By Chris J. Walker

the word contemporary

INTERVIEW

Norah Jones
First Look with Don Was of Blue Note Records

 

CONCERT

Earth Wind & Fire vs The Isley Brothers
Verzuz Battle LIVE | Hosted by Steve Harvey

George Benson
Saturday Night with Marcus Miller and Friends

MINI CONCERTS

The McCrary Sisters
(Backyard Concert)

Sunny and The Black Pack
Stand By Me by Ben E. King

Rae Khalil
NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Kirk Franklin
NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Butcher Brown
NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Elevation Worship & Maverick City
Wait On You

Lake Street Dive
NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

VIDEOS

Dave Koz
Dr. Norm

Bootsy Collins Featuring Ellis Hall, Rod Castro, and Brennan Johns
Slide Eazy

Iogi
Everything’s Worth It (live at Romano)

Brian Bromberg
A Little New Old School take two!

The Isley Brothers ft. Ronald Isley & Snoop Dogg
Friends and Family (Official Video)

Dee Daniels
Let Freedom Ring (The Ballad of John Lewis)

Cautious Clay
Karma & Friends (Official Music Video)

JUNGLE

KEEP MOVING (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Shelley FKA DRAM
Exposure (Official Music Video)

Philippe Boucobsa
My Funky Soul

Tower of Power
50 Years of Funk & Soul Live at the Fox Theater

Niia – ft. Solo Woods
We Were Never Friends (Official Video)

Celeste
Love Is Back (Blogotheque Live Session)

WAYNE SNOW
Seventy

Lyrics Born & Cutso
ANTI – Official Music Video

Gone Gone Beyond
Coast (LIVE Acoustic Set from Baja, CA)

Charlie Houston
Things (Official Video)

Idris Lawal feat. Jelani Watson & Rocsi
Wallflowers (Official Music Video)

FUSION & BEYOND

INTERVIEW/CONCERT

black midi
Performance & Interview (Live on KEXP at Home)

CONCERTS

Mandoki Soulmates ( Leslie Mandoki,Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Nick van Eede (Cutting Crew), Till Brönner, Szakcsi, Jane Xie, John Helliwell (Supertramp), Steve Bailey, Al Di Meola, Peter Maffay, Jesse Siebenberg (Supertramp), Cory Henry, Deobrat Mishra, Mike Stern, Margarita, Randy Brecker, Bill Evans, Sirreal, Richard Bona, Moto Fukushima, Tony Carey and Julia Mandoki) – Hungarian Pictures
MUSIC IS THE GREATEST UNIFIER!

REGGIE HARRIS
SONGS OF HOPE AND JOY: A Live Streamed MLK Day Celebration

Alfa Mist
Bring Backs’ Live at Metropolis

MINI CONCERT

Mikaela Davis and Southern Star
Bird Song (Grateful Dead Harp Cover) Live | Relix

VIDEOS

STEVE GADD AND VINNIE COLAIUTA
RECORDING @CapitolRecords

ANOHNI, Bryce Dessner, Australian String Quartet, Sydney Dance Co. Another World (String Arr)

Carlos Niño & Friends
Thanking the Earth

Sufjan Stevens
Meditation V – Convocations [Official Audio and Visual]

Hania Rani
Live from Studio S2

Erika Dohi
Replicant (official video)

Rhiannon Giddens (with Francesco Turrisi)
Waterbound

Late Aster
A Minor Fantasy

Yilian Canizares & Resilience Trio
Contradicciones (Live at Roma Jazz Festival)

MUSE/IQUE
Better Days Ahead – In A Minute! (… Or Two): Ep. #121

The word world in blue colors and green colers

UPCOMING CONCERT

ZIGGY MARLEY
May 30th
LIVE at Petco Park! (San Diego)
Doors at 6:00 p.m
Presale Starts May 5th at 11am

https://www.mlb.com/padres/tickets/concerts

CONCERT

AFROPUNK
Meets NPR Tiny Desk

MINI CONCERT

C. Tangana
NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

VIDEOS

Mdou Moctar
Chismiten (Official Music Video)

Mdou Moctar
Afrique Victime (Live)

Gustavo Palafox
La Dama

Yndi – Amazona
A COLORS ENCORE

YELLE
Noir (Official Video)

Phoenix Rise
HEROES (Official Music Video)

Alex Cuba feat. Gilberto Santa Rosa
Mírame

Ricardo Montaner, Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
Dios Así Lo Quiso

Yndi
Noir Brésil (Official Video)

Danny Felix, Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlan
Mariachi Tumbado [Official Video]

Mon Laferte, Gloria Trevi
La Mujer

Nêgah Santos
O Pandeiro

José González
El Invento (Official Music Video)

Carola Ortiz
La Rosa als Llavis

Lia Sampai amb Adrià Pagès
LA CAIXETA –

Yilian Canizares & Resilience Trio
Contradicciones (Live at Roma Jazz Festival)

the word blues

MINI CONCERT

Nick Waterhouse
Live at Paste Studio on the Road: LA

VIDEOS

Cristina Vane
Badlands

Robert Finley
Country Boy [Official Video]

Nick Waterhouse ft. The Sensational Barnes Brothers
Medicine (Official Video)

The Jose Ramirez Band
Here I Come

Emily Wolfe
No Man Epiphone Exclusive

Oliver Wood
Kindness (video by Joel Meeks)

Larkin Poe
Layla

Text Special Mention

ZOOM EVENT REVIEWS

The California Jazz Foundation

The California Jazz Foundation presented APPLAUSE” -Celebrating Jazz and Mentoring! John Clayton has worn many “jazz hats” and is best known as a bassist and co-bandleader of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Additionally, as an educator he has mentored many young players, including bassist/singer Katie Thiroux and pianist/composer Sam Hirsh.

The musicians played at Clayton’s house for the gig and got down to business after Michael Dolphin one of CJF’s Board of Directors, acting as the concert emcee introduced them. Thiroux and Hirsh played together first, working off of the theme “Songs With Lines.” Sentimental “Just Friends” featured the bassist/singer delightfully playing and scatting, with the piano soaring.

A bluesy number (“Sam’s Line”) followed and was adorned with the players coolly interacting and soloing fervently. From a more conventional standpoint, Fats Navarro’s “Nostalgia” and Thad Jones’ “3 And 1” were selected for their theoretical and compositional aspects to maintain the general theme. Afterwards, Clayton joined Thiroux with Hirsh taking a break for “Deep Tones For Peace” that was garnished by her scatting and him bowing. Oscar Pettiford’s vintage “Tricotism” was showcased too and the grand finale including all of the musicians was bebop flavored gem “Line for Lines” by Gerry Mulligan.

For a different approach, Dolphin talked to Thiroux, Hirsh and Clayton after the music ended. Some of the topics were Hirsh working at the Slauson Learning Center in Inglewood for eight years and their upcoming projects. The pianist is working on a standards CD, Japanese tradition music and learning music software. Thiroux want to do something with the pianist, work on pop songs for jazz and continue her involvement with the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Women in Jazz Project. As expected, Clayton had a long list of endeavors. They included doing more bass instructional videos, symposiums, composing for the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, cooking and preparing for the CJF Gala in June. It coincidentally will honor MJF’s
Tim Jackson. For more info go to: https://californiajazzfoundation.org

Alan Broadbent and Georgia Mancio CD Launch

In keeping with the times, pianist/arranger/composer Alan Broadbent in the U.S. (Orange, NJ) and vocalist/lyrist/producer Georgia Mancio in the U.K. launched their new and second album together, Quiet is the Star. The recording sessions were finished in October 2019, but weren’t organized or mastered until 2020. With the worldwide lockdown in effect the project had more urgency, along with a songbook of their songs.

Understandably, they didn’t actually perform together, but instead shared how they worked together, especially during a pandemic. Each track was detailed and played with accompanying artful videos created by Simon Mannfield, who also did the album and associated book artwork. He joined in for a segment and said the music was “a light in the darkness.”

Mancio spoke more so in that regard and mentioned personal events, such as her mother passing away that influenced one of the songs, along with different themes and emotions. She detailed insights about inspirations and feelings connected with the ballad project. Additionally, the singer mentioned Broadbent conceiving the titles “that have a load of story already in them.”

Broadbent delved into the philosophical aspects and methodology, especially melody. He shared how the selections developed with one coming quickly and another happening slowly, sometimes taking years and waiting for the right moment or situation that would perfect. That was especially true for the title track that was influenced by Shakespeare and the pianist’s winter observations.

The singer and pianist during the chat portion of the event said the sessions were done in one day with a supporting drummer and bassist. They were both well prepared and only had minor issues to work out, and as true jazz musicians tried to stayed in the moment as much as possible. Broadbent was asked if he ever heard melodies in his dreams and replied that he often did, but when trying to play them the next day “they sound like crap.” Also asked was if they wrote together starting with the lyrics. There was only one song, which Mancio had written for her father and was derived from Joe Zawinul’s “Midnight Mood.” For more info go to: www.georgiamancio.com and www.alanbroadbent.com.

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Alan Broadbent

MINI DOCUMENTARY

Bill Evans
Live at Ronnie Scott’s” (Mini-Documentary)

CONCERTS

Jazz Bakery
Instagram Live Friday

https://www.instagram.com/the_jazz_bakery/channel/?hl=en

Romero Lubambo + Marcos Silva
LIVE From the Living Room (#21)

Alan Broadbent Trio
Live at Smalls – 3/7/2021

Kristin Korb Trio
Termansens @ Home

MINI CONCERT

Tobias Meinhart Quartet with Julian Shore, Matt Penman & Obed Calvaire
At Smalls

VIDEOS

Samara Joy
Stardust

MUSE/IQUE celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month!
Back Home Again in Indiana / Donna Lee): Ep. #113

Bill Frisell
We Shall Overcome (Live at the Village Vanguard)

Pasquale Grasso
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Official Video)

Esperanza Spalding
formwela 1 (Official Music Video)

Tomoko Omura and her Roots Quintet
Branches Vol 2 EPK

Tierney Sutton
Bein’ Green – In A Minute! (…Or Two): MUSE/IQUE celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month! Ep. #117

Gretchen Lieberum
Don’t Explain

Albert Ahlf
Ain’t Misbehavin’

Emmet Cohen w/ Jerry Weldon & Joe Magnarelli
Driftin

Vijay Iyer Trio
Combat Breathing (from the album ‘Uneasy’) | ECM Records

Natural Information Society with Evan Parker
descension (Out of Our Constrictions ) excerpt 1

BILL KWAN
The Sweetest Taboo

John Patitucci
Letter to Paul in Studio Performance

Lauren Henderson Featuring Mark Dover
Ven Muerte by Michael Thurber

INTERNET CONCERTS

Jazz Bakery
Instagram Live Friday

https://www.instagram.com/the_jazz_bakery/channel/?hl=en

Sam First

Beginning May 4, Sam First will be presenting a weekly live outdoor jazz series on Tuesdays at Second Home Hollywood.

Right in the heart of East Hollywood, creative workspace and cultural venue Second Home Hollywood is a low rise, open-air campus offering the healthiest space to work in the city. With 6,500 trees and plants across the two-acre workspace, it’s the densest urban forest in LA. Second Home believes that diversity makes creativity stronger, so their workspaces,
events and communities are designed to bring different types of people,
organizations and industries together in new ways.

May 04 Mike Cottone Quartet

May 11 Artyom Manukyan Trio

May 18 Dan Rosenboom Quartet

All shows are outdoor and will be following all CDC protocol for live outdoor events
www.samfirstbar.com

Baked Potato

May 1 Andrew Synowiec Band
Jeff Babko – Keys
Sean Hurley – Bass
Jake Reed – Drums
Andrew Synowiec – Guitar

May 2 Los Angeles Jazz Quartet
Chuck Manning – Sax
Larry Koonse – Guitar
Derek Oles – Bass
Jason Harnell – Drums

May 6 Bob Reynolds Group
Bob Reynolds – Saxophone
Ruslan Sirota – Keys
Janek Gwizdala – Bass
Gene Coye – Drums

May 7 #1 Fusion Bank in L. A. O H M
Chris Poland – Guitar
Robert Pagliari – Bass
Carlos Curz – Drums

May 8 Ernie Watts Quartet
Ernie Watts – Saxophone
Marc Seales – Piano
Bruce Lett – Bass

May 9 Bayou Degradable
Shane Theriot – Guitar (Hall and Oats, Neville Bros.)
Matt Rodhe – Key (Janes Addiction, VOLTO)
Travis Carlton – Bass (Robben Ford, Larry)
Joel Taylor – Drums (Holdsworth, Al De Meola)

May 13 Josh Smith Burnin’ Blues
Lemar Carter – Drums
Travis Carlton – Bass
Josh Smith – Guit/vocals

May 14-15 Jeff Lorber Fusion
Gary Novak – Drums
Jimmy Haslip – Bass
Jeff Lorber – Keys

May 16 ALLSTARS Sunday Night-Charles Ruggiero and the NY to LA Express
Larry Goldings – Keys
Bob Reynolds – SaxSaturday Night, May 15, 2021 @ 8pm & 10pm PST.
Jeff Lorber Fusion
Gary Novak – Drums
Jimmy Haslip – Bass
Jeff Lorber – Keys
Eric Revis – Bass
Charles Ruggiero – Drums
And Special Guest-Jane Monheit – Amazing Vocals

May 20 DIRECT FROM THE CONAN O’BRIAN SHOW A VERY SPECIAL
The Jerry Vivino Allstar Jazz Band
Jerry Vivino – Sax/Vocals
Andy Langham – Keys
Bernie Dresel – Drums
John Leftwich – Bass
Plus Special Guest

May 21 SUPER FRIDAY NIGHT FUSION
Cosmosquad
Shane Gaalaas – Drums
Jeff Kollman – Guitar
Kevin Chown – Bass

May 22 Super Saturday Night
The Webb Allstars
Danny Carey on Drums From Tool
Doug Webb – Sax
Jimmy Earl – Bass From the Kimel Show
Mitch Forman – Keys
Jamie Kime – Guitar

May 23 Chris Wabich CD Release Party Optirhythm
Chris Wabich – Drums/Composition
Jerry Watts – Bass
Jimmy Mahlis – Guitar/Oud
Sarah Lessire – Vocals
Plus Special Guests..
* Complimentary CD for ALL Patrons

May 27 Jaime Kime Band
JAIME KIME …GUITAR (Zappa Plays Zappa)
TOSHI YANAGI …GUITAR (Kimmel Show)
MATT RODHE …KEYS (Janes Addiction)
H CHRIS ROY …BASS (DR & Q)
DANNY CAREY …DRUMS ( From TOOL )

May 28 -29 Mike Landau Liquid Quartet
Michael Landau – Guitars
Jimmy Johnson – Bass
David Frazee – Vocals & Guitar
Alan Hertz – Drums

May 30 Hazy Jane
Karen Landau – guitar/vocals
Michael Landau – guitar
Total Folk Hang…

Inside Seating (20 Seats Available Per Show)
Patio Seating (22 Seats Available for the 1st Show Only)

Baked Potato
3787 Cahuenga Blvd.
Studio City, CA 91604
https://www.thebakedpotato.com/
818-980-1615

JUSTJAZZ

Just Jazz Concert Series
http://www.justjazz.tv/

Feinstein’s at Vitello’s Presents
https://www.feinsteinsatvitellos.com/

SF Jazz Fridays at Five & Alone Together

May 7-8 Miles From India
May 9 Family Matinee Broadcast w/ Tiffany Austin
May 14-15 Robert Glasper: Everything’s Beautiful
May 20 John Clayton & Gerald Clayton
May 21-22 Chano Domínguez: Flamenco Sketches
May 23 John Clayton & Gerald Clayton w/ artists in the live chat
May 28-29 Miles Electric
May 31 Tuck & Patti

SFJAZZ Center
201 Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
www.sfjazz.org
866.920.5299

Living Jazz

May 16 Call & Response: Tuck & Patti
@ 4:00 PM

Living Jazz
1728 San Pablo Ave Oakland, CA 94612
www.livingjazz.org

Multi-Grammy Award Winner Marcus Miller and Entertainment Cruise Productions Launch New Original Streaming Concert Series
Saturday Night with Marcus Miller & Friends, with the Iconic George Benson as a Special Guest and Guest Bandmembers Patrice Rushen
and Joey DeFrancesco
www.SaturdayNightWithMarcusMiller.com

Village Vanguard

April 30 May 2 Sullivan Fortner
Concerts available on demand
https://villagevanguard.com

Recorded Live At Birdland Theater

Birdland Jazz Club
315 West 44th St
New York, NY 10036
https://www.birdlandjazz.com/
(212) 581-3080

FULTON STREET COLLECTIVE

May 4 DENNIS CARROLL & the STEP BAND
Dennis Carroll – Bass/Compositions
Greg Ward – Sax
Lee Rothenberg – Guitar
Joey Skoch – Piano
Neil Hemphill – Drums
Special Guest Mar Vilaseca – Vocals

May 5 REMPIS/REID/ABRAMS TRIO
Dave Rempis – Reeds
Tomika Reid – Cello
Joshua Abrams – Bass

May 6 SCOTT HESSE TRIO
Scott Hesse – Guitar
Clark Sommers – Bass
Dana Hall – Drums

May 10 MATTHEW MUNESES QUINTET
Matthew Muneses – Sax
Zubin Edalji – Trumpet
Stu Mindeman – Piano
Clark Sommers – Bass
Dana Hall – Drums

May 11 JAZZ RECORD ART COLLECTIVE
RARICK/TORREY QUINTET perform Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer’s 1965 release POWER OF POSITIVE SWINGING
Jon Rarick – Trumpet/Flugelhorn
Josh Torrey – Trombone
Carl Kennedy – Piano
Joe Policastro – Bass
Keith Brooks – Drums

May 12 TIM SEISER’S ELECTRIC FORECAST
Performing the music of Weather Report
Tim Seisser – Electric Bass
Corbin Andrick – Sax
Paul Mutzabaugh – Keys
Andrew Lawrence – Keys
Reuben Garza – Drums
Jonathon Marks – Percussion

May 13 VICTOR GARCIA SEPTET
Victor Garcia – Trumpet/Flugelhorn, Transcriptions
Rocky Yera – Tenor
Andy Baker – Trombone
Stu Mindeman – Piano
Josh Ramos – Bass
Victor Gonzalez – Congas
Jose Montejano – Drumbales

May 16 ANDREW LAWRENCE TRIO
Andrew Lawrence – Piano
Andrew Vogt – Bass
Gregory Artry – Drums

May 18 PAUL MUTZABAUGH TRIO
Paul Mutzabaugh – Bass
Mike Pinto – Electric Guitar
Jon Deitemyer – Drums

May 19 NICK KAPLAN QUINTET
Nick Kaplan – Trumpet
Brent Griffin, Jr on Alto
Amr Marcin Fahmy – Piano
Evan Salvación Levine – Bass
Isaiah Spencer – Drums

May 20 STORM JAMESON w/MIDTOWN STRINGS
Matt Gold – Guitar
Jim Tashjian – Guitar
Natalie Frakes – Violin
Caitlin Edwards – Violin
Michelle Manson – Viola
Kelsee Vandervall – Cello

May 25 JACK MACKLIN SR. RECITAL

May 26 GUSTAVO CORTINAS’ KIND REGARDS
Gustavo Cortiñas – Drums
Meghan Stagl – Vocals/Piano
Emily Kuhn – Trumpet
Erik Skov – Guitar
Bass – Somoene Good

May 27 COSTA/ALGER BRAZILIAN QUINTET
Dill Costa – Vocals
Neal Alger – Guitar
Jack Zara – Bass
Heitor Garcia – Percussion
Luiz Ewerling – Drums

May 31 JACK SMITH SR. RECITAL

Fulton Street Collective
1821 W. Hubbard St.
Chicago IL, 60622
773-852-2481
www.fultonstreetcollective.com
YouTube.com/fultonstreetcollective

National Jazz Museum in Harlem

May 4 Jazzonia: the Marriage of Poetry and Jazz Jazzonia Pt. 2
7:00 pm Facebook Live

May 11 Roots & Routes Gala Series Jazz &… Amsterdam
7:00 pm

May 18 Jazzonia: the Marriage of Poetry and Jazz Jazzonia Pt. 3
7:00 pm Facebook Live

May 25 Roots & Routes Gala Series Jazz &… Peru
6:00 pm

https://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/
https://www.facebook.com/pg/nationaljazzmuseum/events/?ref=page_internal

ARTS FOR ART PRESENTS

ON_LINE SALON SERIES FEATURING MUSIC & CONVERSATIONS

MAY 4 Francisco Mela – drums
William Parker – bass
Zoh Amba – saxophone

MAY 6 Nasheet Waits Trio
Nasheet Waits – drums
Antoine Roney – tenor sax
TBA – bass

MAY 11 Whit Dickey – drums
Mat Maneri – viola
Rob Brown – alto sax
Brandon Lopez – bass

MAY 13 Ellen Christi – voice
William Parker – bass
Patricia Nicholson – text, movement
Francisco Mela – drums

MAY 18 Jason Kao Hwang Human Rites Trio
Jason Kao Hwang – violin
Ken Filiano – bass
Andrew Drury – drums

MAY 20 Masma Dream World
Haunted Halo – bass
Christian Van Bremen – synth
Tom DeLaney – drums

MAY 25 Onyx Trio
Isaiah Barr – saxophones, clarinets
Austin Williamson – drums
tba

MAY 27 The Healing Force
Patricia Nicholson – voice, text
Ellen Christi – voice
Andrea Wolper – voice
Jean Carla Rodea – voice
Ava Mendoza – guitar
Val Jeanty – electronics

All livestreams are 8:00pm ET
Each performance will be followed by Patricia Nicholson’s ongoing discussions with the artists.

Tickets are available at ArtsforArt.org with a $5 minimal donation, and all performers are paid.

ARTS FOR ART
107 Suffolk Street
#300,
New York, NY, 10002
212-254-5420
https://www.artsforart.org

Van Gelder Studio, the legendary recording studio home to hundreds of jazz icons from John Coltrane to Herbie Hancock, has announced the launch of “Live from Van Gelder Studio,” a new virtual music series that will stream live from VanGelder.live.

Live from Van Gelder Studio is expected to continue through 2021 with a 10-show immersive and interactive program. The series will feature talent from original seminal recordings joined by multi-generational artists who will pay tribute to important records that were originally put to tape within the four walls of the studio. Tickets can be purchased directly on the site for $15. 2021 shows will be announced in the near future.

Performances will be live streamed using a new technology built from the ground up that is true to the Rudy Van Gelder sound. It will allow audiences to fully experience the unique studio and its sound in their homes. Upcoming experiences will be crafted to make the audience and musicians feel like they are at an actual live performance.

Live from Van Gelder Studio is created and produced by a team of jazz industry veterans including:

• Five-time Grammy Award-winner Don Sickler, who produced many Van Gelder-recorded artists including Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard and Cindy Blackman Santana.
• Phil Coady, producer of The Ultimate Blue Train, which was created while he was the lead producer in the Microsoft MS4Music Group and where he and Van Gelder first connected.
• Sam Kaufman, who as a talent agent worked with Van Gelder-recorded artists including Ray Charles, Pharoah Sanders and Jason Moran.
• Maureen Sickler, distinguished associate and long-time assistant engineer for Van Gelder, who now carries on the traditions forged in their 30+ year collaboration.

Live from Van Gelder Studio
www.vangelder.live

Kat Edmonson
New live shows every Sunday night:
https://linktr.ee/katedmonson

Adam Hawley
Back on FB Live: Adam will be back at the same time, same place this Mondays at 7pm PST/10pm EST.  He’ll be back with your requests, do another show-and-tell on his studio and recording process, and we’ll definitely see an encore performance from his wife and vocalist extraordinaire Kat Hawley.
Just go to his Facebook page!

Loston Harris
Live shows every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
https://vimeo.com/423489809
https://www.facebook.com/LostonHarris/

Jazz, Soul, Funk & World Music
During the entire quarantine period, Qwest TV also broadcasts a flagship program from its catalog every day at 9pm (CET) / 3pm (EST), available from the platform’s Facebook and YouTube accounts. Among the Qwest TV gems, Internet users will discover next week:
For more information on Qwest TV, visit qwest.tv.

Jazz on the Tube

Provides five free services:

1. A searchable archive of thousands of carefully hand picked and annotated jazz videos

2. A free Video-of-the-Day service. Love jazz? We deliver a great jazz video to your mailbox every day. You can subscribe here free.

3. The Internet’s only free up-to-date world-wide directory of jazz clubs, jazz festivals, jazz radio stations, and jazz organizations.

4. A podcast series, unique in jazz, that features in-depth interviews on the history – and future – of jazz with jazz scholars, educators, and presenters.

5. One of the most detailed educational resources available anywhere on the music of Cuba and other Latin countries and their under reported, and often under appreciated, impact on jazz past, present and future.

www.jazzonthetube.com

MUSIC EDUCATION

New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies and Contemporary Improvisation Departments feature an array of livestream and virtual concerts
https://necmusic.edu/concerts

Music Habit
https://www.musichabit.com/

My Music Master Class
https://www.mymusicmasterclass.com/

JEN

2022 JAZZ EDUCATION NETWORK
13TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
January 5-8, 2022 • Dallas, TX
https://jazzednet.org

JAZZ BUSINESS

Save CATALINA JAZZ CLUB amid COVID-19!

In response to the citywide closures, the Catalina Jazz Club has set up this digital tip jar in a fight to survive. Their doors have been closed since March 14, 2020 and each day the fight grows harder to pay faithful staff, the talented tech crew and consummate chefs what they’re worth — which is everything. But there are some blues you just can’t sing away, so they humbly ask that you contribute whatever you can to help cover the rent of our Sunset hot spot and spare us from having to go dark for good. While great music can soothe the soul, it’s your gracious donation, no matter the size, that fills their heart.
Please contribute at GoFundMe.com/SaveCatalinaJazzClub
They’ll be sure to have your table ready.
All their love,
Catalina, Manny, and the Staff

JAZZ CLUB BIRDLAND

Even a small donation could help Tom D’Angora, who is leading the effort for Birdland, reach their fundraising goal. And if you can’t make a donation, it would be great if you could share the fundraiser to help spread the word.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-birdland-the-jazz-corner-of-the-world?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet.

See article by New York Time’s Nate Chinen, and how important this is:
https://www.wbgo.org/post/birdland-jazz-club-marquee-nyc-venue-sounds-alarm-raise-vital-funding

SPECIAL REQUEST

Guitar legend Kenny Burrell took a fall two years ago. He is still recovering and on sabbatical from UCLA. Essentially, he is still unable to play and/or teach. Help is needed and welcomed. Here’s the link for donations setup by his wife Katherine:
https://www.gofundme.com/support-kenny-burrell?utm_medium=email&utm_source=product&utm_campaign=p_email%2B2300-co-team-welcome

Singer/lyricist/pianist Dave Frishberg is not doing well at all. If you who have enjoyed the gift of Dave’s music, please feel inspired to help him now that he needs it. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-dave-frishberg

JAZZ RADIO

Under director of music programs Mitch Glickman, Jazz at LACMA and Beyond Symphonic Jazz are celebrations of L.A.’s finest jazz musicians and has featured such legends as Wayne Shorter, John Clayton, Johnny Mandel, Kenny Burrell, Les McCann, Billy Childs, Arturo Sandoval, and Ernie Watts. Jazz at LACMA concerts are broadcast on KJazz 88.1 FM every Sunday evening from 7-9 pm that includes an interview with the featured performer and Beyond Symphonic Jazz every Monday 9- 11 pm. The archives are available for two weeks following the broadcast.

May Special Guests for JAZZ AT LACMA

May 2 The Swinging Grooving Collective
May 9 Paulette McWilliams
May 16 The 70s Project
May 23 John B. Williams Quartet
May 30 Lynne Fiddmont

May Special Guests for Beyond Symphonic Jazz

May 3 Luciana Souza
May 10 Jean-Luc Ponty
May 17 Hubert Laws
May 24 David Sanchez
May 31 Maria Schneider

For more info go to: kkjz.org

Any information to be considered for this column can be sent to:
chrisjwalker1@earthlink.net