Congratulations Eric Bibb and Nicole Glover, our Fall and Holiday Voices of the Art! Eric’s featured album “Live At The Scala Theatre” and Nicole’s album “Play” were just named two of the year’s best by DOWNBEAT Magazine in their January 2025 issue. You can pick up Eric’s and Nicole’s CDs under The Arts on our… Read more »
Following the success of the Ghost-Note T-shirt that we featured alongside the Ghost-Note CD in our Summer catalog, we added special T-shirts for blues icon Eric Bibb and legendary rockers Little Feat as part of our Fall and Holiday collection features. It’s an opportunity for us to generate greater contributions for our artists than we… Read more »
Heading into November and December, we’re excited to bring back our popular holiday music compilation, “In The Key of Chiaroscuro,” along with a new corresponding t-shirt – all to benefit the nonprofit Jazz Foundation of America. 100% of the profits we receive from the sales of the CD and t-shirt – and everything in our special… Read more »
Since 1980, the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation has honored Detroit’s vibrant jazz music history through year-round concerts; educational programs, scholarships and mentorships; and producing the world’s largest free-admission jazz festival during Labor Day weekend. Drawing more than 300,000 attendees over the four days – plus another 2.5 million live streamers in 42 countries – the… Read more »
Originally aired between 1995 and 2002, “Jazz Profiles” is a Peabody Award-winning documentary radio series chronicling the people, places, and themes of jazz. By combining interviews, archival recordings, music, and narration by singer Nancy Wilson, each program tells an informative and sometimes gripping story that celebrates our uniquely American art form and the people who… Read more »
Since our first collection in 2012, we’ve honored more than 100 pioneers of American music, writing and photography on our pages and have given 100% of the profits from the sales of their CDs, books and photos directly back to them as part of our commitment to the arts. But this summer we started something new…. Read more »
As America’s very first Jazz Studies program (est. 1946) – and consistently one of the world’s finest music schools – the University of North Texas has amassed a treasure trove of jazz history over the decades. The UNT Music Library’s Jazz Syndicate aims to make this material freely available to everybody. Forming a centralized online… Read more »
Congratulations, Kwame Dawes! The National Library of Jamaica has announced that he will be Jamaica’s new Poet Laureate. Often called “the busiest man in literature,” Kwame is the author of 20 books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. We featured him as our 32 Bar Blues Voice of the Art several… Read more »
Grateful Dead/Dead & Company guitarist Bob Weir was among the honorees in last night’s “A Great Night In Harlem” all-star benefit concert at the legendary Apollo Theater in New York City. The gala supporting the nonprofit Jazz Foundation of America featured additional performances by the Sun Ra Arkestra, Chuck D and others. Weir was accompanied… Read more »
Through budget cuts, teacher shortages, limited resources, and a worldwide pandemic, the past several years have had a devastating impact on education – particularly in areas like music education that rely heavily on hands-on technique and group interaction. The crisis sparked the formation of a special partnership in 2022 between us and the nonprofit organization… Read more »
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