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Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation Appeals To Jazz Community For Financial Support
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Michael Ricci
The Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation, a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3), human services organization crafted to support senior musicians and vocalist in need is seeking monetary support to ensure the survival of all programming. More than any other age group, senior jazz players and performers suffered the on-going negative effect of COVID-19. During the height of the “global" pandemic the Foundation suffered the human loss of 91 artists. It may be of interest to know, the Foundation supported 57 artists through COVID-19. Beyond ...
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Duke Pearson: Merry Ole Soul
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
It's that time of year—when I pick my classic holiday jazz or pop album. The rules are simple: It has to be an old recording, it has to have escaped most people's radar, and it has to have retained a certain holiday charm—not too sappy and not too earnest. Just timeless fun that brings to mind crackling fireplaces, the smell of toasted marshmallows and the nip of snow. My 2012 pick? Duke Pearson's Merry Ole Soul. [Photo above of Duke ...
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Swingadelic Big Band Pays Tribute to Duke Pearson on "The Other Duke"
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
Swingadelic holds forth at Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, on selected nights. A regular gig, some decent soloists and some good arrangers plying their craft on a regular basis can do wonders. We have the evidence of that in their tribute to Blue Note pianist, composer and A&R man, the late Duke Pearson, The Other Duke (Zoho 201107). It's a straightforward, straight-ahead little big band outing that features many of Duke's most familiar tunes plus a few related ones from the dusty ...
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Swingadelic - The Other Duke: Tribute to Duke Pearson (2011)
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Something Else!
Better known for helping shape the Blue Note Records hard bop sound as a producer in the 1960s, pianist Duke Pearson also led his own big band before succumbing to the ravages of multiple sclerosis at age 47. Pearson displayed an underrated flair for unconventional arranging in a setting that couldn't have been further from his dates with the likes of Donald Byrd, Grant Green and Bobby Hutcherson. These forgotten contributions are brilliantly explored on The Other Duke, to be ...
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Skipp Pearson Becomes an Endorsing Artist for Conn-Selmer Paris
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Skipp Pearson
Columbia, SC—it is with great pleasure the Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation announces that Skipp Pearson, the official ambassador of jazz music for the state of South Carolina, has joined the distinguished international endorsing artist roster of Conn-Selmer Inc/Selmer Paris Saxophones. The Conn-Selmer endorsing artist roster includes many of the finest professional players of brass and woodwind instruments in the world. In addition to Ambassador Pearson's current duties; the preservation of live jazz music presentations for the benefit of generations, the ...
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Duke Pearson's Big Band: 1967
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The story of jazz is filled with behind-the-scenes guys who contributed mightily to the music but are little known today. One of these invisible hands was Duke Pearson. In addition to being a fine composer, hard bop pianist and Blue Note record producer, Pearson briefly led a compelling big band in the late 1960s. Top musicians like Lew Tabackin, Frank Foster, Pepper Adams, Benny Powell, Burt Collins, Bob Cranshaw and others were only too happy to be part of Pearson's ...
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The Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation Hosts National Jazz Appreciation Month in South Carolina
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Michael Ricci
Columbia, SC -- The Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation in keeping with it stated mission is pleased to host Jazz Appreciation Month in South Carolina beginning Thursday, April 1 through Friday, April 30, 2010. Throughout the entire month activities and special event will be offered devoted to music education, centered on the theme: The Art of Bebop. There is literally something for everyone on the schedule, with the creme de la creme being a live jam session on Sunday, April 25 ...
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Duke Pearson - Mosaic Select 8 + The Most Beautiful Jazz Christmas Album Ever!
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All About Jazz
Just in time for the Holiday's the good folks from Mosaic Records have released a great set, DUKE PEARSON - MOSAIC SELECT 8, that not only includes everything that Duke Pearson recorded for Blue Note, but also the long out-of-print Duke Pearson Christmas album Merry Ole Soul. This is simply one of my all-time favorite jazz Christmas recordings and one of the most beautiful jazz Christmas recordings ever! - Jim Eigo (Jazz Promo Services)
Duke Pearson: Merry Ole Soul
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