Today (Nov. 23) is a great day to be Jon Batiste. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) has just nominated the 35-year-old … Read More “Jon Batiste Is King of the 2022 Grammy Nominations”
The SFJAZZ organization has launched a new app called—surprise!—the SFJAZZ app, which enables audiences all over the world to view live concerts and programs from … Read More “SFJAZZ Launches New App”
Today (Nov. 19) the Pandora online radio service launches its first pop-up jazz mode—a feature that allows users to customize their listening experience—and Gregory Porter … Read More “Gregory Porter Takes Over Pandora”
The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF), with sponsorship from PECO, has presented pianist and composer Amina Claudine Myers with its 2021 Living Legacy Jazz Award. … Read More “Amina Claudine Myers Receives Living Legacy Jazz Award”
The Woodshed Network, an organization created in 2018 by Dee Dee Bridgewater and her daughter and manager Tulani Bridgewater-Kowalski to connect, support, educate, and mentor … Read More “Dee Dee Bridgewater’s Woodshed Network Residency Program Now Open”
G. Thomas Allen from Chicago was announced as the winner of the 10th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition on Sunday, Nov. 14 at … Read More “G. Thomas Allen Wins SASSY Vocal Jazz Award”
Jazz enthusiasts typically think of Michael Brecker as the powerhouse tenor saxophonist who played iconic solos in both funky jazz and sophisticated pop settings, and … Read More “Bill Milkowski Book Shows Complexity, Generosity of Michael Brecker”
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) keeps track of album sales collectively and individually—and it keeps keeping track of those albums for years, even … Read More “John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme Goes Platinum”
After 10 years in its location on Whitwell Place in the Gowanus/Park Slope section of Brooklyn, ShapeShifter Lab has announced plans to move to a … Read More “ShapeShifter Lab Closes Brooklyn Space”
Chelsea Table + Stage, a music club and restaurant in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, is partnering with the Jazz Foundation of America … Read More “Weekly Concerts at Chelsea Table + Stage to Benefit Hurricane Ida Relief Fund”
