AllAboutJazz.com wrote a wonderful article about my participation in the 2022 “Jazz In Germany” program. As a part of a 6-country delegation, I represented the United States, and our group engaged with the jazz scene in Berlin, Frankfurt and Darmstadt.
You can read the article here.
And click “The World” on my menu for a ton of photos from the trip!
It is still hard to believe that Ron Carter, the preeminent jazz bassist, joined us on The New Jazz Listener. On Sunday, April 16th, Maestro hung out with us for an hour and a half listening to records and having a ball talking about them! It was surreal….magical.
If you missed it (or want to experience it again!), you can listen to the replay here. You can fast forward, rewind and pause the replay.
Tip: If you listen to the replay from a computer (not a phone), you will not be prompted to create a Clubhouse app profile. On the other hand, we truly invite you to join our beautiful New Jazz Listener community on Clubhouse!
I am proud to announce that I have been awarded a 2023 Artist Fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities!
With the help of this support, I am able to continue creating exciting experiences for your ears, eyes and soul!
Thank you DC Commission! ❤️
I am honored to announce that I have been nominated by the German Embassy in Washington and chosen as a participant of this year’s “Jazz in Germany” Visitors’ Program of the Federal Republic of Germany. Berlin, Frankfurt…..and who knows where else….I’ll be there in late October!
Do let me know if you’d like to meet over food, art, cool tech or, of course, some jazz.
And have I said lately how much I love Germany, Ambassador Emily Haber and former Chancellor Angela Merkel? ❤️
On June 16, 2022, the gracious T. S. Monk and his brilliant daughter Sierre returned to The New Jazz Listener on Clubhouse for an intimate conversation about the making of his new, critically-celebrated album, “Two Continents One Groove” on the eve of its release. It was an honor and quite a joy to host them again.
Play the video above to hear excerpts from the evening. Listen to the full conversation on our Clubhouse page.
Then hangout with me on The New Jazz Listener on Sundays at 4:00 PM ET.
From March 30-April 3, I was in Las Vegas for Grammy week!
Photos are up on the website. Click here to see them!
I’m in Vegas!
At the generosity of the Bad Kids Klass’ Master Songwriter, Malik Yusef, I am honored to have been invited here to celebrate his three Grammy nominations.
So…..where’s the coolest jazz club? The best vegan restaurant? The chicest boutique and art gallery?
Yep, I like being off the beaten path. Contact me!
On Thursday, March 31 at 7:30PM PT/10:30PM ET, the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with SFJAZZ will honor 2022 NEA Jazz Masters Stanley Clarke, Donald Harrison, Jr., Billy Hart, and Cassandra Wilson and kick off the 40th anniversary of the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships Program with a free concert and online broadcast from the SFJAZZ Center.
2018 NEA Jazz Master Dianne Reeves will host the concert, which will include performances, video tributes, and remarks. The concert will also feature performances by 2022 honorees Stanley Clarke, Billy Hart, and Donald Harrison, Jr.. Additional performers include Ethan Iverson, SFJAZZ Collective, Mark Turner, Ben Street and many others.
Learn More (this is also the livestream link) by clicking here to link to the NEA event page.
The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) has featured me as the owner of an independent company within the music industry. In 2021, I was selected into A2IM’s Black Independent Music Accelerator (BIMA) and could not be more thrilled with the program and organization.
Read the interview feature here.
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