Hard bop trumpeter will be awarded an honorary doctorate of music from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki
Yanni’s North America Tour, Truth of Touch
Posted January 23rd, 2012 at 1:39 pm (UTC+0)
Yanni is making a strong comeback to the United States, where he studied Psychology but fell in love with music. He will perform live in 15 states across America.
Jeff Lorber Fusion’s Galaxy
Posted December 13th, 2011 at 6:38 pm (UTC+0)
This new album is sort of a further evolution of the concept that this keyboardist-composer started with hit 2010 CD, ‘Now Is The Time’
Honoring The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 4:59 pm (UTC+0)
The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz will honor America’s Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, at a gala concert on September 12
Ella Fitzgerald, 10th Anniversary of America’s First Lady of Songs
Posted July 31st, 2011 at 3:21 pm (UTC+0)
Fitzgerald had a sweet, powerful three-octave voice and perfect diction, making her the best candidate to record the splendid series of Songbook albums
Eva Cassidy, a Jazz, R&B, and Pop Songbird
Posted July 12th, 2011 at 11:14 pm (UTC+0)
Eva Cassidy’s music was little-known, and her tremendous talent was not largely discovered outside her native Washington, DC, until after she died in 1996 at the age of 33
Jazz Legend Nat King Cole and the Untamed Wild West
Posted June 17th, 2011 at 9:09 pm (UTC+0)
Why banjo music reminds me of jazz icon Nat King Cole, the American Wild West, the majestic Rocky Mountains and the Marlboro Man?
Legendary Omar Hakim: From Miles Davis to David Bowie, Madonna & Sting to Trio of OZ
Posted June 4th, 2011 at 1:31 am (UTC+0)
Grammy-nominated Omar Hakim is one of America’s top hi-tech drummers, and probably the only person who can say he played drums for Miles Davis, Madonna, Sting, David Bowie and the Nomads
John Pizzarelli and Ahmed el-Gebali, Two Brilliant Guitarists
Posted May 25th, 2011 at 4:41 pm (UTC+0)
American guitarist John Pizzarelli, a chip off the old block, and Egyptian guitarist Ahmed el-Gebali: What do they have in common?
Cairo native 