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Quiescence Music Gives Away Free Piano Lesson and 342 Page Book!

Source: Edward Weiss
January 27, 2011

Do you listen to George Winston's December around the holidays or throughout the winter and think “I would love to be able to compose and play music like that"? If so, Piano Lessons by Quiescence Music has an offer for you! Simply sign up for their Yahoo group using your email address, and you will get one free lesson and a PDF e-book called “Free to be Creative at the Piano!" The piano lesson called 'Summer Morning' is ~7.5 minutes ...

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Band Contest: Winner plays Telluride Jazz Celebration

Source: Todd Altschuler
January 26, 2011

Telluride Jazz Celebration is currently taking submissions for the festival's 1st Annual Band Contest. The winning band will receive a VIP weekend in Telluride, $500 cash and a performance slot on the main stage at the 35th Anniversary Telluride Jazz Celebration to be held August 5-7, 2011. To submit your band for consideration, please follow the official rules and submit your band's information on the festival website. Other musicians and bands that you will be playing alongside include Paquito D'Rivera, ...

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Enter the "Donny McCaslin - Perpetual Motion" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
January 24, 2011

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Greenleaf Music “Donny McCaslin—Perpetual Motion“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on February 24th. Two winners will receive the Perpetual Motion bundle pack, which includes the Perpetual Motion CD, the Recommended Tools CD and the digital sheet music for Perpetual Motion. Two winners will receive the Perpetual Motion CD. One winner will receive the Perpetual Motion download. Click here to enter the contest ...

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Jazz Pianist Ayako Shirasaki launches new website with a CD giveaway

Source: Jan Matthies Music Management
January 23, 2011

Frequent finalist in major U.S. jazz piano competitions and internationally performing jazz pianist Ayako Shirasaki has launched her new website, ayakoshirasaki.com. The website features everything Ayako related. Biography, news, schedule, discography, video and media. Fans of her music can now listen to tracks in the site-wide music player as well as checking the latest news about her performances and upcoming releases. According to the ever changing Internet, the new website now also offers direct links to Facebook, Twitter etc. Visitors ...

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Gary Burton on Lofty Fake Anagram

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
January 19, 2011

Toward the end of1966, vibraphonist Gary Burton left the Stan Getz Quartet to form his own group. The personnel he chose for his quartet shifted over the early months of 1967, but by the time Gary recorded Duster in April, he was joined by guitarist Larry Coryell, bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Roy Haynes. But in the summer, drummer Bob Moses had replaced Roy in the recording studio. The Gary Burton Quartet's second recording in August 1967 was Lofty Fake ...

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Announcing the Winners of the "Jacques Coursil - Trails of Tears" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2011

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Enter the "Winnie Dahlgren - Till We Meet Again" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2011

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Winnie Dahlgren—Till We Meet Again“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on February 17th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Winnie Dahlgren at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! About Winnie Dahlgren Winnie Dahlgren provides the listener with a distinct musical experience with delicate twists. Her classical background showcases her musical technique as a performer, but her use and ...

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