Jazz Musician of the Day: Sonny Fortune
All About Jazz is celebrating Sonny Fortune's birthday today!
When critics speak of Sonny Fortune, names like Coltrane, Cannonball, Young, Bechet, Hawkins and Parker are mentioned. Quite a legacy - but well deserved - for Sonny Fortune embodies all of the finest qualities of those late, great musicians: hard work, dedication to his art, and exceptional ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: "Showtime" with the Soul Rebels
This week, our video spotlight focuses on the New Orleans brass band the Soul Rebels, who will be in St. Louis this coming Thursday, May 23 for a gig at the Old Rock House. Formed in the mid-1990s by ex-members of the Young Olympia Brass Band to offer an updated take on the brass band tradition, ...
The Jost Project Plays The Music From The '60s - Support it at Kickstarter!
Support The Jost Project - “Can't Find My Way Home" Kickstarter Campaign We’re a band devoted to jazz and hope to reach a generation of rock fans in a style that will introduce them and pull them into our world. What’s our goal? To create a whole new connection between the music of the Beatles, Jimi ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Kai Winding
All About Jazz is celebrating Kai Winding's birthday today!
Kai Winding - trombone (1922 - 1983) Trombonist Kai Christen Winding (pronounced ki-win-ding) was one of the founding fathers of be-bop music and truly one of the finest-ever jazz trombonists. As a sideman to bop’s reigning kings “ Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and ...
Perils of Conflating Music Listeners and Music Fans
By Kyle Bylin (@sidewinderfm), founder and editor of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. I've always been skeptical of how music startups view music listeners. There have been many times where I've read a press release or heard an elevator pitch and narrowed my eyes. The suspension of reality can be astounding at times. Music startups ...
Direct-to-Fan Campaigns Don't Diminish Album Release
By Benji Rogers (@BenjiKRogers) founder and CEO of the direct-to-fan company PledgeMusic. Direct-to-fan tools can — when used to maximum effect — become the thinnest skin between the artist and fan. The full potential is possible and exists; but only a fraction of the artists and labels out there use it. There are no real problems of scale ...
Anzic Records Artist Anat Cohen On The Move!
Following her sojourn to Istanbul, Turkey to perform and participate in the International Jazz Day Celebration along with Herbie Hancock, Eddie Palmieri, Esperanza Spalding, and many other celebrated artists, the JJA declared reed virtuoso Anat Cohen “Clarinetist of the Year" for the seventh year in a row, and “Multi-Reeds Player of the Year" for the second ...
Enter the "Ceramic Dog - Your Turn" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Northern Spy Records “Ceramic Dog - Your Turn“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on June 17th. Click here to enter the contest
(Becoming a fan of Marc Ribot at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)
Good luck! ...
Etienne Charles’ "Creole Soul" To Be Released July 23 On Culture Shock Music
WORLD TOUR BEGINS APRIL 27 “Mr. Charles knows how to make an album more than just a calling card for a small band, and how to sequence it too; he’s an auteur.” —The New York Times Trinidad-born trumpeter Etienne Charles' fourth full-length release, Creole Soul, is due July 23 on Culture Shock Music. An exploration of ...
Verve Jazz Ensemble Takes It International With Japanese Website
It's About Time may be the Verve Jazz Ensemble's debut album, but the reception that these five players have received since its March release is as impressive as that awarded to the most seasoned jazz groups. Within weeks of being released on radio, It’s About Time soared to the #5 position on the national JazzWeek chart, ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Jackie McLean
All About Jazz is celebrating Jackie McLean's birthday today!
John Lenwood (Jackie) McLean was an alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. His father, John Sr., who died in 1939, played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw\'s orchestra. After his father\'s death, his musical education was continued by his godfather, by his stepfather, who ...
21st Dusseldorfer Jazz Rally Swings Into Orbit
The 21st edition of Dusseldorf’s perennially popular Jazz Rally got a spirited launch Thursday, at a well received new venue by a pair of rollicking acts that set a solid, swinging standard for what promises to be another fine weekend of jazz along the Rhine. Despite poor weather, a larger than recently usual opening “preview” night ...
Playboy Jazz Festival Presents 1+One, Featuring Patrice Rushen And Ndugu Chancler With Special Guest Paul Jackson Jr. In Free Baldwin Hills Concert Sunday, June 2nd
Let the good times roll... and head over to the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw for a summer afternoon of jazz and entertainment when the Playboy Jazz Festival presents a free community concert on Sunday, June 2nd, at 5:00 p.m. Doors open at 4:00 p.m. The illustrious group, 1+One, featuring Grammy-nominated artists Patrice Rushen and Ndugu Chancler with ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 17-23
Officially, this is Art-a-Whirl weekend in Northeast Minneapolis, but you might as well call it Jazz-a-Whirl in the Twin Cities. Now that spring seems to have settled in for good (meaning, til summer arrives in a few weeks), there's no excuse to not get out and enjoy sunshine, flowers, and some cool gigs: A jazzy birthday ...
