Cyrus Chestnut

Grammy-winning vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater, Janis Siegel, and Al Jarreau are featured in this all-star celebration of the music of Ella Fitzgerald, with the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Antonio Hart, music director. Read More

On this coming November 12th, Award-winning and internationally recognized jazz bassist, composer and arranger, Dave Young will be releasing his third excellent CD as a leader. Read More

On this coming November 12th, Award-winning and internationally recognized jazz bassist, composer and arranger, Dave Young will be releasing his third excellent CD as a leader. Read More

You may know that David Leonhardt has 38 years of professional experience with many of the top names in jazz from Benny Carter to Stan Getz. You may not know: he played for twenty five years with David “Fathead" Newman recording and arranging 5 CDs ; spent four years as musical director for jazz vocalist Jon Hendricks touring the world; spent twelve years freelancing in New York City, Broadway to the Today Show, jazz clubs to dance halls, Bar Mitzvahs and weddings to cabaret clubs and Lincoln Center, jingles to jazz records; since the 80's has baked up a host legendary master tap dancers and is musical director for The Shelley Oliver Tap Dancers; has decades of experiences as a jazz educator in universities, colleges, clinics and workshops with ten years of presenting “Jazz For Kids" to literally tens of thousands of children; his first jazz experience was playing piano as a teenager with jazz educator Jamey Aebersold in concerts, clubs and schools in Louisville, KY; his first road experience with a southern rock band touring Dixie age 16; his first professional engagement at the age of 14 in a teenage rock band. Read More

The reality that she isn't dreaming still is just sinking in for Amy Colalella. Read More

It's a rare jazz musician whose work earns its own name—and rarer still in an enthusiastic but small scene like D.C.'s. Read More

Quick on his feet, the resourceful, inventive player has fit right in with superb players, including his great tutor and close friend, Jackie McLean , Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Golson and Chick Corea. Read More

Jackie Ryan's double CD DOOZY, featuring Cyrus Chestnut, Eric Alexander, Romero Lubambo and Jeremy Pelt, has garnered 4-star reviews from both DOWNBEAT and All Music Guide, and has held the #1 position nationwide on JazzWeek's industry-standard chart for 7 weeks - an extraordinarily rare achievement. Read More

This week's program picks up with the second of three sets from the Piano Jazz 30th-anniversary celebration at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center, held April 14, 2009. Read More

On the surface, launching a new jazz label in the music-biz climate of 2009 seems an almost crazy notion. Read More