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American Classics Kicks Off Its 28th Season With Program Celebrating The Sun on November 8 & 10, 2024
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Joanne Barrett Public Relations
American Classics kicks off its 28th Season, celebrating the SUN (November 8 & 10, 2024), the MOON (February 14 & 16), and the STARS (April 11 & 13, 2025) season with “Here Comes the Sun.” “Sunny” Songs to be performed range from the era of parlor songs with “Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie," through Irving Berlin and Rodgers & Hammerstein, to Steve Martin with “Sun is Gonna Shine" from “Bright Star" and the Pink hit “Cover Me in Sunshine." ...
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Ronald Wayne Releases 'New Keys Old Keys Ep 1 Vol 1'--Single 'Hotter Than The Sun'
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Ronald Wayne
American musician, composer, and song writer Ronald Wayne will present another instrumental smooth jazz release—this time more traditional jazz. With already several releases out this year Ronald has both an EP and a single for jazz enthusiasts to enjoy. His new release New Keys Old Keys Ep 1 Vol 1 and “Hotter Than the Sun” will kick off the second half of the year of monthly nonstop smooth jazz music releases. including an You can join Ronald Wayne on this ...
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Sun Ra Arkestra Veteran Drummer Wayne Smith, Jr. Releases 'Be Still,' A Powerful Venture In Emotion And Tranquility
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Outside in Music
Wayne Smith Jr. is a drummer, composer, and educator with a multifaceted palette of soundscapes and genres at his disposal. Having toured across three continents, performed throughout the New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. music scenes, and currently working as a staple member of the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra, Smith’s accolades rightly herald his abilities as a master craftsman of the drum set. Described as an “inventive drummer who displays an in-depth musical consciousness,” and who is “willing to embrace ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sun Ra
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Sun Ra's birthday today!
Eclectic, outrageous, sometimes mystifying but always imbued with a powerful jazz consciousness, the music of Sun Ra has withstood its skeptics and detractors for nearly three generations. And well it should, since Sun Ra has been both apart of and ahead of the jazz tradition during that time. Like Duke Ellington and swing-era pioneer Fletcher Henderson, Sun Ra learned early on to write music in an arranged form that showcased the ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sun Ra
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Sun Ra's birthday today!
Eclectic, outrageous, sometimes mystifying but always imbued with a powerful jazz consciousness, the music of Sun Ra has withstood its skeptics and detractors for nearly three generations. And well it should, since Sun Ra has been both apart of and ahead of the jazz tradition during that time. Like Duke Ellington and swing-era pioneer Fletcher Henderson, Sun Ra learned early on to write music in an arranged form that showcased the ...
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Billboard Magazine Critics’ Choice guitarist Bryan Lubeck’s releases ‘Midnight Sun’
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All About Jazz
The highly anticipated new studio album from Billboard Magazine Critics’ Choice artist Bryan Lubeck is available now. The release of Midnight Sun will introduce listeners to a new blending of Lubeck’s signature sound with fresh pop, funk, and urban influences. (Update: The album became an Amazon Music #1 Best Seller in late September, is one of the top 30 songs played on SiriusXM Watercolors and has received significant radio play) Known for his fusion of romantic Spanish guitar and urban ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sun Ra
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Sun Ra's birthday today!
Eclectic, outrageous, sometimes mystifying but always imbued with a powerful jazz consciousness, the music of Sun Ra has withstood its skeptics and detractors for nearly three generations. And well it should, since Sun Ra has been both apart of and ahead of the jazz tradition during that time. Like Duke Ellington and swing-era pioneer Fletcher Henderson, Sun Ra learned early on to write music in an arranged form that showcased the ...
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Tony Adamo Receives Permission To Rename And Write Lyrics To A Future Sun Ra Song
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Tony Adamo wrote about and released music on Eddie Harris, B.B. King, Eddie Henderson, Art Blakey, James Brown, Mark Murphy, Eddie Gale, Jack Kerouac, and Sun Ra, the song entitled “Sun Ra Goes to Mars.” The Eddie Harris estate gave Adamo permission to write spoken word to his “Listen Here.” Adamo renamed it “Listen Here Listen Up.” Dave Davis and Michael Ray of the Sun Ra Arkestra have recorded music on Adamo's new soon to be released CD. Members of ...
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Brian Charette Releases New Solo Hammond Electronica Album, 'Like The Sun'
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Brian Charette
New York City organist/pianist, Brian Charette describes his latest recording Like the Sun as “Kraftwerk meets Harlem juke joint." It's Hammond with electronics and drum machines that he has programmed to react to him in provocative ways. Everything is tracked live. Here is Charette recording Track 2, “Time Piece" (view video). Like the Sun was recorded in the first months of lock down. The release date is December 1, 2020. The music is original catchy instrumental tunes with hip beats, ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Sun Ra
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Sun Ra's birthday today!
Eclectic, outrageous, sometimes mystifying but always imbued with a powerful jazz consciousness, the music of Sun Ra has withstood its skeptics and detractors for nearly three generations. And well it should, since Sun Ra has been both apart of and ahead of the jazz tradition during that time. Like Duke Ellington and swing-era pioneer Fletcher Henderson, Sun Ra learned early on to write music in an arranged form that showcased the ...
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