February 11, 2019
Diane Schuur performs at the Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi, Russia with her quartet on Feb. 17. The jazz singer then takes the stage at the International House of Music in Moscow on Feb. 18. Schuur heads back to…
February 8, 2019
Bates Meyer did the copyright research for the upcoming release by Delta bluesman Leo Bud Welch, due out on the Easy Eye record label created by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. “The Angels in Heaven Done Signed My Name”…
February 1, 2019
Ernie Watts will be the featured saxophonist for Jazz at the Berlin Philharmonic on February 6. The musical program is “Pannonica – Tribute to the Jazz Baroness.” The Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter was a life-long friend and patron of countless jazz…
January 18, 2019
The upcoming CW Series “In The Dark” is using the Ted Hawkins’ composition “Strange Conversation” in one episode. The murder mystery featuring an irreverent 20-something blind woman is set to premiere on April 4, 2019.
November 30, 2018
Respected physicist Stephon Alexander, a professor at Brown University and author of “The Jazz Of Physics” presents an opening lecture at a concert by the Ernie Watts Quartet at the Deutsch-American Institute (DAI) in Heidelberg, Germany on December 2. Alexander…
November 2, 2018
The new Tyler Perry Film “Nobody’s Fool” employs the T-Bone Walker classic “Stormy Monday.” The 2-minute scene uses the Bobby “Blue” Bland version of this blues standard.
October 30, 2018
Saxophonist Ernie Watts releases his latest quartet project “Home Light” on November 16 via City Hall Records. “Home Light” is filled with a variety of powerful and lyrical pieces, and also some humor, such as the Ornette-like energy of ‘Frequie…
October 20, 2018
Diane Schuur headlines the Appel Room for Jazz At Lincoln Center in New York City on Nov. 2 & 3 singing the music of Count Basie with full big band. On the evening of Nov. 1 she will open the…
October 10, 2018
Saturday, October 20 is the inaugural T-Bone Walker Day in Linden, Texas, the guitarist’s birthplace. The city of Linden honors its favorite son with a T-Bone steak dinner and concert by Walker’s musical descendent Duke Robillard at the Music City…
September 17, 2018
New recording from Kenny Wayne, “Inspired By The Blues” is out Sept. 28 on Stony Plain Records. This project finds the Boogie Woogie Hall of Famer applying his deft touch and tremendous talents to another slate of top-notch originals, with the…