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Jazz Band Masterclass Celebrates 10 Years Of Jazz Education
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The Phillips Agency
Annapolis, MD – This is the tenth anniversary year for Jazz Band Masterclass, a unique jazz education program for adults launched by internationally respected saxophonist, composer and educator Jeff Antoniuk. Begun in the back room of 49 West Coffeehouse in Annapolis, the program has steadily expanded through economic ups and downs, providing jazz enrichment to hundreds of amateur and semi-professional adult jazz musicians throughout the Washington D.C.-Baltimore-Annapolis region. As a university jazz professor, Antoniuk noticed a hole in adult jazz ...
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Music, Mind and Meaning - The Case for the Science of Music
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HypeBot
By Diana Hereld of Pathways in Music. Photos by Will Kirk. Recently, at the Music, Mind and Meaning conference at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, one reception conversation was the ever-laden research debate between performers, theorists and scientists. While many consider it their duty as scientists to push the cognitive and neurological envelope, ever seduced by “why?” one music theorist would say (and I quote) “Our brains like music; music is agreeable. You don't need to know ...
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Guitar Legend Robben Ford Announces Guitar Dojo Camp with Sonny Landreth
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Chris M. Slawecki
Few guitarists have simultaneously shattered the boundaries of blues guitar with the eloquence and melodic invention of Robben Ford and slide guitar visionary Sonny Landreth. From August 4 – 8, 2014, at the elegantly rustic Full Moon Resort in the Catskill Forest Preserve (about 30 miles west of Woodstock, N.Y.), enthusiasts and guitarists of all skill levels will receive a once in a lifetime opportunity to join Robben Ford and Sonny Landreth for four days and nights of personal guitar ...
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Litchfield Jazz Camp Registration Now Open!
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Albert Rivera
Celebrate 18 years of Litchfield Jazz Camp at our new location, Canterbury School in New Milford, CT. Register by next Saturday, February 8 to get a special EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT. Sibling, loyalty and full combo discounts available too. Music Director Don Braden and Director of Operations Albert Rivera lead a star studded faculty through out the summer which include Matt Wilson, Charli Persip, Zaccai Curtis, Luques Curtis, Claudio Roditi, Helen Sung, Mike DiRubbo, Jimmy Greene, Dave Stryker and many more! ...
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Berklee Student To Perform With Carole King At MusiCares Person Of The Year Ceremony In King’s Honor
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Berklee Media Relations
When multi-GRAMMY winner Carole King takes the stage at the MusiCares Person of the Year ceremony in her honor, she will be accompanied on one song by Berklee College of Music student Ahmad El Haggar from Egypt. They will perform a Middle Eastern-style version of the music legend’s song “Home Again.” The new arrangement was written in collaboration with 25 year-old El Haggar specifically for the event. The MusiCares Person of the Year ceremony—Friday, January 24, 2014, in Los Angeles—is ...
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Johnny Carisi: Jazz Workshop
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Some of the smartest and most innovative East Coast jazz recordings made in the mid-1950s were for RCA's short-lived Jazz Workshop series. They albums were recorded just as the 10-inch LP began to fade and were replaced by 12-inch discs. The larger album had been used for classical music since 1948, when the LP was first introduced by Columbia. Classical music required more vinyl to accommodate symphonies and operas, and classical buyers tended to have more money and could afford ...
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Herbie Hancock Appointed 2014 Norton Professor Of Poetry At Harvard
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Muse Media
“I’ve uncovered practical lessons and learned that the essential values in jazz and the values of Buddhism are harmonious and apply to my life on every level. Throughout my lectures, I will be interweaving and connecting these ideas.” — Herbie Hancock Los Angeles, California and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Always at the forefront of world culture, technology, business and music, legendary pianist and composer Herbie Hancock has been named the 2014 Charles Eliot Norton Professor Of Poetry at Harvard University. Hancock will ...
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Jazz Arts Group's PBJ & Jazz Series To Feature Master Blues Guitarist Sean Carney
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Scott Vezdos
Columbus, OH - International Blues Challenge (IBC) winner and Albert King Best Guitarist Award-winner Sean Carney returns to the Lincoln Theatre on January 11, 2014 for a blues-rockin’ PBJ & Jazz concert presented by the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) and Bob Evans Farms. Due to popular demand, this year’s season will continue to include two performance times per concert, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. A one-man ambassador for the blues, Columbus, OH native Sean Carney has ...
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