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Hr & Fru OrgelDuo Travels the World Vinyl & Comicbook Available now at Bandcamp!
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All About Jazz
Hr og Fru OrgelDuo Travels the World is the debut album of the danish band OrgelDuo. Armed with drums and a hammond organ, the masterminds Daniel Sommer and Simon Eskildsen want to guide listeners and readers in their new homemade universe. The two musicians have created an audio-visual experience which tells the story of two retired Danes from a small suburb. Under the names Hr & Fru OrganDuo they travel the world—going on adventures, getting themselves in hairy situations and ...
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Drummer LaFrae Sci Travels From Guatemala To Siberia--Teaching & Performing
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
LaFrae Sci: Jazz, Rock, Session Drummer, Composer, Educator—Travels From Guatemala To Siberia- Teaching & Performing To Global Students Conducts Only All-Female Orchestra In Latin America: April 10-20! Next Stop: A Return To Siberia! World-renowned drummer, composer, educator LaFrae Sci brings the beat to Guatemala on April 10-20 to lead masterclasses with La Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Femenina “Alaìde Foppa"—the only all-female orchestra in Latin America. “I will be the first American conductor to work with this orchestra," ...
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Berklee College Of Music Group Travels To Kenya For Cultural Exchange
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Berklee Media Relations
A group of Berklee College of Music students, faculty and staff will participate in a cultural exchange program in Kenya from June 18 to July 7, where they will teach and perform Western music; and learn about traditional Kenyan music, instruments, dance, and culture. This is the third annual volunteer trip to Kenya sponsored by local organization Global Youth Groove (GYG), whose mission is to transform the lives of youth through music. The program is spearheaded by Berklee staff member ...
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Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica Travels to a Future Moment Where American Music is as Exotic as its Past: Where Here Meets There to be released November 19, 2013 on CD and Audiophile Vinyl
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Michael Ricci
"...deliciously demented and entertaining in equal parts." —Wall Street Journal From the moment you see the album cover of Where Here Meets There by Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica, you step into an era that never existed. That’s because the album draws from the past and the future, from nearby and faraway. The musical adventurism of the 1950s and ’60s introduced armchair safari-ism long before “world music” became a thing. The American-based Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica explores the timbres, rhythms, instruments, and melodies ...
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Jack DeJohnette Celebrates Landmark Year With "Sound Travels"
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All About Jazz
Mutidirectional Album Features: Esperanza Spalding, Bruce Hornsby, Bobby Mcferrin, Ambrose Akinmusire, Lionel Loueke, Tim Ries, Luisito Quintero & Jason Moran 2012 promises to be a banner year for legend Jack DeJohnette, renowned as one of music's most adventurous artists and prolific drummers. He'll receive a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Fellowship, the highest U.S. honor for jazz musicians. The Chicago-born, New York- based artist will also turn 70, boasting a top-drawer historical resume that ranges from his early ...
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How Music Travels: Map Documents the Evolution of Dance Music
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HypeBot
Thomson, a UK-based travel company, recently made a smart marketing move by posting an infographic on its blog titled “How Music Travels—The Evolution of Western Dance Music." Drawing from multiple sources, it's meant less to be a definitive statement than it is to be a conversation starter. It's also received plenty of media coverage and looks like a big success as an attention getter.
How Music Travels—The Evolution of Western Dance Music (Click ...
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Saxophonist Erica von Kleist Travels To Cuba With Horns To Havana Group
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Jennifer Kramer
DELIVERING 120 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, CONDUCTING WORKSHOPS & PERFORMING New York, NY: Saxophonist-flautist, Erica von Kleist traveled from New York City today to Havana, Cuba with the Horns to Havana not-for-profit organization to conduct workshops and perform at four Cuban music academies. Horns to Havana's lyrical cultural exchange between the American jazz community and Cuban music students based on music with deeply shared African as well as European roots. Horns to Havana delivered a full planeload of musical instruments and nearly ...
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ECM Film Screening of "Sounds and Silence Travels: With Manfred Eicher" at IFC Center (NYC) on September 12th
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Michael Ricci
Sounds and Silence: Travels With Manfred Eicher September 12th, 6:30PM IFC Center 323 Avenue of the Americas (at West 3rd) Film-makers Peter Guyer and Norbert Wiedmer spent five years following ECM founder and celebrated record producer Manfred Eicher to sessions, concerts and festivals around the globe. Featured musicians include Arvo Pärt, Eleni Karaindrou, Dino Saluzzi, Anja Lechner, Jan Garbarek, Kim Kashkashian, Nik Bärtsch, Gianluigi Trovesi, Anouar Brahem, Marilyn Mazur and more. This acclaimed documentary film won the 2009 Berner Film ...
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"Sounds and Silence: Travels with Manfred Eicher" - Directed by Norbert Wiedmer and Peter Guyer (DVD, Blue-Ray)
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Michael Ricci
Available on DVD | Blu-Ray Sounds and Silence / Music for a Film (ECM, CD) Over a period of five years, Swiss filmmakers Norbert Wiedmer and Peter Guyer followed producer Manfred Eicher and the artists of ECM around the world. In footage from Estonia, Tunisia, Germany, France, Denmark, Greece, Argentina and elsewhere, their documentary movie Sounds and Silence captures aspects of the music-making process at ECM, and provides glimpses of unique players and composers at work. Amongst the ...
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John Gatti Releases Jazz CD Inspired by Travels
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Chris M. Slawecki
Musician and Wayne, NJ resident John Gatti has released his first jazz recording, Destinations, inspired by various locations around the country and world that he has visited with his wife Betsy. The 13 original instrumentals on Destinations incorporate diverse jazz elements, including Latin rhythms, funk and strong melodies, and were all composed, arranged and performed entirely by Gatti, a multi-instrumentalist and keyboard programmer.
The CD project was a collaborative effort, involving four family members and spanning both coasts. Gatti wrote ...
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