Rick Bogart Celebrates National Jazz Month With New Album, Streaming Documentary & Live NYC Performances!
It’s Apriland that means two things: April Showers and National Jazz Month. Jazz lovers, take note: Rick Bogart is giving you every reason to celebrate this month of Jazz. The acclaimed clarinetist, vocalist, and storyteller is lighting up New York City with live performances, new recordings, and a documentary release that underscores his legendary career. […]
Billy Bang Musician – All About Jazz
Play This! Billy Bang: Peaceful Dreams by Carl MedskerApril 15, 2025 Developing a unique, recognizable voice is a vital accomplishment for a jazz musician. Within a few notes, there is no mistaking the distinctive violin of Billy Bang. In nearly every aspect of the instrument, he was singular: timbre, articulation, bowing technique, percussive use of […]
Take Five with Singer, Guitarist and Pianist Martina Fiserova article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Take Five With… » Take Five with Singer, Guitarist and Pianist Martina Fiserova Meet Martina Fiserova Martina Fišerová is a New York-based singer, guitarist, songwriter and lyricist. Born and raised in Bohemia, Czech Republic, she graduated as a vocalist from the jazz-focused Jaroslav Ježek College, in addition to studying anthroposophical […]
Cecil McBee Musician – All About Jazz
World-acclaimed Bassist Cecil McBee was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a community of rich and varied musical roots. His musical career started in high school, where he first played the clarinet. He and his sister Shirley soon gained local notoriety performing clarinet duets at concerts around the state. By the age of 17, he […]
Introducing A Very Heavy Person, First Visit article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Liner Notes » Introducing A Very Heavy Person, First Visit If you reject the assumption that time is linear, the ability to conceive of a time machine is simple. Assume for this discussion that the concepts of past, present, and future are a false dichotomy. In other words, the past […]
Faces of Love album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Peter Madsen Trio: Faces of Love Although its title might suggest a surfeit of sentimentalism or saccharine balladry, there is nothing mawkish about pianist ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Peter Madsen‘s latest trio offering. Madsen instead is seeking a wider perspective from which to explore love in all its forms, […]
My Funny Valentine by Alexander Dubovoy
Home » Music » Song of the Day From the album Buy Album Album Title: 恋愛至上主義 / Love SupremacismLabel: Adhyâropa RecordsReleased: 2025 Duration: 01:06:00 Listen Sign in to view listen count About the Album Following his first solo album, Portraits Drawn Without You, Alexander Dubovoy is proud to release his new solo album 恋愛至上主義 / […]
Ian Shaw Musician – All About Jazz
“The best jazz vocalist we have” (Time Out), 2007 has been one of Ian Shaw’s most successful years. At the 2006 BBC Jazz Awards (where Shaw was nominated Best Vocalist), Shaw was invited to sing with the legendary Quincy Jones. His recent Linn album, “Drawn To All things, The Songs Of Joni Mitchell” has garnered […]
Made In New York Jazz Gala Begins A New Chapter
After years of successful performances, the Made In New York Jazz Gala returns in 2025 with a bold new chapter—taking the stage for the first time at the prestigious Neidorff-Karpati Hall at Manhattan School of Music on Friday, May 31 at 7:30 PM. This year’s Gala continues its tradition of bringing jazz legends and international […]
Carla Bley Musician – All About Jazz
Carla Bley was born in Oakland, California in 1936. Her father Emil Borg, a piano teacher and church organist, began giving her music lessons when she was three years old and she was soon playing at church functions. But her musical education ended at the age of eight. Her formal education stopped entirely when she […]