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Vel Lewis Partners With Mila Art Agency For World Tour
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Vel Lewis
Renowned Hammond organist, composer, and performer Vel Lewis is proud to announce his partnership with Switzerland-based Mila Art Agency as his official representative for his upcoming world tour. Mila Art Agency is known for its excellence in international artist representation, cultural programming, and global event curation. Mila Art Agency will oversee all tour logistics and concert bookings, bringing Vel’s music to audiences across Europe, Latin America, Asia, and beyond. Vel Lewis joined Dionne Warwick on a world tour between 2003 ...
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Art Pepper: An Afternoon in Norway (1980)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Art Pepper spent much of his life in search of the love and admiration that eluded him in childhood. Throughout his career, he carried around the trauma inflicted on him by his parents. For Pepper, he entered the world in 1925 as a mistake, and his very presence quickly intruded on his mother’s alcohol-fueled good times. She had tried repeatedly to miscarry, and her serial attempts to terminate the pregnancy left Pepper with rickets and jaundice at birth. Doctors didn’t ...
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Double Vision At Supple Music Series On March 31: A Jazz & Visual Art Fusion
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Hank Hehmsoth
Double Vision’s Landmark Performance at Supple Music Series A Multidisciplinary Jazz & Visual Art Experience That Showcases a Year of Innovation Double Vision, the groundbreaking jazz ensemble led by Hank Hehmsoth and Dr John Mills, will present its most ambitious performance to date at the Supple Music Series on March 31, 2025. This regionally significant event blends original jazz compositions with abstract visual art, showcasing a year of artistic innovation supported by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music and the ...
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Backgrounder: Art Farmer and Hal McKusick, 1956-58
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Two of the prettiest and most sophisticated players in the 1950s were trumpeter Art Farmer and alto saxophonist Hal McKusick. They recorded often throughout the decade in big bands and ensembles but they only recorded 19 tracks in the quintet format—two albums in all. In the years before Hal died, in 2012, we spoke often by phone and saw each other in Sag Harbor, N.Y., where he lived. Hal intuitively understood the importance of what I was doing with JazzWax—documenting ...
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Chuck Connelly's Art Interpreted By Music And Poetry on September 22, 2024
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Robert C. Ford
On Sunday, September 22nd, 2024, world-class musicians and poets will gather at the home studio of renowned artist Chuck Connelly to interpret his paintings through music and words. Connelly rose to fame in the 1980's and was immortalized by Martin Scorsese in the film New York Stories. However, he shunned the commercial art world, and for the past 25 years has lived as a recluse in his Victorian home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania surrounded by over 5,000 of his paintings. One ...
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Perfection: Art Farmer's Work of Art
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Trumpeter Art Farmer's first album as a leader was The Art Farmer Septet, recorded for Prestige on July 2, 1953—71 years ago. The lineup was Art Farmer (tp), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Oscar Estelle (as,bar), Clifford Solomon (ts), Quincy Jones (p,arr), Monk Montgomery (el-b) and Sonny Johnson (d). The entire album is quite good, but the song that stands out for me is Quincy Jones's Work of Art, written and arranged by Jones specifically for this recording session. The song opens ...
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JazzFest Gallery Presents An Exclusive Collection Of David Stone Martin Classic Jazz Album Cover Art
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JazzFest Gallery
JazzFest Gallery is proud to announce the exclusive launch of an unparalleled collection of limited-edition fine art prints by the legendary jazz illustrator David Stone Martin. This marks the only place where collectors and jazz enthusiasts can acquire authentic pieces created by Martin, celebrated for his iconic jazz album covers. David Stone Martin's work is synonymous with the golden era of jazz, particularly through his collaboration with jazz impresario Norman Granz. Martin's dynamic and expressive illustrations have graced the covers ...
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Saxophonist Allen Mezquida Launches New Jazz Art Site: The Jazz Dive
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Allen Mezquida
Accomplished jazz saxophonist Allen Mezquida recently brought his quartet to the Stained Glass Music Studio in Pasadena for a memorable event that fused live jazz performances with an exhibit of his jazz portraits. This unique showcase marked the first time Mezquida’s music and visual art were presented together in the same venue. Attendees were treated to a set of classic jazz standards performed by Mezquida and his ensemble, which included Peter Smith on piano, Mike Gurrola on bass, and Charles ...
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Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Free for All
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers' Free for All was recorded in February 1964 and released in July 1965. Only four tracks were recorded, two per side. And yet the album is one of the hard-bop sextet's finest and most ambitious works. The band is firing on all cylinders. The lineup in 1964 featured Blakey on drums, Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Cedar Walton on piano and Reggie Workman on bass. The ...
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Art Pepper: Smack Up, 1960
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Recorded over two days in October 1960 for Los Angeles's Contemporary Records, Art Pepper's Smack Up featured six compositions by saxophonists, five of whom had recorded their songs for the label years earlier. It's unclear whether Pepper was compelled to do this by Contemporary or the idea was suggested to him. It's doubtful he came up with the concept on his own. The alto saxophonist was joined by trumpeter Jack Sheldon, pianist Pete Jolly, bassist Jimmy Bond and drummer Frank ...
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