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Jazz Generations Initiative Connects Jazz Scenes In New York & New Orleans, Announces Initial Programming
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Carla Parisi
INTRODUCING: THE JAZZ GENERATIONS INITIATIVE NEW IMMERSIVE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM UNITES, PRESERVES & CELEBRATES JAZZ SCENES IN NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS Backed by the Jazz Foundation of America, Funded by the Mellon Foundation The Jazz Generations Initiative, an immersive new program that will cultivate and grow the rich and vibrant jazz scenes in New York and New Orleans, has announced a diverse slate of programming that kicks off with events this week in both cities. Overall, the JGI’s programs will ...
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Jazz Pianist Bill Anschell Releases Debut Book Of Stories From 40 Years In And Out Of The Trenches
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Mr. P.C.
What happens when a jazz pianist spends his career bouncing between high-profile concert halls, hellish wedding gigs, major festivals, cruise ship disasters, recording dates, and insane jam sessions? Bill Anschell turns it all into comic gold. His debut book, Benched, released on November 25th, offers satirical stories that pull back the curtain on the absurd realities of jazz life. Drawing on four decades as a working musician, Anschell finds humor in the venues, audiences, industry, and artists that make up ...
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Melbourne Improvising Iconoclasts Unite For Transcendent Free Jazz/Electronic Debut
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Tom Barton
Voyage, the debut collaboration between vocalist Tom Barton, guitarist Diego Villalta and pianist Nathan Liow, is a completely improvised odyssey transmuting real-time performance into sonic sculpture – a spellbinding journey through mystical darkness erupting into moments of transcendent awe. Across evolving orbits of looped and layered vocals, fractals of effected electric guitar, and ethereal pulsating synth drones, Voyage captures what happens when three trailblazers abandon the map entirely. Each track is a microcosm of human experience, delving fearlessly into the ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: November 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 November, 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 Raw Sienna Batik From: Raw Sienna 5:11 The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came Kevin Brown From: Adventus ...
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P&M Records Announces Chroma Nova's 'Elephant Crush'—To Be Released December 15, 2025
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Michael Blake
P&M Records Announces “Elephant Crush" — To Be Released December 15 2025. The Second Single from Michael Blake’s New Recording Sessions P&M Records is proud to present Elephant Crush, the second single from saxophonist Michael Blake’s newest body of work. He is once again joined by Chroma Nova, his Brazilian fueled ensemble that created the critically acclaimed 2023 release Dance of the Mystic Bliss. With Elephant Crush, Michael offers a searching, impassioned tenor saxophone performance that imbues contemporary jazz aesthetics ...
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Persephone's Dark Perspective Brings Hope: New Ep 'Harvest Moon'
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Sora X
Emerging from a deeply textured, analogue soundscape, the new EP Harvest Moon arrives as a haunting song cycle that re-tells the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone. The project crafts a dark and rich auditory world, providing the backdrop for a narrative that mirrors the four seasons through four interconnected songs. This is not a just retelling, but a re-contextualization. Harvest Moon uses the timeless story of love, loss, and life's cyclical nature as a powerful allegory of the ...
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Rin Nagaya ('123'): A Global Voice At The Edge Of Electronic, Pop, And Jazz
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Frank Gazerro
In January 2025, at The NAMM Show in Anaheim, a crowd pressed toward AlphaTheta’s booth as a compact instrument called ChordCat purred to life. At the center was Rin Nagaya, who performs with the stage name “123." She is a Japan-born vocalist, composer, producer, and DJ and at AlphaTheta's booth, she was stringing harmony into motion, slipping from global grooves to jazz-inflected phrasing and back to beat-driven electronics without breaking a sweat. It was a perfect snapshot of her career ...
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Announcing 2026 Gilmore International Piano Festival, April 30-may 10, 2026
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AMT Public Relations
THE 2026 IRVING S. GILMORE INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL—NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST GATHERING OF KEYBOARD ARTISTS—BRIDGES CLASSICAL AND JAZZ WORLDS IN A GROUNDBREAKING CELEBRATION OF PIANO ARTISTRY, APRIL 30-MAY 10 The Gilmore today announced details of the 2026 Irving S. Gilmore International Piano Festival taking place Thursday, April 30 to Sunday, May 10, 2026, across multiple venues in Southwest Michigan. Drawing thousands of fans to the Kalamazoo region, this year’s Festival showcases the world’s preeminent classical and jazz pianists and artists in ...
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