Dreyfus Jazz (USA): Archive

Download a FREE TRACK from Lucky Peterson's "You...

Download a FREE MP3 of “Four Little Boys” from Lucky Peterson’s new CD, “You Can Always Turn Around”! Available for a limited time from Dreyfus Jazz. Click here for your FREE DOWNLOAD of Lucky Peterson “Four Little Boys” Lucky Peterson’s “You Can Always Turn Around” CD is available now for purchase at: iTunes, Amazon.com, Barnes &...

Sep 23rd

All About Jazz profiles Francis Dreyfus

Deep gratitude to Jakob Baekgaard and AllAboutJazz.com for this beautiful piece on Francis Dreyfus, and Dreyfus Jazz. Please click here to see the article.

Sep 3rd

Lucky Peterson / You Can Always Turn Around TOUR...

Lucky Peterson is out on the road promoting the brand new CD! Please come and check out the show, you won’t be sorry! These are the dates booked so far, and more are being booked all the time. August: Aug. 19 - Hungry Tiger - Manchester, CT - (Preview feature in TheDay.com: “He plays organ like James Booker and guitar like Buddy Guy and sings like Stevie Wonder.”) Aug....

Aug 18th

Jacques Schwarz-Bart and Stephanie McKay to play...

Jacques Schwarz-Bart and Stephanie McKay celebrate the August 31 release of Rise Above with some special concerts! August 21 - Churchill Grounds - Atlanta, GA August 27 - NuBlu - NYC September 2 - NuBlu - NYC September 9 - NuBlu - NYC September 16 - NuBlu - NYC

Aug 12th

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Advance Praise for Lucky Peterson / You Can Always...

“Searing and soul-stirring” - Examiner.com “Incredible blues vocals…insanely lively guitar..it’s amazing” - USA TODAY.com “Spine-tinging… The gritty, jangly guitar spilling out of this record is what Peterson does best.. makes the 12-bar blues sound like a Bayou symphony.. Soul piano that bounces over octaves and flickers in ragtime. Vocals wrap around...

Aug 3rd

Lucky Peterson interprets Tom Waits, Lucinda...

Blues singer/keyboardist/guitari st’s first album in seven years features Larry Campbell, Scott Petito and Gary Burke, and songs by Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Tom Waits, Ray LaMontagne and Lucinda Williams WOODSTOCK, N.Y. — Lucky Peterson was discovered by blues legend Willie Dixon when he was three years old, released his first record at five and soon after appeared on The...

Jul 9th

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Lucky Peterson invades Woodstock!

Jul 9th

Coming September 28: Lucky Peterson "You Can...

photo: Beth Reineke Lucky Peterson - vocals, duolian resonator, piano, acoustic and electric guitars with: Larry Campbell - acoustic guitar, mandolin, pedal steel, duolian resonator Scott Petito - bass, shakers, octave mandolin Gary Burke - drums and introducing Tamara Peterson - vocals On “YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN AROUND,” Lucky Peterson digs all through the blues - from the early days...

Jul 8th

Roy Haynes to receive the Living Legacy Jazz Award...

Photo by Jimmy Katz Established by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in 1994, the Living Legacy Jazz Award honors living American jazz masters who have contributed to the development and perpetuation of the jazz legacy in the mid-Atlantic region. The award recognizes distinguished performers who have made a special...

Jul 6th

Ahmad Jamal interview feature on All About Jazz →

Jul 6th

FRANCIS DREYFUS PASSED AWAY

Francis Dreyfus passed away on the evening of June 24, 2010 at the age of 70. He will be remembered as one of the most talented French independent music producers whose fame has reached beyond the frontiers of France. His passion for jazz led him to create the Dreyfus Jazz label in 1991 which became widely acclaimed. He developed hundreds of recording projects with the most talented...

Jun 26th

Lucky Peterson Returns to the Northeast!

Blues great Lucky Peterson comes back to the Northeast this week! Tonight (6/16) - Watertown CT; Thurs - Terra Blues (NYC); Fri - Buffalo, NY; Sat - Black Eyed Sally’s (Harford CT); Sunday - Hartford Clinic; Monday - Hartford TV. Lucky’s new CD, “YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN AROUND” features Larry Campbell, Gary Burke and Scott Petito. It will come out in September on...

Jun 16th

Jacques Schwarz-Bart featuring Stephanie McKay...

“Jacques’s playing reminds me of a cherry blossom tree. His melodies are like beautifully fragrant flowers, while his groove provides a solid foundation like a deeply rooted trunk. I love playing with him.” - Me’Shell N’degeocello Jacques Schwarz-Bart Featuring Stephanie McKay RISE ABOVE Featuring the lead single “FEEL SO FREE” iTunes France - SINGLE OF THE...

Jun 11th

Congratulations Marcus Miller and Philip Catherine on your Victoires du Jazz Nominations!!

Jun 9th

Dreyfus Jazz Presents the EUROPEAN MODERNISTS -...

Dreyfus Jazz Presents the European Modernists NEW - Out Now! Jean-Michel PILC TRUE STORY Aldo Romano ORIGINE Rosario Giuliani LENNIE’S PENNIES Philip Catherine CONCERT IN CAPBRETON Click here for full details. Jazz, once a singularly American invention and one of the United States’ greatest exports, has become a truly international phenomenon, with important players from all over the...

Jun 4th

Aldo Romano's ORIGINE reviewed in Audiophile... →

May 19th

Aldo Romano's ORIGINE reviewed in Ken Franckling's... →

May 19th

“The Other Night” from Jean-Michel...

May 14th

Jean-Michel Pilc feature in the Chicago Tribune... →

May 14th

Jean-Michel Pilc : Rave review in the Chicago... →

May 13th

Ahmad Jamal tours the US on his #1 "A Quiet Time"...

“Inspired beyond most mortals.” -Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide #1 Album Jazz Radio (April 2010) -Jazz Week MAJOR US CONCERTS!! May 25 - 30, 2010 / Blue Note / New York, NY June 26, 2010 / Saratoga Performing Arts Center / Saratoga, N.Y. July 2, 2010 / Montreal Jazz Festival / Montreal, Quebec August 7, 2010 / Newport Jazz Festival / Newport, RI September 2, 2010 /...

May 13th

Ahmad Jamal “Paris Sketches” from A...

May 12th

Roy Haynes to play Newport, Monterey, Detroit,...

06/11/2010 Chick Corea Freedom Band with Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes The DC at Viejas (ALPINE, CA) 06/12/2010 Chick Corea Freedom Band with Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride & Roy Haynes 32nd Anniversary Playboy Jazz Festival Hollywood Bowl (HOLLYWOOD, CA) 06/22/2010 Chick Corea Freedom Band with Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride & Roy Haynes Wolf Trap The Filene Center...

May 12th

Trio Esperanca - US Release May 18, 2010

Brazil’s most popular a capella singing group (boasting 14 Gold Albums), Trio Esperança was founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1958 by the preteen siblings Mário, Regina and Eva Correa. Today the group covers an ever widening stylistic territory, singing in English, Spanish and French, in addition to their native Portuguese, adding music from throughout the Americas and Europe to a songbook that is...

May 12th

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“Feel So Free” by Jacques Schwarz-Bart featuring Stephanie McKay. US Release - Aug 31, 2010. (Single of the week 5/10/2010 - iTunes France!)

May 11th

TRIO ESPERANCA - “Caminho De Razao” ...

May 11th

Dreyfus Jazz USA Presents the European Modernists

Street Date April 20, 2010 Jean-Michel Pilc TRUE STORY (DRY CD 36950) Aldo Romano ORIGINE (DRY CD 36947) Rosario Giuliani LENNIE’S PENNIES (DRY CD 36952) Street Date May 18, 2010 Philip Catherine CONCERT IN CAPBRETON (DRY CD 36941) Jazz, once a singularly American invention and one of the United States’ greatest exports, has become a truly international phenomenon, with...

May 11th

Jean-Michel Pilc tours the US with his critically...

“Pilc’s creativity is at times almost unfathomable…he has his own original take on the piano that has given him a reputation as a brilliant innovator.” - JazzChicago.net on TRUE STORY JEAN-MICHEL PILC - TRUE STORY / US TOUR May 14-15 / Chicago, IL / Green Mill - Jean-Michel Pilc Trio / Boris Kozlov, b - Billy Hart, d May 21 / New Haven, CT / Firehouse 12 -...

May 11th