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Radio

SiriusXM Launches "Just Jenny" with Jennifer Hutt

Source: Susan Blond, Inc.
January 24, 2012

SiriusXM personality, author and television host Jennifer Hutt is hosting Just Jenny, a newly-launched live, daily call-in show airing Monday through Friday from 1:00ר:00 pm ET on SiriusXM Stars (channel 107). On the show, Jennifer tackles subjects you would only think to discuss with your best friends, inviting listeners to engage an honest, humorous dialogue on a variety of topics and issues. Her willingness to talk about everything—from grieving the loss of a parent, to transforming her body and spirit ...

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Recording

Nonesuch Releases Caetano Veloso and David Byrne "Live at Carnegie Hall" on March 13; Pre-Order Now

Source: Michael Ricci
January 24, 2012

In the spring of 2004, Caetano Veloso curated a week of special concerts at New York's Carnegie Hall as one of its prestigious Perspectives artists. As part of the series, he invited his longtime friend and collaborator David Byrne to join him for an evening in Isaac Stern Auditorium. The concert was recorded for broadcast on NPR and now will be released by Nonesuch as Caetano Veloso and David Byrne: Live at Carnegie Hall on March 13, 2012. The singer/guitarists ...

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Advocacy

Celebrate Jazz Day On April 13th and Expand the Cultural and Economic Impact in Your Community!

Source: All About Jazz
January 24, 2012

The US Conference of Mayors designated the first ever Jazz Day on April 9, 2010 as a focused day to celebrate during Jazz Appreciation Month (April). Since then, concerts, educational outreach events and jazz advocacy activities in communities all across the Nation have been inspired by Jazz Day. April 13, 2012 is this year's designated Jazz Day. To further ensure the successful outreach of this one day celebration, Jazz Forward Coalition has taken on the role as facilitator to supply ...

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Performance / Tour

Anna Mjoll @ Vibrato Jan 29 2012 - Almost Sold Out !

Source: Anna Mjöll
January 23, 2012

Iceland's First Lady of Jazz, Miss Anna Mjoll plays another near-guaranteed sellout at Herb Alpert's Vibrato in Bel-Air Sunday, January 29th, 2012 at 8pm “The sweetest voice on the current Jazz scene. Period." —Arnaldo DeSouteiro “Lightly twisted, jazzy..." —Los Angeles Times Anna Mjoll By LA Weekly's Tom Meek Iceland's Anna Mjoll grew up in one of her country's leading musical families, eventually representing Iceland in the famed Eurovision Song Contest. She then joined the band of Julio Iglesias, touring worldwide ...

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Recording

Little Richard's Specialty Hits, Demos and Videos Enhance Concord Reissue

Source: conqueroo
January 23, 2012

Fifteen-song disc also features a never-before-heard interview with Specialty Records founder Art Rupe about the discovery of the rock 'n' roll legend Original album placed #50 in Rolling Stone's Greatest Albums of All Time. LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Rock 'n' roll may date back to Jackie Brenston's “Rocket 88" in 1951 and perhaps further to blues/swing hybrids of the 1940s. But many would contend that Little Richard's “Tutti Frutti," recorded at Cosimo Matassa's studio in new Orleans in September 1955, was the ...

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Recording

Guitarist Mike Lorenz's "Of the Woods" Available Now!

Source: Mike Lorenz
January 23, 2012

Philadelphia guitarist Mike Lorenz has released his debut full-length CD, Of the Woods, available now on iTunes, CDBaby and BandCamp. Of the Woods highlights seven of Lorenz's original compositions performed in quartet and quintet setting and featuring pianist Matt Mitchell, alto saxophonist Mike Cemprola, bassist Brian Howell and drummer Matt Scarano. A CD release show is scheduled for Friday, February 10th, 2012 at the Moonstone Arts Center in Philadelphia, PA as part of the Lucky Old Souls @ Moonstone concert ...

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Education

Spring/Summer 2012 Music-Making Opportunities at the Jazz Academy

Source: Michael Ricci
January 23, 2012

The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) offers a stellar line-up of music making opportunities to engage all ages and interests with ongoing classes, camps and workshops at the Jazz Academy community instructional space in the Lincoln Theatre complex. With nearly 5,000 square feet, the Jazz Academy is a premier facility for multi-generational and recreational music making, ensemble playing, after-school programs, technology instruction and lectures with world-class musicians. Spring classes are now open for registration including Trumpet, Trombone & Saxophone ...

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Performance / Tour

Alex Jacquemin at Joe's Pub on January 31

Source: Tom Estey Publicity & Promotion
January 23, 2012

Renowned Jazz Guitarist Alex Jacquemin celebrates His New CD Release—First and Last Light—with Performance at Joe's Pub, January 31. “Alex Jacquemin's new release combines the sounds of European and American jazz with the rich, sensuous melodies of Africa and the Middle East. Sexy, playful, mystical, it transports you to new states of mind, where anything is possible." —Valerie Gladstone, writer for New York Times, Washington Post and LA Times Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street, between E. 4th and Astor Place), ...

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