TIA RIX
953 Victory Drive SW 953 Victory Drive SW, Atlanta, GA, United StatesAn Evening of Jimmy Van Heusen Music Tia Rix ~ Vocals Kevin Bales ~ Piano Tommy Sauter ~ Bass Adam Hendley ~ Drums Vinnie D'Agostino ~ Woodwinds
An Evening of Jimmy Van Heusen Music Tia Rix ~ Vocals Kevin Bales ~ Piano Tommy Sauter ~ Bass Adam Hendley ~ Drums Vinnie D'Agostino ~ Woodwinds
The name Tyrone Jackson is the quintessential jazz piano player. His boundless creativity coupled with harmonic mastery, utilizes the piano as a blank canvas. Jackson is nationally recognized and has traveled the world as a solo artist and sideman. As a composer, Jackson has composed original music for Pulitizer Prize winning author Natasha Tretheway's book […]
Stacey Kent is a jazz singer in the mold of the greats, with a legion of fans around the world and numerous accolades and awards, including a Grammy nomination, album sales exceeding 2 million, gold and platinum albums. Her latest release, I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions, received rave reviews including a coveted five-star […]
Jazzmeia Horn is one of the promising young musicians of the new jazz generation according to Downbeat: the leading jazz magazine listed her as one of the ’25 for the Future’. The singer from New York is not only influenced by the virtuosic vocal lines and scats of Sarah Vaughan, but also by the R&B […]
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Gregory Porter was raised in Bakersfield, California, and he cites the Bakersfield Southern Gospel sound as well as his mother’s Nat King Cole record collection as fundamental influences on his own sound. In 2013 he released his breakout Blue Note debut Liquid Spirit, which sold more than a million albums and earned Porter his […]
“Musicians as diversely gifted as Carmen Lundy, who has excelled as a vocalist, composer, lyricist, arranger, and pianist for more than three decades, remain far and few between.” - Jazz Times Carmen Lundy: vocals | Julius Rodriguez: piano & keys | Ben Williams: acoustic & electric bass | Terreon Gully [drums | Andrew Renfroe: guitar Two-time […]
To celebrate WCLK 91.9’s 50th Anniversary the Atlanta Jazz Festival is presenting WCLK At 50: Featuring Lil John Roberts with an Atlanta All-Star Band. Award-winning drummer Lil John Roberts will lead an Atlanta All-Star Band including these outstanding musicians: Phil Davis, Rodney Edge, Tres Gilbert, Derek Scott, Miguel Gaeten, Melvin Jones, Joe Gransden, Kebbi Williams, […]
Atlanta Jazz Festival is regarded as one of the largest FREE jazz festivals in the country. An annual celebration of the music, culture and art of jazz begins in April and culminates each Memorial Day weekend, with an outdoor festival featuring jazz artists from all over the world. Established in 1978, the Atlanta Jazz Festival […]
New England Symphonic Ensemble Guest Conductor: Lenora Helm Hammonds ~ Department Chair & Director of Graduate Programs, Jazz, at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina. She will be conducting commissioned arrangements for jazz choir and jazz chamber orchestra of Hale Smith's The Valley Wind and John Coltrane's A Conversation with God (Based on […]
Gregory Porter is a singer, songwriter and musician. He moved to the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York in 2004, along with his brother Lloyd and worked as a chef at Lloyd's restaurant Bread-Stuy (now defunct), where he also performed. Porter performed at other neighborhood venues including Sista's Place and Solomon's Porch, and moved on to Harlem club St. Nick's […]
Last season, trumpet master, inexhaustible band leader, and fashion icon Etienne Charles lit up The House of Swing with his Appel Room performance of Carnival: The Sound of a People. Now, he returns to Dizzy’s Club leading his Creole-inflected big band featuring master practitioners from across the globe. Expect a spirited set of new music designed to pull […]
Nicole Henry’s versatile and emotionally driven performances have wowed audiences in 20 countries, earning her numerous accolades including a Soul Train Award for “Best Traditional Jazz Performance” and “Best New Jazz Artist” by HMV Japan. Her latest album “Time to Love Again” reached #4 on the U.S. jazz radio chart, and she completed a 35-city […]
Betty Shirley - vocals | Will Thompson - piano | Mark Kravanick - bass | Simon Lott - drums Longtime New Orleans jazz vocalist, visual artist and educator Betty Shirley has come full circle in her life and is now reaping the benefits of her hard-earned endeavors. The Times-Picayune declares Shirley’s a voice that should be heard round the […]
Coming from a family steeped in musical history, with ties to Earth Wind & Fire and renowned session work with artists like Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder, Michael Mayo has music in his veins. Signed to Mack Avenue Records, he's already shared the stage with the likes of Herbie Hancock and Jon Batiste. His career […]
Rosina Bullen – Voice | Evan Main – Piano | Nick Pennington – Guitar | Mathias Jensen – Bass | Angus Mason – Drums UK born, Brooklyn based artist Rosina Bullen brings her ‘Indie Song Stories’ to London with the UK Release Show of EP ’Trip To Tikal’. The singer-songwriter who has forged her own path of […]
Acclaimed international Jazz vocalist Lori Williams has a most impressive resume as a performing artist, music educator, songwriter, producer, musical theater actress, radio host, business owner of PositiveMusicPM.org, and artist-in-residence with over 30 years of experience. Her annual vocal jazz tour and performance at music festivals have taken her to Europe to perform in Austria, […]
Lezlie Harrison – vocals | Antoine Drye – trumpet | John DiMartino– piano | Yoshi Waki – bass | Russell Carter – drums Vocalist Lezlie Harrison, whose burnished, soulful alto strikingly illuminates a distinctive repertoire, including reimagined 70s soul classics and her original compositions leads a stellar quintet with trumpeter Antoine Drye, pianist John Di […]
NOEL FREIDLINE (Bandleader/Piano) Pianist, vocalist, writer, arranger and educator, doesn’t come close to all things Noel Freidline! As a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of North Florida, with a BA in Music, Noel has been the bandleader of The Noel Freidline Quintet for over 26 years. He has numerous recordings to his credit, […]
Swingin' at the Haven with Special Guest Dr.Geoff Hayden Band leader Joe Gransden has performed worldwide and released 16 CDs under his own name. Renowned first for the hard bop approach of his trumpet, Gransden’s singing voice has been compared to that of Chet Baker and Frank Sinatra. Joe is from just north of Manhattan, New […]
Tatiana Eva-Marie - Vocals | Gabe Terracciano - Violin | Dion Berardo - Guitar | Max O’Rourke - Guitar | Wallace Stelzer - Bass Nicknamed the Gypsy-jazz Warbler by the New York Times, Tatiana Eva-Marie is a transatlantic bandleader, singer, author, and actress based in Brooklyn. She plays French pop derived from the Django tradition […]
Tribute to Prince. The music of Prince is iconic and timeless. Latin Grammy-nominated pianist Martin Bejerano and renowned vocalist and violinist Nicole Yarling present a modern, funky jazz-fusion that reimagines Prince’s “golden period.” After the concert is an open jam. Bring your instrument! Students be sure to score one of the limited free student tickets! […]
In a career spanning some four decades, the vivacious Clairdee has performed as an internationally touring artist who’s collaborated with some of America’s most celebrated jazz masters, including Dick Hyman, Bucky Pizzarelli, Houston Person, Cyrus Chestnut, Russell Malone and Ken Peplowski. Deeply informed by the music’s departed masters, Clairdee puts a personal stamp on whatever […]
Join one of Nashville’s favorite shows Wendy Burns Music’s Ladies of Jazz Show on Veteran’s Day Eve, the November edition features a theme of 1940’s USO tour, music of the 1940’s and beyond. Wendy Burns Music's LADIES OF JAZZ SHOW... "It's a Nashville Show to See". Featuring an exciting lineup of talent, Rudy’s Jazz Room's […]
Singer/Songwriter Tony Hightower is taking up the mantle to be a bridge that ushers R&B audiences into Jazz…Real Jazz. With years of experience as a musical performer and actor with familiar roots that place him firmly within the music’s firmament, the Atlanta native is still just getting started on this benevolent turn in his journey. And he is bringing […]