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Performance / Tour

The 5th Season of Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open Continues With Briggan Krauss, featuring Jim Black!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
January 9, 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! Now $10 NEXT Concert of the 2011-2012 season Saturday, January 14, 2012, 8:00 PM The Briggan Krauss Quartet Featuring: Briggan Krauss—alto saxophone Teddy Lausner—piano John Hebert—bass

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Festival

Mizzou New Music Summer Festival’s resident composers will bring diversity to 2012 event

Source: Dean Minderman
January 9, 2012

Columbia, MO—From a London-based composer pursuing a doctorate at the Royal Academy of Music, to a Greek studying music in upstate New York, to a Kansas City native working towards her Master's degree at Mizzou, the resident composers selected for this year's Mizzou New Music Summer Festival are perhaps the most diverse group yet in the event's three-year history. The University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative today announced the eight resident composers selected for ...

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Recording

Bass Legend Jeff Berlin Records An Astonishing New CD

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
January 9, 2012

Clearwater, FL—Insiders who have heard bass legend Jeff Berlin's newest CD are buzzing about the forthcoming release—a release that they are saying could possibly be the greatest bass album of all time! The word is that Jeff Berlin has recorded a jazz CD so astonishing that the artist himself is in shock with what he played! “I prepared for it by practicing 5 hours a day for weeks," Jeff explains. “What came of my preparation was to record solos on ...

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Performance / Tour

Natalie Merchant Performs with North Carolina Symphony in Raleigh, May 29

Source: Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
January 9, 2012

RALEIGH, N.C.—Internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant will join the North Carolina Symphony for a single performance on Tuesday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m., the orchestra announced today. The concert takes place at Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Raleigh's Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets for this one-night-only performance will go on sale on Monday, Jan. 23 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets will be available for purchase online at www.ncsymphony.org or by calling North Carolina Symphony Audience Services at 919.733.2750 ...

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Book / Magazine

Jazz & Blues Florida January 2012 Online Edition Posted

Source: Charles Boyer
January 8, 2012

The new edition of Jazz & Blues Florida, Florida's free online source for information on live jazz and blues in clubs, concerts and festivals, is now available. This edition marks the first edition of the fourth year of operating completely online. The January 2011 online edition of JAZZ & BLUES FLORIDA has been posted at JazzBluesFlorida.com. This month's edition can be read in .pdf format, as well as in a new and improving web-page presentation. This month's preview features include: ...

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Career

APAP JazzConnect Session: NEA Jazz Masters & Jazz Futures: Paying It Forward @ Hilton New York: January 9

Source: Michael Ricci
January 9, 2012

The Association of Performing Arts Presenters features jazz—its leaders, masters and music—at annual performing arts industry conference in New York City. Topic NEA Jazz Masters & Jazz Futures: Paying It Forward Where Hilton New York Mercury Ballroom New York, NY 212-586-7000 When Mon, January 9, 2012 11 AM-12 PM Admission Free About the event Mentoring is alive and well in the jazz community. NEA ...

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Career

APAP JazzConnect Session: Platforms that Move Jazz Forward @ Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers: January 8

Source: Michael Ricci
January 9, 2012

The Association of Performing Arts Presenters features jazz—its leaders, masters and music—at annual performing arts industry conference in New York City. Topic Platforms that Move Jazz Forward Where Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers Ballroom East, 3rd floor New York, NY 212-581-1000 When Sun, January 8, 2012 3-4:30 PM Admission Free About the event Looking for platforms and tools to help define, connect and ...

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Career

APAP JazzConnect Session: What Jazz Can Teach Us About Winning Audiences? @ Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers: January 9

Source: Michael Ricci
January 8, 2012

The Association of Performing Arts Presenters features jazz—its leaders, masters and music—at annual performing arts industry conference in New York City. Topic What Jazz Can Teach Us About Winning Audiences? Where Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers Riverside Ballroom, 3rd floor New York, NY 212-581-1000 When Mon, January 9, 2012 8-10 AM Admission Free About the event Don't miss this interactive session with Christy ...

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