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Performance / Tour

George Brandon and the Blue Unity Orchestra Celebrate Black History Month at the City College of New York

Source: George Brandon
February 21, 2012

The Blue Unity Orchestra will stage a series of participatory events as part of The City College of New York Black Studies Program's Black History Month events. These events, which will include workshops and open rehearsals, will culminate in a Blue Unity Orchestra Legacy concert at the Aronow Theatre on CCNY's Harlem campus on February 24, 2012 at 8 pm. The Blue Unity Orchestra promotes the work of African, African-American and Afro-Diasporic composers. This year's event will feature a work ...

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Interview

Saxophonist Steve Coleman Interviewed at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
February 20, 2012

Saxophonist Steve Coleman's The Mancy of Sound (Pi Recordings, 2011) was one of the records of 2011. Thematically and structurally challenging on the one hand, dynamic and funky on the other, the music's contrasts reflect Coleman's view of the world, in all its complexity and simplicity. Coleman's fierce intellect carries simple logic, wrapped in many-layered waves of knowledge; so, too, the music on this recording may seem overwhelming at first, until repeated listening gradually unveils the simple truths within. For ...

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Book / Magazine

The Insanity Hoax Receives First Honor

Source: Dr. Judith Schlesinger
February 20, 2012

The Insanity Hoax: Exposing the myth of the mad genius, by our senior reviewer and columnist Dr. Judith Schlesinger, has just been chosen as a “new and “notable book" by the prestigious and long-running Skeptical Inquirer, “the magazine for science and reason." The book was chosen because it effectively challenges one of society's most unreasonable and unscientific notions: that creativity and mental disorder are always bundled together. The Insanity Hoax is the first book to comprehensively demonstrate that great talent ...

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Education

Tritone Jazz Adds Third Camp This Summer

Source: Bob DeRosa
February 20, 2012

PENFIELD, NY: A Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camp will become part of the summer curriculum of the legendary Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan, June 17-22, 2012. Tritone Jazz at Interlochen will be added to Tritone's two other camps, Tritone Cool on the Lake at Bjorklunden, Baileys Harbor, WI, (July 8-13); and Tritone Jazz at Naz, at Nazareth College in Rochester, NY (July 22-27). The increasingly popular Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camps, designed exclusively to provide personalized jazz instruction in ...

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Recording

Jon Cleary Readies New Album "Occaopella"

Source: conqueroo
February 20, 2012

Delving into the songbook of Allen Toussaint, New Orleans musician plans CD release celebration at JazzFest NEW ORLEANS, La.—The seeds for Jon Cleary's sixth solo CD were sown when the acclaimed songwriter, pianist and singer was asked the hypothetical question, “Would you ever do a record of somebody else's tunes?" The English-born Cleary, who has made New Orleans his home for more than three decades, provides his emphatic answer with the utterly captivating Occapella (released April 17 on the artist's ...

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Performance / Tour

Santana Legend Gregg Rolie To Play Acoustic Solo Show At Famed Iridium In NYC

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
February 20, 2012

Gregg Rolie, co-founder of two multi-platinum super groups, Santana and Journey, will make two unique solo appearances on March 2 & 3, 2012 at the famed Iridium in NYC. The legendary Iridium has a dual history as both a jazz institution and the home of Les Paul, who performed at the venue regularly from 1996-2009. Les Paul Mondays were always an event with such iconic guitarists as Jeff Beck, Steve Miller, Todd Rundgren and Ted Nugent sitting in with the ...

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Recording

Funkasaurus Rex Release "I Hear Voices"

Source: Joey Berkley
February 20, 2012

Funkasaurus Rex has released I Hear Voices. A follow-up to the critically acclaimed Etched in Stone. This EP features a medley arrangement of Stevie Wonder's “I Wish/Superstition" plus an original by leader Joey Berkley entitled “Star." I Hear Voices also features a group of very talented singers. Yes, Funkasaurus Rex sings! Available now for download worldwide via iTunes, Amazon et al, a CD release of I Hear Voices is also planned for later in 2012. Co-produced by Joey Berkley and ...

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Interview

All About Jazz Announces New Column Featuring Archival Intervews with Jazz Greats

Source: All About Jazz
February 19, 2012

All About Jazz is pleased to announce that Bob Kenselaar has joined our growing international team of contributing writers. In addition to new live coverage, and interviews like his recent Catching Up With Monty Alexander, Bob has obtained permission to reprint a series of interviews that he contributed to The Aquarian Weekly in the 1970s with artists ranging from Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz and Herbie Hancock to Herbie Mann and Sonny Rollins. Bob's first installment in his new column, Jazz ...

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