Pianist Geoffrey Keezer Celebrates First-Time GRAMMY® Win For Best Instrumental Composition, “Refuge” at the 65th GRAMMY® Awards The dynamic composition off Keezer’s latest album, Playdate, took home the Best Instrumental Composition GRAMMY® at the 65th GRAMMY® Awards on Sunday, February 5 in Los Angeles. This marks Keezer’s fourth career nomination and first win. “On all … Read More
Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra Celebrates GRAMMY® Win for Best Large Ensemble Jazz Album at the 65th GRAMMY® Awards, Marking A Historic First-Time Win for Feifke, Youngest Ever Winner of the Large Ensemble Category in Recording Academy History The eponymous debut album co-led by Steven Feifke and Bijon Watson brought home the Best Large Ensemble Jazz … Read More
Outside In Music Label Founder Nick Finzer Deconstructs The Creative Grind With Dreams, Visions, Illusions, due out April 14, 2023 via Outside In Music Trombonist, composer, arranger, producer and Outside In Music label founder Nick Finzer is proud to announce the April 14, 2023 release of his new sextet album Dreams, Visions, Illusions, released on … Read More
Trombonist and Vocalist Hailey Brinnel issues her soaring sophomore statement Beautiful Tomorrow, due out March 17, 2023 via Outside in Music Outside in Music is proud to announce the March 17, 2023 release of Beautiful Tomorrow, the sophomore recording from vocalist and trombonist Hailey Brinnel. When asked to define her style, the Philadelphia-based artist, whose … Read More
Vocalist Danielle Wertz Offers Emotive Sophomore Statement with Other Side, due out March 10, 2023 via Outside In Music “Unlike many of her contemporaries there is truth in her voice. Untarnished by the politics of music, what’s brought forth is pure, innocent and simply beautiful,” Carmel DeSoto, Jazz Music Archives “A masterful ballad interpreter […] … Read More
“Jesse has imbibed the virtues of swing and bop/hard bop fluency, combining them with an enticingly attractive, full-bodied tone and warm timbre, incorporating the best of swing era altos and Charlie Parker,” – George Kanzler See Jesse Davis on the cover of Hot House Jazz Magazine’s February 2023 issue here.
On the Cover: Catherine Russell – David Bowie Tribute on Page 4, Cover Story by Jim Motavalli on Page 8, Vox News on Page 11 Review by Alex Henderson – Lauren Henderson – La Bruja – Page 15 Review by Ken Dryden – Jesse Davis – Jesse Davis Live at Smalls Jazz Club – Page … Read More
Powerhouse Jazz Artist Manager Karen Kennedy Elected President of NAPAMA New York, New York — Karen Kennedy, Founding President of 24/Seven Artist Development, has been elected as President of North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents (NAPAMA). Kennedy’s appointment follows the leadership of former NAPAMA president Gail Boyd, who was the first African American woman … Read More
Bassist Leon Lee Dorsey and drummer Mike Clark return on seasoned new outing Cantaloupe Island beside guitar great Russell Malone, due out February 17, 2023 via Jazz Avenue 1 Renowned bassist Leon Lee Dorsey continues his prolific streak with the issue of Cantaloupe Island, the latest album to be released on his Jazz Avenue 1 … Read More
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are proudly open this February with a full slate of nightly performances! At Birdland Jazz Club, catch Mike Stern Band featuring Dennis Chambers and Randy Brecker, Uptown Jazz Tentet, Bill O’Connell and the Latin Jazz Sextet, Julie Benko with Euphonic Gumbo, Gunhild Carling, Melissa Errico, Ben Markley Band Feat. … Read More
