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Jazz-Con And Belongó Announce Partnership For Global Clave: The Spanish-speaking Jazz Connection
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Nu Jazz Publicity
Jazz-Con 2025, the international virtual jazz music business conference, is proud to announce a presenting partnership with Belongó, the Bronx-based nonprofit founded by Artistic Director and music legend, Arturo O'Farrill, and dedicated to advancing Latin and Spanish-speaking arts and culture, for the new session Global Clave: The Spanish-Speaking Jazz Connection. Taking place on Monday, September 15, 2025, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (EST), this panel will explore the thriving jazz communities across Latin America, Spain, and Spanish-speaking communities in ...
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The Sound Of Connection: Made In New York Jazz Gala Begins A New Chapter
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Michael Brovkine
After years of successful performances, the Made In New York Jazz Gala returns in 2025 with a bold new chapter—taking the stage for the first time at the prestigious Neidorff-Karpati Hall at Manhattan School of Music on Friday, May 31 at 7:30 PM. This year’s Gala continues its tradition of bringing jazz legends and international rising stars together for a one-of-a-kind celebration of creativity, collaboration, and global connection. The Gala is a signature event of the Made In New York ...
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Backgrounder: Freddie Redd's The Connection
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1960, pianist Freddie Redd composed and recorded The Music From the Connection. The music was originally composed for Jack Gelber's 1959 New York play The Connection, about jazz musicians and drug addiction. Redd's music was performed on stage by Redd (p), Jackie McLean (as), Michael Mattos (b) and Larry Ritchie (d). The album for Blue Note is a tour de force not only for Redd's roiling jazz-gospel piano but for McLean's aching solos. Here's The Music From the Connection ...
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Adonis Rose, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, & Vocalist Cyrille Aimee Explore New Orleans' French Connection On New CD 'Petite Fleur'
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Terri Hinte Publicity
The celebrated New Orleans Jazz Orchestra examines and the profound relationship of its hometown to the nation of France with its fall release of Petite Fleur on Storyville Records (digital release September 24, physical release October 15). The second album under the artistic directorship of drummer Adonis Rose features ten songs, nine of them standards associated with French and New Orleans musicians. The tenth tune is an original by Cyrille Aimée, the acclaimed jazz vocalist who was born and raised ...
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Thanks, Freddy, for the jazz connection
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
The fine pianist and singer Freddy Cole died Saturday, June 27, at age 88 at his home in Atlanta. He had been struggling with cardiovascular issues for a while. His manager, Suzi Reynolds, called him Mr. Magic. “He wove a web of sonic beauty with every note and kept listeners silently breathless with his casual, elegant storytelling...," she reflected Sunday via email. While working for many years in the immense shadow of his far-famous elder brother, Nat King Cole, Freddy ...
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Exquisite Vocalist Shirley Crabbe Sings Of Personal Connection On "Bridges," Available April 30, 2018
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Mouthpiece Music
Some vocalists excel at lyric interpretation. They know how to tell the story of a song with subtlety and nuance. Other singers have such beautiful voices that they’d be a pleasure to listen to if they sang the periodic table set to a Brahms lullaby. It’s not easy to say which is Shirley Crabbe's strength, since she possesses both those talents in equal measure. Now, Bridges, her newest CD and follow-up to her 2011 debut release Home, re-affirms Crabbe’s position ...
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The Swiss Connection
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Drummer-singer Patricia Dean brought her trio to the South County Jazz Club's matinee concert series at the Venice FL Art Center Thursday, and quite willingly handed the center of attention to her pianist. William Evans is based in St. Petersburg for a few months a year but spends the bulk of his time teaching jazz piano and performing in Switzerland, where he's a longtime faculty member at the Swiss Jazz School in Basel. When he's back in Southwest Florida, it's ...
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Vocalist Allison Adams Tucker Performs At The Blue Note Sunday Brunch January 17, 2016 In Connection With JazzConnect & APAP Conferences In New York
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Mouthpiece Music
Allison Adams Tucker, the California-based multi-lingual jazz vocalist, will perform at the Blue Note Sunday Brunch in New York City on January 17, 2016 for two sets at 11:30am & 1:30pm. Tucker will be previewing selections from her upcoming album WANDERlust, as well as presenting a program of Brazilian-infused jazz tunes that she sings in six different languages. Her New York appearance is timed to coincide with the annual JazzConnect and APAP Conferences that week as she showcases her music ...
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New Orleans Helsinki Connection - Together Again: At Last!
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Spirit Of New Orleans Productions
This April will be the first time in years that New Orleans Helsinki Connection's original lineup, featured on the band's debut album “At Last," is playing together. The all star band was first conceived in the summer of 2001 when Tricia Boutté, Katja Toivola, and Thomas Rönnholm were on a lengthy tour in Finland. One night, the troika got together, pondering the subject of how nice it would be to have a band consisting of friends who can play. “We ...
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Studio Rio: 'Brazil Connection'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back in the early late 1990s, before the proliferation of high-speed modems and iTunes, I spent most Saturday mornings at Tower Records near New York's Lincoln Center. The large corner store had lots of listening stations in different sections, so you could use headphones to audit new music before buying. Toward the back of the first floor, just before the international section, there was an aisle devoted to house and techno where DJs looking for ideas hung out. [Photo above, ...
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