ESCONDIDO–As a special holiday gift to the community, the California Center for the Arts, Escondido has announced families can obtain free tickets for children under the age of twelve to enjoy Orchestra Nova’s “Holiday Spectacular.” The concert will be held Sunday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. Featuring some of the most beloved music and favorite seasonal […]
Kanye West leads GRAMMY nod with seven, Adele, Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars earn six
LOS ANGELES–Nominations for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards® were announced Wednesday night by The Recording Academy® and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy. For the fourth year, nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards were announced on primetime […]
Free Christmas concert at Carlsbad Senior Center
CARLSBAD–The City of Carlsbad’s Senior Center will host a free “Holiday Harmonies” Christmas concert by the Carlsbad Choraleers. The 35-member Carlsbad Choraleers ensemble, under the direction of Pat Elledge, will present holiday music that is light-hearted and has a joyful holiday spirit. Most of the singers are at or beyond retirement age but bring youthful […]
Terri Carrington’s “Mosaic Project’ CD Brilliantly Explores Various Musical Idioms which Challenges Status Quo
By Danny R. Johnson “You don’t have to be big and strong to play drums. First is your desire, your heart to play. Then you have to be able to put it in your head, and then to your hands through your fingers. Everything is in your wrist and the placement of the beat…you have […]
Christian McBride’s ‘Conversations with Christian’ CD is Filled with Surprisingly Buoyant and Thrilling Jazz Music
By Danny R. Johnson LOS ANGELES – In bassist Christian McBride’s 13-track CD, Conversations with Christian, released November 8, 2011, by Mack Avenue Records, he brilliantly composed and performed duets with celebrated and legendary artists, who provided him the stage to demonstrate to the world how the bass can be executed at the highest level […]
333’s Jazz at the Museum holiday concert features Izzy Chait
Oceanside Museum of Art presents a night out with Izzy Chait at 333’s Jazz at the Museum concert series. This accomplished multi-dimensional artist has found success in both the art and music worlds, and continues to evolve and perfect his craft as a performer of “standards.” His critically-acclaimed debut album, Once Upon A Time, was […]
Saxophonist Tia Fuller Shares ‘Decisive Steps’ CD Beauty at Famous Bohemian Caverns Jazz Club
By Danny R. Johnson WASHINGTON–Young bop and jazz fusion saxophonist, Tia Fuller, is redefining jazz musicians’ concept and approach to instrumental virtuosity. At the November 4-5 sold-out performances at Washington, D.C.’s famous Bohemian Caverns, where Dizzy Gillespie, Mary Lou Williams, Louis Armstrong, Keter Betts, Shirley Horn, Duke Ellington, and a host of other Jazz Masters […]
Master Trumpeter Claudio Roditi’s ‘Bons Amigos’ CD Bursting with Infectious Brazilian Jazz Fusion
By Danny R. Johnson NEW YORK, NY – Every so often a Latino jazz CD comes along that stands so firmly on its musical foundations that a jazz critique is beside the point: The Bons Amigos (Good Friends) CD released by Resonance Records featuring the one-and-only Brazilian Master trumpet player, Claudio Roditi, is one […]
Kyle Eastwood’s ‘Songs from the Chateau’ CD is Big, Boisterous and Jazzy
Kyle Eastwood. By Danny R. Johnson LOS ANGELES – The Songs from the Chateau CD is acoustic and electric bassist, Kyle Eastwood’s most ambitious work to date since the release of his first album, From There to Here, in 1998. The nine tracks on the Songs from the Chateau CD are earthy, brassy and lush, […]
Multifaceted Artist Stanley Jordan’s ‘Friends’ CD is Best Work Ever
By Danny R. Johnson NEW YORK, NY–On his latest Mack Avenue Records recording, Friends, jazz keyboardist/composer/arranger/musician and virtuoso guitarist, Stanley Jordan, assembles an all-star cast of musicians who helped him show off his impeccable ability for creating tension and release. Throughout the 11-tracks CD, Jordan displays a near classical sense of orchestration, an innate gift […]
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