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The Art of Jazz: Monterey Jazz Festival / 50 Years Book Signing Party, Sand City Borders, August 11, 2007

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
July 31, 2007

Book Signing Party for The Art of Jazz: Monterey Jazz Festival / 50 Years With Authors Keith and Kent Zimmerman And Designer Jerry Takigawa, August 11, 2007 Noted Culture Writers and Monterey Jazz Festival Promote New Publication at Sand City Borders on Monterey Peninsula Event Includes Music by the Remy & Pascal LeBoeuf Duo July 31, 2007; Monterey, California; In celebration of the Monterey Jazz Festival's new publication, The Art of Jazz: Monterey Jazz Festival / 50 Years, there will ...

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New Art Book by Photographer Ron Hudson: "Right Down Front" Celebrates Jazz Legends

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2007

Right Down Front Ron Hudson-Jazz Images, a new book of jazz portraits by Seattle photographer Ron Hudson, is scheduled for release at Borders Books at the 50th annual Monterey Jazz Festival September 21. The 144-page hardcover book is a collection of intimate portraits taken by a gifted photojournalist who documented hundreds of jazz legends across America and beyond. “With an ear for music and an eye for expression, Hudson captures all the excitement and emotion of live performance on film," ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York August 2007 Issue Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2007

One of the things we at AllAboutJazz-New York are most proud of is the breadth of our coverage. Of course much of it is determined by what folks happen to be playing in our fair city during the month but we take great pains to ensure equality and eclecticism, not just in our features but also in our supplementary articles and CD reviews. What usually ends up happening, often without us realizing until publication, are happy convergences that illuminate the ...

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Traps Covers It All: Third Issue Features Unpublished Material on John Bonham Plus Soul-Jazz Pioneer Idris Muhammad and Conga Legend Candido Camero

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2007

Enter Music Publishing, publishers of diverse, drum/percussion magazines worldwide, has released Traps Issue Three, its first rock cover story, on Zepellin's John Bonham. Brilliantly organized into eight “chapters" by Traps editor, Andy Doerschuk, this 25-page tribute to Bonzo is proof once again that Traps is committed to its editorial mission: covering 'The Art of Druming" in unique, creative ways, whether it's jazz, rock or somewhere in between.

As previously announced in “Traps Swings To Success", the magazine's premiere issue was ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Releases the Art of Jazz: Monterey Jazz Festival / 50 Years

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
July 18, 2007

The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since 1958, is pleased to announce the release of “The Art of Jazz: Monterey Jazz Festival / 50 Years," a celebratory coffee-table sized book which captures the MJF experience through posters, program covers, and exclusive photographs dating back to 1958.

“The Art of Jazz: Monterey Jazz Festival / 50 Years" celebrates the historic images that were created to promote and memorialize the Festival. In the last 50 years, the MJF posters ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York July 2007 Issue Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2007

It's hot. You're tired. Vision and JVC wore you out last month. The air conditioning seems particularly nice right now. And what's that you say? There's nothing going on in July, that's why the kids are in camp and everyone else is in the Hamptons. Please.

The only difference that comes with the seasons in New York is that for a few months a year, people only wear a little black (absorption versus reflection, you know). Besides that, musicians keep ...

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Remembering America's Forgotten Music Legends and Greatest Singers and Entertainers

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2007

REMEMBERING AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN MUSIC LEGENDS AND GREATEST SINGERS AND ENTERTAINERS. A NEW BOOK ON JAZZ: “BEST MUSICIANS, SINGERS, ALBUMS AND ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITIES OF THE 19TH, 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES." IS A MUST READ BOOK!! THE WORLD OF SHOWBIZ IS UNMERCIFUL! YOU BET! The world of showbiz, including Jazz, Pop, Rock “N" Roll and Broadway is unmerciful. How easy it is to forget the music and entertainment giants and pioneers of yesteryears! Time erases the glory, the memory, and accomplishments of ...

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'ASR Records Artist, Chris Burnett Co-Featured on Cover of Jazz Ambassador Magazine

Source: Paul Collins Artist Management International
June 11, 2007

The June/July 2007 edition of Jazz Ambassador Magazine (JAM) contains a feature article about 'ASR Records Artist, Chris Burnett. Jazz Ambassador Magazine is undertaking a series of feature articles about Kansas City based saxophone artists of note. “It hit me like a meteor while the last JAM went to press that the ranks of classy saxophonists in the area is huge. Some, like Bobby Watson, the recently departed Kim Park, Gerald Dunn , Mark Southerland, and Ahmad Alaadeen have received ...

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