The Brazilian Girls’ new album, Talk To La Bomb , will have a release date of September 12 on the Verve Forecast label. The group is curren...

Beat Kaestli will play at The Bacchus Room in New York City on July 1, this after returning from a promotional tour for his new CD, Happy, ...

New from J, Epic and Legacy Records is the Luther Vandross compilation set The Ultimate Luther Vandross . The new CD will offer two previo...

Super-group The Clarke Duke Project are in the midst of a major US city and world-wide swing in celebration of 25 years since they united i...

Wayman Tisdale's new release Way Up! features special guests Eric Benet, Jonathan Butler, George Duke, Bob James, Jeff Lorber, Dave ...

It’s been a while since we’ve reported on the latest and releases, so here goes a list of the titles we think might be of interest to you fr...

Gw en McCrae Sings TK is a surprisingly great new album from Gwen McCrae - one that has her returning to hit territory of years back, and ...

Best-selling jazz trumpeter Chris Botti whose What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life? won a 2006 Grammy award, will co-headline a se...

Few musicians would take the risk of producing, arranging and writing music and lyrics, in addition to singing on their debut CD. Lynne Fidd...

The fourth annual JazzWeek Awards were presented at the JazzWeek Awards brunch during the fifth annual JazzWeek Summit on June 17, 2006, in ...

Bunny Wailer , the reggae legend who was one of the original Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh , will tour for the first time w...

Atlantic recording artists Zero 7 have announced details of their upcoming North American tour. The dates come in support of the UK-based d...

Beach House Radio, currently test broadcasting via their website, will be launching a full dedicated service on August 1. Dedicated to summe...

The 39th Annual Hampton Jazz Festival is set to kickoff from June 23-25 with a exciting lineup of smooth jazz and R&B performers. Schedu...

The TD-Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival has confirmed pianist Brad Mehldau will perform two concerts on June 27. Unlike his ...

WQCD-FM's (101.9) Smooth Cruise series begins Wednesday and will continue throughout July and August. The cruises will depart from Pier ...

The newly expanded Detroit International Jazz Festival will welcome a wide spectrum of musical artists on Labor Day weekend, the 27th annual...

Seattle smooth jazz radio station – KWKZ (98.9FM) has sacked their morning DJ. Nick Morrison had been doing the 5-10 a.m weekdays and 6 a...

Burt Bacharach is in the midst of a tour in support of his latest CD At This Time released late last year. Here are Bacharach’s tour dates...

Upcoming Madison, Wisconsin-area concerts of interest in the coming weeks include - Michael Buble at Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Alli...

Tony Bennett w ill mark his 80th birthday on August 3 this year, launching the beginning of a multi-tiered celebration honoring this milest...

Decade , the newest release by Joseph Patrick Moore on Blue Canoe Records, contains material compiled from his recording efforts spanning t...

Carlos Santana will be honored with another milestone induction on Friday, June 23 when he becomes part of the Hollywood Bowl Hall Of Fame ...

Bruce Conte played lead guitar with Tower of Power during its most prolific period, beginning with its third album release. Now after more...

In 2003, the acclaimed singer-pianist-composer Patricia Barber became one of the few Jazz musicians ever to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellows...

Song stylist Victor Fields must fall in love with the songs he selects to sing in order to be able to infuse the material with the inspired...

Jazz Chill Corner Newsbits ……….BET will honor Chaka Khan at the BET Awards ’06. The event is scheduled to take place at the Shrine Auditori...

Jazz legend Dee Dee Bridgewater and film score composer Lalo Schifrin are to appear together on July 7 during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in C...

On September 12th, Blue Note/Metro Blue Records will simultaneously release two individual albums from the Brazilian superstar Marisa Monte ...

Guitartist Chuck Loeb has been quite busy lately with back-to-back concert performances and recording sessions. He’s just finished appearin...

Gary Burton Quartet Revisted with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow & Antonio Sanchez at Yoshi’s in Oakland (June 8-11); Paquito D’Rivera Qui...

Let It Ride , the debut album from saxophonist Rob White , preceded by the first single Fin De Semana – which is in its sixth week of char...

Minneapolis’ premier jazz club, The Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant has booked a stellar lineup of artists as part of that city’s Hot Summer...

Bill Withers has sung his way into the hearts of millions of fans worldwide with such memorable classics as Ain't No Sunshine, Grandma&...

When singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae's self-titled debut album entered the U.K. album chart at #1 in March, she made chart history...

Verve has just announced that Diana Krall will release her next studio album on September 12. The new album is being produced by Krall and ...

Sidestepper is the alter-ego of UK-to-Columbia transplant producer Richard Blair . His eclectic Latin beats collective Sidestepper is back ...