By Danny R. Johnson LOS ANGELES – On her latest Heads Up International/Concord Music Group recording, Radio Music Society, GRAMMY Award-winning jazz bassist and virtuoso musician, Esperanza Spalding, assembles an all-star cast of musicians who helped her show off her impeccable abilities as a revolutionary composer expanding the variety and scope of American music. […]
Harmonicist Grégoire Maret’s Debut CD Ushers in New Era of Free Jazz and World Fusion Harmonic Movements
By Danny R. Johnson NEW YORK, NY – Jazz harmonicist Grégoire Maret’s long-awaited self-titled debut CD is revolutionary, ambitious, and chivalrous to the movers and shakers of jazz and World Fusion music past and present. The 15 tracks Grégoire Maret CD contains infectious melodies and arrangements that are earthy, audacious and lush, tranquil and jubilant, […]
Earl Klugh Wraps up Successful Four-Nights Performances at DC’s Blues Alley
By Danny R. Johnson WASHINGTON — Jazz guitarist/jazz fusion/smooth jazz artist and composer, Earl Klugh, delighted close to 220 fans, who turned out to watch him perform some of his greatest hits, during his successful March 8-11 performances at Washington DC’s famous Blues Alley Club. Earl Klugh’s March 11 standing room only performance was nothing […]
Jazz Pianist Taurey Butler’s CD is the BEST Debut Jazz Piano Album of 2012
By Danny R. Johnson LOS ANGELES — Justin Time Records’ March 13, 2012 release of East Orange, New Jersey native now residing in Montréal, Canada, Taurey Butler new debut self-titled CD, is a combination of piano playing styles of another Canadian jazz pianist by the name of Oscar Peterson, combined with fast arpeggios and octaves of a Cyrus […]
‘Wes Montgomery: Echoes of Indiana Avenue’ CD highlights Magnificent Techniques of one of 20th Century most Gifted Jazz Guitarist
By Danny R. Johnson LOS ANGELES–Resonance Records’ March 6, 2012, release of newly restored and never recorded music of the late jazz and pop guitarist Wes Montgomery titled, Wes Montgomery – Echoes of Indiana Avenue, prominently showcases to jazz and pop music lovers around the world Wes Montgomery’s unique thumb-driven guitar sound; his unceasing flow […]
Jazz returns to Carlsbad
CARLSBAD–The city’s Cultural Arts Office will present the second year of This Is Jazz!, a free informative and interactive series that traces the development of America’s greatest contribution to the arts. San Diego jazz expert, author and media personality Dirk Sutro will present three spring lectures which include multimedia overviews of the topic, live demonstrations […]
Kathy Kosins’ ‘To the Ladies of Cool’ CD is a Commendable Tribute to Anita O’Day, Julie London, Chris Connor, and June Christy
By Danny R. Johnson LOS ANGELES – Kathy Kosins’ latest Resonance Records CD, To the Ladies of Cool, scheduled for public release on March 13, 2012, is an ambitious collection of songs, which were sung by the late great jazz singers, Julie London, Anita O’Day, June Christy, and Chris Connor. Kosins unusually small vocal range, an ordinary tone, and a strange timbre, accompanied by a fine band, makes this 10-tracks CD a […]
Local musician to perform free concert
OCEANSIDE–The Oceanside Public Library and Friends of the Oceanside Public Library will host a free concert by harpist Leah Panos. Leah Panos earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance at San Diego State University where she received the Outstanding Graduate Award in 2006, and continues to serve as an Artist-in-Residence at SDSU. She has performed […]
Whitney Houston’s Family, Fans and Friends Celebrated the Life of the Queen of Pop Divas
By Danny R. Johnson NEWARK, NJ – When Whitney Houston’s remains are finally laid to rest on Saturday, February 18, 2012, friends, family, and fans would have witnessed a celebration of the accomplishments and extraordinary talents of one of the leading Pop divas of the 20th Century. But, the most important title and accomplishment Whitney Houston always told her closest friends she […]
Jack DeJohnette’s ‘Sound Travels’ CD Has Bright Unstable Grittiness of Melodies and Exceptionally Brilliant Arrangements
Jack DeJohnette By Danny R. Johnson NEW YORK, NY – On his latest eOne Music Records/Golden Beams Productions recording, Sound Travels, jazz keyboardist/composer/arranger/musician and legendary virtuoso drummer, Jack DeJohnette, assembles an exceptionally talented cast of musicians who helped him celebrate his 70th birthday, and to celebrate his receiving a National Endowment for the Arts […]
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