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Saxophonist/Composer Dave Anderson To Release New CD By His World-Jazz Band Melting Pot on September 14
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Melting Pot, the new CD by saxophonist Dave Anderson’s like-named world-jazz ensemble, provides a joyous musical antidote to the wave of xenophobia washing over the West today. Formed in 2017, the multicultural band reflects the vitality and diversity of jny: New York City’s international creative music community. Melting Pot will be released on September 14 by LABEL 1 Records. “American culture has started to resist something that’s always been one of its strengths: bringing in people and their influences, seeing ...
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"Chicago's Jazz Age Melting Pot" this week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
Recalling the heady atmosphere of the great musical melting pot" in Jazz Age Chicago, with a script based on historical and biographical written accounts and recordings, Riverwalk Jazz this week welcomes two frequent guests from New Orleansthe Obie award-winning actor and singer Vernel Bagneris and renowned blues singer Topsy Chapmanplus pianist Shelly Berg. By the 1920s, jazz was on the move. In the wake of America's entry into WWI in 1917, the promise of well-paying manufacturing jobs and a better ...
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