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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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The Nash Executive Director Joel Goldenthal Transitions to New Role
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Michael Ricci
Steve Maun, President/CEO of The Nash announced today that Joel Goldenthal, co- founder of The Nash, has stepped down as Executive Director and will continue to serve the organization as a sustainability specialist. “Joel’s steadfast leadership and deep dedication to The Nash have been vital to the organization's growth over the past twenty-five years," Maun said. “Throughout his tenure with the organization, Joel’s passion for jazz as an art form has been both evident and inspiring, helping to galvanize transformative ...
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Butter And The Genre Announces 'Music Is Life,' A New Jazz Single Bridging Generations
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Butter And The Genre
Butter and the Genre Announces “Music Is Life”—A New Jazz Single Bridging Generations New single drops May 9, 2025 via The Orchard. Butter And The Genre, the multigenerational jazz collective led by seasoned musician Gregory “Butter” Haubrich, is set to release their new single “Music Is Life” on May 9, 2025. Distributed worldwide through The Orchard (a division of Sony Music Entertainment), the track captures the soulful energy and uplifting spirit that defines the band’s signature sound. “Music is the ...
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Steve Allee on The Baron
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back in March, I posted on The Baron, a terrific Fender Rhodes album led by drummer John “The Baron" Von Ohlen. It was recorded for Stan Kenton's Creative World label in January 1973. The Baron featured Claude Sifferlen (Fender Rhodes), Steve Allee (keyboard bass, piano, organ), Von Ohlen (drums) and Mary Ann Moss (vocals). Prior, I posted on the Steve Allee Big Band's terrific new album, Naptown Sound. Recently, I asked Steve about The Baron and how it came to ...
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