Guitarist Stanley Jordan has been nominated for a 2012 NAACP Image Award in the category of "Outstanding Jazz Album" for his latest Mack Avenue Records release, Friends.
Warren Wolf has made his name by playing the vibes, which he does with aplomb. He's as much a virtuoso on the instrument as anyone, even including his jazz elders.
...by the end of the third track one has already more awesome music than you’d hear on most full records...
Gerald Wilson, Christian McBride, Yellowjackets all receive album nominations and Russelll Ferrante recieves a well deserved "Best Instrumental Song" nomination.
| 1/28/12 | Rahsaan Patterson | Fort Lauderdale, FL | The Smooth Jazz Cruise |
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| 1/28/12 | Johnnie Bassett | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe |
| 1/28/12 | Stanley Jordan | Danville, KY | Norton Center |
| 1/28/12 | Rick Braun | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | The Smooth Jazz Cruise |
| 1/28/12 | Sachal Vasandani | Columbia, MD | Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake High |
| 1/29/12 | Rahsaan Patterson | Fort Lauderdale, FL | The Smooth Jazz Cruise |
| 1/29/12 | Rick Braun | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | The Smooth Jazz Cruise |
| 2/2/12 | Christian McBride | Dahlonega, GA | Holly Theater / North Georgia State University (w/ Inside Straight) |
| 2/2/12 | Kyle Eastwood | Odense, Denmark | Posten |
| 2/2/12 | Tia Fuller | Rochester, NY | Penfield High School (Worshop & Master Class) |
| 2/3/12 | Stanley Jordan | Cleveland, OH | Night Town |
| 2/3/12 | Tia Fuller | Rochester, NY | Penfield High School (Worshop & Master Class) |
| 2/3/12 | Kyle Eastwood | Faches Thumesnil, France | Centre Musical Les Arcades |
| 2/4/12 | Sean Jones | Cleveland, OH | Playhouse Square |
| 2/4/12 | Christian McBride | Tallahassee, FL | Opperman Music Hall / Florida State University (w/ Inside Straight) |
| 2/4/12 | Kyle Eastwood | Fife, Scotland | Fife Jazz Festival |
| 2/4/12 | Tia Fuller | Rochester, NY | Penfield High School (Performance) |
| 2/4/12 | Stanley Jordan | Chicago, IL | Old Town School Of Folk Music |
| 2/5/12 | Kyle Eastwood | Fife, Scotland | Fife Jazz Festival |
| 2/8/12 | Hot Club Of Detroit | Ann Arbor, MI | Kerrytown Concert House (wsg Zach Brock) |