Jazz Menagerie Productions will be the source of various media (radio, online, television, etc.)productions based in the Quad Cities with global outreach.
He's done an awesome job upholding the traditions of this iconic label while still maneuvering it through the 21st century.
Sitting with Don Was is a comfortable and unhurried exercise. He may seem slightly reserved at first, but ideas and insights pour with intensity once he’s in gear. He’s an easy laugh, too. In the closing weeks of last summer, in a…
Wow!
Hope you enjoyed your Memorial Day and remembered the men and women who've lost their lives serving our country.
Can't wait to hear this!
Can't wait to hear this!
The legendary Brazilian singer and multi-Grammy winning vocalist/bassist unite for a hugely ambitious, star-packed suite of songs
If you are a jazz fan and haven't yet seen this series , I'd get on that ASAP!
The three-part portrait explores the life and music of the revered and influential saxophonist, who died in March.
Absolutely, some of the best jazz ever!
The 1950s saw the release of some of the greatest albums, of any genre, ever made. If you've never heard any of these albums and are wondering where to start, you could do a lot worse than by starting at the top, with Kind of Blue, and working your way down the list
Absolutely beautiful!
So nice!
Now I've got to watch the movie and check out the soundtrack!
Historic!
More proof that jazz is not dead.
Congratulations to our very own Samara Joy, who won the Grammy for Best Jazz Performance for “Tight,” which is now her third Grammy award! 🏆🎶🌟 Recording Academy / GRAMMYs
Fantastic and much needed event.
Happy Holidays!
She can sing the phone book! Glad to hear her singing Christmas songs.
Watch the visualizer for Samara Joy's new holiday single "Warm in December". Listen to the new single ‘Tight’: https://samarajoy.lnk.to/TightListen/Order ...
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday Melissa Aldana! Revisit the acclaimed saxophonist's GRAMMY-nominated Blue Note debut "12 Stars" & stay tuned for new music coming from Melissa next year! https://melissaaldana.lnk.to/12stars
If Matt Wilson's in, so am I!
Drummer Matt Wilson presents his joyous trio project ‘Christmas Tree-O’ on December 8th celebrating the holiday season in our Joe Henderson Lab! “An ambassador of good feeling” (New York Times). Wilson is one of the most in-demand musicians in jazz with five consecutive DownBeat Critics Poll Rising Star nods and a Best New Artist award from the New York Jazz Critics Circle, his resume includes stints with Joe Lovano, Lee Konitz, John Scofield, Charlie Haden, Denny Zeitlin, Jane Ira Bloom and dozens more.
He’s recorded a dozen albums under his own names and leads a number of stimulating ensembles including the Matt Wilson Quartet, Arts & Crafts, Trio M, and this decidedly joyous trio project assembled to celebrate the holiday season, Matt Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O. Beyond his formidable instrumental acuity, Matt Wilson’s greatest gift is his knack for invention and the unbridled sense of fun he brings to the bandstand – a perfect combination for the holiday season.
Tickets + More Information: https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/23-24/matt-wilson-christmas-tree-o/
A major milestone for Miles (pun intended).
By Miles Davis’ own estimation, the group that recorded the album ‘Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet’ made the jazz trumpeter ‘a legend.’
Exciting!
SFJAZZ presents The Sumi Tonooka Trio featuring Alchemy Sound Project (November 18) in our Joe Henderson Lab! A collective of composers-performers whose music combines elements of jazz, modern chamber music, and international influences, Alchemy Sound Project brings together a tantalizingly eclectic cast of artists who blur the boundaries between notated composition and improvisation. Their newest album is the self-released session Afrika Love.
PERSONNEL
Sumi Tonooka piano
Salim Washington tenor saxophone, flute
Erica Lindsay tenor and soprano saxophone
Samantha Boshnack trumpet
David Arend bass
More Information: https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/23-24/alchemy-sound-project/
As it should be! Awesome!
Evenings At The Village Gate has been chosen as Jazzwise’s magazine’s Album Of The Year in the reissues category. To read the full article, go to jazzwise.com.
This sounds like fun listening, especially for Charlie Brown/Vince Guaraldi fans.
Vince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving album review by James Aren, published on November 14, 2023. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!
These artists are required listening for any jazz listening newbie.
The best jazz musicians are among the most talented artists ever. Dig in to discover more in this list of jazz artists and singers.
Good classic stuff!
‘Cookin’ With The Miles Davis Quintet’ was one of several albums that brought immortality to the trumpeter’s pioneering group.
This should be required viewing for all American music lovers!
Apple has released the official trailer for Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues, a documentary that documents the musician’s life and legacy.
Another legend gone.
Carla Bley 1936-2023
Our good friend Carla Bley has died, aged 87, after a long illness. One of jazz’s great composers, she was a stubborn and witty individualist who heard and wrote and played things differently. “She works in many forms,” critic Nat Hentoff noted, “and her scores for big jazz bands are matched only by those of Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus for yearning lyricism, explosive exultation and other expressions of the human condition.” The large ensembles, remarkable as they were, were but part of the story....
Continue reading here: https://ecmrecords.com/carla-bley-1936-2023/
Forgot about this. Gotta give it a listen soon.
Recorded in 1957, 'Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson' is a classic album of wonderful jazz that combines the talents of two jazz greats.
Talk about a music collector's dream...
On October 5, 1959, Wes Montgomery made his first trio recording. It's the fountainhead from which everything has flowed thereafter.
Don't know why but I was feeling this today.
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupStraight No Chaser · Thelonious MonkThe Best Of Thelonious Monk℗ 1967 Blue Note Records, a division of Capitol Re...
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