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Whirlwind Festival 2013: 18 Bands, Nearly 100 Musicians At Kings Place -- October 10-12

Source: Michael Janisch
September 5, 2013

Whirlwind Recordings was established in early 2010 by international recording artist, freelance bassist, composer, bandleader, educator and producer Michael Janisch. A US native who relocated to London in 2005, Janisch created the label specifically for the 2010 worldwide release of Purpose Built, his debut solo album. The label has grown exponentially in only three years and now boasts over 30 titles in its catalog, representing some of the most exciting creative music that has been released in the UK, USA ...

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Jazz's Filthy Rhythms And Diabolical Airs To Rock Dublin!

Source: All About Jazz
September 4, 2013

Historical wounds have been known to fester in Ireland. In 1934 Father Peter Conefrey railed against jazz as “music borrowed from the savages of Africa by the anti-God society, with the object of destroying morals and religion.” Now the jazz community is getting its own back. Eighty years on the Improvised Music Company, in conjunction with the Temple Bar Cultural Trust and the Arts Council of Ireland are taking off the gloves by proudly presenting the “filthy rhythms and diabolical ...

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Hot Jazz And Soul In The Desert

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
August 30, 2013

Robin Thicke, Maxwell, Charlie Wilson, Erykah Badu, Keyshia Cole and jazz headliners will heat up the Arizona Jazz Festival on October 25-27, 2013. Phoenix, AZ: The endless Arizona sky will be filled with a galaxy of stars day and night during the Arizona Jazz Festival slated for October 25-27, 2013 at the Arizona Grand Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. More than 13,000 contemporary jazz and soul fans from across the nation are expected to flock to the lavish desert ...

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Todd Gordon To Join Forces With Christy Smith At Kuala Lumpur Jazz Festival

Source: Zzzing Agency
August 29, 2013

Todd Gordon will perform his acclaimed “Todd Gordon Sings The Sinatra Songbook" with none other than Jazz Legend/composer/Bassist and Radio presenter Christy Smith (touring with symphony orchestras and big bands around the world, appeared with Stevie Wonder, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Higgins, Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, Charlie Haden, Alphonse Mouzon, Eddie Harris and Harold Land amongst many others). Also in the quartet formation Singaporean talent rising star (now living in NY): Wei Xiang Tan - One of the most exciting pianists ...

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Major League Baseball Gets into the Music Festival Business

Source: HypeBot
August 29, 2013

MLB Advanced Media, Major League Baseball's digital media division, has acquired worldwide distribution rights for a major music festival. The Global Citizen Festival, set for Manhattan's Central Park on September 28th, features a lineup that includes Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Alicia Keys, and The Kings of Leon. MLB Advanced Media plans to stream the concert, which it will produce with AEG Live, on websites such as the New York Times and YouTube. The concert may also be condensed into a ...

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FYF Fest Founder Sean Carlson on the Importance of the Fan Experience

Source: HypeBot
August 29, 2013

FYF Fest, originally the Fuck Yeah Fest, hit ten this year with an impressive if irregular past and the widespread view that FYF had grown up. Prior to last weekend's edition, founder Sean Carlson spoke with The Daily Swarm in an extended interview. It includes a number of points about how Carlson is “Taking DIY Spirit to the Next Level Without F***ing Up" most of which focus on the fan experience. FYF Fest took place Saturday and Sunday, August 24 ...

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Jazz This Week: Red Baraat, Gateway Jazz Festival, Tom McDermott, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 29, 2013

This Labor Day weekend in St. Louis offers fans of jazz and creative music an eclectic mix of sounds from traditional to experimental, with numerous gradations in between. Let's go to the highlights... On Thursday, “bhangra funk" band Red Baraat returns to St. Louis to take the stage at The Gramophone. Led by drummer Sunny Jain, the group's instrumentation resembles a New Orleans brass band, but their music blends in a variety of other sounds, including funk, go-go, and elements ...

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Jazz With Dominican Accents and Flavours Back in South Florida

Source: Fernando Rodriguez De Mondesert
August 26, 2013

In October 2012, Landestoy Enterprises presented a completely new and exiting concept from the Dominican Republic: The South Florida Dominican Jazz Fest. A multicultural event that brought to Florida the best Jazz currently being made by musicians in the Dominican Republic as well as Dominicans living abroad. At this event, Miami witnessed the Jazz proposals from the land that gave Merengue & Bachata to the rest of the world. Three groups that played various genres of Jazz, in fusions with ...

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