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Recording

Steve Tyrell To Release New Album "I’ll Take Romance" February 7th

Source: Muse Media
January 1, 2012

ON FEBRUARY 7TH STEVE TYRELL RETURNS WITH, I'LL TAKE ROMANCE, JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE'S DAY Collection of Romance Tracks is Grammy Award-Winning Artist's Ninth Album and Concord Records Debut; Tour Features Seven Weeks at New York's Celebrated Café Carlyle as well as Various Dates Across the Country Los Angeles, CA. Often cited as the world's true “romance crooner" and proponent of all things love, legendary jazz balladeer Steve Tyrell will release his new collection, I'll Take Romance on February ...

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Website

All About Jazz Improvements: December 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
January 1, 2012

We're closing out the year with a bang, making several improvements and releasing two new services. If you missed last month's improvements, you can read about them here. BRAND NEW On Demand Audio / Audio Player Service All About Jazz has launched an audio player that allows readers to listen to the music presented at our website. The player, which features tracks uploaded by a musician or their record label, appears on a musician's profile page and on all articles, ...

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Festival

All About Jazz, Music Export Norway And Kongsberg Jazz Festival Announce: Doing It Norway

Source: All About Jazz
January 1, 2012

All About Jazz is pleased to announce All About Jazz Presents: Doing it Norway, a collaboration with Music Export Norway and Norway's Kongsberg Jazz Festival. AllAboutJazz.com Managing Editor John Kelman, whose specific interest in Norway's rich and varied music scene has expanded with increasing festival coverage over the past six years, has been asked to curate a series of concerts that will shine a spotlight on some of the most exciting and creative Norwegian artists currently on offer. “As one ...

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Jack DeJohnette Celebrates Landmark Year With "Sound Travels"

Source: All About Jazz
December 31, 2011

Mutidirectional Album Features: Esperanza Spalding, Bruce Hornsby, Bobby Mcferrin, Ambrose Akinmusire, Lionel Loueke, Tim Ries, Luisito Quintero & Jason Moran 2012 promises to be a banner year for legend Jack DeJohnette, renowned as one of music's most adventurous artists and prolific drummers. He'll receive a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Fellowship, the highest U.S. honor for jazz musicians. The Chicago-born, New York- based artist will also turn 70, boasting a top-drawer historical resume that ranges from his early ...

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Performance / Tour

Adam Kolker Quartet Featuring Billy Hart, Bruce Barth & John Hébert, January 3 at Iridium in New York City

Source: Scott Foster
December 31, 2011

The Adam Kolker Quartet Featuring Billy Hart, Bruce Barth & John Hébert will perform January 3 at Iridium Jazz Club in New York City. Adam Kolker, a critically acclaimed jazz composer, tenor saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, bass clarinetist and Sunnyside Records artist, also leads the Adam Kolker Quartet Featuring John Abercombie. Drummer Billy Hart has appeared on more than 150 records, including Miles Davis' “On the Corner" and Herbie Hancock's “Sextant," as well as eleven records as a leader. Pianist Bruce ...

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Recording

Bang on a Can Big Birthday Giveaway: Download new double album FREE for first 25 days of 2012

Source: Jensen Artists
December 31, 2011

Bang on a Can celebrates turning 25 with a very special gift: Download the new album for free during the first 25 days of January in exchange for a Bang on a Can memory or photo at bangonacan25.org. Premiere Recordings of Music by LOUIS ANDRIESSEN (with film), DAVID LONGSTRETH (from the Dirty Projectors), CONLON NANCARROW, KATE MOORE, MICHAEL GORDON, DAVID LANG, JULIA WOLFE, and EVAN ZIPORYN New York, NY—The Bang on a Can All-Stars have recorded their first studio album ...

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Radio

Last Call Late Night Jam This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
December 29, 2011

Often at late night jam sessions, when the bartender is about to give “last call," the best jazz of the evening can be heard and savored. Those who stick around get rewarded with some of the hardest swinging, most creative music there is. It was on a night like this, at the end of the Sacramento Jazz Festival, that we captured these energized performances for broadcast this week on Riverwalk Jazz. The program is distributed in the US by Public ...

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Performance / Tour

Stephanie Jordan, Germaine Bazzle, Betty Shirley featured in Jazz Journey concert with Virginia native Rene Marie

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
December 29, 2011

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents a Jazz Journey concert featuring the legendary song stylist Rene Marie, along with three of New Orleans' greatest female jazz singers: Germaine Bazzle, Stephanie Jordan and Betty Shirley. The concert takes place on Friday, Jan. 13, at Dillard University's Lawless Memorial Chapel in New Orleans, Louisiana. Admission is free. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the show starts promptly at 7:00 p.m. René Marie, the award winning singer and Virginia native whose ...

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