Tuesday, September 22nd Jon Secada will perform and sign his release of Expressions: The Jazz Album at 6:00 pm J&R Music World, 25 Park Row.

Grammy winner Secada returns to his roots (no, not his Latin roots, his
Jazz roots) with the release of Expressions: The Jazz Album.

Jon Secada is known by millions as an international superstar who has sold over 20 million Continue Reading »

Thursday, September 17th at 6:00 pm, Najee will give a live performance followed by an autograph signing at J&R Music World, 25 Park Row.

In the ever changing music world, consistency is a much-treasured quality. Over ten albums (including two platinum and four gold sets) and a two-decade-long career, renowned saxophonist, flautist, songwriter and producer Najee has distinguished himself as one of the most consistently popular instrumentalists among both jazz and R&B audiences worldwide.

The native New Yorker continues to provide quality music, Continue Reading »

Every once in a while, a truly great singer comes along who possesses the beauty, individuality and talent to remind us of the magic and majesty of the human voice: that singer is Roberta Gambarini, celebrated throughout the world by fans, critics and many of the world”s greatest musicians.

This Saturday, August 29th, Roberta Gambarini will take the J&R MusicFest stage in City Hall Park, New York at 4 pm, following 15 year-old sensation Nikki Yanofsky and just before headliner, Roy Hargrove, whose 5 pm set closes out the 3 Day Festival of free, outdoor music.

With the August 25, 2009 release of So In Love, Roberta Gambarini affirms her status as the “true successor to Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae” Continue Reading »

Closing out 3 days of music will be acclaimed trumpeter, composer and bandleader, Roy Hargrove taking the MusicFest stage at 5 pm, Saturday, August 29th on the last of three days of free, outdoor music in City Hall Park.

Hargrove, whose spectacular hard bop trumpet has led quintets, has realized a lifelong dream with the August 25th release of Emergence, his first big band album.

The seeds of Emergence were planted in 1995, when Hargrove first formed a big band for a New York jazz festival. His big band concept grew as he led the evolving group through a series of regular gigs at the Jazz Gallery, a not-for-profit performance space in lower Manhattan - which proved invaluable for both Hargrove and the musicians who participated. Hargrove explains. “I go around to jam sessions a lot, sit in with cats, and I think that the new generation doesn’t have a lot of experience playing in sections and playing in big bands. So this provides younger guys with a sense of camaraderie that is not really evident anymore in jazz.” Continue Reading »