New jazz festivals have been founded aplenty over the years, but Philadelphia now has a unique one: America’s First Queer Jazz Festival called OutBeat. The Festival is set to take place from Thursday, September 18th to Sunday, September 21st. Starting the festival is renowned pianist Fred Hersch who will be interviewed by music critic Nate…
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem opens a new exhibition of Bebo Valdés. The life and times of Bebo Valdés, the innovative and influential pianist/composer/bandleader and father of legendary Chucho Valdés opens on September 16th on East 104 125th Street. The great Cuban pianist, bandleader and arranger who set several styles, among them the big-band…
Fischer has completed a new jazz documentary called „They Died Before 40“, a film which explores the lives and deaths of eight jazz artists who died before they reached 40. Four of them even died before 30. The film can not be completed until the music and photograph licenses have been obtained. And that is…
It doesn’t happen very often that a German jazz musician is offered a deal with the prestigious Blue Note label, even if that famous name was started by two Germans 75 years ago. But when the new label head Don Was heard Julia Kadel, he was excited and called her a fantastic musician. Now, with…