Thank you to the Jazz Foundation of America for inviting us to their annual “A Great Night in Harlem” benefit gala on March 30, 2023, at the historic Apollo Theater. Truly an unforgettable evening. Performers included the Titans of Jazz Bass (Buster Williams, Paul West, Reggie Workman, Rufus Reid, Cecil McBee), as well as Robert… Read more »
Griot is defined as a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa. It is this very concept that inspired trumpeter, composer, bandleader, author, and 32 Bar Blues Voice of the Art Jeremy Pelt to seek out generations of amazing Black… Read more »
We’re excited to introduce our second Notes for Notes T-shirt design and offering for our Opening Set and Spring 2023 collections. As with all of our special “Hearts of the Art” partner items, 100% of the profits from the sales of the Notes for Notes T-shirt will be given directly to the organization. The nonprofit… Read more »
Twenty years ago this fall, visionary jazz producer, record label owner, and Jazz Foundation of America honorary founders board member Hank O’Neal compiled a special charity album to promote and support the JFA’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund. Combing his archive of more than 200 jazz album productions, Hank selected 16 favorite pieces for the limited-edition “One… Read more »
The past two years have had a devastating impact on education – particularly in areas like music education that rely heavily on hands-on technique and group interaction. And music programs were already suffering before the pandemic! The crisis sparked a special partnership between us and the nonprofit organization Keeping The Blues Alive. Founded in 2011… Read more »
The return of the Jazz Foundation of America’s annual West Coast benefit at Herb Alpert’s Vibrato club saw lifetime achievement awards being presented to four titans of the music world: Randy Newman, Bennie Maupin, Lou Adler, and Smokey Robinson. Joining in the tributes were luminaries Jackson Browne, Merry Clayton, Herbie Hancock, JFA Artistic Director Steve… Read more »
At the beginning of 2021, we introduced a special Donation feature on the 32 Bar Blues order checkout page to help augment the efforts of 32 Bar Blues Foundation in support of our nonprofit partners. Thanks to your generous support through this donation feature and through the profits from sales of the special t-shirts, books,… Read more »
In the wake of the devastating pandemic, six legendary record labels – Blue Note, Mack Avenue, Verve, Concord, Nonesuch and Warner Music – have joined together to release RELIEF, an all-star compilation of previously unreleased music from Jon Batiste, Kenny Garrett, Herbie Hancock, Hiromi, IRMA and LEO (Esperanza Spalding and Leo Genovese), Charles Lloyd, Christian… Read more »
EXCERPTED FROM THE SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT – Since the onset of COVID-19, arts education programs have been hit especially hard. Santa Barbara music nonprofit Notes for Notes is no stranger to these challenges. Founded in 2006, Notes for Notes provides and staffs after-school recording studios in Boys & Girls Clubs across the country, allowing kids… Read more »
Launched in 1995, Vail Jazz is one of our nation’s premier music festivals spanning 12 weeks every summer, entertaining more than 50,000 yearly visitors, and contributing to the musicianship of 270+ outstanding jazz players. Vail Jazz also sponsors a school program that has helped educate over 20,000 students across central Colorado. As longtime fans, we… Read more »
