Member News
The Dmitri Matheny Group announces its fall season (10/26-12/13) of performances through the western states of Arizona, California, Washington and Oregon. The Jazz Noir tour features themes from film noir, spy thrillers and crime dramas, plus a selection of jazz classics and new works.
I'm thrilled to announce a bi-coastal tour by the Michael Dessen Trio to premiere Resonating Abstractions, commissioned through the 2011 New Jazz Works award. We're in NYC (Shapeshifter, 11/27), Amherst MA (11/26), Los Angeles (Blue Whale, 11/28), San Diego (Space4Art, 11/30) and Irvine (12/1). Details at www.mdessen.com.
PUBLIQuartet welcomes Jannina Norpoth!
A Classical music empress and rock star improviser extraordinaire, Jannina fits right in to PQ, as she brings with her a shining smile and warm heart. We've got an exciting season ahead of us and are looking forward to another fantastic and creative year of music making!
Great News! Mike Freeman ZonaVibe "The Vibesman" is in the pre-nomination round of the Grammy Awards - "Best Latin Jazz Album". We thank members of the academy for your consideration.
After the success of our summer 2012 tour, we are currently planning our summer 2013 tour!
We plan to work with the following composers:
Esaias Järnegard
Alexander Chernyshkov
Michael Baldwin
Eugene Kim
David Bird
Chris Lyons
I am excited to announce that I have been awarded a senior performing arts fellowship to conduct a music project in Kolkata, India for a year. My project is to study evening and late night ragas with Prattyush Banergee in Kolkata India. This will culminate in a new composition for jazz instrumentation called Nocturne.
NSM is pleased to welcome Richard Nelson, classical & jazz composer, jazz guitarist, Prof. of Music at U of ME, as our newest listed composer. "Play of Light" for flute (doubling piccolo & bass flute) and harp has been added to our catalog.
PMI is delighted to announce the addition of the Park Hill Brass to its roster of fine artists. Based in Denver, Colorado, this outstanding ensemble of 10 musicians specializes in jazz and other works for brass instruments as well as piano, bass, and female vocalist. Please visit our website,
At CMA last year, Kevin Powell, OCTET operations manager, met with representatives from Naxos of America to distribute our albums. We are excited about our new relationship with this leading record company. Read the Naxos press release.
new concert dates posted @ devingraymusic.com !!!
