11-Track Project Spotlights a Collection of Originals, Latin and Jazz Standards OKeh releases GRAMMY®, Emmy®, and Latin GRAMMY® Award winning pianist and composer Michel Camilo’s new album, What’s Up?, on May 14, 2013. The project is the Dominican Republic-born musician’s...
Lulaworld 2013 – Presented by Lula Music and Arts Centre May 10 to 31: 16 Concerts! 5 CD Releases! More than 120 artists representing more than a dozen countries. Each May, the annual LULAWORLD festival...
“What’s up, San Francisco? Are you ready to have a good time?” asks timbales player and band leader Pete Escovedo at the beginning of Live From Stern Grove Festival, his terrific new album that captures...
Perhaps better than any politician or diplomat, musicians – especially jazz musicians, whose craft is in many ways an improvised form of communication – understand inherently that when we look at each other as individuals...
Given all the ups and downs the music industry has experienced in the past three decades, it’s remarkable to find anyone who still retains a sense of allegiance or loyalty. Master Conguero, Band Leader and...
Panama Jazz Festival Announces its 10th Anniversary Celebration with a Stellar Line-up of International Jazz Greats in Panama City, Republic of Panama...
2012 Guelph Jazz Festival announces Nuit Blanche program. Early Bird Pass deadline extended. ~~~ Hear the world in one night! Nuit Blanche program announced. Returning for its third incarnation, the Guelph Jazz Festival is proud...
Special guests on final recording include Omara Portuondo, Rosa Passos, Trío Esperança, Eric Bibb, Sissoko Ballaké and Marcelo Mercadante, among others...
Arturo O’Farrill will be premiering his new suite entitled, The Offense of the Drum, inspired by the attempt to silence drumming circles in...
On May 8, 2012, Arturo Sandoval Pays Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie with Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) Co-produced by Latin Grammy “Producer of the Year” Gregg Field who also performs as a...