Arturo Sandoval

"BOYS DON'T CRY" sees Rumer bringing her remarkable voice to a striking selection of songs penned and originally performed by some of the most iconic male songwriters of the 1970s. Read More

Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval first met Dizzy Gillespie in Havana in 1977, when the American jazzman came to Cuba to play a concert. Read More

Things to Come by Arturo Sandoval is our Pick of the Week. On Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) , Sandoval's tribute album to mentor Dizzy Gillespie , the trumpeter and some esteemed colleagues make seven minutes fly in a burst of blazing virtuosity. 10 intriguing tracks found during the week's listening: Pidgeon's husband, David Mamet , is the surprising co-writer of this tender, intimate, country-flavored plea, on Slingshot. Read More

New Music Monday focuses this week on fresh stuff from the likes of Arturo Sandoval, Dee Snider, Glenn Frey, Mary Halvorson, Iron Maiden's Paul Di'Anno, Paul Thorn and Trevor Rabin, along with just-in reissues and live dates by the Allman Brothers Band, Muddy Waters and the Small Faces. Read More

My Huffington readers may recall that I am a fierce advocate of musical education for kids... from the womb forward. Read More

New York City, NY (PRWEB) April 29, 2012 International Jazz Day to be observed on 30 April Panel discussion and film screening to focus on "Unlearning intolerance" The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), under the auspices of the Committee on Information of the UN General Assembly and in association with the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, will organize a special event to celebrate the first International Jazz Day on 30 April 2012. Read More

Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, better known to music fans as Dr. John, began his career in the late 1950s as a teenage session guitarist in his native New Orleans, backing such local legends as pianist Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd, Art Neville, and R&B singer-songwriter Joe Tex. In the late '60s, he launched a solo career as Dr. John Creaux the Night Tripper, working a flamboyant persona steeped in voodoo lore and serving up a beguiling blend of funk, rhythm and blues, and psychedelic rock. Read More

The Sheldon Concert Hall has announced the 2012-13 schedule for its various season series. Read More

The Sheldon Concert Hall has announced the 2012-13 schedule for its various season series. Read More

Napa California-based technology and music education company ArtistWorks launched the interactive, online Luis Conte School of Percussion (LCSP) on April 11th, 2012, it was announced today. Read More