Mack Avenue Music Group Announces Partnership with Strata-East Records
Home » Jazz News » Music Industry Courtesy Lev Radin Source: DL Media > January 17, 2025 View read count The digital-only anthology Strata-East: The Legacy Begins, available February 21, 2025, celebrates the revolutionary spirit of one of the most influential artist-owned independent jazz labels in history. This anthology, a partnership between Mack Avenue Music […]
Redefining The Boundaries Of Jazz!
Home » Jazz News » Event The 16th Thailand International Jazz Conference (TIJC 2025) is ready to welcome jazz enthusiasts for a journey of musical exploration and cultural celebration. Happening from January 24–26, 2025, at the College of Music, Mahidol University (Salaya Campus), this year’s event is a melting pot of innovation, diversity, and inspiration, […]
Gene Krupa Musician – All About Jazz
Gene Krupa was easily one of the most colorful personalities of the big band era. Despite his outrageous stage persona, Krupa was a serious and disciplined musician whose vision changed the role of drummer forever and who helped standardize the jazz drum kit. Eugene Bertram Krupa was born in Chicago in 1909; he began learning […]
A Conversation in 1977 article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Chet Baker: A Conversation in 1977 Baker doesn’t agree with many critics that East Coast music is really more emotional than West Coast, unless you can get emotional about volume, or how many choruses somebody can play without getting tired, or how fast you can play. This interview […]
Live From Studio Rivbea, July 6, 1976 album review @ All About Jazz
” data-original-title=”” title=””>Gil Evans. This gem from Sam Rivers saxophone, tenor1923 – 2011 ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Sam Rivers‘ Studio Rivbea archive constitutes his debut as a leader, recorded some seven months before the previous contender for that title, The Grip (India Navigation, 1977). While he later signed for CBS (now Sony) and released a string of […]
Today's Song: Inspiration Opus #1
Listen to Inspiration Opus #1 (6:13) By Artist/Band Joe Fonda From the Album Eyes on the Horizon (Long Song Records ) More Downloads Source link
Brian Eaton’s ‘Trail of Contrition’ Brings Jazz Fusion to New Frontiers
The boundary-pushing album fuses genres from jazz to Americana, paying homage to legends while carving its own path. Portland-based multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Brian Eaton has unveiled his sixth studio album, Trail of Contrition, available now on Eatin’ Records. This vibrant jazz fusion project stands at the crossroads of diverse American musical traditions, blending elements […]
Announcing Smoke Jazz Club’s February Line-up With Pianist Jacky Terrasson, Eric Alexander Quartet, Jazz Messengers Alumni, And A Special Valentine’s Week With Beloved Vocalist Mary Stallings
SMOKE Jazz Club welcomes back some of today’s leading artists in February. For five nights during Valentine’s Week (Feb 12-16), the remarkable vocalist Mary Stallings returns to SMOKE with her warm tone and vocal virtuosity. Wowing jazz fans for over six decades, Stallings is well into her 80s, still singing and swinging. No stranger to […]
150 Albums, Grammys And An Unrelenting Pursuit of Music article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Vicente Archer: 150 Albums, Grammys And An Unrelenting P… I offer myself, my heart, and my love for my instrument as well the love for myself, to the people I perform with. Vicente Archer An instrument created in the 1500s, the acoustic bass has become […]
No Safety Net, No Overdubs, Just Pure and Original article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Russell Gunn: No Safety Net, No Overdubs, Just Pure and Original Courtesy Shahar Azron For me, if a song doesn’t have, not just a clearly recognizable melody but a clearly interesting melody, then I don’t really have any use for it as a song. Russell Gunn One […]