Music Industry News

Zanzibar Blue Opens New Restaurant And Club In Wilmington, Delaware

Source: All About Jazz

PHILADELPHIA, PA 21.AUGUST.02-- ROBERT + BEN BYNUM, owners of ZANZIBAR BLUE in Philadelphia as well as WARMDADDY'S+BRAVE NEW WORLD announce the grand opening of ZANZIBAR BLUE/WILMINGTON on Tuesday, September 17th, unveiling the fruits of a deal signed back in May of this year. Expanding upon ZANZIBAR BLUE's 12-year legacy as Philadelphia's premier venue for international cuisine+jazz music, the companion restaurant will open in the ground floor of the prestigious BRANDYWINE BUILDING (1000 West Streey) in downtown Wilmington, Delaware.

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Branford Marsalis Launches New Indie Label

Source: All About Jazz

Cambridge, MA - Branford Marsalis, one of the leading saxophonists and bandleaders in jazz for the past 20 years, has announced the formation of Marsalis Music - a new record company designed to provide a home for committed creative musicians. The indie label, formed at a time when bottom-line pressures have forced the major labels to drastically reduce or eliminate their Jazz roster, is the brainchild of the 42-year-old, multiple-Grammy winning Branford with the support and collaboration of his father, ...

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BCMA Announces Fall 2002 Concert Schedule

Source: All About Jazz

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Takashi Buhaina Blakey, Son of Legendary Jazz Drummer, Appointed Administrator of The Estate of Art Blakey

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Vermont Jazz Center Presents Annual Workshop And Concerts: August 11th to 17th

Source: All About Jazz

The Vermont Jazz Center will present its twenty seventh annual summer workshop this year from August 11th to the 17th at the Putney School in Putney, Vermont. As a part of this workshop, the VJC will offer two concerts to be held at the Loft at Cotton Mill Hill in Bratttleboro, VT, on August 15th and 16th. The Faculty Gala will take place on Thursday, August 15th at 8:00 PM and will include artists Sheila Jordan and Jay Clayton (vocals), ...

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Will Downing and Gerald Albright Announce "Rhythm of Love" Tour

Source: All About Jazz

GRP recording artists Will Downing and Gerald Albright are proud to announce their Rhythm of Love tour for the summer of 2002. During these dates, Downing and Albright will perform music from their new GRP releases, as well as the music from their chart-topping 1998 release Pleasures of the Night. Vocalist Patti Austin is also a featured artist on this tour.

With eight albums, sales of more than one million units, bragging rights to chart status in the R&B, adult, ...

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Tower of Power Bassist Francis Rocco Prestia in Need of Liver Transplant

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Two Americans' Jazz Journey Brings Interactive Learning To Musicians In Latvia

Source: All About Jazz

Created by Jazz Singer Janet Lawson and Jazz Pianist Lenore Raphael, Jazz Journey Will Be Adopted by Latvian Music Educators

NEW YORK -- This summer, a jazz education program created by two American jazz musicians will be adopted by music teachers throughout the Eastern European country of Latvia. The worlds of classical and traditional music will come together at the V International Music Camp in Ogre, Latvia this July and blend with the rhythms and harmonies of Jazz Journey, an ...

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