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Randy Brecker, Bobby Watson, Jane Monheit, Many More Perform At Usdan Center Beginning June 25
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Reva Cooper
Private On-Site Educational Performances at the Center’s 45TH Season Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the Long Island summer arts day camp once again included as a “Best Camp” for 2012 by TimeOutNY/Kids, announces its Festival Concerts lineup for its 45th season. These are a special feature of the Center: private, on-site daily educational performances by distinguished artists for students in Usdan’s 1,000-seat McKinley Amphitheater. Many of the artists will also teach workshops and master classes during the ...
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International Jazz Workshop Germany August 9-14, 2012
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Stephen Keogh
Jazz and world music have rediscovered for our culture what is in fact at the heart of all music making: expressing and communicating our own humanity in terms of music, developing and exchanging creativity with others. This event is a 6 day study and experience course. It is open to musicians of all ages who would like to acquire, develop and improve their musicianship, improvisation skills and learn about other art forms. Bobby Watson, USA Saxophones Bruce Barth, ...
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PlayJazzNow.com Releases Innovative Backing Track App
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PlayJazzNow PR
The jazz education website PlayJazzNow.com has just released JazzPlayer, a desktop application that revolutionizes play-along track technology. JazzPlayer is a 4-track music player designed to give jazz musicians of all levels complete control of the “mix” of their backing tracks. Each instrument – keyboard, bass, guitar and drums – is on a separate track. Users dial in whatever instruments they want to hear, at whatever ever volume levels they prefer. The app looks like a simple recording studio console, and ...
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New York Jazz Academy Summer Jazz Intensives, NYC Music Camps For Adults And Teens, Now Enrolling
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New York Jazz Academy Publicity
MAKE THIS SUMMER YOUR HOTTEST YET NEW YORK, NY: New York City’s newest music school is offering affordable Summer Jazz Intensives to adults and teens who can make it to their exciting new space on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. New York Jazz Academy, recently featured on NBC’s Today in New York, CNBC, and CBS News, is offering week-long summer jazz workshops to jazz players who want to freshen their improv or tighten their skills in a setting that’s ...
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Rising Star Jazz Guitarist Launches Online Instructional Resource
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Chris M. Slawecki
Guitarist Jake Hertzog is quickly establishing himself as a rising star with his unique blend of jazz and rock, having released three critically acclaimed albums over the last three years. Hertzog also is a frequent contributor to Guitar Player Magazine's Lessons section under the alias “Hey Jazz Guy", aiming to bridge the gap between standard guitar instruction and an original take on jazz education. Hertzog is thrilled to announce that the online companion resource to the “Hey Jazz Guy" series ...
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Dave Pietro to Present Free Master Class This Thursday, June 14 at Saxquest
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Saxophonist Dave Pietro (pictured) will present a free master class at 7:00 p.m. this Thursday, June 14 at Saxquest, 2114 Cherokee St. Pietro has released six albums of his own as a leader, and has received composing grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and from Chamber Music America's New Works Program. He's also the former lead alto saxophonist for the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, spending nearly a decade with that band and recording six CDs with them. A ...
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Money Raised For Litchfield Jazz Camp Scholarships At An Afternoon Of Jazz & Friends
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Lindsey Turner
Litchfield Performing Arts, the not-for-profit producer of The Litchfield Jazz Festival and its teaching arm, Litchfield Jazz Camp, held a successful fundraiser on April 29 at the home of its board president Bob Lenz and his wife Carol. The afternoon was designed to show off the talents of outstanding campers and to introduce a debuting artist at Litchfield Jazz Festival this August at the Goshen Fairgrounds. Under the direction of saxophonist/composer and Operations Director of Litchfield Jazz Camp, Albert Rivera ...
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Litchfield Jazz Camp Announces Two New Courses And Select Places Still Available
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Lindsey Turner
Kent, CT: Litchfield Jazz Camp (est. 1997) is excited to announce new course offerings for 2012. Guitarist and Camp Teaching Artist Doug Munro will offer a College Prep Seminar during sessions three (7/22-7/27), four (7/29-8/3), and five (8/5-8/10). Doug, who is a Professor of Music at SUNY Purchase and founder of their Jazz Program, will offer an insider’s perspective on what to expect from a college-level program. This seminar will prepare students for higher education, whether at a conservatory or ...
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