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The Cecilia Chorus Of New York Presents On April 19 At Carnegie Hall - World Premiere Of Cyrus Chestnut’s Power In The Blood - Beethoven: Christ On The Mount Of Olives!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
The Cecilia Chorus of New York with Maestro Cyrus Chestnut at Carnegie Hall on Friday, April 19th at 8 PM Two Passion stories, each a gripping musical narrative: Beethoven’s edge-of-your-seat Christ on the Mount of Olives features high-wire solos, dramatic choruses, and full orchestra. Cyrus Chestnut’s electrifying Power in the Blood is a cycle of spirituals arranged for chorus, vocal soloists and acoustic jazz trio. Performances are presented in two halves. At this historic world-premiere, Chestnut himself—whom Time magazine called ...
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Join the chorus of musicians who dig All About Jazz
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz was built to champion jazz music and support the careers of jazz musicians worldwide. Our 25 year commitment to the music and its practitioners hasn't gone unnoticed as we've collected over 3,300 musician quotes and now feature three randomly on the All About Jazz home page (just above the JazzWeek Radio Chart section). We also present them on our Musicians Dig All About Jazz page. If you are a musician and appreciate the work we've done on ...
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Composer/Multi-instrumentalist Rob Mosher Commissioned To Write New Music For Choral Chameleon – Winner Of 2015 Chorus America/ASCAP Award For Adventurous Programming
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Ann Braithwaite
Premiering Saturday, May 16 and Thursday, May 21 at Acme Studio, Williamsburg Choral Chameleon, winner of the 2015 Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, will premiere new music commissioned from composer/multi-instrumentalist Rob Mosher at Storytime: Part Two the final concert of its 2014-2015 season. The concert takes place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 and Thursday, May 21 at Acme Studio, 63 N. 3rd Street, between Wythe & Kent, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Tickets are $28 online at choralchameleon.com, $35 on ...
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Artie Shaw: 'Second Chorus'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Artie Shaw hated movie studios. As early as the late 1930s, he detested the way studio bosses abused stars and the seemingly inane demands they made on actors, writers and musicians. He also found that the hours spent waiting around studios between filming takes was a waste of time, and he abhorred how the studios sucked the Independence out of anyone with talent. Shaw first appeared in a short in 1932 called The Yacht Party as an uncredited orchestra member. ...
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Spotify Responds to Century Media Pullout, Another Label Joins Anti-Streaming Chorus
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HypeBot
(UPDATED) Earlier this week, metal and hardcore music group Century Media pulled its labels from Spotify “to protect the interests of their artists." “Spotify in its present shape and form isn't the way forward," according to the company. “Physical sales are dropping drastically in all countries where Spotify is active." Now Brian Brandt of contemporary classical and jazz label Mode Records (Cage, Feldman, Xenakis, others) has joined the anti-Spotify chorus and Spotify is responding to the controversy. “While the major ...
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Art Pepper's Last Chorus
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Listening to the Art Pepper CDs for the new batch of recommendations in Doug's Picks stimulated memories of time spent with Pepper not long before he died. The occasion was the basis of an article in Texas Monthly. Later, in slightly different form, it ended up as part of a chapter in Jazz Matters. Here it is as a bonus post--or as a marketing ploy for a twenty-year-old book that manages to stay in print--or as an excuse to show ...
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Chanticleer, the World's Reigning Male Chorus, to Perform and Sign Autographs at J&r Music and Computer World
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All About Jazz
MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 AT 1:30 PM
Chanticleer, the world's reigning male chorus, will make a special appearance to kick off the holiday season at J&R Music and Computer World with a special performance and autograph signing on Monday, December 3 at 1:30PM. Chanticleer will perform songs from their newest Christmas CD, Let It Snow, which features the ensemble with the Chanticleer Holiday Orchestra performing such favorites as “Feliz Navidad" and “The Christmas Song."
Chanticleer - based in San ...
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Charlie Parker Festival and The Chorus of Poets This Saturday @ Tribes
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All About Jazz
In celebration of the annual Charlie 'Bird' Parker Festival, The Gathering of the Tribes Gallery, founded by Steve Cannon, proudly presents:
Master Conductor Lawrence D. 'Butch' Morris' CHORUS OF POETS
SATURDAY - AUGUST 12 - 6:00 pm - one show Tribes Gallery [email protected] 285 East 3rd Street #2 NY, NY 10009 212-674-3778
$5 Donation
THE POETS: Nora McCarthy, Alexander Biluish, Chantal Ughi, Justin Carter, Yasha Bilan, Angelo Verga, ...
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The Winard Harper Sextet Sat., Feb. 26, 8 PM at Church of St. Paul & St Andrew Better World Chorus Jazz Benefit Concert
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All About Jazz
February 16, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Contact: Ron Dressler 212-666-6266, [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Photos available by email. CONCERT GOERS ASKED TO BRING CAN OF FOOD FOR PICKUP BY CITY HARVEST FIRST ANNUAL BETTER WORLD CHORUS JAZZ BENEFIT CONCERT HIGHLIGHTING CITY HARVEST WHICH COMBATS HUNGER IN NYC THE WINARD HARPER SEXTET An Evening of Jazz, Blues & Spirituals A MIX OF BEBOP, SOUL & AFRICAN STYLES With special guests reedman FRANK WESS, & vocalists CARRIE SMITH ...
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