"At the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival®, Maria Schneider debuted an original work which she composed for her appearance at Newport. It was especially meaningful, as she dedicated the piece to me.

Maria funded this work through her own ArtistShare® program, but our presentation of her at Newport was made possible by our non-profit status and the many donations we receive from our board members and supporters.

Your donation to the Newport Jazz Festival ArtistShare® projects will help make these kinds of unique performances and commissions possible.”

-George Wein

You can hear an exclusive preview of "I'm In Love Again," a song from the Newport Jazz Festival® Gala CD featuring vocalist Dianne Reeves and pianist Peter Martin below:



Join us and participate in the historic Newport Jazz Festival® Project today!

I am very excited to announce that I will be making an album through ArtistShare® and I want to invite you to be a part if it! It will be my debut project as a leader and on it I will get to perform with some fantastic musicians. Larry Grenadier, Eric Harland, and Julian Lage are all musical role models for me, and I am grateful that I will get to work with them on this project.

Throughout the process of the making of this recording, we will take the journey together as I share my creative process with you. From conceptualizing,  composing, arranging, rehearsing and preparing for the recording sessions I will be sharing it with you through ArtistShare®.  By participating in my project, you will be able to communicate with me as I go through it all and maybe even come and join me in the recording studio!  Please join me in this exciting new adventure by choosing one of the participation offers as I look forward to sharing it all with you.

You can hear an exclusive preview of a track from my new album:



On "Devil May Care" I am singing and playing piano, and I am accompanied by Larry and Eric.

~ Ariel Pocock

On Wednesday, September 12th we caught up with Bobby McFerrin as he joined Willie Nelson, Norah Jones, Herbie Hancock, Amos Lee, Dave Koz, Kurt Elling, Michael Cuscuna and Maxine Gordon in the latest ArtistShare project by Dan Ouellette - Bruce Lundvall, Playing by Ear.   Bobby is a true original and one of the greatest vocalists of all time.    Stay tuned for more details and the official project launch!

Welcome to the Gil Evans Centennial Project: Newly-discovered works of Gil Evans, where it is our pleasure to share the unfolding of this historical event through ArtistShare. As a participant in the project, you will have a unique look into the entire creative process behind the recording of newly-discovered works of Gil Evans in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Along the way we will be sharing video, audio shows, downloads, photos, and news keeping you updated on the status and progress of this once in a lifetime event, made possible by you. By participating in this project you are playing an integral role in the creation of a new, historical recording of previously un-recorded Gil Evans music!

Participate today and join us on this exciting journey!

On Wednesday, May 16th we caught up with Willie Nelson on tour where he joined Norah Jones, Herbie Hancock, Amos Lee, Dave Koz, Kurt Elling, Michael Cuscuna and Maxine Gordon in the latest ArtistShare project by Dan Ouellette - Bruce Lundvall, Playing by Ear.   We all had a great time and afterwords met up with Willie and his band at the concert in Montclair, NJ.   Stay tuned for more details and the official project launch!

Brian Camelio, Willie Nelson and Bruce Lundvall pictured here.