NEW RELEASE: Cellar Music Group and the SmallsLive Living Masters Series Announce New Release From The Tyler Mitchell Octet, ‘Sun Ra’s Journey,’ Featuring Marshall Allen, due out January 20, 2023

October 31, 2022New Release, Press Releases
NEW RELEASE: Cellar Music Group and the SmallsLive Living Masters Series Announce New Release From The Tyler Mitchell Octet, ‘Sun Ra’s Journey,’ Featuring Marshall Allen, due out January 20, 2023

Cellar Music Group and the SmallsLive Living Masters Series Announce the Groundbreaking New Release From The Tyler Mitchell Octet, Sun Ra’s Journey Featuring Marshall Allen, due out January 20, 2023 Recorded Live at Smalls Jazz Club in New York City Cellar Music Group, in partnership with the SmallsLive Foundation, is thrilled to announce the January … Read More

NEW RELEASE: Santi Debriano & Arkestra Bembe’s ‘Ashanti’ is out November 18 via Jojo Records

October 28, 2022New Release, Press Releases
NEW RELEASE: Santi Debriano & Arkestra Bembe’s ‘Ashanti’ is out November 18 via Jojo Records

Propelled by a West African tribal tradition, Santi Debriano & Arkestra Bembe unveil the radiant works on Ashanti, a masterwork activated by pandemic jam sessions, due out on November 18, 2022 via Jojo Records Panama-born and New York-based Santi Debriano steers away from simplicity. The bassist-composer, who emigrated to the United States from Panama at … Read More

NEW RELEASE: Wolfgang Lackerschmid and Chet Baker unite on Welcome Back, a newly-uncovered archival recording of two jazz masters, due out via Dot Time Records on November 18

October 27, 2022New Release, Press Releases
NEW RELEASE: Wolfgang Lackerschmid and Chet Baker unite on Welcome Back, a newly-uncovered archival recording of two jazz masters, due out via Dot Time Records on November 18

Wolfgang Lackerschmid and Chet Baker unite on Welcome Back, a newly-uncovered archival recording of two jazz masters, due out via Dot Time Records on November 18 Dot Time Records is thrilled to announce the November 18th release of Welcome Back, the third document of vibrant musical collaboration between esteemed vibraphonist Wolfgang Lackerschmid and trumpet legend … Read More

JAZZ NEWS: A new documentary from filmmaker Michele Brangwen follows the musicians of the NDR Bigband on a weeklong creative journey with Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer Tim Hagans

October 26, 2022Event Announcement, Press Releases
JAZZ NEWS: A new documentary from filmmaker Michele Brangwen follows the musicians of the NDR Bigband on a weeklong creative journey with Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer Tim Hagans

A new documentary from filmmaker Michele Brangwen follows the musicians of the NDR Bigband on a weeklong creative journey with Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer Tim Hagans  The NDR Bigband rehearses and performs “A Conversation,” a suite by Hagans, who also conducts and solos. Performers discuss their connection to the music and to each other. The … Read More

JAZZ NEWS: Virtuosic, GRAMMY-Nominated Jazz Vocalist Somi to Debut at Carnegie Hall on November 18, With Chamber-Jazz Retrospective of Miriam Makeba and Her Own Work

October 21, 2022Press Releases, Special Announcement
JAZZ NEWS: Virtuosic, GRAMMY-Nominated Jazz Vocalist Somi to Debut at Carnegie Hall on November 18, With Chamber-Jazz Retrospective of Miriam Makeba and Her Own Work

Photo of Somi by Tatenda Chidora Virtuosic, GRAMMY-Nominated Jazz Vocalist Somi to Debut at Carnegie Hall on November 18, With Chamber-Jazz Retrospective of Miriam Makeba and Her Own Work. For her Carnegie Hall debut, Somi presents new electro-acoustic chamber arrangements from her latest album, Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba and a lush retrospective of … Read More

Live at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater: November 2022

October 20, 2022Birdland, Press Releases
Live at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater: November 2022

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater: November 1 – November 30 Schedule Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are proudly open this November with a full slate of nightly performances!  At Birdland Jazz Club, catch The Django Reinhardt NY Festival, Nicole Zuraitis, Alexis Cole, Jeff Harnar, Peter Cincotti, Susan Mack, The Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra … Read More

NEW RELEASE: Phoenix, the fourth studio album from virtuosic saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, is due out January 27, 2023 via Whirlwind Recordings

October 18, 2022New Release, Press Releases
NEW RELEASE: Phoenix, the fourth studio album from virtuosic saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, is due out January 27, 2023 via Whirlwind Recordings

Phoenix, the fourth studio album from virtuosic saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, is due out January 27, 2023 via Whirlwind Recordings The far-reaching new album finds the tour-de-force saxophonist in a poised and profoundly individual position alongside an all-star cast of musicians Phoenix is the highly-anticipated, expansive new album in the musical evolution of alto saxophonist and … Read More

NEW RELEASE: Cellar Music Group and SmallsLIVE Living Masters Series Announce the Release of Kirk Lightsey Live at Smalls Jazz Club, due out November 4, 2022

October 11, 2022New Release, Press Releases
NEW RELEASE: Cellar Music Group and SmallsLIVE Living Masters Series Announce the Release of Kirk Lightsey Live at Smalls Jazz Club, due out November 4, 2022

Cellar Music Group and SmallsLIVE Living Masters Series Announce the Release of Kirk Lightsey Live at Smalls Jazz Club, Out November 4, 2022 On Kirk Lightsey Live at Smalls Jazz Club, produced by Cellar Music Group and the SmallsLIVE Living Masters Series, revered pianist Kirk Lightsey steps into the spotlight to lead an extraordinary band … Read More