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Bandwidth Conference Kicks Off Next Week in Portland, Oregon
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HypeBot
Next week in Portland, Oregon, the Bandwidth music and technology conference kicks off for its annual event discussing the evolving music space, bringing in top minds in the field from Sony Network Entertainment, Beatport, Warner Music Group, YouTube, and more (updated list of attending companies below). Closed discussion sessions revolve around how people discover, purchase, interact with, and are exposed to new music - with a focus on marketing, fan behavior, current trends, and future forecasts. Attendees must apply to be invited, and the ...
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Golden Anniversary Of Jazz At MIT To Feature New Work By Chick Corea
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Clarise Snyder
2012-2013 50th Anniversary Season to Celebrate Pomeroy, Corea and others The 2012-2013 season marks the 50th anniversary of formal jazz performance and study at MIT, where jazz has thrived since 1963. This academic year’s special performances and events celebrating MIT’s jazz golden anniversary will culminate on April 27, 2013 with a Gala Concert in Kresge Auditorium featuring the world premiere of an original piece by Chick Corea, specially composed for this performance by the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. The NEA ...
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Legendary "Secret Agent Man" Johnny Rivers Sets First NYC Concert In 25 Years, 9/28 At B.B. King's
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Seth Cohen PR
Legendary ‘Secret Agent Man’ Johnny Rivers Plans First New York Concert in 25 Years, as Hi-Fidelity Music Presents: JOHNNY RIVERS Comes Home - “A 70th Birthday Celebration" B.B. King Blues Club & Grill September 28, 2012 Backed By An All-Star Band featuring JIMMY VIVINO, WILL LEE + RICH PAGANO from THE FAB FAUX The legendary “Secret Agent Man" Johnny Rivers has confirmed his first New York City Concert in over 25 years, for September 28th at B.B. King Blues Club ...
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Jazz Singer/Flutist Kaylene Peoples Performs At Leimert Park Summer Jazz Series On August 22, 2012
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Sean McKenzie
Jazz vocalist/flutist Kaylene Peoples performs Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 7:00 PM at the Leimert Park Summer Jazz Concert Series located at 4323 Leimert Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008. Proceeds Benefit the Parkside EDC Scholarship Fund. Electrifying, exact, eclectic, stunning—Kaylene Peoples is the artist who puts it all together as one of America’s most influential jazz vocalists-flutists. Come out and see her perform Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 7:00 PM at The Leimert Park Summer Jazz Concert Series located at 4323 Leimert ...
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New York Youth Symphony Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Concert Series
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Chris M. Slawecki
For its 50th anniversary, The New York Youth Symphony — actually, widely admired orchestra, jazz, chamber, conducting and composing programs — will celebrate with a series of concerts featuring acclaimed alumni and friends including trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, trumpeter Brian Lynch and saxophonist Phil Woods sitting in with the NYYS jazz ensemble at Dizzy’s Club and The Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center. As the most awarded youth programs of its kind in the nation, the New York Youth Symphony ...
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Jazz Arts Group Opens 2012-13 Inside Track Series With Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys
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Scott Vezdos
Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series opens its 2012-13 season on September 7 at both a familiar and not-so-familiar venue, the historic Garden Theatre (now managed by Short North Stage). First opened in 1920 as a vaudeville and silent movie theatre, the Garden Theatre will be transformed into an intimate jazz cabaret for Austin-based soul band Akina Adderley & the Vintage Playboys. Front woman, vocalist, primary songwriter and band leader Akina Adderley lights up the stage ...
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Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2012 Program Complete
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Dutch Jazz & World Meeting
During the second Dutch Jazz & World Meeting, which takes place October 5 & 6, 2012 in Amsterdam, 26 prominent jazz and world music acts from the Netherlands will present themselves to both national as well as international music professionals. Music Center the Netherlands announced the complete line-up of the showcases. On Friday October 5 and Saturday October 6, the following acts will perform in the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Bimhuis: Amina Figarova, Baraná ...
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Jazz Arts Group Of Columbus Celebrates 40th Anniversary Season
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Scott Vezdos
Columbus, OH - The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is pleased to announce its 40th anniversary season of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) and 2012-13 Inside Track small-ensemble series. Under the direction of world-renowned band leader and trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, now in its 40th year, continues to break new ground while honoring the rich heritage of America's classical music - jazz. With season after season of inspiring, uplifting performances, the CJO is making audiences ...
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