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NYC Insider Secret - Vocalist/Songwriter Joelle Lurie - Debuts CD @ NYC's Subculture Tonight / Formerly Featured at Lincoln Center
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Claudia Artzer
Recently Featured At Lincoln Center, Vocalist Joelle Lurie Pops Up Jazz and Jazzes Up Pop on Her Debut Album Take Me There (September 30) CD Release September 29 @ Subculture, New York City “A magnificent voice and charming demeanor..." —Metro A favorite secret inside the New York City music scene, Joelle Lurie’s bright voice and effervescent performance style has made her a first pick for high-profile events including the recent James Beard Awards at Lincoln Center. Originally from Boston, the ...
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Stacey Kent at Birdland, Ottawa Jazz Fest, Montreal Jazz Festival With New Brazilian-Inspired CD "The Changing Lights"
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Claudia Artzer
Grammy-Nominated Stacey Kent Tours US and Canada with New CD The Changing Lights on Warner Bros Records Featuring Longtime Partner Jim Tomlinson, Famed Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro and Brazilian Legend Roberto Menescal Birdland, June 10-14, New York City Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 25, Canada Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, June 27, Canada Montreal Jazz Festival, June 28, Canada In her 15-year recording career, Stacey Kent has sold over 1.3 million records. Her storytelling, voice and style ...
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First Spring Exit 0 Intl Jazz Festival In Historic Oceanside Village Of Cape May, NJ: May 30 - June 1
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Claudia Artzer
The 3rd Exit 0 International Jazz Festival May 30-June 1, 2014, in Historic Cape May, NJ, Launches Spring Version with An Outdoor Stage Featuring New Jersey Winemakers and Jazz on the Cape May-Lewes Ferry Crossing from Delaware Features Grammy Winners Dee Dee Bridgewater & Roy Hargrove; Dirty Dozen Brass Band & Kermit Ruffins of New Orleans; Fest Party Faves Red Baraat & Matuto; HBO's Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks; Gerald Clayton, Tia Fuller, KellyLee Evans, Daisy Castro + More The charming ...
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Off Tour With Sting, Laila Biali Is In Residency At Subculture May 10, 24 & 31 With Guests John Ellis, Jo Lawry And Zach Brock / The Requestomatic Audience Challenge
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Claudia Artzer
Award-winning Canadian pianist, vocalist and songwriter Laila Biali has toured with Grammy award-winners Suzanne Vega, Chris Botti and Paula Cole and has recorded with and supported pop icon Sting. Laila has an acute awareness and appreciation for pop and rock that she combines with her jazz training to create thrilling arrangements. Her recent CD, Live in Concert, captures the intimacy and excitement she generates on stage and the range of music she makes her own from Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, ...
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Jeremy Pelt Added To Trumpet Fanfare For New York City International Jazz Day Event Tomorrow April 30
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Claudia Artzer
At 2PM on Tuesday, April 30—International Jazz Day—the Jazz Journalists Association of New York City will showcase a fanfare by New York City trumpet stars including trumpeter Jeremy Pelt who was just added. Trumpeter/composer/performance artist Stephanie Richards has composed an original fanfare dedicated to Armstrong and International Jazz Day, which she will perform at the event with fellow trumpeters Pelt, David Weiss and Igmar Thomas. Also featured at the free-to-the-public International Jazz Day party co-hosted by the Louis Armstrong House ...
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Zach Brock Quartet Featured On WNYC Soundcheck December 10
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Claudia Artzer
Violinist and composer Zach Brock will be at WNYC FM studios in New York City on Monday, December 10 for an interview and performance on the show SOUNDCHECK with host John Schaefer. The session will stream live and air in early January. Catch Zach and his quartet the next day, December 11, at their debut at Jazz Standard. Zach Brock’s first release on the European label Criss Cross Jazz features top-rank musicians Aaron Goldberg on piano, Matt Penman on bass ...
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To Honor CAM Jazz 10th Anniversary 90 Albums Including Special 84-Track Compilation Available on the iTunes Store Today
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Claudia Artzer
(December 6, 2010) CAM Jazz of Rome, Italy, just announced the availability of 90 CAM Jazz albums in a special room, comprising all of the jazz albums in the label's acclaimed catalog in honor of the label's 10 year Anniversary on the iTunes Store today . To mark the special event, CAM Jazz created an 84-track compilation called 10 Years of CAM Jazz, which features Francesco Cafiso, Scott Colley, Giovanni Guidi, Richard Galliano, Oregon, Mauro Ottolini, Enrico Pieranunzi, Enrico Rava, ...
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