The fabulous Gil Evans Orchestra led by Miles Evans, Gil’s son, featuring world-class jazz artists who were long-term members performing Evans’ arrangements: from Hendrix and Jaco to the Classics!
Drums=Kenwood Dennard
Bass=Mark Egan
Guitars=Paul Metzke and Oz Noy
Keyboards=Pete Levin and Delmar Brown
Trumpets= Miles Evans, Le [...]
Posts by
Gil Evans Birthday Celebrations ̵...
The fabulous Gil Evans Orchestra led by Miles Evans, Gil’s son, featuring world-class jazz artists who were long-term members performing Evans’ arrangements: from Hendrix and Jaco to the Classics!
Drums=Kenwood Dennard
Bass=Mark Egan
Guitars=Paul Metzke and Oz Noy
Keyboards=Pete Levin and Delmar Brown
Trumpets= Miles Evans, Le [...]
Swingin’ with the All Stars: Lo...
Photo by Jack Bradley, Courtesy of
Louis Armstrong House Museum,
Jack Bradley Collection
Baseball was Louis Armstrong’s favorite sport and he followed it passionately. A longtime Brooklyn Dodgers fan, Louis switched to the New York Mets in the late 60s, even attending the deciding game 5 of the 1969 World Series. The new exhibit debuting at [...]
CD Release: Mark Gross ‘BLACKS...
In all my years producing CDs and records, this project ranks in the top ten rewarding and creative experiences of my career, just pure joy. – John Lee
“This music is movin’ and groovin’ with historic elegance and euphoric relevance. I am proud to say these are the young ‘Giants I Walk With’.” R [...]
Jazz/Soul Artist Kathy Yolanda Rice R...
get the single http://soundcloud.com/the-entertainment-bank/love-is-like-a-sunny-day
Kathy Yolanda Rice’s new single, “Love Is Like A Sunny Day”, released February 22nd on the Paintbrush Records label, is still climbing the charts. The song garnered spots on five CD Baby Charts after its release, and is still the top rated [...]
Irving Berlin’s Music Box
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, guest artists—trumpeter Bob Barnard and singers Nina Ferro and Rebecca Kilgore—interpret both familiar and lesser-known works by Irving Berlin.
The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can al [...]
Cynthia Sayer New CD +Upcoming Live ...
“Joyride”
(Plunk P222)
featuring
Cynthia Sayer – banjo, vocals, arrangements
Charlie Giordano – accordion
Mauro Battisti – string bass
Larry Eagle – percussion
Sara Caswell – violin
Adrian Cunningham – clarinet
Jon Herington – electric guitar
Randy Sandke – trumpet
Scott Robinson – tenor sax & tarogato,
Marcus Rojas – tuba
Mike Weatherly [...]
CD Rlease: Craig Taborn Trio ‘...
Recently hailed by Down Beat as “one of the visionaries of the current wave”, Craig Taborn has a unique perspective on creative music-making. Just as Avenging Angel subverted expectations of solo improvised piano, so does “Chants” find its own response to the vast tradition of the piano trio. The pieces that Taborn has been writing for the b [...]
New Venue: SubCulture – NoHo, ...
SubCulture is a new venue bringing eclectic yet accessible music and creative arts performances to the vibrant NoHo neighborhood. A home away from home for those who love art in all its many facets, the venue plays host to a dynamic range of performances, genre-defying music series, and stimulating cultural presentations. With its intimate [...]
National Jazz Museum in Harlem Tuesda...
Parallax Conversation Series
Kewulay Kamara and Melvin Reeves
7:00 – 8:30pm
Location: Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church,
NE Corner of 126th Street and Madison Avenue, enter on 126th
FREE | For more information: 212-348-8300
Parallax: noun- The effect whereby the position or direction of an object appears to differ when viewed fr [...]
Jazz Rockers Led Bib Launch Kickstart...
Jazz/Rock/Experimental band Led Bib have launched a Kickstarter campaign to support their 10 year anniversary celebration which include a new CD release and a limited edition live LP to be released on Cuneiform Records in May 2014.
And here are the full details of the Kickstarter campaign
So….we have actually survived ten years togethe [...]
CD Release VICTOR WOOTEN – The ...
VIX RECORDS TO RELEASE THE SOUNDTRACK TO “The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music” via compass RECORDS DISTRIBUTION on april 30, 2013
NASHVILLE, TN—March 20, 2013–Five-time Grammy® winning musician VICTOR WOOTEN will release the soundtrack to his audio book The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Throug [...]
The Fourth Valamar Jazz Festival has ...
Eight top-class jazz musicians and their bands near the end of June in Poreč!
In less than two months, Poreč will be the host to the top jazz musicians for the fourth time in a row and become the center of world jazz for five days! Valamar Jazz Festival, under the direction of Tamara Obrovac, will be held from June 25 to June 29 at several t [...]
