Jazz Musician of the Day: Archie Shepp
All About Jazz is celebrating Archie Shepp's birthday today!
Archie Shepp is a New York City native and alumnus of Goddard College. Archie started playing jazz in the early 60\'s and continues to dazzle audiences around the world playing tenor saxophone and piano, accompanied by his soulful voice. Currently residing in Massachusetts, he teaches music history ...
Enter the "Joshua Redman - Walking Shadows" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Nonesuch Records “Joshua Redman - Walking Shadows“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on June 24th. Click here to enter the contest
(Becoming a fan of Joshua Redman at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)
Good luck!
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 24-30
Memorial Day Weekend is sort of the kickoff to summer - even if the weather doesn't always cooperate. But one thing's for sure—there will be plenty of hot music, from the return of the Bryan Nichols Quintet at the Artists Quarter to shows from Joe Krown and Patty Peterson at the Dakota, a new installment of ...
Special Music Event? Splash Offers a Solid Free Combo of Promo Website, Email and Ticketing
Splash is an events website that provides serve yourself event pages, email and ticketing services for special events. It looks great, but at first I considered it overkill for most musicians' needs until reading some of Solveig Whittle's comments about using Splash for a special CD release party. Yesterday I spoke with her a bit more ...
4 Music Law Myths That Indie Musicians Need to Unlearn
By Mita Carriman Esq. (@nymusiclawyer), NYC entertainment lawyer at Carriman Law Group and band manager. As an entertainment attorney who was once an indie artist myself involved in a few different artistic disciplines, I know that the bridge between law and art doesn't always seem straightforward. There's certainly a lot of gray area, which could lead ...
6 Reasons You Think People Will Support Your Music Crowdfunding Campaign (and Why You're Wrong)
By Ian Anderson of music crowdfunding blog Launch + Release. As a musician, you typically have no problem imagining how awesome your new idea is going to turn out... It's sorta like picturing how your ex will suddenly take you back when they hear your song. Or how a room full of 500 people will want ...
Tony Bennett, "Proud Mary" + WWII
In today's Wall Street Journal, I have three articles that I know will knock you out. First, I speak with Tony Bennett for the Arena section about his CD Bennett & Brubeck: The White House Sessions, Live 1962 (Sony Legacy). Tony and I spoke about what it was like to sing with Dave (the first time ...
Martha Lorin And Paul Smith Reunite At Sterling's Upstairs At The Federal
Distinguished vocalist, recording artist and interpreter of the Great American Songbook Martha Lorin will appear at Sterling’s Upstairs at The Federal Sunday May 26 accompanied by legendary musical director Paul Smith for an evening of lush standards, it was announced today by producer Michael Sterling and co-producer Ralph Lampkin, Jr. of the Lampkin Music Group in ...
Local And Student Discount Tickets Offered For 2013 Newport Jazz Festival
NEWPORT, RI: Special discount tickets for the 2013 Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management are available for a limited time only at the Newport Visitors Center, 23 Americas Cup Avenue. Newport Festivals Foundation is offering General Admission two-day passes for the discount price of $110.00 and single-day Adult General Admission tickets for $60.00. ...
Summer Jazz Series Set In Newport Beach, California
Sunset Jazz at Newport, featuring straight- ahead jazz performed by top jazz performers, begins July 10 and will continue through ll nights, concluding Sept. 18. All this at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel on the Pacific in Southern California. The concerts take place in the hotel's outside Rose Garden with guests seated at tables. Each Wednesday ...
Marc Hoffman Premiere At Pops At The Post
Salisbury Symphony Orchestra to perform Marc Hoffman work Salisbury, NC: The Salisbury Symphony Orchestra and Music Director David Hagy will include a new piece by NC composer Marc Hoffman on their annual Pops at the Post Concert. The concert will take place beside the Salisbury Post in downtown Salisbury on Saturday, June 1st, beginning at 7.30 ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Artie Shaw
All About Jazz is celebrating Artie Shaw's birthday today!
Artie Shaw, a brilliant jazz clarinetist, was one of the most enigmatic, daring and adventurous bandleaders of the swing-era. An intellectual, he hated public life and the music industry. Over the course of his short career he formed ten orchestras and disbanding most of them after only ...
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra Announces Self-Titled Summer Album Release To Feature Guest Collaborators Victor Wooten And Howard Levy
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra are no strangers to pushing musical genre boundaries and on July 9th, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra will release a self-titled album of cerebral tunes that further blur the lines of jazz. Each member of Jonathan Scales Fourchestra contributes a distinctive voice to the ensemble. Wielding steel pans, Jonathan Scales incorporates a contemporary jazz attitude ...
Atlanta Jazz Festival Gearing Up For Major Concerts On Memorial Day Weekend
Atlanta, GA: “Music lovers are in for some incredible performances at the Atlanta Jazz Festival over Memorial Day Weekend, says Camille Russell Love, Director of the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. “We will kick off the weekend with an evening under the stars at Chastain Park Amphitheatre featuring BWB and special guest Chrisette Michele ...
