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Friends, Colleagues And Students To Celebrate Janet Lawson In NYC on May 15th
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Friends, current and former students, and many of the incredible musicians she has collaborated with over the years will gather on Monday, May 15th 2017 from 7 to 10pm at the extraordinary Minnie Petrie Synagogue at Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion, 1 West 4th St. (near Broadway) in New York City, to offer a loving, healing tribute to Janet in celebration of her incredible impact on so many artists and students of jazz. Engaged in a health crisis, ...
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On Achieving DIY Success [Chad Lawson]
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HypeBot
In this article, award winning composer and pianist Chad Lawson outlines his process for achieving success in the music industry, discussing how one can take advantage of social media in unexpected ways, the importance of good networking, and why it is necessary to remain patient when making a career out of your music. Guest post by Chad Lawson from his CDBaby DIY Conference presentation. These are simply ‘fwiw’. Not everything works for everyone and even for me not every process below results in success. But the ...
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DW3 Pays “Tribute” To Their Late Drummer-Mentor Ricky Lawson
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
R&B vocal band goes retro on their sophomore album, Vintage Truth, due March 17, with assistance from contemporary jazz luminaries Dave Koz, Brian Culbertson, Paul Brown, Greg Adams and Elan Trotman. Los Angeles, CA: At the untimely passing of the drummer Steely Dan’s Walter Becker described as having perfect timing, Ricky Lawson was only four songs into producing the sophomore album by R&B vocal group DW3. Lawson, who had an extraordinary GRAMMY-winning career collaborating with Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Phil ...
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Lawson Rollins: Have Guitar, Will Travel
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Lawson Rollins is a virtuosic tour guide on a musical exploration around the globe on his fifth album, Traveler, which will be released February 17. San Francisco, CA: Many people travel from an encapsulated distance, staying at posh brand name hotels and dining under the golden arches while others prefer to explore by blending amongst the natives for a more immersive and organic experience of the actual sights and sounds of a culture. Award-winning guitarist Lawson Rollins lives by the ...
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Lawson Rollins: Riding The “Momentum” Of A Global Guitar Excursion “Full Circle”
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Lawson Rollins releases his fourth album, which is earning airplay and praise in abundance San Francisco, CA: Prodigious guitarist Lawson Rollins’ “Full Circle,” a riveting 12-song aural adventure crammed with culture and masterful musicianship that was released today by Infinita Records, is like traversing the world without the hassles of modern travel. Rollins’ fourth album, which he produced with multi-platinum producer Dominic Camardella (Ottmar Liebert, Flora Purim, 3rd Force), explores the borderless expanse of captivating melodies and fascinating global rhythms ...
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Globetrotting Guitarist Lawson Rollins Comes “Full Circle”
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
July 16th release bodes to harness the “Momentum” generated by over 7.5 million YouTube views San Francisco, CA: Having traversed the world in search of intriguing sounds from virtually every corner of the globe with his beloved Spanish guitar en tow, Lawson Rollins has come full circle on his aptly titled fourth solo album, “Full Circle,” which will be released July 16th by his Infinita Records. Adopting a “less can be more” philosophy on the twelve new songs that he ...
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Introducing Linda Lawson
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Television split a lot of jazz personalities in the 1950s. Dozens of jazz musicians arranged and played in the orchestras of live TV shows in New York and Los Angeles. Some singers who could have been jazz or pop recording artist wound up being actors. One of those was Linda Lawson. Lawson made only two known album recordings. The first was for Verve in September 1957, on an LP that featured other vocalists called Songs for Your Boyfriend, arranged by ...
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"Elevation" - 2011 Album from Lawson Rollins
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Shore Fire Media
“Masterful, Genre Busting" Guitar Virtuoso Lawson Rollins' New Album Elevation Confirmed For Oct 18 Release Globe-Spanning Album Was Recorded In Iran, Nepal And The U.S. Lawson Rollins, the renowned genre crossing and Billboard-charting guitarist, will release his newest album Elevation (Infinita Records) Oct 18. It features Rollins' virtuosic guitar playing, guest performances by nearly 20 world music masters and was recorded in far-flung locales such as Nepal, California, Virginia, and Iran. The thirteen original tracks on the album were written ...
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Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart on Riverwalk Jazz This Week
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, former Bob Crosby Orchestra members, trumpeter Yank Lawson and bassist Bob Haggart, are heard in rare live performance tracks of Crosby repertoire recorded with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band in a 1989 visit to The Landing. The hour-long public radio program is distrubuted in the USA by Public Radio International and Sirius/XM sattelite radio, and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. The Bob Crosby Orchestra holds a unique place among bands of ...
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Vocalist Janet Lawson to be featured on “JazzTones” on BlogTalkRadio, Sunday, Nov. 7 - 6pm ET
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Toni Ballard PR
“JazzTones," a live, Internet radio show on BlogTalkRadio.com, will feature GRAMMY-nominated jazz vocalist JANET LAWSON on Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 6:00 pm ET. “JazzTones" brings jazz musicians in Atlanta and worldwide “on -air" to talk about themselves and showcase their music. The number to call in and talk to Janet is (347) 884-9076, and the show page, which includes archives of past programs and a text chat room, is at JazzTones. We invite you to call in to comment ...
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