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Saxophonist Kirk Edwards Release 'SHOUT' Features Donald Vega
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
For the past eight years Kirk Edwards has studied jazz improvisation with the celebrated pianist Donald Vega. As an organic outgrowth of this association Kirk often shared original compositions with Donald. Mr. Vega would offer suggestions to enhance these songs and Kirk would implement those elements into the pieces. As the original compositions became more refined Donald suggested that Kirk record them, adding that he would also play on the recording with him. So, that was the genesis of Mr. ...
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Pianist Donald Vega Releases New Single: ¡Baila! Dance Like No One’s Watching
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Donald Vega
The new single, “¡Baila! Dance Like No One’s Watching," was released on Friday, September 29, 2023 to all digital streaming music platforms. This new single is from Vega’s upcoming album As I Travel which will be released on October 27, 2023. The album consists of 9 tunes, all composed and arranged by Vega. The album depicts poignant moments in the personal journey of Donald Vega beginning from his hometown in Masaya, Nicaragua through his worldwide travels performing as an established ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Donald Harrison
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Donald Harrison's birthday today!
New Orleans born saxophonist Donald Harrison is a musician/composer who master musicians consider a master of every era of jazz, soul, funk, and a composer of orchestral classical music. He is also a genius, according to geniuses like Eddie Palmieri and Mike Clark. In the HBO drama Treme, Emmy winning director David Simon created two characters to portray how Harrison innovated new styles of music. Harrison has appeared as an actor/musician ...
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Pianist Donald Vega Receives Guggenheim Fellowship In Composition
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Donald Vega
On April 5, 2023, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced the winners of this year’s Guggenheim Fellowship. Donald Vega was named a fellow in the Creative Arts category for composition. “...an exceptionally articulate pianist... Vega's single most distinctive characteristic is his romantic lyricism." —JazzTimes The award provides Vega with support to complete his newest recording project, As I Travel. The project depicts poignant moments in the personal journey of Donald Vega beginning from his hometown in Masaya, Nicaragua through ...
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Elysium Furnace Works Kicks Off 2023 Season With Elliott Sharp & Donald Sturge Anthony McKenzie—Saturday, March 25 In Poughkeepsie, NY
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James Keepnews
"One of the godfathers of the Downtown New York music scene, guitarist-composer Elliott Sharp has been conceiving experimental works for a variety of small and large ensembles over the past 40 years... he remains as restlessly creative as ever, continuing to churn out provocative new projects with remarkable regularity." —Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes “Don McKenzie is a powerhouse and a master of deep-pocket hip hop, funk, jazz and rock” —Vernon Reid, Guitarist Elysium Furnace Works is excited to announce the initial ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Donald Byrd
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Donald Byrd's birthday today!
Trumpeter Donald Byrd was born in Detroit in 1932, his studies at Wayne State University (1954) were interrupted by military service, during which he played in an Air Force band. He then attended the Manhattan School of Music (MA in music education). At the same time he was the favorite studio trumpeter of the bop label Presitge (1956-58), though he also recorded frequently for Riverside and Blue Note. He gave performances ...
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Nightfly - Biography of Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen Available Now on Chicago Review Press
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All About Jazz
September this year marks the 50th anniversary of the first record by Steely Dan, the band formed by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker in 1972 that went on to release nine albums over the 30 years that followed. Now Chicago Review Press is publishing Nightfly: the Life of Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen by music journalist and author Peter Jones. The book is a warts-and-all account that not only relates the often-untold stories behind one of rock’s most iconic bands, but ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Donald Harrison
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Donald Harrison's birthday today!
New Orleans born saxophonist Donald Harrison is a musician/composer who master musicians consider a master of every era of jazz, soul, funk, and a composer of orchestral classical music. He is also a genius, according to geniuses like Eddie Palmieri and Mike Clark. In the HBO drama Treme, Emmy winning director David Simon created two characters to portray how Harrison innovated new styles of music. Harrison has appeared as an actor/musician ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Donald Byrd
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Donald Byrd's birthday today!
Trumpeter Donald Byrd was born in Detroit in 1932, his studies at Wayne State University (1954) were interrupted by military service, during which he played in an Air Force band. He then attended the Manhattan School of Music (MA in music education). At the same time he was the favorite studio trumpeter of the bop label Presitge (1956-58), though he also recorded frequently for Riverside and Blue Note. He gave performances ...
read more
Jazz Musician of the Day: Donald Harrison
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Donald Harrison's birthday today!
New Orleans born saxophonist Donald Harrison is a musician/composer who master musicians consider a master of every era of jazz, soul, funk, and a composer of orchestral classical music. He is also a genius, according to geniuses like Eddie Palmieri and Mike Clark. In the HBO drama Treme, Emmy winning director David Simon created two characters to portray how Harrison innovated new styles of music. Harrison has appeared as an actor/musician ...
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