From Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, to the Acropolis in Greece, to the Taj Mahal in India: Karen Briggs proved to be one of the best solo jazz violinists in the world
Iconic American pianist Ahmad Jamal
Posted February 2nd, 2012 at 8:54 pm (UTC+0)
Best-known for his distinctive piano improvisations, Jamal still plays music with the same energy, elegance and sophistication at the age of 82
Rez Abbasi’s Jazz & Qawwali Music Mix
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 2:34 pm (UTC+0)
Rez Abbasi is a tour de force and his creative music mix will surely help popularize jazz in South Asia
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.
Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 1:55 pm (UTC+0)
Radio Music Society is considered a companion to Esperanza Spalding’s 2010 best-selling album Chamber Music Society
Gerry Mulligan, Birth of the Cool & West Coast Jazz
Posted January 6th, 2012 at 12:10 pm (UTC+0)
Mulligan pioneered a movement known as ‘West Coast Jazz,’ and brought a light, airy style to the bari saxophone
Miguel Zenon, The Puerto Rican Songbook
Posted December 26th, 2011 at 5:15 pm (UTC+0)
A great effort to preserve the early 20th century’s musical heritage of Puerto Rico
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’
Blue Notes in Black and White: Photography and Jazz
Posted December 1st, 2011 at 7:10 pm (UTC+0)
Rare accounts and photos of African-American jazz legends, with some pictures showing how moments of social tension and race in America impinged on the jazz image
Violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, One of the Jazz Fusion Fathers
Posted November 21st, 2011 at 8:22 pm (UTC+0)
The circumstances that introduced me to Jean-Luc Pony were a bit strange, the day after the U.S. bombed targets in Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya in 1986.
