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Don’t Miss Your Chance To Be Part Of The 11th Edition Of The 7 Virtual Jazz Club International Improvised Music Contest!
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Valerio Pappi
New Application Deadline: December 31, 2024 With the eleventh edition of our international improvised music contest, we reaffirm our commitment to promoting talent from around the world and across all musical genres, making our format even more open and inclusive to celebrate every form of music. We had previously extended the deadline to October 30, but to give young musicians the chance to best prepare their entries, we have decided to further extend the application deadline to December 31. Participants ...
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Caz Plak To Release Don Cherry & Okay Temiz's Music For Turkish Theatre On Vinyl
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Matthew Hutchison
The fourth chapter in the partnership between Turkish jazz percussionist Okay Temiz and Istanbul-based record label Caz Plak is a special release that is seeing light 54 years after its inception. Music For Turkish Theatre, the soundtrack composed by Don Cherry and Temiz and commissioned by the revered novelist and civil rights activist James Baldwin for his and renowned Turkish stage actor/director Engin Cezzar's adaptation of John Herbert's play Fortune And Men's Eyes, will be released by the forefronting jazz ...
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Mothers Of Invention Keyboard & Synthesizer Legend Don Preston Embarks On First European Solo Tour September 2024
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Pianist & synthesizer legend Don Preston will be touring Europe starting in September (tour dates below). Don Preston leads a life filled with music, innovation, and experimentation in acoustic and electronic music. “Groundbreaking” is a phrase that is clearly overused. With Don it rings true. One of the first performers to drag a pile of oscillators and filters onstage, he brought his classical training to the avant-garde. In the early '60s Frank Zappa would come to see Don’s “electronic music ...
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Donny Time: The Music Of Don DePalma - September 27th Release!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Donny Time: The Music of Don DePalma is a tribute album shining light on the legendary pianist from Hartford, Connecticut. The majority of the album was recorded after Don’s passing due to Covid in May of 2021. It features an all-star line up, all former band mates of Don, playing their hearts out on Don’s original compositions and arrangements. The world-renowned trombonist Steve Davis, legendary vocalist Linda Ransom and saxophone extraordinaire Kris Jensen all tip their hats to the maestro ...
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Adamo Delivers Lyrics In A Style That Would Make Soul Train’s Don Cornelius Smile
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All About Jazz
“Soul Glide” is the single from Tony Adamo’s upcoming album of the same name, and by the sound of it, you might not need your ears as much as dancing shoes to appreciate. Adamo delivers lyrics in a style that would make Soul Train’s Don Cornelius smile, and which back in the day would make people line up to try out their latest dance steps. The funkified team of Mike Clark/dr, Richie Goods/b, Rob Sudduth/ts, Chris Pimentel/g and John McKay/org ...
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Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944-1946
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Don Byas was a shadow. Too often in the 1940s, the tenor saxophonist was thought of by fans and critics as a close clone of tenor saxophone avatar Coleman Hawkins. In truth, Byas was a distinctive player in the same league as Hawkins and other saxophone greats Lester Young and Ben Webster. His thick, biting tone and gift for flawless, weaving improvisation made him a sought-after player for his pronounced sound and ability to take domineering solos. The problem for ...
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Caz Plak To Release Don Cherry Trio 'The ORTF Recordings Paris 1971' On Vinyl
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Matthew Hutchison
The second chapter of Caz Plak's ambitious Turkish Jazz Trilogy will be released next month with three region-specific vinyl LP releases of The ORTF Recordings Paris 1971 by Don Cherry Trio, in line with Caz Plak's curatorial efforts in showcasing the far-reach of Turkish Jazz's influence. The Istanbul-based label has licensed two recordings of Don Cherry's work from the archives of the legendary Parisian jazz label BYG Records. These recordings feature joint performances with long-time Don Cherry Trio members, Turkish ...
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Jazz Legend Don Laka Prepares For 50th Anniversary UK Tour
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Quite Great PR & Marketing
South African Jazz Legend, Producer, Composer, Multi Instrumentalist prepares for his UK Tour to Celebrate His 50th Anniversary in Music—Music industry icon Don Laka will be continuing his Golden Jubilee celebrations with a UK tour that will see him bring his acclaimed live show to a series of venues across the country. Don Laka will be performing UK in October and November on the following dates: October 27 South African Embassy London October 30 The Six Six Bar ...
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Don Braden: Earth Wind and Wonder, Vol. 2
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
It has long astonished me that so many jazz musicians choose to ignore the Third Great American Songbook when looking for songs to cover on albums and in performance. Instead, many regularly turn to songs by composers such as Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart, and Jimmy Van Heusen. Or they turn to jazz standards by Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and others (do we really need another Satin Doll or Cherokee?). Others have dipped into the well of what ...
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Don Sebesky (1937-2023)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Don Sebesky, a composer and arranger best-known for his jazz orchestrations for albums produced by Creed Taylor at Verve, A&M and CTI and for his Broadway scores for a large number of updated popular musicals, died on April 29. He was 85. Over the course of his long, prolific career, Don played and arranged for a wide range of bands and artists. He could write and score swingers with heavy brass, he could arrange contemporary pop-rock hits for big bands ...
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