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Event

WALL Miami Lounge Presents 1st Half Of Winter Music Conference DJ Ensemble

Source: Nicole del Castillo
March 9, 2012

WALL MIAMI HEATS UP FOR WINTER MUSIC CONFERENCE 2012 Celebrity hotspot announces first-half of DJ ensemble cast, beginning March 16th WALL Miami, in conjunction with partners Belvedere Vodka and Atrium boutique, is proud to announce its lineup of international DJs for the 27th annual Winter Music Conference. A multidimensional cast of renowned talent, including Bobby Burns, Pete Tong, Sidney Sampson, Quintino, Seth Troxler, Michael Brun, LA Riots, Jessica Who and many more will descend on the impenetrable boite inside W ...

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Performance / Tour

The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts Announces Its 2012-2013 Jazz Season

Source: Emily Krahn
March 8, 2012

Inaugural season of Jason Moran to highlight: An Evening of Comedy & Music with David Alan Grier and the Jason Moran Ensemble The Music of New Orleans: The New Orleans Bingo! Show Performances by the Heath Brothers, Kurt Elling, and Dr. Lonnie Smith Supersized Jazz Club Election Night Jam NPR's A Jazz Piano Christmas The Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival A Jazz New Year's Eve with ...

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Radio

Girl Singers of the Swing Era on Riverwalk Jazz This Week

Source: Don Mopsick
March 8, 2012

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, vocalists Nina Ferro, Topsy Chapman and Stephanie Nakasian join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to recall female singers of the Swing Era— from Ella and Billie to Martha Tilton, Ivie Anderson and Helen Humes. Also on our radio show, rare interview clips with Ella Fitzgerald, Martha Tilton and Helen Ward telling their own stories. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from ...

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Recording

Real Gone Music's April Reissues Include Little Willie John, Ad Libs, Cowboy Copas

Source: conqueroo
March 8, 2012

Also due are two more Grateful Dead Dicks Picks sets, Volumes 30 & 31 LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Real Gone Music will issue Little Willie John's Complete Hit Singles A's and B's, a definitive compilation of the influential R&B singer's King Records sides as well as King-Starday label mate Cowboy Copas' Complete Hit Singles A's & B's, featuring 30 of the country legends' sides from 1946-63, both slated for April 17, 2012 street date. On May 1, doo-woppers the Ab Libs will ...

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Recording

Pianist Alan Blackman Releases "Alone Together - The 2 Piano Project"

Source: Alan Blackman
March 8, 2012

Announcing the release of exciting new album from Baltimore pianist Alan Blackman. Four years ago he started a two piano series at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland as a way to bring in some of his favorite pianists and explore this unique format. This recording features two tracks by four different piano players; Vardan Ovsepian, Clay Giberson, Harry Appelman, and Sunna Gunnlaugs. The variety of textures, colors, and songforms range from free improvisation(read:string brushing,and muting) to traditional standards like ...

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Recording

Spyros Manesis Trio Debut Cd "undelivered", Released By Jacc Records

Source: Spyros Manesis
March 8, 2012

With Joao Hasselberg on bass, Kaspars Kurdeko on drums and Spyros on piano, the trio which formed in Amsterdam in 2010 has recorded its debut album for the Portuguese label JACC Records. The album, Undelivered was officially released in Europe. Greek pianist Spyros Manesis composes new music, arranges old jazz standards and plays the piano together with Portuguese double bassist João Hasselberg and Latvian drummer Kaspars Kurdeko, who embrace Spyros's musical ideas with deep musicality and remarkable dedication. The understanding ...

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Recording

Impulse! Records Introduces Newest Batch in 2-on-1 Series from Legendary Impulse! Artists

Source: Universal Music Enterprises
March 8, 2012

Impulse!/Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) recently introduced the second batch of its 2-On-1 series. Each CD features two classic albums from some of Impulse! Records' legendary jazz and blues artists. Included in this first batch are releases from Alice Coltrane, Blue Mitchell, Charles Mingus, Chico Hamilton, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Howard Roberts, John Handy, Keith Jarrett, Marion Brown, Mel Brown, Michael White, Sonny Criss, Sonny Stitt and a jazz supergroup featuring arranger Oliver Nelson working with pianists Hank Jones and Steve ...

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Event

An Evening with Kirill Gerstein: Rhapsody in Blue and World Premieres of Brad Mehldau and Chick Corea Pieces

Source: Berklee Public Relations
March 8, 2012

The 2012 Signature Music Series at Berklee wraps up an extraordinary season on Friday, March 30, with An Evening with Kirill Gerstein: Rhapsody in Blue. The Russian-born pianist will perform the world premiere of new works by Chick Corea and Brad Mehldau, commissioned by Gerstein as part of his 2010 Gilmore Artist Award. The jazz-inspired program also features the original 1924 jazz band version of Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue" with a 25-piece ensemble that includes faculty and an 8-piece student ...

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