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Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz Selects 12 Semifinalists
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Phyllis Kauflin
The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz has selected 12 semifinalists to compete in the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition. These semifinalists will perform for a panel of esteemed judges including Herbie Hancock, Ellis Marsalis, Jason Moran, Danilo Perez and Renee Rosnes on Sunday, September 11 from 1pm to 5pm at Baird Auditorium, located at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History sponsored by Cadillac. Admission is free on a first-come, first-serve basis. The semifinalists are: Kris Bowers, ...
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Highlights from This Week's Bandwidth Conference
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HypeBot
On Tuesday, the Bandwidth Music & Technology Conference concluded in San Francisco with many prominent companies from the music/tech world in attendance including Spotify, Beatport, eMusic, Gracenote, and RootMusic to name a few. This invite-only event was held differently than most music conferences, in that there were no panels. Sessions were held in boardrooms and kept small to encourage collaborative discussion and networking. Topics centered on the evolving musical experience—how people discover, purchase, interact with, and are exposed to new music—with ...
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Enter Music Publishing’s DRUM! Night Rolls To Percussive Success; Additionally, Mike Bordin Honored With First Ever Bay Area Drummers Achievement Award
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JCM Media
San Jose, Calif.,—Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip, drum/percussion magazines worldwide and online, proved for a second straight year that the company can produce highly successful benefits. DRUM! Night, a benefit in which all of the proceeds were donated to Lincoln High's music program, was a tremendous success. Held in conjunction with the San Jose Jazz Festival, DRUM! Night sold out and was highlighted by a diverse drum lineup of respected drummers and percussionists. But this was no ordinary festival ...
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Mickey Leigh’s New Yorkestra Debuts In Concert; Opening For Cheap Trick August 18th In Coney Island, NY
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ISL Public Relations
New York, NY: After a lengthy absence, MICKEY LEIGH presents his first original band full concert in 10 years featuring all his original material. The newly formed group will debut on Thursday, August 18th as part of the 2011 Seaside Summer Concert Series in famous Coney Island, NY, opening for Cheap Trick. Since 2001, LEIGH has been immersed in overseeing the estate of his late brother Joey Ramone; engaged in running Ramones Productions; writing and publishing his autobiographical book “I ...
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Lenore Raphael featured in All-Steinway weekend (August 27) in Clarksburg, WV
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LenMar Promotions
Internationally renowned jazz pianist/Steinway Artist Lenore Raphael will headline an All-Steinway event. On Friday August 26 , Raphael performs in concert at The Bridgeport Conference Center in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Accompanying her on this concert will be Herman Burney on bass and Roger Humphries on drums. Ms. Raphael has been called “Simply one of the best pianists in the jazz mainstream..."John Gilbert, writer SONY/Columbia. In this concert, she will perform tunes from the Great American SongBook. On Saturday, August 27, ...
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Laurie Krauz & Daryl Kojak Celebrate 20 Years of Making Music - Sept 16th at 7pm - NYC!
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Laurie Krauz
Has it really been twenty years!? Yep. And on Friday, September 16th at the beautiful Metropolitan Room, Daryl Kojak and Laurie Krauz are celebrating this very special collaboration and we would love you to join them. Along with Christopher Dean Sullivan and Gene Lewin, the group will once again attempt to bring down the house with some of their own—and their fans'—favs. Metropolitan Room 34 West 22nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th) Reservations: 212.206.0440 ...
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Bill Goodwin One Year Anniversary at Deer Head Inn on August 25th
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Marsha Walker
JAZZ ROAD WARRIOR AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE PHIL WOODS QUARTET, BILL GOODWIN, CELEBRATES ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF LEADING JAM SESSIONS AT THE DEER HEAD INN. With a career that spans over 50 years, Bill Goodwin has played every major jazz festival and hundreds of venues in the United States and abroad. This jazz road warrior also leads the weekly Jam Session at the historic Deer Head Inn. On August 25, 2011, Goodwin will celebrate his one year leading these ...
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Project Blues Is Bringing the Blues to Beat Cancer September 11
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Just Roots PR
What: Columbus-based Project Blues is hosting its 1st Annual Blues Bash—a Blues music benefit concert to raise funds for LifeCare Alliance's Columbus Cancer Clinic—helping people impacted by cancer who do not have the financial wherewithal to deal with it. When: September 11, 2011, 1:20 p.m.-9 p.m. Where: The Bluestone, 583 E. Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215 Who: Project Blues is a Columbus-based nonprofit using the healing, connecting power of Blues music to help raise funds for people impacted by cancer ...
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