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Event

Chicago Flutist and Composer Nicole Mitchell Relocates to Los Angeles With Performances on January 27th and January 28th 2011

Source: Nicole Mitchell
January 21, 2012

Nicole Mitchell, “one of Chicago's more inspiring jazz visionaries," (Chicago Tribune), an award winning jazz flutist, modernist composer and great contributor to Chicago music, has recently relocated to Los Angeles. On January 28th, at 8pm, Mitchell will debut her talents in duet with legendary opera composer and improvising pianist Anthony Davis at Winifred Smith Hall on the campus of University of California Irvine. Mitchell, a recent recipient of the Alpert Award in Music, begins a week-long residency at California Institute ...

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Contest

Enter the "Ferit Odman - Autumn in New York" CD Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
January 20, 2012

Performance / Tour

David "Fuze" Fiuczynski - Screaming Headless Hendrix At Painted Bride Arts Center On February 4

Source: Michael Ricci
January 20, 2012

David “Fuze" Fiuczynski's Screaming Headless Hendrix A Birthday Tribute to a Legendary Light Guest curator: J. Michael Harrison Saturday, February 4 | 8pm $25 in advance, $30 day of show 20% off for patrons in our Ticket Discount Program. At the crossroads of new beats, microtonal harmonies, eastern melodic inflections and improv concepts, new musical ideas are on the horizon. David “Fuze" Fiuzynski and The Planet MicroJam Institute ensemble, with special guest ...

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Performance / Tour

Blues Legend Joe Louis Walker Celebrates Label Debut with Philadelphia Performances

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
January 20, 2012

Award-winning guitar slinger, passionate vocalist and gifted songwriter Joe Louis Walker, currently celebrating the release of his Alligator Records debut, Hellfire, will perform at Warmdaddy's in Philadelphia on Friday, February 17 and Saturday, February 18, 2012. Walker has been releasing groundbreaking music since 1986 and has toured—and continues to tour—worldwide. He has won four Blues Music Awards (BMA) and has been nominated for 44 more, including a nomination for a 2012 BMA for Contemporary Blues Male Artist Of The Year. ...

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Education

Berklee Professor Fred Lipsius Helps Musicians Become Great Improvisers With Online Video Training

Source: John Pritchard
January 20, 2012

Get More Creative! Be A Better Soloist! Berklee Professor Fred Lipsius Uses Online Video to Teach Students and Professionals Alike How To Be Great Improvisers: Freddy's Guide to Creative Improvisation. The Online Training also includes a 188pg PDF of the Printed Book. “Freddy's Guide To Creative Improvisation is an original and exciting method for teaching what is almost unteachable: the art of improvisation. A well thought-out and balanced approach." — Adam Holzman, keyboardist for Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Grover Washington ...

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Performance / Tour

The 5th Season of Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open Continues With Daniel Kelly's Rakonto

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
January 20, 2012

CONNECTION WORKS PRESENTS The 5th SEASON OF BROOKLYN JAZZ WIDE OPEN @ The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Concert Hall The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is located at 58 Seventh Ave (at Lincoln Place), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, Tel 718 622 3300, reduced admission! $10 NEXT Concert of the 2011-2012 season Saturday, February 11, 2012 8:00 PM Daniel Kelly's Rakonto Yoon Sun Choi—voice Anders Nilsson— guitar Daniel Kelly—piano David Ambrosio—bass

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Recording

Tony Bennett 'Romantic' Set in Time for Valentine's Day

Source: conqueroo
January 20, 2012

Of the numerous balladeers to emerge on the music scene in the years during and immediately after World War II, Tony Bennett is considered one of the most versatile and enduring. In a career that spans six decades, he has embraced a host of styles, including swing, pop, jazz, show tunes, orchestral music and more. Along the way, he has earned more than a dozen Grammy Awards and scores of Grammy nominations. Even now, in his mid-80s, he remains an ...

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Performance / Tour

Carnatic Footprints In New York City at The Cornelia Street Cafe

Source: Jason Byrne - Red Cat Publicity
January 20, 2012

New York City has always been a receptive home for the new and experimental in the arts. Indian music is emerging as an exciting site where traditional forms are now being treated to creative makeovers. Young Indian-Americans are offerings new engagements with the melodic and rhythmic structures of classical music from the subcontinent. Guided by guitarist Tom Chang's vision to expand the palate of musical offerings, Cornelia Street Café has emerged as a vibrant space for the new in Indian ...

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