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Career

Bobby Broom Announces New Management, Booking Agency

Source: GNUStar - Talent Services Division
April 11, 2014

Jazz guitarist Bobby Broom announced today that he will be represented by Tiffany Ente of Musiq Haus Management, and that Joel Chriss of J. Chriss & Co. will be handling his bookings. “Glad to be aboard," Broom told his fans on Facebook yesterday. Musiq Haus represents some of the top artists in the Jazz industry. In addition to Broom, the firm represents saxophonist Gary Bartz, trumpeter Pharez Whitted, and drummer Lewis Nash, to name a few. The driving force behind ...

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Education

The Toughest High School Jazz Competition Goes National

Source: GNUStar - Talent Services Division
December 16, 2013

Orlando, FL - “It’s the only talent competition of its kind in North America,” Jeff Rupert, Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Central Florida (UCF) said Monday. Five* of the nation’s best high school age Jazz musicians will come to Orlando in March, 2014, to perform with the UCF All-Star High School Jazztet, that will open for the headliners on the opening night of the UCF Orlando Jazz Festival 2014. Most state and national high school Jazz competitions ...

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Opinion

Naples Jazz Orchestra Spared, for Now

Source: Brian Ross
September 17, 2013

Tourism is so hot in Naples, Florida that its town council is considering ways to limit traffic and parking issues, including shutting down concerts at the Cambier Park Bandshell, where all of the jazz concerts happen with multiple bands, including the facility's anchor tenant, The Naples Jazz Orchestra, in its fifth season. At a meeting to discuss the issue, there was great turnout for the NJO. The season has been spared, for now. You can read more about the results ...

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