Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Profiled In The New York Times
From The New York Times:
There is an elephant in the room at the Brooklyn headquarters of Daptone Records — a skinny, British elephant with an enormous beehive hairdo and a knack for getting her picture in the tabloids.
New Studio Recording Out Today From Carolyn Leonhart And Wayne Escoffery
If Dreams Come True Features Jazz Vocals, Saxophone, and Composition At It’s Finest
This new release on Nagel Heyer Records represents Carolyn Leonhart and Wayne Escoffery’s collaborative vision – deeply informed by the jazz tradition, but future-focused and as personal as it gets.
Matt Ray Featured On PBS Television With Ron Sunshine’s Band
Jazz Capital Events’ Most Requested Pianist Matt Ray Filmed During A Concert In PA
In new footage released online today, the always tasteful and swinging Matt Ray is seen taking a solo during a show with fellow Jazz Capital Events Artist Ron Sunshine.
Jazz Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery Tapped By Grey Goose For Major Corporate Ad Campaign
Corporate Event: Grey Goose Debuts “Discerning Taste” Campaign Featuring Jazz Capital Events’ Most Requested Saxophonist
Grey Goose is launching a new advertising campaign, entitled “Discerning Taste” featuring Jazz Capital Events saxophonist Wayne Escoffery.
Sachal Vasandani Booked For National Regal Theatres Promotion
Jazz Capital Events Vocalist’s Star Keeps Rising
‘Storybook Fiction’ - a song written by Sachal from his CD ‘Eyes Wide Open’ - will be featured in Cinema Sounds ‘Emerging Artists’ promotion. In addition, a striking slide of the CD cover with quotes will fill thousands of screens all over the country.
The Cultures of Rhythm 2007 South American Tour Dates Announced
US Jazz Ambassadors Tour Dates announced for 2007
Jazz Capital Events’ premier soul-jazz band, The Cultures of Rhythm, will be touring throughout South America and the Caribbean this winter as US Dept. of State Jazz Ambassadors. This tour marks the fifth time a version of this band has been chosen to represent the United States as Cultural Ambassadors.
New Matt Ray CD “Lost In New York” released on CAP Records
Pianist Matt Ray has been a fixture on the New York jazz scene for more than a decade. Lost in New York is his sophomore effort, the follow up to his critically acclaimed debut album We Got It!.
The Cultures of Rhythm Head Abroad in 2007
Soul-Jazz Group To Represent United States As Jazz Ambassadors
Jazz Capital Events’ premier soul-jazz group, The Cultures of Rhythm, have been chosen to represent the US Department of State once again as Jazz Ambassadors.
Sonido Isleño Releases Vive Jazz
New CD Release From Jazz Capital’s Premier Latin Jazz Group
Outstanding new CD from the cutting-edge Latin Jazz group that has dazzled listeners, fans, and radio programmers around the world with their fresh sound.
Congratulations To Jazz Capital Events’ Leonhart and Escoffery
From the New York Times:
WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS: VOWS; Carolyn Leonhart and Wayne Escoffery
POETS HOUSE, an archive in an office building on Spring Street in Manhattan, is a repository for words that seek to capture the highs and lows (and sometimes tears) of human emotion. So in this setting on Jan. 17, none of 85 people who gathered to witness the marriage of Carolyn Leonhart, a jazz singer, and Wayne Escoffery, a saxophonist, seemed put off when copious tears came bursting from first the bride, then the bridegroom.