Front Street Duets, set for release on ALMA Records/Universal Music Canada on November 4 (October 14 in Canada), is a compelling collaboration of two internationally acclaimed Cuban jazz pianists and composers, Hilario Duranand David Virelles. This collection of piano duets features the virtuosic playing of two musicians in peak form. Duran and Virelles have a musical and personal relationship
What: Brian Culbertson’s Napa Valley Jazz Getaway Where, Napa, California When: Jume 7-11, 2023 Starring Brian Culbertson Pieces Of A Dream The Whispers Noel Gourdin The BC Band Con Funk Shun Eric Darius Marcus Anderson Michael Lington It’s the 10-year anniversary celebration of the first Napa Valley Jazz Getaway, and they are pulling out all
Vocalist Rebecca Jade has carried a journal in her backpack ever since she was a college athlete at UC Berkeley. She journaled her thoughts, feelings, reflections and experiences in the form of poetry and song lyrics. However, although she sang and came up with the album title “A Shade of Jade,” she didn’t consider herself to be a
Given the almost unlimited number of program choices that television viewers have today, the chances of having a top-rated show are slim. And if a … Read More “Chops: Finding Music for “Mrs. Maisel”” The post Chops: Finding Music for “Mrs. Maisel” appeared first on JazzTimes.
It’s been almost 15 years since the release of Vicki Burns’ last CD, and judging by Lotus Blossom Days, her third album, she’s been putting her … Read More “Vicki Burns: Lotus Blossom Days (ViBu Jazz)” The post Vicki Burns: Lotus Blossom Days (ViBu Jazz) appeared first on JazzTimes.
When master pianist Earl “Fatha” Hines was in the midst of a 12-year residency at the Grand Terrace nightclub on the South Side of Chicago, … Read More “Jazz and the Mob: A History” The post Jazz and the Mob: A History appeared first on JazzTimes.
jaimie “breezy” branch, a trumpeter and composer who was among the fastest-rising jazz stars of her generation, died August 22 at her home in Red … Read More “jaimie branch 1983 — 2022” The post jaimie branch 1983 — 2022 appeared first on JazzTimes.
Creed Taylor, a groundbreaking jazz record producer and executive who founded two of the most highly influential record labels in the music, died August 22 … Read More “Creed Taylor 1929 — 2022” The post Creed Taylor 1929 — 2022 appeared first on JazzTimes.
Joey DeFrancesco, an astonishingly gifted multi-instrumentalist who as a teenager kickstarted a renaissance of the Hammond B-3 organ in jazz, died August 25 after a … Read More “Joey DeFrancesco 1971 — 2022” The post Joey DeFrancesco 1971 — 2022 appeared first on JazzTimes.
Self-determinedly genre-jumbling drummer/percussionist Alex Acuña has released his first album as a leader in a decade, Gifts (Le Coq), and the 77-year-old Los Angelino states that its … Read More “Overdue Ovation: Alex Acuña” The post Overdue Ovation: Alex Acuña appeared first on JazzTimes.