Posts Tagged ‘Contemporary Jazz’

Jubilee CityFest, Alabama’s premier festival will be held on Friday, May 18 and Saturday 19 in downtown Montgomery. Alabama’s largerst pyro music spectacular Bama’s Big Bang, to be held on Saturday, May 19. The fireworks spectacular will follow the concert. Bama’s Big Bang is presented by Creek Casinos and Jubilee CityFest, Inc. During the festival [...]

Freeport Jazz will be back at Shine to Wine this year! Each year, Shine to Wine hosts some of the finest wineries and vineyards from throughout the region. This year’s festival features some of your favorite vineyards, and will introduce you to some new wines as well. By popular demand, the contemporary jazz band will return to [...]

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell announced the music lineup for the 2012 Festival scheduled for April 27 – 29 and May 3 – 6.  Started in 1970, the Jazz & Heritage Festival continues to showcase the most storied names in music history alongside many of Louisiana’s equally respected musical artists. A [...]

Musician Line Up: Peter Horvath – Piano, Ray Obiedo – Guitar, Mark Van Waginegen – Bass, Brian Collier – Drums and special guest Norbert Stachel! To buy tickets please visit this website. Peter’s talent as a pianist/keyboardist is matched by his role as a composer and producer. Horvath’s diverse background is manifested in his performances [...]

The City of Miami Gardens is proud to announce that the 7th annual “Jazz in the Gardens” music festival will be held March 17 & 18, 2012, at SunLife Stadium, located at 2269 Dan Marino Boulevard, in the heart of Miami Gardens. The performers for 2012 Edition are for Saturday Ramsey Lewis, Wayne Henderson, Wilton [...]

As a teenager, he was a renowned session player. Today, Lee Ritenour stands at the summit of guitar masters, fusing funk and rock, blues and Brazilian. His legendary partnership with Dave Grusin dates back a quarter century to their seminal “Harlequin” sessions. And Grusin himself is renowned for his versatility – jazz, pop, film and [...]

The free 2012 JazzFest features a variety of performers over 2 days, including Jeff Lorber and Roman Street;  the complete line-up is to find at this website. The 2012 JazzFest will be held on Saturday/Sunday April 14 and 15, 2012. The major headliners each perform a set on both days, and will have CD’s available [...]

Terry Wollman is doing a CD release live performance with his full band on Thursday October 13th in Los Angeles. Ricky Lawson (drums), Abe Laboriel Sr. (bass), Wally Minko (piano), Lenny Castro (percussion), and Melanie Taylor (guest vocals). Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 8:00pm Vitello’s Jazz and Supper Club, Studio City, CA

The famed Headhunters jazz/fusion/funk band (once-backing members for Herbie Hancock), are recording with singer and hip/spoken word artist, Tony Adamo in October. Rob Dixon and Gary Mielke, the co-producers of the Headhunters new CD, PLATINUM on Indianapolis based label Owl Studios, along with legendary funk drummer and Headhunters member Mike Clark, will co-produce Adamo’s new [...]