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November 15-22, 2025: Jumpin’ In The Future: The Legacy Of Gunther Schuller
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
New England Conservatory (NEC) presents the week-long festival Jumpin’ in the Future: The Legacy of Gunther Schuller from November 15 to November 22, 2025. The festival features performances and discussions at whose core is the fearless innovation and revolutionary spirit Schuller brought to NEC and which continues to this day. A MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize winner, Schuller began a decade as president of NEC in 1967 establishing the first fully accredited Jazz Studies Department at an American conservatory and ...
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Spectaculous' Debut Album Lands November 11, 2025
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Night Owl Public Relations
Spectaculous, the groundbreaking collaboration between rapper, singer, and spoken word artist Dequadray White and the genre-defying Madison ensemble Mr. Chair, will release their self-titled debut album on November 11, 2025. The record explores identity, transformation, and liberation through a fearless fusion of hip-hop, funk, rock, R&B, and cosmic jazz—a sound as expansive as the vision behind it. Guided by jazz’s freedom and hip-hop’s precision, the production bends time and gravity—grimy bass, cinematic tension, and improvisational edges sharp enough to cut ...
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Whirlwind Recordings To Release Pianist Kerry Politzer's Ninth Album On November 21, 2025
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Kerry Politzer
Pianist Kerry Politzer is always on the move. As a busy performer and bandleader with nine albums as a leader, a jazz educator at two universities, and the mother of two children, time is always of the essence for her when realising a project. With ten original compositions (and one well-chosen cover) to record and a schedule window of just one day in New York City to record them, there was no margin for error. For the frontline Kerry picked ...
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Julio Awad And Patxi Pascual: Release Of The Live Single From The Historic Concert At Auditorio Conde Duque
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Julio Awad
Almost two decades later, a magical night comes back to life: the new live single by Julio Awad and Patxi Pascual is released, recorded during their iconic performance at Auditorio Conde Duque in Madrid in 2006. This release captures a unique moment of live music, where improvisation, sensitivity, and the artists’ deep musical connection shine without filters. Julio Awad, renowned pianist, composer, arranger, and musical director, and Patxi Pascual, a leading saxophonist in the Madrid scene, delivered a unique musical ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: October 2025
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the songs featured in October, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! Top Songs Bar Fight Dave Mattock From: Knucklebox 06:27 The Voice of God Shines Brightly on My ...
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Creatures Of Sound Explores The Connection Of Dance & Music To The Human Spirit - An original work that tributes the ideas and music of Don Cherry
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Michele Brangwen
Creatures Of Sound is a new dance and music work that tributes the ideas of composer and trumpeter Don Cherry, featuring choreography by Michele Brangwen, original music by GRAMMY-nominated trumpeter & composer Tim Hagans, and movement and music created spontaneously in the moment by all ten performers. Don Cherry was interested in the relationship of music to the human spirit, and how music could be a force and a presence in our daily lives. Co-presented at the Duffy by Ivesian ...
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The Lisa Hilton Quintet Returns With The Fluid And Cool Extended Daydream
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DL Media
“Renowned for her lyrical touch, inventive compositions, and ability to reinterpret jazz standards with a fresh perspective, Hilton continues to cement her reputation as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary jazz. With Extended Daydream, Lisa Hilton and her quintet deliver an album that is at once sophisticated, genre-fluid, and emotionally resonant—a testament to the enduring power of jazz and Hilton’s mastery as a pianist and composer.” —Jazz Chill “Beautifully crafted and expertly impassioned new recording…” —Exclusive Magazine Featuring ...
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Legendary Bass Played By Newark Native Scott Lafaro Loaned To New Jersey Performing Arts Center
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AMT Public Relations
Legendary Bass Played by Newark Native Scott LaFaro Loaned to New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) for 2025 TD James Moody Jazz Festival and 2026 Milt Hinton Institute for Studio Bass Ben Williams (Nov 9), Max Gerl (Nov 13), Christian McBride (Nov 22), and Gregory Jones (Nov 23) will all play the famous instrument at the festival An iconic Prescott double bass constructed in the early 1800s, once owned by jazz great Scott LaFaro, has been loaned to the New ...
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