With all of this rain in California, it sure makes next weekend’s Arizona Jazz Festival quite enticing! Scheduled for March 7-9 at the Arizona Grand Resort & Spa, the spring version of this semi-annual event is scheduled to feature Smokey Robinson, Jeffrey Osborne, Patti LaBelle, Peter White, Rick Braun, Euge Groove, Paul Taylor, Dave Koz […]
Dive in, without getting wet, at the Ocean Institute Jazz Festival, Feb. 28-March 2! This event, which features Peter White, David Benoit, Spencer Day & Eric Marienthal, will be held under tents (with heaters) at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point, California. The Friday night concert and Saturday evening gala events are sold out, but […]
Brian Culbertson’s 14th album, Another Long Night Out, was released today, Feb. 25. A boundless creative force, this showman, multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter is responsible for 26 No. 1 hits. There seem to be a few more in this new CD. Available now at www.brianculbertson.me, www.amazon.com and iTunes.
Dave Koz & Friends’ Summer Horns featuring Mindi Abair, Gerald Albright and Richard Elliot was nominated for the Best Pop Instrumental GRAMMY this year. Dave Koz and Mindi Abair at the GRAMMYs with fellow nominees in the same category; Earl Klugh for Hand Picked and Jeff Lorber for Hacienda.
Single-day tickets are now on sale for Brian Culbertson’s third annual Napa Valley Jazz Getaway, a wine and jazz festival set in Northern California’s Wine Country, June 12-15. Tickets are priced at $99 apiece except for the June 13 show, which cost $129 each and includes entry to an exclusive The GRAMMY® Foundation benefit wine […]
Tickets are on sale now for the Desert Lexus Jazz Festival featuring Dave Koz & Friends Summer Horns with Mindi Abair, Gerald Albright and Richard Elliot. Also appearing at the festival on May 3, at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden’s new, 2,000-seat, shaded, performance pavilion, are Euge Groove with special guest Elliott Yamin. For tickets […]
Steve Cole’s latest release, Pulse, on Mack Avenue Records is available now at www.amazon.com, www.mackavenue.com, www.stevecolemusic.com Marcus Anderson, Style Meets Substance, available at www.amazon.com and on iTunes Jazz in Pink, 1st Collection, available at www.amazon.com, www.cdbaby.com and on iTunes
Hands 4 Hope’s Starlight Jazz Serenade will feature a special tribute to George Duke at it’s 14th annual event, March 7, 8 p.m., at the Academy of TV Arts & Sciences, 5220 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, California. Top smooth jazz artists (who, due to contractual obligations, cannot be announced until the night of the show) […]
Congresswoman Maxine Waters and legendary singer Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension) have confirmed their participation in a wonderful stage production, “Women Making a Difference.” Presented by the National Congress of Black Women, Inc., Los Angeles Chapter, this production is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 24, 4 p.m., at the Lula Washington Dance Theatre, 3773 Crenshaw Blvd., […]