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Enter the "Matt Ulery - Wake an Echo" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Greenleaf Music Matt Ulery - Wake an Echo giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on August 19th. Click here to enter the contest
(Becoming a fan of Matt Ulery at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)
Good luck! Your Friends at Greenleaf Music About Wake an Echo
With his 2012 release By A Little Light, Chicago bassist and composer Matt ...
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Enter the "Lester Young - Boston 1950" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Uptown Records Lester Young - Boston 1950 giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on August 13th. Click here to enter the contest
(Becoming a fan of Lester Young at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)
Good luck! Your Friends at Uptown Records About Boston 1950
Legendary saxophonist Lester Young is captured during his residency in June, 1950 at the Hi-Hat ...
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Jim Hall: Live! Vol. 2-4 Box Set Giveaway Contest
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Brian Camelio
We are pleased to announce the Jim Hall: Live! Vol. 2-4 Box Set giveaway contest. For a limited time, we are offering you access to two previously unreleased tracks from Jim Hall: Live! Vol. 2-4. In addition, three lucky Jim Hall fans who redeem the exclusive giveaway contest offer (detailed below) will win Jim Hall: Live! Vol. 2-4 Box Sets. Follow the instructions below to enter this contest for a chance to win your Jim Hall: Live! Vol. 2-4 Box ...
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Enter the "John Scofield - Überjam Deux" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Decca Records John Scofield - Überjam Deux giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on August 6th. Click here to enter the contest
(Becoming a fan of John Scofield at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)
Good luck! Your Friends at Decca Records About Überjam Deux
Guitarist John Scofield is comfortable in any setting – whether it be jazz, blues or ...
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Enter the "Gary Peacock and Marilyn Crispell - Azure" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ECM Records Gary Peacock and Marilyn Crispell - Azure giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on July 29th. Click here to enter the contest
(Becoming a fan of Gary Peacock at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)
Good luck! Your Friends at ECM Records About Azure
Azure features beautiful duets by two great improvisers whose compatibility was proven long ago. ...
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Enter the "Edward Simon Trio - Live in New York at Jazz Standard" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Sunnyside Records Edward Simon Trio - Live in New York at Jazz Standard giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on July 22nd. Click here to enter the contest
(Becoming a fan of Edward Simon at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)
Good luck! Your Friends at Sunnyside Records About Live in New York at Jazz Standard
Studio recordings are wonderful ...
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Enter the "Will Calhoun - Life in This World" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Motema Music Will Calhoun - Life in This World giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on July 15th. Click here to enter the contest
(Becoming a fan of Will Calhoun at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)
Good luck! Your Friends at Motema Music About Life in This World
Before he became famous as a member of the groundbreaking hard ...
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Detroit Jazz Festival “Imported From Detroit” Announces National Jazz Competitions
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Detroit Jazz Festival
As part of its mission to foster and support jazz throughout the country, the Detroit Jazz Festival “Imported from Detroit” is now accepting submissions for two national jazz competitions—trumpet performance and jazz arrangement. Both competitions will be judged by prominent jazz artists and educators, with prize money totaling $5,000 and the chance to perform at the Detroit Jazz Festival on Labor Day Weekend, August 30 through September 2. The Marcus Belgrave National Jazz Trumpet Competition and JC Heard Jazz Arranging ...
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