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Irvin Mayfield to Help New Orleans Libraries
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All About Jazz
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Jazz trumpeter Irvin Mayfield has traveled the world playing for audiences in smoky bars and buttoned-up concert halls, and he knows the sounds, tastes and sights of this city are unlike those anywhere else. So, he says, the city's library system should be just as unique. Mayfield intends to unveil a plan Tuesday for a multimillion-dollar library system that reflects the city's identity. It would start with a jazz-themed branch housing early recordings and reviews. “We ...
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World-Renowned Musicians Join WBGO Music Director Gary Walker to Advise Westchester Jazz Orchestra
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All About Jazz
Westchester, NY -- World-renowned jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano and WBGO jazz radio host Gary Walker are joining forces with several other music luminaries to provide artistic direction and organizational growth support for the Westchester Jazz Orchestra, featuring 17 jazz professionals who reside or work in Westchester County. The Westchester Jazz Orchestra (WJO) has created an advisory board comprising Lovano, Walker, trumpeter Randy Brecker, pianist/composer Jim McNeely, bassist John Patitucci, saxophonist Houston Person and bassist Rufus Reid. They will offer input ...
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Two for the Show Media Celebrates Another Year!
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Two for the Show Media
Publicity & Media firm Two for the Show Media is proud announce another year in the books servicing the top names in the jazz industry. This past year, Two for the Show Media has been privileged to work with such jazz labels & greats as: John Abercrombie, Peter Erskine, Jeff “Tain" Watts, Wycliffe Gordon, Cindy Blackman, Marc Copland, ECM Records, Wayne Escoffery, Carolyn Leonhart, Donny McCaslin, Arturo O Farrill, Edward Simon, Bobby Sanabria (whose CD Big Band Urban Folktales was ...
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Christian McBride: Not Just All That Jazz
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All About Jazz
Bassist and booker Christian McBride is a rare jazzman with an approving ear for hip-hop. Christian McBride, the wunderkind bassist, is finally having a middle-aged thought. The leading jazz bassist of his generation wishes he weren't on the road so much. Speaking by phone the other day after a snowstorm in Santa Fe, N.M., McBride said he's keen to spend more time at home in Montclair, N.J., even when the plumbing breaks. “We had one of the pipes in the ...
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Alma Smith: The Countess of Swing
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JazzStage Productions
Alma Smith has been a professional musician for more than fifty years. The youngest of nine children, Alma was born in Montgomery, Alabama and raised in the North End area of Detroit. Alma's fascination with music started early. Her mother had played piano as a youngster and she encouraged Alma to continue. “My brother played very good boogie-woogie, but he died young," she recalls. “And my sister could play. But I was the one that made music my livelihood." Alma's ...
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