Creator and innovator, musician and producer, artist, and philanthropist, Herb Alpert is a man with a profound passion. A legendary trumpet player, Alpert’s extraordinary musicianship has earned him five #1 hits, nine GRAMMY® Awards, the latest from his 2014 album, “Steppin’ Out,” fifteen Gold albums, fourteen Platinum albums and has sold over 72 million records.
Most twenty-year-old college students are exploring their identity and Samantha Fierke is doing their searching, questioning and experimenting via song. Despite their youth, the jazz singer-songwriter recently released their debut album, “Mirage,” which is a mature, transcendent and intriguing collection of captivating confessionals, emotional explorations, and intimate journal entries documenting the last couple years of their experience
Legendary Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, his 25-year-old son Matteo and his 10-year-old daughter Virginia have teamed up with one of the most innovative vocal groups of all time, Pentatonix, to record an inspiring new version of the festive classic “Do You Hear What I Hear” – released today on Decca / Capitol Records. The new
Three jam-packed, sold-out, and high-spirited days of great music marked the 36th Red Sea Jazz Festival, which returned to its home in the Israeli port … Read More “High Spirits at the 2022 Red Sea Jazz Festival” The post High Spirits at the 2022 Red Sea Jazz Festival appeared first on JazzTimes.
The word “funky” does not get applied to a solo horn album very often. Yet a low-down groove runs through “The Jack Rabbit,” the opening … Read More “Joe Fiedler: Solo: The Howland Sessions (Multiphonics)” The post Joe Fiedler: Solo: The Howland Sessions (Multiphonics) appeared first on JazzTimes.
A San Francisco Bay Area mainstay, vocalist Roberta Donnay has earned an avid following over the past quarter-century with a repertoire focusing on pre-bop treasures. … Read More “Roberta Donnay: Blossom-ing! (Village Jazz Cafe)” The post Roberta Donnay: Blossom-ing! (Village Jazz Cafe) appeared first on JazzTimes.
Just as Chicago is America’s Second City, Julian “Cannonball” Adderley is modern jazz’s second alto saxophonist. The instrument’s best-known and most important practitioner after Charlie … Read More “JazzTimes 10: Essential Cannonball Adderley” The post JazzTimes 10: Essential Cannonball Adderley appeared first on JazzTimes.
One year after Abel Aranda started studying guitar at the local church in his home city of Villahermosa, Mexico, his teacher played him Michael Brecker’s … Read More “Abel Aranda’s Jazz Journey” The post Abel Aranda’s Jazz Journey appeared first on JazzTimes.
What started as the 20th-anniversary tour of Jill Scott’s chart-topping, genre-defining album, Who Is Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol I in 2020 ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But good news prevails: in 2023, the tour will resume, electrifying auditoriums, theaters, and music halls throughout the nation in celebration of a moment and movement that continues
The Ball State jazz studies program’s debut recording showcases the Muncie, Indiana school’s premier big band as it digs into four original compositions, a student … Read More “Ball State University Jazz Ensemble: I Can See the Other Side (self-released)” The post Ball State University Jazz Ensemble: I Can See the Other Side (self-released) appeared