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Jazz Appreciation Month at The GRAMMY Museum

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 23, 2011

Preservation Jazz Hall Band, Henry Butler & More to Perform At The GRAMMY Museum Major Jazz Artifact Acquisition Announcement And Other Events Scheduled For April During Jazz Appreciation Month The GRAMMY Museum is honored to participate in the 10th Annual Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), to be celebrated throughout April. The month-long celebration pays tribute to jazz as both a historic and living art form and boasts a variety of nationwide activities. The GRAMMY Museum will host a series of public ...

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Thousands Escape Stress, Get Creative at NewAgePianoLessons.com

Source: Edward Weiss
March 20, 2011

Stress ... it affects us all. But it doesn't have to put a damper on your creativity. At least that's according to pianist/composer Edward Weiss. Weiss is also the webmaster and creator of NewAgePianoLessons.com—a website that teaches beginning adults how to play piano in the New Age style. New Age music was extremely popular in the mid 1980's and is making a big comeback now. When asked why this may be so, Weiss comments: “I think people always used music ...

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Jazz Arts Group's PBJ & Jazz Season Finale with Cleveland Jazz Pianist Joe Hunter

Source: Michael Ricci
March 19, 2011

In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) welcomes the piano stylings of Joe Hunter to the Lincoln Theatre ballroom on April 9 for the season finale of PBJ & Jazz presented by Bob Evans Farms. Joe Hunter is one of Cleveland's most popular and busiest jazz pianists. He is a favorite at many Tri-C JazzFest events and is the co-host with Bill Rudman of the very popular “The Song is You" series. He has ...

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Move Over Classical Piano lessons, New Age a Hit for Spring

Source: Edward Weiss
March 18, 2011

When most people think of taking piano lessons, the names Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart spring to mind. But not anymore. At least that's according to Edward Weiss. Weiss is a pianist, composer, and webmaster of Piano Lessons by Quiescence Music—an online site that teaches, you guessed it, New Age piano. When asked why he teaches piano in this style, Weiss responds: “It's a very freeing style. You don't have to read music. You don't have to spend years playing the ...

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Steve Wilson Embraces Role as Jazz Educator with Many Academic Appearances

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 19, 2011

Fresh Off Triumphant Wall Street Journal Feature, NY Times Arts & Leisure Preview, WNYC, New Yorker and Other Major Coverage, Steve Wilson Returns to His Role as Jazz Educator with Series of Academic Appearances WSJ Headline for Wilson's 50th Birthday Celebration: “The Sideman Becomes the Star" Fresh off major coverage for his 50th Birthday Celebration, including a significant WALL STREET JOURNAL feature and other key placements (see below,) acclaimed saxophonist Steve Wilson has returned to his role as a respected ...

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Barry Harris jazz workshop and concert in Rome, March 21-25

Source: anna pantuso
March 19, 2011

BARRY HARRIS JAZZ WORKSHOP From Monday 21 to Friday 25 March 2011 Felt music club & school, via degli Ausoni 84, ROME Barry Harris is one of the world's most respected jazz piano players and teachers, considered by many to be the foremost interpreter of the music of Bud Powell, Tadd Dameron and Thelonious Monk. For more than half a century, Harris has played with the giants of jazz including Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, ...

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Piano on Sandbar Inspires New Age Pianist

Source: Edward Weiss
March 14, 2011

Mystery solved ... we now know that teenagers placed a baby grand piano on a Florida Keys sandbar. Case closed. But not for New Age pianist and composer Edward Weiss. Mr. Weiss, is the creator of an online piano course Piano Lessons by Quiescence Music that teaches adults how to play New Age piano. He's been teaching online for over 10 years so when he saw all the coverage this piano 'stunt' was generating he got inspired. Here's what Mr. ...

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Want to Play Piano? New Age Piano Course Promises Quick Results

Source: Edward Weiss
March 11, 2011

Most courses of instruction for piano require years and years of study. This is a well documented fact. If you want to play the classics, expect to spend at least 5 years in intensive twice weekly lessons. But the classical approach isn't the only one and pianist/composer Edward Weiss has developed a 'new age' method that allows the complete beginner to quickly play chords and improvise. The course now has over 1000 subscribers and is continuing to add new ones ...

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