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Los Angeles Jazz Collective Residency at Blue Whale Part IV, Jonathan Kreisberg Quartet

Source: Los Angeles Jazz Collective
January 23, 2012

LAJC Residency, Part IV Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA Wednesday, January 25, 8pm Our fourth and final installment is imminent, and it's been an incredibly exciting month of great performances by so many outstanding musicians, witnessed by so many appreciative fans. All those who came to these events are to be commended for their support and for proving that artful music can also be exciting, compelling, and, dare we say it...popular. Well, maybe not Dane Cook ...

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Chicago Flutist and Composer Nicole Mitchell Relocates to Los Angeles With Performances on January 27th and January 28th 2011

Source: Nicole Mitchell
January 21, 2012

Nicole Mitchell, “one of Chicago's more inspiring jazz visionaries," (Chicago Tribune), an award winning jazz flutist, modernist composer and great contributor to Chicago music, has recently relocated to Los Angeles. On January 28th, at 8pm, Mitchell will debut her talents in duet with legendary opera composer and improvising pianist Anthony Davis at Winifred Smith Hall on the campus of University of California Irvine. Mitchell, a recent recipient of the Alpert Award in Music, begins a week-long residency at California Institute ...

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2012 Arrives at Outpost 186 with Bern Nix and Much More

Source: Chris Rich
January 19, 2012

Having shaken off holiday torpor and distractions, the Boston area array of gifted musicians roosting at Outpost 186 are shaping their event streams for the beckoning year. The highlight for January will be a reunion of colleagues from Ornette Coleman's Prime Time, guitarist Bern Nix and keyboardist Dave Bryant with help from Jacob Williams on bass and Eric Rosenthal on drums. This happens on Saturday, January 28th at 8pm with a suggested donation of $10.00. In the week leading up ...

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Heart 'n Soul of Jazz

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
January 19, 2012

February will again bring some of the worlds' most renowned Jazz artists to Pinehurst for the 27th Annual Heart 'n Soul of Jazz. Presented by Pinehurst Resort and the Arts Council of Moore County, the benefit will feature harmonica player and guitarist Pat Bergeson & his Quartet featuring vocalist Annie Sellick performing on Friday, February 10, and trumpeter and vocalist Brian Newman and his Quartet on Saturday, February 11. The weekend of classic jazz will take place in the Cardinal ...

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Music Tech Continues Lead Role at Midem 2012

Source: HypeBot
January 17, 2012

Tech will continue its takeover of the music industry at this year's midem conference taking place January 28-31 in Cannes. Music tech startups, sponsors, hackers and bloggers will all be in attendance and capturing as much attention as possible. Music tech events will occur daily, from Visionary Monday to midemlab's startup competition to midem Hack Day, with a variety of panels and resources to boot. This year's midem gathering seems designed to emphasize that music tech is not simply a ...

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This Wednesday-LAJC Residency at Blue Whale, Part III, David Valdez Group, Mike Scott Trio, The Music of Monk featuring Gilad Hekselman

Source: Los Angeles Jazz Collective
January 17, 2012

Another Wednesday night brought another boisterous crowd and another round of compelling music. Thanks again to those who made it last week and especially to those of you who made it out for both Wednesdays. Here's what's happening this week: David Valdez Group Saxophonist David Valdez has been living in Portland, Oregon for nearly a dozen years but prior to that he certainly got around, from his hometown of San Francisco to Santa Cruz, off to college in Boston, back ...

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Enter Music Network Rocks To India Through Percussive Partnership With IndianDrummer.com

Source: JCM Media
January 14, 2012

San Jose, Calif.,—The Enter Music Network, (EMN), recently launched as the first niche, drum industry ad/marketing network, has expanded internationally through a percussive partnership with IndianDrummer.com. The addition of IndianDrummer.com, the premiere South Asian drumming web site, enables the EMN to capitalize on the far East drumming market. The alliance benefits Indian Drummer since it is extremely receptive to bringing networks like the EMN into the region. “We are delighted to be allied with Indiandrummer.com," said Phil Hood, President of ...

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Singing for Christine

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
January 13, 2012

Most of the Twin Cities vocalists who were not among the fifteen on the Dakota stage Tuesday night were in the audience, and many more musicians, writers, jazz fans, friends and family crowded the club for nearly four hours to pay respects and send off a musical tribute to popular singer Christine Rosholt. Rosholt, whose suicide on December 28th shocked family and community, leaves a significant hole in the area jazz family. She performed at every conceivable venue from southern ...

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