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New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra Pays Tribute To A Jazz Great In 'Dreamkeeper: Music Of Carla Bley' On Thursday, October 16
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
The NEC Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Ken Schaphorst, presents Dreamkeeper: Music of Carla Bley on Thursday, October 16. The concert features music composed and arranged by Bley, including “Awful Coffee,” “Greasy Gravy,” “On the Stage in Stages,” and “Jesus Maria.” The 7:30 p.m. concert takes place in Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Admission is free but tickets are required. Information at necmusic.edu. The iconoclastic pianist, composer and arranger Carla Bley was a visionary whose works are revered ...
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Backgrounder: Phineas Newborn's Great Jazz Piano
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Following my post on Howard McGhee's 1961 album, Maggie's Back in Town, I received many emails asking me to feature Phineas Newborn Jr. This week's Backgrounder speaks volumes about his technique and touch. If I played this album as a blindfold test, many might guess s young Oscar Peterson. Born in Whiteville, Tenn., in 1931, Newborn played often in Memphis with his father and other relatives in an R&B band in the late 1940s. He shifted to jazz in the ...
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Single Review: British-Jamaican Artist Alexia Gardner Impresses On The Cover Of Jazz Track ‘Great Day’
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Jazz UK
Jazz artist Alexia Gardner has shared her newest release, ‘Great Day,’ taken from her electrifying new album Feeling the Love, Songs of My Mother, Songs of My Father. The singer has maintained her place as one of the most high-profile jazz singers in the UK throughout the last two decades. Having started her career as a teenager performing with her younger sister, Paula Gardner, Alexia developed a solo music career as an adult, becoming a highly sought-after jazz singer. Her ...
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Smoke Jazz Club Announces June Line-Up With NEA Jazz Master George Coleman, Vocal Great Mary Stallings, A New Project From Vincent Herring, An Album Release By Orrin Evans All-Star Quintet, And More
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AMT Public Relations
George Coleman Quintet (Jun 1-4); Orrin Evans All-Star Quintet record release (Jun 8-11); Vincent Herring and Something Else! (Jun 15-18); Mary Stallings (Jun 22-25); and more… Rated the #1 Jazz Club in New York City (Secret NYC), Smoke Jazz Club kicks off the start of summer with some of today’s living legends. NEA Jazz Master George Coleman returns with his special quintet (Jun 1-4), soulful saxophonist Vincent Herring gets inspired by the classic Blue Note album Something Else! (Jun 15-18), ...
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Bassist Leon Lee Dorsey and drummer Mike Clark return on seasoned new outing 'Cantaloupe Island' beside guitar great Russell Malone, out now via Jazz Avenue 1
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Lydia Liebman Promotions
Renowned bassist Leon Lee Dorsey continues his prolific streak with the issue of Cantaloupe Island, the latest album to be released on his Jazz Avenue 1 label and a continuation of his bountiful partnership with revered drummer Mike Clark. On their sixth collaboration since 2019, the stalwart rhythm section brings in virtuosic guitarist Russell Malone for an invigorating nine-track program of compositions by Horace Silver, Wes Montgomery, Prince and more. Cantaloupe Island was released on February 17, 2023. Since joining ...
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Great Aunt Ruth & The Saucy Cats Are Releasing A Bluesy New Single 'The Ballad Of Kitty Bandit' On Oct 14
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Great Aunt Ruth & the Saucy Cats
Building upon the success of their previous EP All About The Music In Your Heart, and the first single from the upcoming play (“On Ne Sait Jamais”), Great Aunt Ruth (aka Kathryn Joy) and her Saucy Cats are releasing an exciting second single, “The Ballad of Kitty Bandit." Blending together a 1920s New Orleans feel with 1950s Dixieland blues and a few modern touches, “The Ballad of Kitty Bandit” features the impressive singing of Kathryn Joy, colorful trumpet by Nolan ...
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Craft Recordings Announces Definitive, Bonus-Filled Edition Of Vince Guaraldi's Original Soundtrack Recording 'It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'
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Chummy Press
Available on CD, digital, and a variety of vinyl formats including a 45-RPM pressing, a translucent orange pumpkin-shaped disc, and more Craft Recordings proudly announces the definitive edition of Vince Guaraldi’s evocative soundtrack to the 1966 animated television special, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, from Charles M. Schulz, creator of the PEANUTS comic strip, and Lee Mendelson Film Productions. Remastered from newly discovered analog session reels, the album features seven previously unreleased alternate takes—all of which offer fascinating insight ...
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Sonny Stitt: 10 Great Organ Intros
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Sonny Stitt loved organ intros. The bigger and more dramatic the better, with plenty of keyboard articulation and suspense. When the organ opener was played just right, it came off like a groovy fanfare that set up his entry on tenor or alto saxophone. To celebrate this sound, I pulled 10 of my favorite organ openers from Stitt's many albums: Here's Don Patterson opening Long Ago and Far Away on Boss Tenors in Orbit in 1962, with Stitt playing first ...
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How to design a great jazz musician website
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Bandzoogle Blog
This article originally appeared on the Bandzoogle Blog. The best jazz musician websites will have something in common: an organized structure that also allows your creativity to shine. Jazz websites are an important cornerstone to a musician's ability to reach an audience, book session work, and sell music. Whether you're a jazz trumpeter or soulful singer, you can make a music website that showcases your melodic style. First, you’ll choose a jazz music website template, add some content, then customize ...
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Great Aunt Ruth (kathryn Joy) Will Be Releasing A Swinging New Single, 'On Ne Sait Jamais' Available Now
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Great Aunt Ruth & the Saucy Cats
Her cheerful original features the singer-songwriter joined by three of Los Angeles’ top jazz musicians. Great Aunt Ruth (aka Kathryn Joy) and her Saucy Cats are set to release her newest single “On Ne Sait Jamais.” Building upon the success of her previous EP All About the Music in Your Heart, the singer debuts her new song with a top-notch trio comprised of trumpeter Nolan Shaheed, Greg Porée on guitar and ukulele, and bassist Trevor Ware. “On Ne Sait Jamais” ...
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