The spirited and uptempo “I Will See,” was co-written by Wilson, producer Dana Soréy and Daniel Johnson and honors the live music
Afrobeats/Afrofusion is rapidly gaining wide acceptance and becoming a global wave. The music genre is a West African music style with American funk, jazz, and soul influences. In the gospel music scene, we have artists, who over the years, have tapped into the exciting Afrobeats wave, creating a unique genre, AfroGospel (Afrobeats + Gospel). Worthy
Summer Walker is among the artists featured in the video for “Power (Remember Who You Are),” a song lifted from the soundtrack of the upcoming short film The Flipper’s Skate Heist. Nigerian DJ and producer SPINALL, French DJ and producer DJ Snake and rising singer Äyanna are part of the star-studded collaboration and its newly-unveiled
The love affair that popular music has long enjoyed with the festive season has never been stronger or more enduring than the romance contemporary jazz has with Christmas. Over the years the discographies of many smooth jazz artists have been populated with at least one ‘holiday album’ and this has led to a wide range