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Bimhuis Continues New Year's Concert Tradition

Source: Phillip Woolever
December 29, 2012

Upon concluding another season of premium jazz productions, Amsterdam’s iconic Bimhuis celebrates further high notes with the latest edition of their annual Oud and Nieuw (Old and New) Festival. Expect New Years Eve here to include plenty of typical Netherlands improvisations : creative, humorous and obviously unique. The show has become a “must see” musical attraction for the city and this year’s program sold out well in advance, adding to a streak that shows no sign of faltering. This year’s ...

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NEA Announces Live Webcast of 2013 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony & Concert

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
December 24, 2012

As a music form born and bred in the United States, jazz has committed fans throughout the world. On January 14, 2013 at 7:30 p.m., EST, the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center, will hold its annual NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony & Concert at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, located at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, in New York City. The NEA invites the nation's jazz fans to join in celebrating the ...

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Columbus Jazz Orchestra Pays Tribute To Rosa Parks In Suite Rosa - Jan. 25-26 At Lincoln Theatre

Source: Scott Vezdos
December 20, 2012

Columbus, OH – Under the direction of Byron Stripling, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) is proud to celebrate the courage, dignity, and legacy of “the mother of the modern Civil Rights Movement," Rosa Parks in “Suite Rosa" (January 25-26, 2013 at the Lincoln Theatre). In connection with the 100th anniversary of her birth, this multi-disciplinary concert will recall the day in 1955 when Rosa Parks courageously refused to give up her seat on the bus, and, through modern and historical ...

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Signature Music Series At Berklee Presents Terri Lyne Carrington, The Music Of Quincy Jones And More

Source: Berklee Media Relations
December 19, 2012

The Signature Music Series at Berklee presents an extraordinary season of jazz, R&B, soul, Celtic, and musical theater performances by a cross-section of Berklee students, faculty and alumni, and world-renowned, award-winning musicians. The spring 2013 half of the series features Terri Lyne Carrington’s Money Jungle (February 14), Great American Songbook: The Music of Quincy Jones (February 24), The Music of Bill Whelan (April 11), and Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical (April 25 and 26). The Signature Music Series at ...

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Dominick Farinacci And A Monster Truck Driver Deliver Toys To Bring A Smile To Children's Faces Who Were Devastated By Hurricane Sandy

Source: Daniel Malkin
December 18, 2012

A massive truck load of toys will be donated to the St Francis De Sales school. The school and the surrounding area was heavily affected by Hurricane Sandy. Dominick and other amazing musicians will perform a FREE concert for the children and anyone else in attendance. All of the toys and money raised will be donated to the people affected by this tragedy. Toys will be distributed to the children by Dominick and Kevin following the concert. Dominick and his ...

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Dallas Singer Debra Marie Lands In Top 10 Of Uk Soul Chart

Source: Debra Marie Burris
December 17, 2012

Artist to be featured in New Year’s Eve Bash at 2 Kats Live in North Dallas Dallas, TX: Singer and songwriter Debra Marie is in pretty good company on the United Kingdom Soul Chart. Amid soul and R&B music heavies Angie Stone, Jeffrey Osbourne, Faith Evans, and Dwele, the Dallas native is holding her own on the weekly compilation. Debra Marie’s release, “Stanzas Of My Life” has continually jump each week on the UK Soul Chart (http://www.uksoulchart.com/). For the Top ...

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Midem 2013 Announces Program

Source: HypeBot
December 15, 2012

The 2013 edition of mega music industry conference Midem is taking shape, according to even organizers Reed Midem t to take place in Cannes, 26-29 January. Held in Cannes on January 26 thru 29, this year's summit will focus on key aspects of the industry with segments dedicated to publishers, authors' societies and lawyers. Willard Ahdritz, founder and CEO of Kobalt Music Group will deliver a keynote on Jan 29th to address the opportunities and challenges facing music publishers and ...

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Michael A. Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia, to Give Keynote Address at the Jazz Connect Conference at APAP|NYC 2013

Source: All About Jazz
December 13, 2012

Conference on January 10-11, 2013 to address important issues and trends in the jazz community The Jazz Connect Conference at APAP|NYC 2013, organized by JazzTimes in conjunction with the Jazz Forward Coalition, announced today that the Honorable Michael A. Nutter, the Mayor of Philadelphia and President of the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM), will give the keynote address on Thursday, January 10 at 12 noon EST. In June 2012, Mayor Nutter became President of the USCM, which is the ...

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