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Joseph Hasty & Centerpiece Jazz will perform at CoMMA Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the performance are $43 (plus sales tax).

Juno-award winner Michael Kaeshammer will reunite with his bandmates for the first time since seeing them off in Germany two years ago.

Juno-award winner Michael Kaeshammer will reunite with his bandmates for the first time since seeing them off in Germany two years ago.

Elizabeth Cook, along with opening act Wade Sapp, performs at 7:30 p.m. today ($20); Billy Jeter & the Shine Eye Band performs at 8 p.m. Friday ($10) and The Brothers Shreve perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday ($12 reserved; standing room $10) at Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack in Little Rock.

Elizabeth Cook, along with opening act Wade Sapp, performs at 7:30 p.m. today ($20); Billy Jeter & the Shine Eye Band performs at 8 p.m. Friday ($10) and The Brothers Shreve perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday ($12 reserved; standing room $10) at Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack in Little Rock.

The Muses Project opens its 15th season with "Celtic Spring" in performances in Hot Springs, Texarkana, Little Rock and Hot Springs Village.

      Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyPianist Jeremy Monteiro considers himself a very fortunate man. Renowned as one of the premier jazz pianists in Singapore, he is presently entering his 45th year of a career spanning concerts, education, and music administration. He has played and recorded with many of the world’s greatest jazz artists, … Continue reading

Francesco Amenta – Midtown Walk (Amenta Music International): “New album for the saxophonist and composer Francesco Amenta, with his New York Quartet’s, with Kimon Karoutszos on double bass and Gary Kerkezou on drums. Guest of the band is the American pianist, Cyrus Chestnut, famous musician and well known for years on the American and European jazz scene. The album was recorded and produced by Jhon Lee, legendary double bass player Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and many other jazz lege...

OCA Ventures as co-investors. Votive Health is a technology enabled network manager delivering complex care at home for people facing serious illness.  It was founded by a team of health care insiders who share a passion for solving issues that result from the fragmented health system in the U.S. for patients living with a serious illness. "Too often patients facing a serious illness receive unnecessary and expensive services that dont meet their physical, social, or existential needs, and whi...

Jesse McBride reflects on the closing of Prime Example Prime Example Jazz Club was one of the few remaining true contemporary jazz clubs in New Orleans. Its owner was pharmacist-turned-club-owner Julius Kimbrough, Sr., long a champion of New Orleans jazz artists. Kimbrough recently decided to close the bar and restaurant at 1909 N. Broad because of his age, and unfortunately, due to Covid-19. Pianist Jesse McBride was an acolyte and preserver of the work of the late, great saxophonist, composer...