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Music By Marginalized And Underheard Composers Featured In 'Lost Voices' Streaming Monday, November 30
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Ann Braithwaite
A sung story of trafficked Jewish women, a forgotten form of Macedonian folk music, the little-known work of a once popular Dominican artist, and an edgy, wild tune by Legendary Stardust Cowboy are among the pieces presented in Lost Voices, a concert featuring music by artists missing from the conversation. Performed by the inventive young musicians of New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Contemporary Improvisation (CI) Department at NEC’s iconic Jordan Hall, the event is produced by faculty members Anthony Coleman ...
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New York Voices Celebrate 30 Years Of Singing Together With "Reminiscing In Tempo," Due Aug 16 From Origin Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Thirty years after they began, the members of the vocal jazz quartet New York Voices remain undimmed in their commitment to making music together—a commitment they celebrate with Reminiscing in Tempo, set for an August 16 release on Origin Records. Produced by Elliot Scheiner, the album reaffirms NYV’s position in the elite of vocal jazz with an ambitious program of originals, standards, rediscovered jazz gems, tunes by Ivan Lins and the Beatles, and two pieces by 19th-century Cuban classical composer ...
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New Bob Mintzer Big Band – New York Voices Album, "Meeting Of Minds," Out Now From MCG Jazz
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All About Jazz
“Meeting of Minds focuses on the integration of voices with the big band. The combination of the dynamic writing styles of Bob Mintzer and Darmon Meader, from New York Voices, produces a very dense yet very fresh sonic palette. There are subtle harmonic and rhythmic nuances in the arrangements that blend together to deliver an engaging musical journey. The repertoire draws on the Great American Songbook from the 1930s and 1940s. Each arrangement transforms a classic song into a modern-day ...
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Jazz this week: Carmen Bradford, New York Voices, Ramsey Lewis, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Check out more events at Jazz Near You: St. Louis. This week's lineup of jazz and creative music in and around St. Louis includes a couple of shows by touring jazz vocalists that require a bit of a trek from the city, but should be worth the trip, plus the usual variety of musical styles closer to home. Let's go to the highlights... Thursday March 12 Tonight, Jefferson College presents their “Spring Jazz Showcase," featuring special guest vocalist Carmen Bradford, ...
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New England Conservatory Jazz Voice Alum Michael Mayo Featured On American Voices A PBS Great Performances Special Hosted By Renée Fleming
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
“Jazz on stage is alive and it’s a very intimate exchange… You have to listen so you can respond and keep the conversation going. You do that so impeccably well!” – Dianne Reeves to Michael Mayo on PBS’ American Voices New England Conservatory Jazz Studies alum Michael Mayo (Bachelor’s of Music, Jazz Voice ’14) was recently featured on American Voices, a PBS Great Performances special hosted by Renée Fleming. This PBS show was the outgrowth of the Kennedy Center’s 2013 ...
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Jon Batiste, Chad Smith, Bill Laswell - M.O.D. Technologies Releases Collaboration Of Three Outstanding Musical Voices, The Process.
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hubtone PR
Transformative pianist and uplifting young visionary from New York City via New Orleans – Jon Batiste, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer – Chad Smith and legendary bassist / producer – Bill Laswell, detonate avant-funk, African styles, electric Miles Davis, Meters, Mutant Hip Hop, Ginger Baker…and more, on their album called The Process. A sonic / musical assault... featuring Tunde Adebimpe (TV on the Radio), Killah Priest (Wu-Tang Clan) and others. “I wanted to take a risk and be inspired by ...
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Ars Nova Workshop Presents The New Paths Festival Pairing brilliant voices in jazz To Peculiar Philadelphia Spaces And Stories
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Michael Ricci
Performers are conceptually connected to sites that are uniquely Philadelphian and as diverse as Bartram’s Garden, Barnes Foundation, American Swedish Historic Museum, German Society’s Horner Library, and Girard College Chapel PHILADELPHIA, PA – Ars Nova Workshop (ANW) will showcase some of the most consistently brilliant voices in jazz and experimental music in some of Philadelphia’s most iconic and unusual spaces at the New Paths Festival, running April 21 through May 30, 2014. The citywide festival conceptually connects artists as diverse ...
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Stem Artist Lisa Young Commissioned For The Australian Voices
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Zzzing Agency
Following the success of Other Plans (Lisa Young's 2009 commission work for The Australian Voices), The Australian Voices Choir has commissioned a new work from Young for 2014. Young is working on a choral arrangement (soprano, alto, tenor and bass) of 'Misra Chappu', incorporating the melody of this work from newly released “The Eternal Pulse" album under STEM. 'Misra Chappu' is in a 7/4 meter, and incorporates the south Indian vocal percussion art-form of konnakol. Aside from the beautiful jazz ...
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Stem Artist Lisa Young - Artist In Residence - Commissioned To Write A Massed Choir Piece For Gondwana Voices
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Zzzing Agency
Gondwana Choirs commissioned Stem's Artist Lisa Young to write a massed choir piece for their national choral school. Lisa Young is Gondwana Voices 'Composer In Residence'. This piece was premiered at: Gondwana Choirs National Choral School Concerts, The Concourse, Chatswood, Australia on Saturday January 18th, 2014 during the “saturday concerts" The Saturday concerts were the culmination of two weeks of workshops in choral singing, conducting and composing, attended by hundreds of young musicians aged 10-25, drawn from around the nation. ...
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