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SXSW Survival Guide 2013
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HypeBot
By Beth Martinez (@dangervillage) of Danger Village, a music publicity firm. In four days, I'll be leaving Los Angeles to attend my eighth South by Southwest Music Festival. Having been attending festivals for over ten years now, I've developed a few methods for surviving the madness that comes with integrating into a crowd of thousands of festivalgoers for days on end. If you're serious about your festival experience, you'll want to figure out a way to enjoy yourself, see a ...
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In Ears 'n' Eyes With Matt Langley At The Dance Hall On March 9th In Kittery Maine
Source:
Chris Rich
In Ears ‘n’ Eyes is a visual and auditory sensation that will treat ones ears ‘n’ eyes to new conversations in jazz idioms on Saturday March 9th between 7 and 9:30pm at The Dance Hall in Kittery Maine. This season’s In Ears ‘n’ Eyes fuses combinations of painting, song, poetry, modal, tonal, bebop and classically inspired compositions. You will be hearing at least 6 original compositions plus one original arrangement based on the poem by Czelaw Milosz, ‘Love.’ This upcoming ...
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KCC Productions Presents Steely Dan's "Gaucho" At Sunrise Civic Center
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Kimberly C Chmura
The City of Sunrise and KCC Productions present the music of Steely Dan, performed by “Gaucho,” as part of the “Sunrise at Sunset” jazz series at the Sunrise Civic Center Amphitheater, March 8 at 7 PM. Admission is free. Gaucho takes its name from an album done by Steely Dan, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers who helped define the soundtrack of the '70s. Is it jazz? Rock? Fusion? Acid? Metal?—-Whatever you call it the level of musicianship is at ...
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Nouveau Stride (Lorraine Feather & Stephanie Trick) On The East Coast, March 27, 28
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
Lyricist/vocalist (and two-time Grammy nominee) Lorraine Feather and piano phenom Stephanie Trick make up the duo Nouveau Stride. They will perform their newly-lyricized versions of hard-driving 20s/30s stride piano classics on March 27th at the Dana Library at Rutgers University (Newark, NJ) at 3pm; on March 28th, the two women will do their show at New York’s Metropolitans Room at 9pm. The multi-media show includes projected lyrics, a “piano-cam,” a Fats Waller soundie, and Lorraine’s award winning cartoon You’re Outa ...
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Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: World Premiere Of "Boston JazzScape" on March 8, 2013
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Mary Curtin Productions
Friday, March 8, 2013 at 7:30 pm Museum of Fine Arts Remis Auditorium 465 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA Admission: $20 members, seniors and students $25 non-members Reservations: 800-440-6975 The internationally acclaimed Aardvark Jazz Orchestra marks the high point of its historic 40th season with the world premiere of music director Mark Harvey’s epic new work, Boston JazzScape. Expect an exuberant display of Aardvark’s “awe-inspiring audience fascination” (Downbeat), as ...
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Arts For Art Opens March With Evolving Music
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Chris Rich
Evolving Music in March from Arts for Art and Vision Festival opens the lion and lamb month and unfolds over the course of four days from March first to the fourth. involving Friday & Saturday nights, a Sunday afternoon family friendly adventure to let the kids do live action drawing and a concluding Monday evening Evolution. It’s all for the purpose of showcasing the best un-compromised avantjazz in NYC. Among those featured will include the Bern Nix Quartet,the Blood Trio, ...
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Wadada Leo Smith Seeks Funding To Complete & Premiere New Work To Mark 50th Anniversary Of The March On Washington
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Smith’s Ten Freedom Summers Voted #3 New Release of 2012 in Rhapsody Jazz Critics Poll Trumpeter/composer/musical innovator Wadada Leo Smith is seeking $17,000 to complete and premiere a new work for his highly acclaimed civil rights opus Ten Freedom Summers. The new work, entitled The March on Washington D.C.- August 28, 1963, will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. This will be the 22nd composition of ...
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Istanbul To Host The International Jazz Day
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IKSV Media Relations
UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL IRINA BOKOVA AND HERBIE HANCOCK, TOGETHER WITH THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, ANNOUNCE THE SECOND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY ON 30thAPRIL, FEATURING AN ALL-STAR CONCERT IN ISTANBUL, THE 2013 GLOBAL HOST CITY UNESCO, the Republic of Turkey, and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz join together to celebrate jazz as a universal language of freedom. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Irina Bokova, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Intercultural Dialogue Herbie Hancock, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, ...
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