Philip Dizack: What You Learn When You’re Older by JOSH JACKSON A lot can happen in six years. For Milwaukee-bred trumpeter Philip Dizack, it marked the passage of an era worth documenting in [...]
It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Clave: Jazz’s Enduring Afro-Latin Dance Larry Blumenfeld on jazz and other sounds One of the best mainstream jazz CDs of this year, from [...]
Jazz is dead. by Zaccai Curtis on Monday, June 29, 2009 at 3:46am · To my fellow Jazz musicians… First off I want to say that I am not a negative person at [...]
Heritage and Mentorship Celebrated at Pittsburgh Jazz Fest Posted 6/12/2012 The theme of mentoring continued with the arrival of two surprise additions to the lineup: saxophonist Donald Harrison and trumpeter Brian Lynch. They [...]
Born in Seattle, Nick was inspired to play music from his teacher Robert E. Knatt and Nick’s own friends in middle school. After joining the Garfield High School Jazz Band under direction of [...]
So the CD is finally finished! Professionally mixed and mastered by Tyler McDiarmid and we are looking at a May release for this CD. You can catch a preview on our Vimeo page. Also [...]
A little insight from the Major Record Label complex. CLICK HERE to watch Hear it from the Major labels lips… “there are thousands of them! they can sign their friends, best friends band [...]
Sly5thAve “B**** Don’t Kill My Vibe” (Kendrick Lamar) feat. The Clubcasa Chamber Orchestra This is an awesome track from a new great artist. Listen to the track and see why this is getting [...]
“I Thoth So” to be released 2013 Aaron Burnett is a composer and tenor saxophonist born in California and raised in Mykonos, Greece. He was formally trained in modern classical and jazz from [...]
The world is a crazy place…. The one thing that seems to keep us together is family. Recently, the Greene family faced a tragedy that no one would think possible. Such a loving [...]
Nu Standards for 16 March 2013 http://nextbop.com/blog/nustandardsfor16march2013
New music from the mind of Mitch Frohman. Latin-Jazz Quartet After 25 years of playing with Tito Puente, many years with Mongo Santamaria, and currently with groups like his Bronx Horns, Mambo Legends [...]
March 18th Killer Mike featuring Scar and El-P performs on Letterman check out the video! Reinaldo De Jesus is in this performance killing the timbales!
The world is a crazy place…. The one thing that seems to keep us together is family. Recently, the Greene family faced a tragedy that no one would think possible. Such a loving [...]
My answer is… hell no… What you buy is yours and if you decide to give it away or sell it… fine… even if you like to copy it. Who is to say [...]
Rotating music masters keep Latin Jazz All Stars fresh By Andrea Daniel Special to The Detroit News The Latin Jazz All Stars show isn’t just a concert, it’s an explosive event. An interesting [...]
THE CURTIS BROTHERS CHANNEL HARD BOP INFLUENCES WITH MUSICAL MENTORS ON SOPHOMORE EFFORT, COMPLETION OF PROOF, SET FOR OCTOBER 25 RELEASE ON TRUTH REVOLUTION RECORDS Brothers Luques (bass) and Zaccai (piano) Curtis follow [...]
