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Third Thursdays with Dave Bryant And Friends: A Monthly Harmolodic Jazz Series Starting In April 2022
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Mary Curtin Productions
Keyboardist and composer Dave Bryant has many friends. Many who also happen to be notable local, national, and international jazz artists, who have collaborated with Cambridge-based Bryant on different projects over a span of decades. Those connections began to grow in the early 1980's, within a year after Bryant completed his formal undergrad studies at Berklee. It was then that he began to study privately with free jazz harmolodics pioneer Ornette Coleman. During this seven-year student/mentor period, Coleman counselled Bryant ...
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April 25 The Indie Collaborative's Earth Day Celebration At Carnegie Hall
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Anne Leighton
“Celebrating Earth in Song” at Carnegie Hall with The Indie Collaborative, April 25 Inspiring Cast of Musical Performers with a Story of Purpose Come and see more than 20 award-winning IC artists perform Celebrating Earth Day in Song, which features a unique blend of the musical genres (rock, classical, jazz, Americana, theatrical) at this legendary venue. The storyline of this three-act/two-part (with one intermission) presentation begins with the possibilities and newness of “The Beginning” and continues with the “Reality” ...
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New England Conservatory Celebrates Centennial Of Charles Mingus
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
New England Conservatory celebrates the centennial of seminal American composer / bassist / bandleader / record label founder / activist / poet Charles Mingus with two concerts featuring NEC’s renowned faculty members and jazz students and a panel discussion. The events are free and open to the public. They take place: Tuesday, April 19Charles Mingus Centennial Panel 1:00 p.m., Pierce Hall NEC faculty member Jason Moran, bass trombonist and Mingus alumnus Earl McIntyre and others discuss Charles Mingus’s life and ...
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jazzahead! Festival 2022: the joy of being there for an abundance of music!
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Michael Ricci
Lots of music and plenty of variety: those are some of the things which this year's jazzahead! at MESSE BREMEN has to offer. At last, after a two-year hiatus, the festival is back. From 14 April to 1 May there will be over 100 concerts on the site of the Messe, and also in several locations in Bremen's city centre. Partner country Canada is naturally at the centre of all this. In jazzahead!’s 16th year as a trade fair (and ...
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jazzahead! 2022 Trade Fair, Showcase and Festival - Register Today!
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Michael Ricci
jazzahead!, the world’s most significant annual international jazz convention in Bremen, Germany, connects you with the international scene. In 2019, 3,408 professional participants from 64 nations were registered, hailing from various fields of business activities like: promoters, bookers, labels, agencies, publishers, festival and club programmers, distributors, production companies, lobby institutions, associations, press as well as many musicians from mainly all over Europe. From 28 April – 1 May 2022, jazzahead! will take place in Bremen, presenting a trade fair, conferences ...
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The New Jersey Performing Arts Center Celebrates International Jazz Day With Free Performances By 100+ Student Musicians, Mayor Baraka, And More
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AMT Public Relations
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka WBGO Radio Host Sheila Anderson NJPAC’s City Verses Jazz and Poetry Ensemble NJPAC’s Wells Fargo Jazz for Teens Ensembles JAZZ HOUSE Big Band Science Park High Big Band Arts High Afro-Latin Big Band The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) today announced a free musical celebration in honor of International Jazz Day April 30 featuring performances by 100+ young New Jersey musicians with special guest Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Co-produced ...
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Gary Bartz Headlines 13th Annual Berklee Global Jazz Summit
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Daniel Pesquera
The Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) presents its 13th annual Berklee Global Jazz Summit on March 24, 8:00 p.m. at the Berklee Performance Center, featuring special guest saxophonist Gary Bartz, as well as original compositions from BGJI faculty, alumni, visiting artists, and students. Hosted by BGJI founder and Grammy Award-winning composer and pianist Danilo Pérez, this year’s concert honors the accomplishments of several acclaimed members of the BGJI community, with performances specially dedicated to influential women in celebration of Women’s ...
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Pianist Yaniv Taubenhouse's New Solo Piano Album 'Hope' Release Concert at Revelation Gallery
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Yaniv Taubenhouse solo piano release concert for Hope on March 6th 2022 at 3pm (ET) Revelation Gallery 224 Waverly Place New York, NY 10014 In-Person Tickets | Streaming Tickets Taubenhouse decided to follow up his latest trio recording with a format which enables him to tell you his story as an artist, as a pianist, as a person in this world, intimately, and from his heart. Hope, recorded ...
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