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The Netherlands as central focus at jazzahead! ...and a message: 'Jazz needs diversity'
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Michael Ricci
jazzahead! 2024—with partner country the Netherlands—will be three busy and full-on days and nights from April 11-13. Key themes of the showcase programme at the forthcoming jazzahead!2024 are: a superb array of acts from the Netherlands, this year’s partner country; a very strong presence of women among the 40 acts, particularly in the role of bandleaders; a wide range of music from all areas of jazz; a clear societal message. The jazzahead! 2024 trade fair and festival, produced by MESSE ...
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Groove Holmes: Soul Message
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The early 1960s was a hot time for the Hammond organ, especially on the Prestige label. The surge in organ players at clubs in the late 1950s had to do with three trends. First, in 1959, Hammond came out with its A-100 series that was slimmer and more preferred as a road instrument than the B-style cabinet. Second, as a dominant instrument in a jazz or soul group, the Hammond had all-in-one efficiency; all you needed was a drummer, guitarist ...
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Perfect Album: Newport Message
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Over three days in May 1958, Maynard Ferguson's band was in New York to record an album for Roulette. The result was A Message From Newport, one of the most powerful big band albums ever recorded. That July, the Ferguson band performed at Freebody Park in Newport, R.I., at the Newport Jazz Festival. The band played a brief set for the CBS radio network early in the evening and then returned to open the second part of the concert. The ...
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Don’t Let Tax Day Leave You Singing The Blues: A Message For Songwriters, Musicians
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HypeBot
While tax season is dreaded by many, it can be a particularly trying time for those making a living in the music business. In fact some artists simply don't bother paying taxes at all, which can lead to devastating consequences. Here we look at how to prepare for tax day and avoid the wrath of the IRS. Guest post by Benom Plumb from the Royalty Exchange blog Tax Day this year is April 17. The days leading up to this date can be ...
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Eli Yamin And The Astro-Intergenerational Arkestra At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola January 17, 2017 - "Message From Saturn"
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Eli Yamin and the Astro-Intergenerational Arkestra Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola January 17, 2017- 2 Sets One Night Only! Message From Saturn A Space Odyssey “I just got a message from Saturn. We are not playing enough blues!"—Sun Ra Eli Yamin and the Astro-Intergenerational Arkestra recently returned from their triumphant performances in Russia that amazed audiences with standing ovations, now brings his inspiring Sun Ra blues to Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola for one night only on Tuesday, ...
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Russia Welcomes Sun Ra - November 19 With The Jazz Drama Program Presentation Of "Message From Saturn"
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Sun Ra Heads To Russia! Euro-Asian Premiere November 19, 2016 “Saxophonist Knoel Scott told me Sun Ra came into rehearsal and said, 'I just got a message from Saturn. We are not playing enough blues!' I thought about this for ten years, then joined up with Clifford Carlson to write this story." —Eli Yamin Eli Yamin and friends bring the Blues to Russia for the Euro-Asian premiere of Message From Saturn in Yekaterinburg on November 19! ...
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Sun Ra Tribute "Message From Saturn" by Eli Yamin - Available on October 10th
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
"Saxophonist Knoel Scott told me Sun Ra came into rehearsal and said, 'I just got a message from Saturn. We are not playing enough blues!' I thought about this for ten years, then joined up with Clifford Carlson to write this story." —Eli Yamin Liner notes from Message From Saturn A Space Odyssey of three young people on a galactic adventure to learn the healing power of The Blues. The Jazz Drama Program is a non-profit organization that helps youth ...
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Last Message of Pres: 1959
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Last week I received an email from filmmaker Henry Ferrini, who is busy making a documentary on Lester Young. He sent along a clip in which he features Young playing I Can't Get Started from March 1959 and the tenor saxophonist being interviewed by jazz journalist François Postif. The music is beautiful and Young's words about being African-American in the U.S. and Paris are harrowing. Let's give a look and listen... Here are all the tracks from Le Dernier ...
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Creator Rights In The Digital Age [Radiohead Mgr Brian Message]
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HypeBot
While Brian Message believes that the digital age has a great deal of potential as far as democratizing access to music, he feels that there are several rights and securities artists must have before this potential can be realized. Guest post by Brian Message, Founding Shareholder of ATC and Manager of Radiohead, on Rethink Music For the digital age to fulfill its true potential to democratize access to culture and allow the exchange of ideas and knowledge that we all feel it ...
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Drummer Abbey Rader Releases Smoldering New Trio Album - "The Message" Available August 26
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Kai Rader
The Message captures the spiritual sound of Abbey Rader and two members of his acclaimed quartet, John McMinn and Noah Brandmark. The album is their first as a trio and the latest chapter in their quest for musical unity, following Live at PAX (2011) and Reach for the Skies (2013), named runner-up for Album of the Year by Avant Music News. The longtime collaborators push each other through relentless explorations as they seek to interpret the three phases of life: ...
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