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
Stream Silent Night below. Website (sample and download)https://www.chrisstandring.com/silent-night-album.htmlApplehttps://apple.co/3g0qFNHAmazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFC43YCX Spotify spotify:album:5JDMiDXrGuZzpL4727CFB9 The post Chris Standring ‘O Little Town Of Bethlehem’ – LISTEN appeared first on Smooth Jazz and Smooth Soul.
Loud And Live, the South Florida-based entertainment, marketing and media company, announced today the new tour of the legendary group Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Baliardo. With more than 20 million albums sold worldwide, two GRAMMY® Awards, and a career of more than 30 years, the Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Baliardo return to the stages of the United States and Canada in 2023, with
Recognized the world over for her unique five octave vocal range and extraordinary versatility, singer Jean Carne came up through the jazz world in the early 1970s as a vocalist in jazz pianist Doug Carn’s (her then husband) band. Jean’s work with the band garnered her a following with new jazz fans and caught the