ROMANIA: Florin Raducanu-Symphonic Jazz Poem

The Symphonic jazz poem, the work of Romanian composer and jazz pianist Florin Raducanu marks an important landscape in the world of fusion of jazz and classical music. Includes the only jazz passacaglia for symphonic jazz orchestra.This unique jazz symphony combines with creativity classical and jazz themes allowing a generous space to innovative and virtuosic improvisations. Structured in seven parts, the concept encompasses the pianist-composer’s original vision, such an endeavor being one of a kind in the music world.

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released January 1, 2016 

Belarusian State Philharmonic Orchestra – conductor Alexander Anisimov 
Florin Raducanu – piano, composer & orchestrator 
Special guest : Dalila Cernatescu -panflute 
Andrei Kleșchev (saxophone ten.), Viaceslav Serghienko(bass) , Alexandr Mineț (drums)

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USA: John Abercrombie Quartet-Up And Coming(ECM 2016)

Guitarist John Abercrombie who has recorded as a leader for ECM since 1974 returns with a second album by his quartet featuring kindred-spirit piano foil Marc Copland, along with longtime rhythm partners Drew Gress and Joey Baron.

Extolling 39 Steps, the groups 2013 album, the Financial Times said: The emphasis is on subtle intrigue, flowing lyricism and the interplay between the leaders warm, cleanly articulated guitar and Coplands piano... with bassist Gress and drummer Baron equally supple and sinewy companions.

The same virtues of lyrical melody and harmonic/rhythmic subtlety are apparent with the new Up and Coming, though with even more emphasis on the enduring values of song. Abercrombies liquid phrasing and glowing tone enabled by the thumb technique he has honed since eschewing a plectrum in recent years animate his five originals and the pair by Copland, as well as a take on the exotic-sounding Miles Davis classic Nardis done in the spirit of Bill Evans. Up and Coming has a twilight atmosphere, with melodic flow the guiding light.

USA Lost Jazz Shrines " Sweet Basil" @ Tribeca Performing Arts Center Sat., June 4th 8:30 pm

LOST JAZZ SHRINES
SWEET BASIL
REMEMBERING LESTER BOWIE

Saturday, June 4 - Concert at 8:30PM
$25 / students, seniors $15 TIX
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l to r: Bob Stewart, Steven Bernstein, Nick Finzer and David Scheiman.
l to r: Bob Stewart, Steven Bernstein, Nick Finzer and David Scheiman.


The presentation will be an evening remembering Lester Bowie. Musical Director Bob Stewart will lead a concert featuring Lester Bowie’s music as a brass ensemble, in the spirit of his Brass Fantasy bands.

Bob Stewart*, Marcus Rojas* & David Scheiman* (tuba), Stanton Davis*, Randall Haywood, Gerald Brazel, Steven Bernstein & Riley Mulherkar (trumpet),Luis Bonilla*, Earl McIntyre* & Nick Finzer (trombone), Vincent Chancey* (french horn), Buddy Williams (drums), Frank Lacy (trombone & vocals)*, Steve Turre (trombone / shells)* and Renee Manning (vocalist).

*Brass Fantasy Alumni

Additionally, there is a free bonus panel at 7PM - A discussion on the legacy of Sweet Basil and its vibrant activities with Bob Stewart and James Browne (previous owner). Moderated by Willard Jenkins.

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BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center is located on the campus of the Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007. Call (212) 220 - 1460 for more information. Events are subject to change.

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USA: Made in New York Jazz Gala May 21

The Made In New York Jazz Gala became one of the most significant International jazz events in New York, featuring legendary Jazz Artists.

This year we celebrate our 3rd Annual, International Jazz Gala.

The winner of the competition João Barradas, one of the most recognized young accordionists in Europe, will be performing this year.
 

“I regard João Barradas as a beacon in the future development of accordion as a serious instrument.  He is a master of all styles from classical repertoire and is the most convincing jazz improviser I have heard to date on the instrument.”
– Gil Goldstein

João Barradas and other participants TBA of Made In New York Jazz Competition will be joined by stellar lineup of American jazz masters:
 

Rufus Reid, one of today’s premiere bassists on the international jazz scene, with his reputation firmly established in the education arena.

Tommy Campbell (known for his work with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and others), Philip Harper (The Jazz Messengers and Charles Mingus Big Band),

Bobby Sanabria 7 times Grammy award nominee, composer, arranger, educator and writer specializing in Latin jazz. Yaacov Mayman, art director of the competition (Yaacov has performed and/or recorded with Joe Lovano, Benny Golson, Ray Santiago and others).

The host of the GALA 2016 will be George V Johnson Jr., one of the most recognizable jazz voices who mentored and performed regularly with “James Moody & Lou Donaldson”.

Special guest from Italy: Federico Malayalam from Italy! Internet sensation and one of the most watched jazz, fusion bass players on YouTube and social media. Some of his videos performing have well over a million views, displaying great musicianship and a technical ability that is jaw dropping.
 

The Made in New York Jazz Competition enters its fourth year in 2016, featuring a worldwide audience of jazz fans, as well as a slate of musicians from 47 countries and counting.

“The talents keep surprising us every year! It’s great to be part of this discovery process. Our community grows very fast, just last year the competition was ranked as number one jazz competition in Google, Yahoo and Bing. This is an incredible feeling to see some of the artists succeed after participating in Made In New York Jazz Competition” – says Misha Brovkin, founder of the competition.

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USA: NYYS Jazz at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

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Cover: $35
Student: $20

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USA Highlights In Jazz Salute to Paquito D’Rivera Thursday March 3rd 8pm @ Tribeca Performing Arts

Jack Kleinsinger’s Highlights In Jazz, New York’s longest running jazz concert series, continues its 44th season on Thursday March 3, 2016 with a A Salute To Paquito D’Rivera featuring the multi Grammy Award Winning saxophonist/clarinetist with his critically acclaimed Latin Jazz Quintet featuring trumpeter Diego Urcola and the world premiere of Clarinet Summit with D’Rivera, Ken Peplowski and Will and Peter Anderson, plus, as in all Highlights In Jazz concerts, a surprise special guest.
       
The second concert of the Highlights 44th season A Salute to Paquito D’Rivera who will be honored as this year’s recipient of the Annual Highlights In Jazz Award which has been presented every year since 1974 to honor a singular living jazz musician for their “matchless musical achievements.”  D’Rivera joins an esteemed roster of previous honorees including Roy Eldridge, Lionel Hampton, Roy Haynes, Hank Jones, Frank Wess, Dr. Billy Taylor and many others.  Kleinsinger is proud to bestow this honor upon D’Rivera recalling that the alto saxophonist/clarinetist, who will be making his fourth Highlights In Jazz appearance, originally performed on the series back in 1984 not long after he first arrived in the US from his native Cuba, on a program billed Jazz Is My Passport that also featured Brazilian songstress Astrud Gilberto and Belgian harmonica legend Toots Theilmans. Since then he has appeared in other Highlights In Jazz programs, both as a guest soloist and with his own group. D’Rivera remembers  “Jack Kleinsinger was one of the first impresarios to invite me to join his prestigious series.  For that, and for his contribution for this music, I hold him in high esteem, and as a dear friend.”  This show will have D’Rivera performing with his working quintet featuring Argentine trumpeter Diego Urcola, pianist Alex Brown, bassist Zach Brown, and drummer Erik Doob, as well as part of a Clarinet Summit with previous Highlights In Jazz Award recipient Ken Peplowski and twin brother reed men Will and Peter Anderson, who appeared together on Highlights’ successful Saxophone Summit concert in 2015.  The four clarinetists will be ably assisted by the exciting young rhythm team of bassist David Wong and drummer Kenny Washington.

As in all Highlights In Jazz concerts, these great artists will be joined by a surprise special guest. Some of the biggest stars in jazz who have appeared as special guests in previous years have been Eubie Blake, Cab Calloway, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Hines, Branford Marsalis, Carmen McRae, Gerry Mulligan, George Shearing and other jazz luminaries.

Jack Kleinsinger’s Highlights In Jazz, continues its 44th season on Thursday May 12th with Highlights In Jazz Audience Favorites.  The all star cast will feature two Highlights In Jazz Award Winners guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, along with vocalist Alexis Cole, trumpeter Bria Skonberg, guitarist Frank Vignola, bassist/vocalist Nicki Parrott and drummer Alvin Atkinson. The season will conclude on Thursday June 16th with Trio Time, featuring the classic jazz of the Dick Hyman Trio with bassist Jay Leonhart and guitarist Howard Alden and the Brazilian sounds of Trio da Paz, with guitarist Romero Lumbambo, bassist Nilson Matta and drummer Duduka Da Fonseca.

 

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ITALY/USA/CUBA: THE EUROPEAN MUSIC AGENCY ARTISTS ON TOUR 2016

ARTISTS ON TOUR  2016

VOLCAN TRIO feat. Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez & Armando Gola. April 16-23 and May 2-8 / July 14-21, 2016 A spectacular trio starring some of the most relevant names of these times. According to critics, Volcan is the vanguard of modern Latin Jazz. Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez , Armando Gola and  emerge in an All - Star group with an appropriate name. With over 150 albums between them as leaders and side-men, multiples Grammy nominations and wins, as well as honors and awards around the world, these highly revered musicians have joined forces for our delight. * Exclusive territory: Europe

LIONEL LOUEKE TRIO April 4, 11, 13-15, 17 / July 5-23, 2016 This Fall the remarkable West African jazz guitarist Lionel Loueke returns to his acclaimed original trio featuring bassist Massimo Biolcati and drummer Ferenc Nemeth for the release of GAÏA, his dynamic fourth album for Blue Note which was produced by label president Don Was and solidifies Loueke’s standing as a modern guitar master. Loueke has been hailed as “a gentle virtuoso” by The New York Times while NPR All Things Considered called him “a truly original voice in today's jazz.” * Exclusive territory: Europe

JAMES BRANDON LEWIS TRIO July 5-23 / November, 2016 / March 2017 Visionary composer and tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis’s bravest, yet most palpable artistic feat, Days Of FreeMan, opens with a poignant and profound introductory monologue from a maternal sage. She says, “The best thing of living is living who you are. You can’t be somebody else; you gotta be what God gave you to be and who you are. You look in the mirror and see yourself and say ‘I’m James Brandon Lewis.” * Exclusive territory: Europe

GONZALO RUBALCABA SOLO PIANO April 12-23 / 1-16 August,  2016 With fifteen Grammy nominations under his belt and four trophies over the last fourteen years, Gonzalo Rubalcaba has undoubtedly proven himself as established force in the modern Jazz world. He continues to transform the daily routines of our lives into something more beautiful and significant. Exceptional pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba – born in 1963 in Havana, Cuba - has become a true icon in the modern Jazz world. According to the critics, Gonzalo was selected one of the best pianist of the XX century and in 2008 had the privilege of receiving the ” Vanguard Award” for Composer and Pianist, whose innovative an distinctive music is charting new directions in jazz. * Exclusive territory: Europe THE EUROPEAN MUSIC AGENCY ph. +39.0744.983431 (Enrico Iubatti) +39.347.5744516 - (Andrea Scaccia) +39.339.2980936 (Angeles Mas) +34.615.989387 theeuropeanmusicagency@gmail.com

USA:The Ed Cherry Trio Sunday January 3rd @ The 9th Note –Stamford Connecticut 8-11pm

The Ed Cherry Trio Sunday January 3rd @ The 9th Note Stamford Connecticut 8-11pm Ed Cherry - Guitar Kyle Koehler –Organ  Sanah Kadoura –Drums the 9th note 15 bank st. stamford , conn. 203-504-8832 www.the9thnote.com

"Ed is a great, soulful, swinging underrated player deserving of wider recognition." - Bill Milkowski   "An expressive instrumentalist, Cherry has a hip, melodic approach that is a refreshing contrast to guitarists who frequently resort to playing 'finger music', the execution of rapid streams of notes that serve no musical purpose other than to fill space"- Jim Ferguson: JazzTimes   "Particularly dazzling - Cherry's guitar had the young bar crowd dancing" - Kay Cordtz : blues review- www.edcherrymusic.com

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