Jazz & Blues Events for the Weekend: June 18-20, 2010

Friday - June 18

Fathers of Jazz feat. legends Ellis Marsalis, T.S. Monk, & Kidd Jordan at Progress Energy Center Raleigh Memorial Auditorium (Raleigh, NC - 7PM)

Andy McKee at Downtown Brewing Company (San Luis Obispo, CA - 7:30PM)

James Farm Feat. Joshua Redman, Aaron Parks, Matt Penman & Eric Harland at Jazz Alley (Seattle, WA - 7:30PM & 10PM)

Jonny Lang at Montalvo (Saratoga, CA - 7:30PM)

Richard Bona Group at Jazz Standard (New York City - 7:30PM, 9:30PM & 11:30PM)

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JAM 2010: 156 Artists for a New Jazz Experience (Part VI)

Good morning  to everyone!

This is the half-way point; Part VI of XII to the "156 Artists for a New Jazz Experience" series. If you'd like me to do a full blog on an artist that you discovered here, please send me an email via the contact form. Thank you.

Today you will read about artists like guitarist Joyce Cooling, trumpeter Jason Parker, saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, Kairos 4tet, vocalist José James and electric bassist Janek Gwizdala.

Enjoy ~

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