GRAMMY® Award Winning Drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. Embarks on a Spring Tour with New Ensemble ‘Generation Y’ This April, celebrated Drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. hits the road with a new crop of excellent young jazz musicians. With a nod to the legacy of Art Blakey and Betty Carter, (both of whom led long-standing bands which … Read More
By Matt Micucci, Jazziz 8-Bit Big Band @ Boston’s Berklee Performance Center: The 8-Bit Big Band returns to Boston’s Berklee Performance Center on March 1. This highly acclaimed 33-piece ensemble is directed by Charlie Rosen and presents the bandleader’s original arrangements of some of the world’s most popular video game music. “The crowd reaction when … Read More
Grace Kelly to Continue Acclaimed GO TiME Series With a Live-Recorded Concert on the Berklee Performance Center Stage in Boston on April 10th Special Guest Acclaimed Baritone Saxophonist Leo P Announced! More Special Guests to be Announced Shortly! On Friday April 10th, unequivocal musical prodigy, singer, saxophonist, songwriter and composer Grace Kelly will return to … Read More
The Curtis Brothers to Appear at The Jazz Gallery and Scullers This Month! “The Curtis Brothers may play to conceptual logic, but they play for the people. This isn’t stuffy, academic art. It’s music with true grit.” – Dan Bilawsky, JazzTimes The Curtis Brothers fresh off the release of their critically acclaimed new album Algorithm, … Read More
Charlie Rosen’s The 8-Bit Big Band Returns to Berklee Performance Center on Sunday, March 1st for TWO SHOWS! The 33-member jazz/pops orchestra will feature jazz phenom Grace Kelly and viral sensation Leo P as soloists and The Insaneintherain Big Band as opening act Berklee Performance Center: 136 Mass Ave Boston, MA 02215 The 8-Bit Big … Read More
Ralph Peterson Expands the Messenger Legacy for New Recording and Four Shows at the Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center in May Iconic drummer Ralph Peterson will expand the the legacy of the late Art Blakey into the here and now with a groundbreaking conclave of former Jazz Messengers, both on a new recording … Read More
The Soul Message Band Takes it to the Road Following the Release of their Critically Acclaimed Debut Album Soulful Days on Delmark Performances in Ann Arbor, Cleveland and Worthington OH “Together, Foreman and Rockingham cook up a delectably greasy rhythmical groove that underpins this entire program and this debut from the Soul Message Band is … Read More
International Jazz Icon Igor Butman Announces 2020 Winter Tour of the United States Featuring Evgeny Pobozhly, winner of the 2019 Herbie Hancock Guitar Competition And Oleg Akkuratov, runner up of the 2018 Sarah Vaughn Vocal Competition Appearances include New York, Baltimore, Miami, Chicago, Boston and Ann Arbor “Mr. Butman is a steamroller of a saxophonist, … Read More
VOTES ARE IN for the 6th New York City Readers Jazz Awards Presented by Hot House Magazine and Jazzmobile at Birdland Jazz Club on November 24th, 2019 at 4PM Celebrating 55 Years of Jazzmobile, 37 Years of Hot House Mark Ruffin, Host of Real Jazz on Sirius XM will be honored and Cobi Narita will … Read More
Charlie Rosen, the 29-year old multi-talented bandleader, Broadway and television composer, and mega multi-instrumentalist, is bringing the acclaimed 8-Bit Big Band to Sony Hall in New York City! On Monday, January 27th, this 33-person jazz/pops big band will present Rosen’s original “big band” arrangements of some of the world’s most popular video game music. Musical … Read More
