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Crowdfunding Campaign

The Giuseppi Logan Kickstarter Project - New 180 Gram Vinyl Album From Legendary Sax Player

Source: Ed Pettersen
March 11, 2012

The Giuseppi Logan Project delivers a new album from a rising avant-garde jazz player of the sixties who has been lost to the music world for over 30 years. The supporting players are stellar in their own right featuring ace jazz pianist Cooper Moore, bassist Larry Roland, and the unique electric violin of Tracy Silverman. The release is a limited edition 180 gram vinyl album with hi-res digital downloads available if you don't own a record player. The campaign to ...

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Event

Jazz Without Borders Lua Hadar and her global jazz band TWIST debut at Yoshi’s Oakland, previewing new CD Sunday, March 11 @ 7pm

Source: Lua Hadar
March 11, 2012

San Francisco, CA: Vocalist Lua Hadar with her band TWIST make their Yoshi's Oakland debut on Sunday, March 11 at 7pm with their signature “Jazz Without Borders," an evening of international jazz. The set list includes several tunes from the band's new CD, Like A Bridge, recently recorded at the legendary Fantasy Studios, Berkeley. Also, a new song by guest pianist-vocalist-composer Candace Forest receives its U.S. premiere, along with an eclectic mix from the band's “jazz without borders" repertoire, sung ...

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Performance / Tour

Sinan Bakir at Mark Twain House on March 11

Source: Sinan Bakir
March 11, 2012

You can take-in a first-rate jazz doubleheader Sunday, March 11, in Hartford by attending the sizzling jazz brunch at the Mark Twain House and Museum, followed by the red-hot, admission-free jazz matinee series that has been drawing record-breaking turnouts at the downtown Hartford Public Library. Guitarist/composer Sinan Bakir, Turkey's crown jewel gift to the city of Hartford, leads his trio in the “Sunday Jazz Brunch" series at the Twain House's Murasaki Café, an event curated by Hartford's colorful concert producer/fashion ...

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Performance / Tour

Craig & Lori Brenner to Perform in Concert at the Ann Arbor District Library

Source: Craig Brenner
March 11, 2012

Pianist/composer Craig Brenner and his wife Lori Brenner will perform in concert on March 29, 2012, at the downtown Ann Arbor District Library, 343 South Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, tel. (734) 327-4200. The concert will begin at 7PM. Called “a fine and funky pianist" by Living Blues magazine, Craig Brenner has also been voted Best Musician in Bloomington, Indiana by the Bloomington Independent. Lori Brenner adds vocals and percussion to many of Craig's original blues, jazz, and boogie ...

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Technology

Song Surgeon 3.0 for Mac Introduces Distortion Free, Pitch and Tempo Change Audio Software to the Broad Based Consumer Market

Source: Jim Todd
March 10, 2012

Doylestown, PA: Todd, Michael & James, Inc (TMJ) released today, Song Surgeon Version 3 for Mac, its “best in class" audio software for pitch (key) and tempo change. Song Surgeon provides high quality, distortion free audio for use by musicians, transcribers, translators, dance studios, DJ's, and churches (for music worship). Previously the software was available only for Window's machines. Song Surgeon Version 3 features not one, but two separate algorithms for pitch and tempo change. It yields unparalleled quality, until ...

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Interview

Celebrating the Anniversary of Thomas Chapin's Birthday - 55th Year

Source: Castillo
March 10, 2012

Today is a Time to Remember a great friend and player, Thomas Chapin who was born on March 9, 1957. He would have been 55 years old. Happy Birthday, Thomas from all of us who knew you and love you—and miss you! Just up on the thomaschapin.com website is an important, new article: “Thomas Chapin and Me, A History and Remembrance" by Bruce Lee Gallanter, NYC downtown music scene insider and unofficial historian/archivist and owner of the Downtown Music Gallery. ...

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Contest

Enter the "Robert Glasper Experiment - Black Radio" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
March 9, 2012

Event

Enter Music Publishing Grooves Forward With The 17th Annual Drummies Voting Now Open Till May 1

Source: Josh Moscov
March 9, 2012

San Jose, Calif.—It's exciting, respected, a bit controversial yet fun. That's right, it's Drummies time! Comprised of more than 40 categories, Enter Music Publishing's annual awards/poll officially opens March 10 in the artist and gear categories. Drummers and drumming fans can cast their votes here. Great Expectations: Diverse Drum Categories Like last year, Enter Music Publishing expects very strong voting returns. In 2011 approximately 7,300 drummers participated in the Drummies, which comprise 42 categories, from “Best Drummer" to “Most Popular ...

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