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AllAboutJazz-New York June 2007 Issue Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
May 30, 2007

Welcome to the rat race known as New York City summer festival season. They are seemingly all over the place, from JVC to Vision to all sorts of smaller entities throughout the city. It's funny to think that this much music would be a dream for so many people, some of whom even make special trips to the city just for the occasion. But for many of us, it presents the unenviable task of deciding who to see when and ...

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Chasin' the Bird...Charlie Parker Biography Now in Paperback

Source: All About Jazz
May 22, 2007

CHASIN' THE BIRD The Life & Legacy of Charlie Parker By Brian Priestley Anyone with a passing interest in Jazz knows that Charlie “YardBird" Parker is one of the most influential musicians of the genre. As a saxophonist who played with blinding speed and displayed a brilliant improvisational style, he founded the bebop style of jazz along with fellow contemporaries Dizzy Gillespie and Bud Powell. Parker would also come to have a profound influence on later ...

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Bells Compilation "Free Jazz, Free Music" Now Online

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2007

The BELLS compilation “Free Jazz, Free Music" is taking shape at “metropolis." While the articles are appearing one at a time on the main “metropolis" page they are being collectively archived. For those who are wondering what the compilation is about, some background is in order. Between 1973 and 1979, I published a small internationally circulated newsletter-review called BELLS. I saw the publishing of BELLS as a mission, a mission to call attention to a whole range of jazz and ...

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Performing Artists, Musicians, Dancers, Singers and Entertainment Personalities of the 21st Century.

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2007

PERFORMING ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, DANCERS, SINGERS AND ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITIES OF THE 21st CENTURY. OFFICIAL PUBLIC INVITATION TO BE INCLUDED IN VOLUME V OF WORLD WHO'S WHO IN JAZZ, CABARET, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT.

The Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists (FAMSPA) and Timessquarepress jointly published this year 4 volumes of the series World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment. The 2007 series consists of 6 massive volumes and the Yearbook. So far, 30,000 names, entries and biographies were ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York May 2007 Issue Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
May 1, 2007

We know we mentioned it last month but since this issue officially marks our five-year anniversary, thanks, once again, for all your support.

And it is very needed these days. Since publishing our last issue, we lost two giants - clarinetist Tony Scott and pianist Andrew Hill. For those who attended Hill's last performance at Trinity Church and saw how frail he was yet how strongly and beautifully he still played, this is a particularly painful loss, though any death ...

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Just Published: Volume IV of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2007

7 INTERNATIONAL DIVAS GRACE THE COVERS OF “SHOWBIZ, PIONEERS, BEST SINGERS, MUSICIANS AND ENTERTAINERS FROM 1606 TO THE PRESENT": VOLUME IV OF THE WORLD WHO'S WHO IN JAZZ, CABARET, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT

On April 24, 2007, the Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists, Incorporated (FAMSPA), Times Square Press and the editorial board of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment, jointly announced in New York City the names of the seven divas who will grace ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York March 2006 Issue Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2007

It is appropriate that for our 60th issue and just before our five-year anniversary, we celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month. We appreciate jazz year round and we know that you do as well, but people love nostalgia and sentimentality and we here at AllAboutJazz-New York are no different.

In an interesting bit of confluence, our cover story is steeped in remembrance as we celebrate the giant musical figure that is Charles Mingus. His epic “Epitaph" will be performed this month as ...

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De Lafayette Encyclopedia of Entertainment, Music, Jazz and Performing Arts (2007-2012) 1st Edition

Source: All About Jazz
April 1, 2007

DE LAFAYETTE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, JAZZ AND PERFORMING ARTS (2007-2012) 1st EDITION

Thematic and Biographical Encyclopedia of Singers, Performers, Musicians and the Arts. Published by the Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists (FAMSPA) and Times Square Press.

1st EDITION (2007-2012). FROM MUSICAL SOUNDS AS THEY WERE PRODUCED NINE MILLENNIA AGO TO THE LATEST GIGS IN MANHATTAN AND HOLLYWOOD EXTRAVAGANZAS. 10 VOLUMES, 1 YEARBOOK ANNUALLY. 4,000 PAGES. SIZE 8.25 x 11.00. THOUSANDS OF ENTRIES, ILLUSTRATIONS AND PHOTOS. AVAILABLE ...

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