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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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Gambian Kora Master Suntou Susso Delivers Powerful Contemporary Griot Songbook On Jaliya Silokang – The Path Of A Griot
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Angie Lemon PR
Gambian kora master and singer-songwriter, Suntou Susso hails from a celebrated lineage of griot musicians. Counting amongst his family are some of the world’s most renowned West African artists including Seckou Keita, Solo Cissokho, and Mamudou Susso. Offering a contemporary edge grounded in ancestral wisdom, Jaliya Silokang—The Path of a Griot is more than an album; it’s a bridge between generations and continents. The original compositions are rooted in Afro-Manding style with polyrhythms, spark influences from folk, jazz and funk. ...
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Music Journalist And Fiction Author Matty Bannond Releases Debut Jazz Novel, 'Cutting Contest'
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Matty Bannond
Cutting Contest is an energetic novel about a dry-humoured and hot-tempered young trombone player on the brink of financial, professional and personal ruin. Published in September, 2025: Connie Benson is a 26-year-old trombone player whose reckless online persona is taking over her life—and trashing it. She is buried under a mountain of personal debt, her professional reputation is falling apart and her relationship with her mother is hanging by a thread. When she snatches the last open spot in a ...
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Educator, Bridge-builder, And Standard-bearer For Afro-peruvian Jazz, Arturo Valdez Leverages Past Laurels Into A Forward-looking U.s. Campaign
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All About Jazz
Arturo Valdez’s ascent is not only measured in studio credits and club residencies; it is equally defined by education, scene-building, and culturally rooted collaborations that carry Afro-Peruvian rhythm into modern jazz. His upcoming U.S. work runs parallel to a sustained track record of masterclasses, civic concerts, and institution-level appointments in Peru and the United States—evidence of an artist who shapes the music from the bandstand and the classroom alike. Education is central to Valdez’s next phase. From 2025 to 2028 ...
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Grails Opens in New Haven, a Sanctuary for Audiophiles and Music Lovers
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All About Jazz
Yale University Properties will welcome Grails, a music playground reimagining the record store as a cultural destination, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1020 Chapel Street on Wednesday, October 22, at 11 a.m. with founder King Kenney and distinguished community partners including New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and Hope Chávez, executive director of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven. Nestled among The Shops at Yale, Grails embodies the lifelong passion of Kenney, a marketing executive, arts advocate, DJ, and music ...
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Introducing: The Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet
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Ron Skinner
Following up on his Juno Nominated debut album The South Detroit Connection Russ Macklem returns with a sophomore release that is sure to turn heads. Introducing: the Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet brings together a group of some of the best musicians Detroit has to offer: Kasan Belgrave (alto saxophone), Jordan Anderson (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Louis Jones III (drums) with Windsor/Detroit trumpeter Russ Macklem leading the band on this set of original compositions. This live-off-the-floor studio album is a triumph ...
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