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Last Call: Jazz‑Con 2025 Pass Sale Ends Tonight - The Ultimate Jazz Music Business Conference!
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Nu Jazz Publicity
Your clock is down to the last chorus. At 12:00 a.m. EST-US tonight, Jazz‑Con 2025 closes its final discount window for Sideman and Jazz Ambassador passes, capping a whirlwind pre‑registration run that has already drawn artists, educators, and industry pros from every corner of the globe. Jazz‑Con is the only global jazz & classical business conference where musicians can hear industry professionals talk shop directly with the streaming platforms and tech titans reshaping today’s marketplace. Confirmed speakers now top over 50 voices ...
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New Vinyl: Golson and McIntyre
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Two Prestige albums recorded nearly one year apart have just been re-issued by Craft Recordings on 180-gram vinyl. Both were cut from the original stereo masters by Kevin Gray. Benny Golson's Gone With Golson was recorded in June 1959, and Ken McIntyre's Looking Ahead, with Eric Dolphy, was recording in June 1960. Both albums are superb for different reasons. The close of the 1950s and dawn of the 1960s was singular in jazz. The year 1959 was a turning point ...
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Vinh Pham: A Symphony Of Innovation And Access In Modern Piano Pedagogy
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All About Jazz
In the dynamic, ever-evolving world of American music education, few stories gleam with as much inspiring audacity and lasting influence as that of Vietnamese-born Vinh Pham. In this article, Anh Nguyen narrates his journey from the electric bustle of Ho Chi Minh City to the hallowed music halls and conference stages of New England. Yet, more than meteoric success, what distinguishes Pham is his unwavering commitment to redefining what’s possible—fusing Vietnamese heritage, American opportunity, and boundless imagination to open the ...
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Jazz-con 2025 Unveils First 36 International Speakers, Featuring YouTube, Deezer, Merrill Lynch, Bandcamp & Pandora As Panelists At Its 100% Virtual Digital Music Conference on September 15-16, 2025
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Nu Jazz Publicity
Jazz-Con today announced its first-round lineup of 36 speakers, representing 13 countries across five continents for their 100% virtual digital music business conference. From independent booking agents and festival directors to label presidents, from tech innovators to streaming and playlisting gurus, from wealth strategists to rights experts, this diverse roster will tackle streaming practices & tactics, rights & royalties, touring, digital strategy, and emerging revenue models in jazz, classical, Latin jazz, and non-popular music that will benefit indie musicians and ...
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Japanese Composer Ko Tanaka: Jazz, Ballet, And The Fusion Japanese And American Musical Theater
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Frank Gazerro
Ko Tanaka, the first Off-Broadway Japanese composer known for his fusion of jazz with American musical theater and Japanese musical traditions, is composing a ballet rendition of the internationally-acclaimed Off-Broadway musical Poupelle of Chimney Town. Tanaka, composer of the musical Poupelle of Chimney Town, which premiered Off-Broadway at New York's Pershing Square Signature Theater in 2024, is at work on a ballet version of the internationally-acclaimed musical in collaboration with Leap Co. Ltd.—one of Japan’s most esteemed theatrical companies recognized ...
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Jazz-con Partners With All About Jazz To Present The Jazz Forward Awards At The Inaugural Jazz-con: 2025!
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Nu Jazz Publicity
Jazz-Con, the new global music-business conference dedicated to the future of jazz, announced today that it will partner with All About Jazz—the premier online jazz resource since 1995—to present the Jazz Forward Awards during the inaugural Jazz-Con 2025 (September 15-16, virtual). Founded by Michael Ricci, All About Jazz has spent three decades championing the music, expanding its platform to spotlight the people and organizations moving jazz forward. The Jazz Forward Award recognizes those trailblazers: businesses, nonprofits, educators, and entrepreneurs who ...
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Eliot King Smith Teams Up With Audrey Martells (Chic) To Bring To Life The Story Of Josephine Baker
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
In the 1920s, faced with the grinding poverty and segregation of East St. Louis, Josephine Baker took her dancing and musical talents first to New York, and then, at 19, arrived in Paris to perform with the Folies Bergère. Entranced by her reception and treatment by French society, she rose to stardom almost immediately at the Folies. She starred in multiple films, and scored a big hit song that summed up her reverence for the freedom she experienced as a ...
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Jazz-con 2025 Unveils Full Lineup Of Sessions Spanning Business, Innovation, And Global Collaboration
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Nu Jazz Publicity
Jazz-con, the premier global conference at the intersection of jazz, business, and innovation, has officially announced its full lineup of sessions for the 2025 edition, taking place virtually on September 15–16, 2025. Featuring panels in English, Spanish, and Japanese with live translation in over 10 languages, Jazz-con 2025 continues its mission to amplify the voices of musicians, educators, and executives shaping the future of jazz. From strategic conversations on streaming and rights management to creative insights on touring, metadata, and ...
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