9 Jan 2016
Wynton Marsalis was born in the Big Easy, but the Big Apple’s been his home since he was a Juilliard student. His Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will give the music of Stevie Wonder, The Beatles and more the J@LC treatment with their “Jazz in the Key of Life” concerts Friday and Jan. 16 at(…)
8 Jan 2016
Enjoy your Friday evening with some great jazz: Chris Botti Blue Note, Dec. 14-Jan. 10 at 8 and 10:30 p.m.; at 7 and 10 p.m. on Dec. 31 Mr. Botti, whose adult-pop savvy and controlled but brooding trumpet sound have made him a global superstar, descends on the Blue Note every year around this time(…)
8 Jan 2016
The exhibition, “offers perspectives on the art of vocal jazz, featuring singers and song stylists from the 1920s to the present,” will open on Feb. 11 in the Performing Arts Reading Room Foyer on the first level of the Library’s James Madison Memorial Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. The exhibition is free and open(…)
8 Jan 2016
Peggy Farrell sits in at The Garage with the Carol Sudhalter group:
7 Jan 2016
Jeff Goldblum stole our hearts as Dr. Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park, of course, and his equally charming scientist in Independence Day. The nervy, fast-talking journalist of The Big Chill; the physical comedy of Earth Girls Are Easy; the unsettling, animalistic energy at the center of The Fly. There’s his voice. There’s his laugh. And then there’s his penchant for jazz(…)
7 Jan 2016
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association will present the 38th annual Playboy Jazz Festival on June 11-12, at the Hollywood Bowl. Performers already slated to appear include Fourplay with Nathan East, Bob James, Chuck Loeb and Harvey Mason; Cécile McLorin Salvant; Seth MacFarlane with conductor Joel McNeely and Janelle Monáe, with the full lineup of talent(…)
6 Jan 2016
Joey Alexander, the pint-sized prodigy is in the running for two Grammy categories this year—making him one of the youngest musicians ever to earn a nomination. All from learning to play the piano largely by listening to jazz records and YouTube videos. At the age of 9, Alexander won the Master-Jam Fest in Ukraine. Wynton Marsalis,(…)
6 Jan 2016
Ken Slavin’s new show, “Cocktails With Ken: A Saloon Jazz Mixology” is slated for Thursday, January 7, at 9:30 p.m. for his fourth headline appearance at the popular Metropolitan Room, 34 W. 22nd Street. Slavin will be accompanied by a classic New York City jazz trio: star pianist John Colianni, who was Mel Torme’s pianist(…)
5 Jan 2016
It is a given that music has a profound, yet variable, impact on the human brain. On the one hand, there is the joy or sorrow (or sometimes revulsion) that a melody generates within the listener. This complex emotional shading experienced by the audience is overlaid with the creative aspects of the human brain responsible(…)
5 Jan 2016
2015 ran the spectrum from good to bad. Here is an industry roundup: [full story] Jazz venue gains and losses WAIKIKI: The Blue Note Entertainment Group opened a new Blue Note Jazz Club venue in late December in Hawaii, with a formal grand opening set for January. It is located in the former Society of(…)
