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On Thursday, December 1, join us on WBGO's YouTube page for an exciting livestream concert event featuring Bobby Sanabria!

“Gomez is clearly a gifted pianist with the ability to flow between modalities of avant gardism, bop, and classical with ease.” —All About Jazz

Acclaimed jazz pianist Edsel Gómez brings his formidable trio to Zinc on Saturday, November 5. He’s supported by Lonnie Plaxico on bass and Ronnie Burrage on drums.

Grammy nominee Edsel Gómez is today one of the premier Latin pianists in the world. His highly personal approach to fusing jazz, Latin, and Brazilian music gives him a unique personality and musical voice. His record Cubist Music pioneered an original improvisational concept based on Cubist Art. He arranged and directed Dee Dee Bridgewater’s Grammy-winning Eleanora Fagan: To Billie with Love. He has worked with many more luminaries, including Don Byron, Celia Cruz, Gary Burton, Olga Guillot, Jack DeJohnette, and Caetano Veloso!

Showtimes are at 7:00 PM and 8:30 pm. Tickets: $30 advance / $35 day of show. For more info, visit http://zincjazzcom.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY, June 21, 2022 – Jazz in the Valley (JITV) returns with a celebration of the Legacy, History and the Future of Jazz. Presented by TRANSART & Cultural Services, Inc., and led by Guest Curator Craig Harris, the day-long festival celebrates the centennial of bassist/composer/bandleader Charles Mingus (1922-1979) with Harris, Buster Williams, Regina Carter, Camille Thurman, Carla Cook, Michael King and Joaquin Pozo, who, in the spirit of Mingus, are taking the music forward.

Lee Ritenour is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. For Lee Ritenour, there aren’t many ‘firsts’ left to achieve. During his dazzling five-decade career, the fabled LA guitarist has taken his music to the outer limits, alighting on every genre and occupying every position in the rock ‘n’ roll firmament. He’s been an enfant terrible of ’70s fusion, a crossover star of the ’80s pop chart, an honorary exponent of Brazilian jazz, and the fingers behind ’90s supergroup, Fourplay. Ritenour’s accolades include: 45 albums, Grammy award winner, plus 16 Grammy nominations, Alumnus of the year at USC, Los Angeles’ Jazz Society Honoree (2019), plus thousands of sessions with legends such as Frank Sinatra, Pink Floyd, B.B. King, Tony Bennett, among others. Come watch Lee Ritenour at Blue Note NYC! Shows at 8 PM & 10:30 PM each night

Back in 2014, Chick Corea visited The Checkout to promote Portraits, an solo album celebrating artists he admired. Instead, the pianist gave us a clear…

On this episode of AOS, legendary songwriter and musician John Oates talks to WBGO's Doug Doyle about his new single "Disconnected"

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