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Jazz Musician of the Day: Neil Cowley
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Neil Cowley's birthday today!
As a young boy, London-born Neil Cowley studied classical music at the prestigious Royal Academy, and by the age of 10 had performed a Shostakovich piano concerto to a full house at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. By his mid-teens, Cowley had joined a friend in a Blues Brothers tribute band, “as a way” he says “of getting into pubs”, yet the London pub circuit served him well—he learned to play classic, ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Neil Cowley
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Neil Cowley's birthday today!
As a young boy, London-born Neil Cowley studied classical music at the prestigious Royal Academy, and by the age of 10 had performed a Shostakovich piano concerto to a full house at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. By his mid-teens, Cowley had joined a friend in a Blues Brothers tribute band, “as a way” he says “of getting into pubs”, yet the London pub circuit served him well—he learned to play classic, ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Neil Cowley
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Neil Cowley's birthday today!
As a young boy, London-born Neil Cowley studied classical music at the prestigious Royal Academy, and by the age of 10 had performed a Shostakovich piano concerto to a full house at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. By his mid-teens, Cowley had joined a friend in a Blues Brothers tribute band, “as a way” he says “of getting into pubs”, yet the London pub circuit served him well—he learned to play classic, ...
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Neil Swainson: 49th Parallel
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1987, Neil Swainson wanted to record six original compositions. At the time, the Canadian bassist was playing Toronto jazz clubs with Canadian drummer Jerry Fuller and pianist Gary Williamson. When Woody Shaw came to town earlier that year, the trio backed him. Swainson also played with the trumpeter a couple of years earlier and recorded on Shaw's Solid album in 1986 and on Shaw's In My Own Sweet Way in February '87. Swainson told executive producer Kate Roach about ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Neil Cowley
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Neil Cowley's birthday today!
As a young boy, London-born Neil Cowley studied classical music at the prestigious Royal Academy, and by the age of 10 had performed a Shostakovich piano concerto to a full house at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. By his mid-teens, Cowley had joined a friend in a Blues Brothers tribute band, “as a way” he says “of getting into pubs”, yet the London pub circuit served him well—he learned to play classic... ...
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Vocalist Kelley Suttenfield Reimagines Neil Young On When We Were Young: Kelley Suttenfield Sings Neil Young
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Mouthpiece Music
Kelley Suttenfield is a versatile jazz singer with a warm, intimate voice that’s perfect for her newest project, When We Were Young – Kelley Suttenfield Sings Neil Young (September 13, 2019). The album includes some of Neil Young’s most famous songs, as well as a couple of tunes written but never performed by him. Tackling songs that are long associated with the pop legend is an audacious endeavor; however, this is not a tribute album. Rather, Suttenfield and her collaborator ...
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Copyright Directive: Can We Avoid Rotten Apples Through An Early Harvest? [Neil Turkewitz]
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HypeBot
Now that the EU Copyright Directive has (for better of for worse) passed into law, in this Op-Ed Neil Turkewitz takes a long and hard look at what the fallout from this new legislation, and looking ahead to how we can build a more creator-friendly world of fair compensation and voluntary licensing. Op-Ed by Neil Turkewitz from Medium The EU Copyright Directive has passed. Whether one opposed or supported it, that much has been settled. So where do we go ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Neil Cowley
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Neil Cowley's birthday today!
As a young boy, London-born Neil Cowley studied classical music at the prestigious Royal Academy, and by the age of 10 had performed a Shostakovich piano concerto to a full house at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. By his mid-teens, Cowley had joined a friend in a Blues Brothers tribute band, “as a way” he says “of getting into pubs”, yet the London pub circuit served him well—he learned to play classic... ...
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Recording Academy CEO Neil Portnow To Step Down
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HypeBot
The Recording Academy has announced that long serving President/CEO Neil Portnow will not to seek an extension on his current contract, which expires in July of 2019. Portnow announced his plans to step down from his position at the Recording Academy’s semi-annual Board of Trustees meeting last week. According to the RIAA, Portnow will collaborate with the Board to create a transition plan while continuing his work as President of the Recording Academy, and MusiCares, and Chair of the Board ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Neil Cowley
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Neil Cowley's birthday today!
As a young boy, London-born Neil Cowley studied classical music at the prestigious Royal Academy, and by the age of 10 had performed a Shostakovich piano concerto to a full house at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. By his mid-teens, Cowley had joined a friend in a Blues Brothers tribute band, “as a way” he says “of getting into pubs”, yet the London pub circuit served him well—he learned to play classic... ...
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