A Doo-Wop New Year’s Eve at DC’s Carlyle Club
... of Joe Coleman, a former lead vocalist with The Platters (“Only You” , “My Prayer”, “The Great Pretender”) at the enjoyable retro-jazz club, The Carlyle Club in Alexandria, Virginia.
This New Year’s Eve party come complete with live music, dancing, party favors, and the classic midnight champagne toast and optional dinner.
DC area native Joe Coleman joined the classic doo-wop group in 1992, to fill a spot in one of the group’s several incarnations. The Platters were first...
November 21st, 2010 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dancing, jazz, music, New Year's Eve
Old School with Rickie Lee Jones
The style of singer-songwriter Ricky Lee Jones covers everything from jazz and R&B to pop and blues. And next month, she’ll be performing at The Birchmere in Arlington, Virginia.
Her “Old School” show brings her first two albums, Rickie Lee Jones (1979) and Pirates (2001) to the stage in their entirety.
Throughout her career, she’s recorded over a dozen CDs, some with original music, other being compilations of classic covers from legendary artists such as The Beatles, Marvin Gaye,...
November 11th, 2010 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Arlington, jazz, music
Coastal Jazz: The Great Classical Joint Reunion
... Classical Joint rhythm section at the reunion
It was a sold-out show. The Ironworks Studios at 235 Alexander Street was packed and jumping with jazz fans celebrating a long-awaited reunion of performers from the fabled Classical Joint, an intimate little cafe in Gastown popular as a jazz venue from the late ’70′s to 1990. Any jazz lover who has visited Vancouver in the past would remember this funky restaurant where some of the best of today’s local jazz stars got their...
October 9th, 2010 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: jazz, music
Auld Reekie’s Got Jazz
You might have missed the woefully short Edinburgh jazz festival, and you might be having your fill of Fringe madness. But you can have a great night of jazz any time of year (almost) in Edinburgh, if you know where to look. Here are a few top rated jazz clubs and venues in the city where there’s bound to be some sort of jazzy fun during your visit.
The jazz Bar
When it comes to jazz in Edinburgh, The jazz Bar (map) has to top the list. It’s a great venue, with best-in-class acts...
August 23rd, 2010 | Andy Hayes | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: jazz, music
Sunday Jazz at the Parks
As a reminder, to all of you who may have missed my last post in May about Outjazz, you still have the opportunity to sit at one of Lisbon’s beautiful gardens and listen to live jazz for free.
Since last May, Outjazz has been bringing music to everyone, gathering people at some of the most interesting parks in Lisbon.
Untill September, jazz will take over a main garden in the city, a different one each month. The music will play at the sound of nature, in the open air.
So, as you may be walking...
August 7th, 2010 | Alexandre Kühl Oliveira | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: featuredarticle, garden, jazz, live music
August Jazz in Lisbon
Lisbon in August wouldn’t be the same anymore without Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Festival, jazz in August. On the 27th edition, again, the program will reflect the latest tendencies of the contemporary jazz.
Most of the concerts will be held on the gardens of the Foundation, right in the middle of Lisbon, by Praça de Espanha (map). Among the many names you’ll be able to see and hear, John Surman (sax and clarinet) and Jack DeJohnette (drums and piano) are just two of them.
It will also be...
July 28th, 2010 | Alexandre Kühl Oliveira | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: concert, jazz, live music, music
Celebrating 25 years of Jazz: The Vancouver International Jazz Festival
It’s a big year for the Vancouver International jazz Festival as it celebrates its silver anniversary. For 25 years this festival has been a highlight for music lovers in Vancouver. This year it continues its tradition of offering a smorgasbord of music that ranges from traditional jazz to electric fusion, hip hop, world music, R&B and folk.
If you can’t afford the big ticket shows, there’s lots of venues around town where you can enjoy the shows for free. There are also...
June 25th, 2010 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: jazz, music, summer events
Coming up: Greenwich Beer & Jazz Festival
Most beer festivals just highlight beer. At the end of May, though, Greenwich wll be going one better, and adding jazz music to the mix.
Happy festival goers in front of the classical buildings at Greenwich
The Greenwich Beer and jazz Festival is held in a marvellous setting, on the lawns of the Royal Naval College. While as you might expect from a Greenwich festival the local Meantime Brewery is contributing a large number of its beers, there will be real ales from as far afield as Cornwall (Skinner’s)...
May 15th, 2010 | Andrea Kirkby | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: beer, featuredarticle, festival, jazz, music
OutJazz, Sunday Jazz sessions at the parks
Once more, Outjazz will be bringing music to everyone, gathering people at some of the most interesting parks in Lisbon.
During 5 months, from May to September, jazz will take over a main garden in the city, a different one each month. The music will play at the sound of nature, in the open air.
So, as you may be walking along the park, Sunday afternoons, you may come into a jazz festival. Or you may just be after that same festival. Just take you time and enjoy. It’s free.
Every Sunday, from 5pm...
May 12th, 2010 | Alexandre Kühl Oliveira | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: Arts and Entertainment, culture, Events, Family Friendly, jazz, music, Outdoors & Recreation, park
Unique New Silent Film about Jazzman Louis Armstrong
... Cecile Licad to play their musical score for the silent movie ‘LOUIS’ – A Silent Film.
LOUIS is a film homage to the great American jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong and the birth of the great American musical art form – jazz.
Set in 1907 New Orleans, the film, shot by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond (The Deer Hunter, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and The Black Dahlia), tells the story of a poor young boy who dreams of playing the trumpet.
Starting his career...
May 6th, 2010 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: film, jazz, music
Jazz on the Promenade
Friday nights are getting a little hotter with live jazz at the Scottsdale Promenade at the corner of Scottsdale Road and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard in North Scottsdale.
Each concert, which only feature a Valley artist, are free to the public. But donations are accepted to benefit Ryan’s House, a Phoenix-based shelter for children with serious diseases and their families.
Raffles for spa certificates, retail shops and restaurants at the Promenade shopping center will be given away during each...
April 29th, 2010 | Heather Wright Schlichting | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: jazz, music
Confirmed names for CoolJazzFestival on July 2010
CooljazzFest is a music festival presenting some of the best and talented artist on the jazz scene. Combining different expressions and perspectives of this kind of music, the program is wide and definitely to take into consideration.
This next July summer nights, CooljazzFest will be presenting top quality open air concerts in Cascais (map) and Mafra (map), in places of great historic and natural importance. This 7th edition will bring to the stage 12 national and international artists. One...
March 21st, 2010 | Alexandre Kühl Oliveira | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Arts and Entertainment, Events, festival, jazz, music
It’s Jazz Season in San Francisco
“The finest such jazz event this city has ever seen and heard… superb festival.” – The San Francisco Chronicle
From Tinariwen of Mali’s unique North African/Western blues/rock blend to Ana Moura of Portugal’s fado to Ladysmith Black Mambazo, San Francisco jazz is set to showcase a diverse assortment of international jazz music.
The 11th Annual SF jazz Spring Season is hosted by the San Francisco jazz, a “non-profit presenter of jazz artistic and education programs.”...
February 18th, 2010 | Abbie Mood | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: featuredarticle, jazz
Move to the Groove of the Mission Bay Jazz & Blues
Celebrating its 10th anniversary on Saturday, 27 February, is the Mission Bay jazz and Blues Streetfest, at the Selwyn Reserve, Tamaki Drive in Mission Bay.
The event is an outdoor jazz and blues street music festival that will be held in one of Auckland City’s most popular and iconic waterfront sites, with more than 20 bands expected to entertain over 30,000 fans.
Tamaki Drive will actualy be enclosed to allow bands to play on the street itself and for everyone to have fun in a friendly atmosphere,...
February 16th, 2010 | theaucklandguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Blues, jazz, Mission Bay, Selwyn Reserve, Tamaki Drive
Sultry Singer Norah Jones
Norah Jones has become a jazz superstar and she’ll be performing one show at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC, the first weekend of April.
Her 2002 debut album on the Blue Note label, Come Away with Me, was an instant hit in the adult contemporary jazz genre and won the singer 5 Grammy awards, including Record of the Year. Her rich and melancholy voice was significantly more mature than her age at the time, just 22 years old.
Just the next year, she took home 8 Grammys, sweeping 5 major...
February 1st, 2010 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Events, featuredarticle, jazz, music
A Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton at the Patricia Hotel
... He started playing piano in New Orleans when he was a teenager and went on to become of the most acclaimed pianists and composers of ragtime and jazz. At the age of 28, from 1919 to 1921 Jelly Roll Morton made Vanouver his home and lived at the Patricia Hotel where he played piano in the Patricia Cafe (now Pat’s Pub). This was the beginning of a long lost golden age of entertainment that was centred on the Hastings Street strip, now known as the Downtown East Side where some of Vancouver’s...
January 14th, 2010 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Announcements, Events, jazz, Performing Arts - Theater & Dance
Hear Jazz Guitarist Al Di Meola
Legendary guitarist Al Di Meola is known for his Latin-influenced jazz fusion sound. With over 20 records under his belt, including the critically acclaimed partnership with legendary violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and bassist extraordinaire Stanley Clarke on the acoustic record The Rite of Strings.
Di Meola is coming to Washington, DC and playing The Barns at Wolf Trap later this month.
His music is wide-ranging from Latin-influenced jazz and jazz fusion, to more of an avant-garde jazz sound, including...
January 4th, 2010 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: featuredarticle, jazz, music, Wolf-Trap
Reminder: Chicago’s Asian American Jazz Festival This Weekend
Like blues music, jazz is at the heart of Chicago’s music scene and this weekend is the 14th annual Asian American jazz Festival.
It’s actually almost a miracle the festival is still happening.
With no corporate funding, the event’s organizers took what money they had (about $10,000) to keep the festival on the calendar.
If you are looking for something to do tonight, then come out and support what will turn out to be an impressive line-up of some of Chicago’s best jazz musicians.
Tonight...
November 14th, 2009 | Lisa Davis | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Chicago, jazz, music, music performances
Music in the Garden
... charge. The Patio Café also offers a daily café menu. A cash bar and wine flights are also available.
The music ranges from Chicago Blues, Latin jazz to Vintage Rock.
It’s a fantastic way to round out the week, hear some talented musicians, enjoy great food and drink and experience the sights and sounds of the Desert Botanical Garden.
Doors open at 6:00pm
Performance scheduled for Fridays, 7:00 – 9:00pm on Ullman Terrace
October 2 – Jaleo – Contemporary Latin
October 9 –...
September 27th, 2009 | Heather Wright Schlichting | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Blues, concert, desert botanical garden, food and wine, gardens, jazz, live music, Phoenix, rock
7 Things to Experience in Lisbon in the Fall 2009
... at Sintra park and catch some chest nuts
Just another good excuse for a day trip to Sintra. Check those huge chestnut trees…
Check the jazz jam sessions at Hot Club
No cold can get in this small jazz club. Hot Club was the first club in Lisbon dedicated to jazz. Still is one of the best, at Praça da Alegria (map).
...
September 16th, 2009 | Alexandre Kühl Oliveira | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, boutique, Clubing, eating, fall, Family Friendly, gourmet, Hotels & Places to Stay, jazz, lux, News, Outdoors & Recreation, Restaurants & Bars, sintra, The Arts
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