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Event

APAP | NYC 2012 Hosts JazzConnect: January 6-10

Source: Michael Ricci
January 4, 2012

The Association of Performing Arts Presenters features jazz—its leaders, masters and music—at annual performing arts industry conference in New York City. Friday Jan. 6, 2012 9 AM-Noon PRE-CONFERENCE FORUM: FREE Building Jazz Culture—Local to Global Hilton, Sutton South How do you build and support a thriving cultural community? What are the possibilities using jazz to do this? Where are the obstacles preventing effective growth and community building? What are the successes? How can jazz ...

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Recording

"Pan AM: Music from and Inspired by the Original Series" CD Coming January 17

Source: conqueroo
January 3, 2012

Soundtrack features Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Brenda Lee, Sergio Mendes, Connie Francis and more. NEW YORK, N.Y.—Pan Am: Music From and Inspired By the Original Series, a collection of music from and inspired by the ABC television drama, slated for January 17, 2012 CD release from Verve Music Group, is a non-stop flight back to the early '60s. The collection features 14 songs by Buddy Greco, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz & Joo Gilberto with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Peggy ...

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Award / Grant

Award-Winning Jazz Vocalist Chris Williams Receives Nomination for 2012 OC Music Awards Best Jazz

Source: Chris Williams
January 3, 2012

Anaheim, CA—Award-winning local jazz vocalist, Chris Williams has been nominated in the category of Best Jazz for the Orange County Music Awards, to be held March 3 at The Grove in Anaheim. Canadian-born jazz vocalist Chris Williams has impressed audiences with his intense passion, vocal proficiency and musical maturity. He has built a loyal following, as his highly entertaining performances are met with great enthusiasm by people of all ages. Chris has been performing in Southern California for more than ...

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TV / Film

Crooner Frank Lamphere’s Original Songs to Be Featured in Movie

Source: Frank Lamphere
January 3, 2012

CHICAGO, IL—Just eight days after being digitally released, two songs on the new EP, Frank Swings, jazz retro-pop crooner Frank Lamphere's (LAM-fear) first release of original music, have been licensed for inclusion in an independent film. The New York-based film production company A May Sky Picture Entertainment discovered Lamphere's recording of the swinging “I Never Forgot" online and found it the ideal fit for a memorable scene in their film Teresa is a Mother. The jazz-flavored “Be Happy" will also ...

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Event

Alternative Guitar Summit brings together Nels Cline, Mary Halvorson, Ben Monder, Thurston Moore: Jan. 13-15, plus many more

Source: Fully Altered Media
January 3, 2012

Joel Harrison presents the Alternative Guitar Summit Co-sponsored by the New York Guitar Festival Featuring Nels Cline, Mary Halvorson, Vic Juris, Ben Monder, Thurston Moore and many more! January 13, 14 and 15, 2012 Rockwood Music Hall 196 Allen Street New York, NY 10002 (212) 477-4155 The guitar these days is a kind of magic wand, a poly-theistic blow torch, lovely, raging, gentle, noisy, intimate, voluminous, hallucinogenic, funky, juvenile, ageless. More than ...

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Performance / Tour

Michele Rosewoman Trio at Trumpets Jazz Club, 1-14-2012

Source: Seton Hawkins
January 2, 2012

On Saturday, January 14, 2012, the pianist/composer Michele Rosewoman leads a trio, featuring bassist Andy McKee and drummer Billy Hart, in an evening of Tradition on the Edge at Trumpets Jazz Club in Montclair, New Jersey. See below for full event details. About the Artists: Hailed by AllAboutJazz.com as a “propulsive bandleader [who] guides the listeners and the players on a most seductive journey," Michele Rosewoman has made her mark in the jazz world by fusing Afro-Cuban influences with intelligent ...

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Performance / Tour

South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) Announces January-May 2012 Jazz Concert Line-Up

Source: AMT Public Relations
January 2, 2012

Monthly Jazz + Blues “In The Loft" Concert Series A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan Kyle Eastwood Band Jane Monheit and more... South Orange Performing Arts Center is located at One SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ, 07079. All artists and prices are subject to change at the time of this release. For more details on the upcoming season, including a complete schedule and ticket information, visit SOPACnow.org, or contact the SOPAC Box Office ...

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Recording

Bluesy cover of Leonard Cohen classic highlights eclectic new album from Australia's Joanna Melas

Source: Lauren Rogers
January 2, 2012

It takes a certain amount of courage to cover a Leonard Cohen song. Doing it successfully is another matter. However, Australian singer Joanna Melas manages to accomplish the nearly impossible, offering a rendition of Cohen's timeless “First We Take Manhattan" that can actually stand on its own. Cohen's original version is a masterpiece of cinematic moodiness and grim delivery; its icy keyboards reflected the glacial temperatures of Cohen's detached vocal work. Melas thankfully takes a radically different approach, transforming its ...

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