Tag: The Jazz Creative
Episode 3 of The Jazz Creative Airs on April 29th @ 10pm PST/ 1am EST on Aspire TV
by jazzcat on Apr.28, 2016, under Events, Jazzcat Hosting, Television
The Jazz Creative 3rd Episode to Air on April 29th on the ASPiRE TV NETWORK
The Jazz Creative Episode 3
April 29, 2016
10PM PST and 1am EST
Click here to find the Aspire channel in your area!
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The Jazz Giants honoring and paying tribute to Jaco Pastorious!!!!
The 3rd episode of The Jazz creative features guests Peter Erskine, Ben Williams, Will Lee, John Beasley, Christian McBride, Brian Blade with performances by Danny Janklow and Nicole Mitchell!!!
International Jazz Day is April 30th
and it is celebrated all over the World. This Year, President Barak and Michell Obama will host the event at The White House and it will be broadcast @ 8pm on ABC TV!!!
The California Jazz Foundation honors great bassist, educator and composer…
John Clayton!
Click above to watch the Episode 1 & 2 of The Jazz Creative!
The Jazz Creative, the only regularly scheduled music television series to feature both established and up and coming jazz artists, premieres its 2nd episode online at www.allmusictelevision.net and on the ASPIRE TV NETWORK on Friday, April 29th at 10pm (PST)/1am (EST). The ASPiRE Television Network was created by legendary athlete and entrepreneur Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson. The new music series is produced by All Music Television, LLC and features in depth interviews and new music from many of the biggest, brightest and popular artists and musicians in Jazz.
Hosted and curated by Los Angeles Radio and Television personality LeRoy Downs, the new music series premiers its 2nd episode on the Aspire Network April 29, 2016 at 10pm PST / 1am EST. The show will feature today’s sung and unsung heroes of jazz whose music, creativity and originality continue to lay the foundation and create the landscape of today’s music. Jazz is a music that has its roots here in America and through the ages has branched out globally literally embracing and assimilating into all countries, cultures, genres of music, and demographics from the boomers to the millennials! All Music Television is taking the power of this music and cross pollinating it with the television media platform to broaden awareness, expose it’s creativity and to share the wonders of the music visually with a larger audience!
About All Music Television, LLC All Music Television produced ‘Live From The Blue Whale’ featuring Matthew Stevens and Gerald Clayton and Christmas Jazz with LeRoy Downs with Danny Janklow, Jazzmeia Horn, Dontae Winslow, Nicole Mitchell Theo Croker and more! The show reached 40 million+ viewers in 22 of the top 25 US TV markets.
About ASPiRE TV NETWORK
ASPiRE celebrates the African American experience, offering inspirational and motivational programming. It is available to over 37 million television homes on Comcast, Verizon Fios, DirecTV, DISH and AT&T U-VERSE in 22 of the top 25 US television markets. Click here to find the Aspire channel in your area!
The Premiere of Jazz Creative on ASPiRE TV NETWORK
by jazzcat on Feb.11, 2016, under Events, Interviews, Jazzcat Hosting, Television
The Jazz Creative to Air on ASPiRE TV NETWORK
Hosted by Los Angeles Radio and Television personality LeRoy Downs, the new music series premiers on the Aspire Network February 26, 2016 at 10pm PST / 1am EST. The show will feature today’s sung and unsung heroes of jazz whose music, creativity and originality continue to lay the foundation and create the landscape of today’s music. Jazz is a music that has its roots here in America and through the ages has branched out globally literally embracing and assimilating into all countries, cultures, genres of music, and demographics from the boomers to the millennials! All Music Television is taking the power of this music and cross pollinating it with the television media platform to broaden awareness, expose it’s creativity and to share the wonders of the music visually with a larger audience! Watch the premiere episode of The Jazz Creative here:
The Jazz Creative Eps #001 (AIR MASTER) from All Music Television LLC on Vimeo.
The Jazz Creative Premiers
February 26, 2016
10PM PST and 1am EST
on the Aspire TV Network
The first episode of The Jazz creative features guests include famed jazz trumpeter, film scorer Terence Blanchard, Kennedy Center Artistic Director and accomplished composer, arranger and pianist Jason Moran, the one and only four time Grammy Winning, super bass player Christian McBride, Cameron Graves and Theo Croker Los Angeles, California
The Jazz Creative, the only regularly scheduled music television series to feature both established and up and coming jazz artists, is set to premiere online at www.allmusictelevision.net and on the ASPIRE TV NETWORK on Friday, February 26th at 10pm (PST)/1am (EST). The ASPiRE Television Network was created by legendary athlete and entrepreneur Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson. The new music series is produced by All Music Television, LLC and features in depth interviews and new music from many of the biggest, brightest and popular artists and musicians in Jazz.
Hosted and curated by popular Los Angeles Jazz Radio Personality LeRoy Downs, the premiere episode of The Jazz Creative celebrates African American History Month, the GRAMMY’s and the Academy Awards as we peek inside the creative process of composing Music for Film with multiple GRAMMY winning artists Terence Blanchard (CHI-RAQ) and Jason Moran (SELMA), a visit with Philadelphia born bassist Christian McBride, who talks Gamble & Huff, the Sound Of Philadelphia, Grover Washington Jr. and the 76er’s and two sets of great new music from The Planetary Prince, pianist Cameron Graves and the Afrophysicist, trumpeter Theo Croker.
About All Music Television, LLC All Music Television produced ‘Live From The Blue Whale’ featuring Matthew Stevens and Gerald Clayton and Christmas Jazz with LeRoy Downs with Danny Janklow, Jazzmeia Horn, Dontae Winslow and more. Airing Christmas week on ASPIRE and on several local TV stations, the show reached 40 million+ viewers in 22 of the top 25 US TV markets.
About ASPiRE TV NETWORK
ASPiRE celebrates the African American experience, offering inspirational and motivational programming. It is available to over 37 million television homes on Comcast, Verizon Fios, DirecTV, DISH and AT&T U-VERSE in 22 of the top 25 US television markets. Click here to find the Aspire channel in your area!
LeRoy Downs Talks “The Jazz Creative” on KCRW Premiering Feb 26th!
by jazzcat on Feb.09, 2016, under Interviews, News, Radio
Click on Pictures above to Listen and Enjoy!!!!
On Saturday Feb 13th Brother Bo Leibowitz invited me back to join him in the studio to talk about the New Jazz TELEVISION Series called, 
The Jazz Creative Premiers
February 26, 2016
10PM PST and 1am EST
on the Aspire TV Network
The first episode of The Jazz creative features guests include famed jazz trumpeter, film scorer Terence Blanchard, Kennedy Center Artistic Director and accomplished composer, arranger and pianist Jason Moran, the one and only four time Grammy Winning, super bass player Christian McBride, Cameron Graves and Theo Croker Los Angeles, California
The Jazz Creative, the only regularly scheduled music television series to feature both established and up and coming jazz artists, is set to premiere online at www.allmusictelevision.net and on the ASPIRE TV NETWORK on Friday, February 26th at 10pm (PST)/1am (EST). The ASPiRE Television Network was created by legendary athlete and entrepreneur Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson. The new music series is produced by All Music Television, LLC and features in depth interviews and new music from many of the biggest, brightest and popular artists and musicians in Jazz.
Hosted and curated by popular Los Angeles Jazz Radio Personality LeRoy Downs, the premiere episode of The Jazz Creative celebrates African American History Month, the GRAMMY’s and the Academy Awards as we peek inside the creative process of composing Music for Film with multiple GRAMMY winning artists Terence Blanchard (CHI-RAQ) and Jason Moran (SELMA), a visit with Philadelphia born bassist Christian McBride, who talks Gamble & Huff, the Sound Of Philadelphia, Grover Washington Jr. and the 76er’s and two sets of great new music from The Planetary Prince, pianist Cameron Graves and the Afrophysicist, trumpeter Theo Croker.
Bo and I will spin a few tunes and rap the Premiere Episode Featuring all of the above super cool beautiful jazz cats!
I hope you enjoyed the music and please Check out the Brand New Television Series!!
PREMIERE Feb 26th on the Aspire Television Network
10pm PST / 1am EST
and we will all have the best time loving this music!
Progressive Jazz Music Lovers from all over the world UNITE!
New York London Chicago New Orleans Tokyo Paris Istanbul Brussels Moscow Washington Poland Copenhagen TUNE-IN!!! 
To Listen Click KCRW Above
Listen to the Jazzcat with Mark Torres On Air at KPFK.org
by jazzcat on Feb.04, 2016, under Events, Interviews, Jazzcat Hosting, Radio
Saturday Feb 6th Show
Mark Torres & LeRoy Downs
Talking about The Jazz Creative
And spinning some of LA’s Finest!
Got some Get Down Tickets for you too!
2016 presents some great opportunities for our music JAZZ! Happy to once again be on the air at 90.7 FM KPFK. Tune in this Friday
February 6, 2016
90.7 FM or KPFK.ORG
Click Logo Above to enjoy show!
2 Hours of LA’s finest from 10pm PST to Midnight / 1AM -3am EST on the right!
Jazzzzzz Music Supreme!!!
“living on the front lines of a new generation in sound!!!!!”
“The Jazz Creative” New Weekly Music Television Series Launches Across the U.S. September 20
by jazzcat on Sep.15, 2015, under Events, Jazzcat Hosting, News, Television
‘Live From the Blue Whale’ has a BRAND New NAME
The Jazz Creative: Weekly Music Television Series
Launches Across the U.S. September 20th
All Music Television Network bows its first program produced by Emmy-winning veteran Frederick Smith Jr. and hosted by celebrated jazz personality LeRoy Downs!
LOS ANGELES – Showcasing today’s biggest and brightest stars blending jazz, blues, hip-hop, funk and soul, “The Jazz Creative,” a new weekly 30-minute music television series, will begin airing on September 20, today announced three-time Emmy Award-winning producer Frederick Smith Jr., founder and president of All Music Television Network. Over the next three months, the show will be available online and to 25 television stations reaching 20+ million households in many of the top 150 DMAs, including New York and Los Angeles.
Hosted by Los Angeles radio personality LeRoy Downs, the Jazzcat, “The Jazz Creative” is expertly curated and produced with exclusive interviews and intimate performances by emerging and established artists. The Jazz Creative will be filmed on location at clubs and venues around the country like our first episode filmed from the Blue Whale in Downtown Los Angeles, a widely regarded home to the sounds of a new generation of groundbreaking artists.
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“With hot young musicians such as Gerald Clayton, Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper and Terrace Martin leading the way, we believe ‘The Jazz Creative’ will be the start of a new era for this most resilient and beloved style of music,” said Smith. “Jazz is America’s original art form and continues to reflect our diverse culture.”
GRAMMY®-nominated pianist Gerald Clayton and guitarist Matthew Stevens are profiled in the first show, with saxophone sensation Kamasi Washington, trumpeter Marquis Hill, pianist Kris Bowers and 2015 Monterey Jazz Festival artists and highlights slated for future episodes.
“The Jazz Creative” will air after “Saturday Night Live” (NBC) and “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (CBS) in select markets. The series will also be available by subscription online at allmusictelevision.net and on digital platforms including Roku, Apple TV and other OTT devices and services. Click below for local listings http://www.allmusictelevision.net/#!where-does-lfbw-air/c13f3
Aimed to appeal to millennials and boomers alike, the program presents rising stars and music legends captured live in concert and in conversation at the world-famous jazz clubs, venues and festivals around the globe. Downs, a Los Angeles jazz radio program, will also debut the online jazz radio station “Sounds and Colors Radio” in November.
“LeRoy Downs is passionate about jazz and brings the experience of a lifetime of listening,” said 2015 NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd.
“LeRoy Downs has brought his passion and comprehensive knowledge of Jazz to American radio audiences for years, and now with “Live From the Blue Whale”, television audiences can experience first-hand this vital art form in an intimate ‘workshop’ setting in Downtown LA’s hippest listening room. LeRoy is a man you can trust to open your ears, mind and soul to the real deal!”
All Music Television Network (AMTV)
All Music Television LLC is an independently-owned production and distribution company based in Los Angeles that specializes in the development, production and distribution of music and sports related television projects for local and network broadcast, cable, digital, social media and ancillary distribution markets. Global in reach but local in taste, AMTV is a new source for everything music. AllMusicTelevision.net
Frederick Smith Jr.
Three-time Sports Emmy Award winner Frederick Smith Jr. is the founder and president of All Music Television LLC. He helped launch NBC’s “NBA Inside Stuff” and served as the Los Angeles producer for NBA Entertainment. For 20 years at CBS Sports, Smith was responsible for many of the most iconic and enduring images in the history of televised sports. For 17 years, he worked on CBS’ “Late Late Show” as a video editor and producer. In 2001, Smith founded HoopTV.net, which became the pre- eminent high school and college video recruiting service in the nation and was sold to Maxx Athlete. He has produced and directed shows, games and videos for ESPN, CBS, BET, NBA, NBC and Fox Sports.
From left: Host LeRoy Downs, the Jazzcat, GRAMMY®-nominated pianist Gerald Clayton and Emmy-winning producer Frederick Smith Jr. of “The Jazz Creative.” (Photo: Bob Barry Jazzography)
LeRoy Downs
Known as “The Jazzcat,” Downs has broadcast in Los Angeles on KJazz 88.1 FM as well as KCRW 89.9 FM, KPFK 90.7 FM, KXLU 88.9 FM, 1410 AM KRML in Carmel and KRML 94.7 FM in the Monterey area. For the past 15 years, he has hosted the Monterey Jazz Festival and has been Master of Ceremonies for the Angel City Jazz Festival, the Playboy Jazz Cruise, KPFK’s Hero Awards Tribute to Billy Higgins, The 2015 KJazz Summer Benefit concert and several of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz competitions, among other events. TheJazzcat.net.
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“Live From the Blue Whale” host LeRoy Downs, the Jazzcat (left) and All Music Television Founder and President Frederick Smith Jr. (right). (Photo: Bob Barry Jazzography)
