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Smoke Jazz Club Announces October 2025 Lineup Including A Two-week Thelonious Monk Festival With Orrin Evans, Terri Lyne Carrington, Melissa Aldana, Joe Lovano, And More
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AMT Public Relations
SMOKE Jazz Club today announced its concert schedule for October 2025. The month’s capstone is a two-week Thelonious Monk Festival (Oct 8-19) celebrating the unparalleled genius of the legendary composer/pianist Thelonious Monk (born 10.10.17) with performances by some of today’s top artists including Melissa Aldana, winner of the 2013 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Other highlights this month include the return of club audience favorites Nicholas Payton, Steve Davis, and one of the greatest organ trios Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart. For the ...
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Christian McBride Gives Fans A Preview Of McBride’s World At Sea Via New Musical Collaborations With Samara Joy, Ledisi, Cécile Mclorin Salvant And José James - All Are Scheduled To Perform On The Cruise, Sailing January 20-27, 2026
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G Sibley
Nine-time GRAMMY Award-winning bassist, composer and bandleader Christian McBride is giving fans a glimpse into the creative energy and collaborative spirit that will defineChristian McBride’s World at Sea, his week-long music cruise that sails from January 20-27, 2026. Starting this summer and continuing through October, McBride unveils a series of projects with artists who will join him on the cruise that will take place aboard the Celebrity Summit (departing from Ft. Lauderdale with stops in Jamaica and Grand Cayman). Earlier ...
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Fall 2025 Season Showcases New England Conservatory's Pathbreaking Vision
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
In its dynamic fall 2025 season,New England Conservatory (NEC) celebrates the legacy of visionary composer and educator Gunther Schuller. In 1967, Schuller began a decade as president of NEC, establishing the first fully accredited Jazz Studies Department at an American conservatory and launching the Third Stream Department. “Nothing like that had ever existed,” NEC Dean and Chief Artistic Officer Hank Mou said. “Gunther Schuller fostered collaborations between artists who hadn’t previously worked together and in doing so laid the groundwork ...
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Announcing The Gilmore’s 2025 Rising Stars Concert Series Of Emerging Jazz And Classical Pianists
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AMT Public Relations
Chelsea Guo (Sep 21) Luther S. Allison Trio (Oct 4) Giorgi Gigashvili (Oct 5) Miki Yamanaka Trio (Dec 6) The Gilmore 359 S. Kalamazoo Mall Kalamazoo, MI Tickets Now on Sale: General $28 / Students $10. To reserve tickets, visit TheGilmore.org or call 269.359.7311. Livestream: Free at YouTube.com/TheGilmore. Dr. Pierre van der Westhuizen, Executive and Artistic Director of The Gilmore, announced its 2025 Rising Stars Series showcasing today’s emerging classical and jazz pianists. With the first performance set for September ...
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Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation Featuring Amira B. & Dick Griffin At Joe's Pub Saturday, August 23, 2025
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Robert C. Ford
On Saturday, August 23, 2025, Sound Liberation, the audacious musical collective led by visionary composer, guitarist, and rapper Gene Pritsker, storms the stage at the vibrant Joe's Pub in NYC. Armed with the philosophy of “ending the segregation of sound vibration,” Pritsker and his ensemble obliterate genre boundaries, fusing classical elegance, jazz improvisation, rock intensity, hip-hop swagger, and global grooves into one electrifying soundscape. This one-night-only performance will feature powerhouse R&B vocalist Amira B., a Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal ...
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Seiki Yukimoto Soulbleed East Meets West—Exciting, Euphonious And Beyond Jazz
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Maria Corsaro
For music that stretches the borders of jazz, don't miss internationally acclaimed trumpeter and composer Seiki Yukimoto with his band Soulbleed East Meets West performing as part of the Nublu Jazz Festival on September 19th. Well known for his passionate and exciting shows in Japan, full of improvised riffs and unique sounds, Mr Yukimoto brings his trumpet to New York for one night only. Playing with Mr Yukimoto will be his unique band composed of veteran jazz musicians who have ...
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Music Alive Ensemble Featuring Stephanie Jordan And Rachel Jordan @ Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center
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Sylvain Music Notes
Music Alive Ensemble of New Orleans will feature Stephanie Jordan and Rachel Jordan on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center, 1600 Government St., Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The performance will include Stephanie Jordan's acclaimed vocals framed by an eight-piece jazz ensemble encased by a string quartet led by her sister, classical violinist Rachel Jordan. A version of their recent performance at The Historic Eldorado Ballroom in Houston, TX for the ROCO’s Unchambered Series may be ...
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Smoke Jazz Club Announces September Schedule Featuring Kris Davis Tribute To Women Pianists, Joe Farnsworth Album Release, And More
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AMT Public Relations
Hailed as the “#1 Jazz Club in New York City (SecretNYC),” SMOKE Jazz Club today announced its concert schedule for September 2025. The month begins by celebrating the release of Joe Farnsworth’s latest album The Big Room (SMOKE Sessions Records) with “one of the best bands recording today” (WJTU Radio): Sarah Hanahan, Emmet Cohen, Joel Ross, Yasushi Nakamura, and Jeremy Pelt. Making her SMOKE debut as a bandleader is pianist Kris Davis—who was recently named the Pianist of the Year ...
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