What: The Smooth Jazz Cruise Where: Sailing out of Miami When: January 25-February 1, and February 1-February 8, 2024 Ports of Call: Miami, FL Aruba Curacao Ship: Celebrity Summit Celebrity Summit® is making even more waves in the cruise world. From adding brand new staterooms and elevating design concepts and technology across the ship to adding
During COVID lockdown, finding connections to other people, however tenuous or virtual, became more vital than ever. For Kendrick Scott, the hallway outside his New … Read More “Kendrick Scott: Corridors (Blue Note)” The post Kendrick Scott: Corridors (Blue Note) appeared first on JazzTimes.
When Jennifer Hartswick checked into a temporarily shuttered bed and breakfast in the winter of 2021, relaxing and writing were both on the agenda. Spending … Read More “Jennifer Hartswick Explores Her Truth on Something in the Water” The post Jennifer Hartswick Explores Her Truth on Something in the Water appeared first on JazzTimes.
After Miles Davis’ return to recording on 1981’s The Man with the Horn, the trumpeter/composer continued to make fresh albums for Columbia: Star People (1983), Decoy (1984), and You’re … Read More “Miles Davis: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: That’s What Happened 1982-1985 (Columbia/Legacy)” The post Miles Davis: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: That’s What Happened 1982-1985 (Columbia/Legacy) appeared
A Venn diagram of Kirk Knuffke’s musical production would be complicated to decipher. Born and raised in Colorado, mentored by the late Ron Miles, Knuffke moved … Read More “Before & After with Kirk Knuffke” The post Before & After with Kirk Knuffke appeared first on JazzTimes.
Producer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, Nathan Mitchell is back with a new project. It is titled It’s My Time, and if you like piano as the lead instrument, you will like the selections on this album. This is a ten track effort, and guests include Tim Bowman, Marcus Anderson, Mo’Horns, Kirk Whalum, and the late Nick
What: Usher Where: Dolby Live at Park MGM – Las Vegas, NV Hewn March-April-July, 2023 Click the banner below to get tickets. The post Usher Las Vegas Residency 2023 appeared first on Smooth Jazz and Smooth Soul.
A skilled and creative jazz duo, The Jazz Catz, is making themselves known with a soul-stirring, expressive, and profound new record. Titled “Hymn for Africa,” the artists’ newest CD album marks their third record after previous releases, “Timeless” and “Con Fusion,” continuing a passionate musical journey. Having dropped on August 23rd, 2022, “Hymn for Africa”
Dave Koz & Friends will release Christmas Ballads (25th Anniversary Collection) on September 23. The chart-topping, GRAMMY®-nominated saxophonist is joined on the album by pianist David Benoit, trumpeter Rick Braun and guitarist Peter White – the friends who accompanied him on the road in the earliest years of the Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour
Telecommunication may not be the best album by the prolific Brazilian jazz-samba-funk fusion trio Azymuth, but time has been a friend to it. And now … Read More “Azymuth: Telecommunication (Craft)” The post Azymuth: Telecommunication (Craft) appeared first on JazzTimes.