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Saxophonist Patrizio Destriere Releases 'Portrait Of Ennio' - A Tribute to Ennio Morricone
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Danilo Bazzucchi
Originally composed by Ennio Morricone for the 1971 film Sacco and Vanzetti, the music of this 1970s masterpiece is rearranged by the jazz quartet in an original and modern version thanks to the almost hip-hop modal and rhythmic sounds in the central part. The suite ends with the famous Here's to you, which became famous thanks to the contribution of Joan Baez who wrote the text as a hymn to freedom and freely inspired by Vanzetti's statements in prison. In ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: March 2023
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the tracks featured in March, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! Top Songs Sound Landscapes Jazz'on Parma Orchestra From: Sound Landscapes 11:54 Fusion of Minds Tobin Mueller From: Best of Tobin Mueller, Volume 1: JAZZ Originals ...
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Phoenix Rising 100 Years Of Jazz - Benefit Concert For Ability360 on April 14
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Alan Lewine
Phoenix Rising 100 Years Of Jazz appears in concert Friday, April 14, 2023 at 7:30pm in the Piper Repertory Theater of the Mesa Arts Center at One Main Street in Mesa, AZ in the Phoenix metro. Tickets are available at here for $15-49 with discounts for students, seniors and patrons with disabilities. Phoenix Rising 100 Years Of Jazz is the latest music project from internationally acclaimed jazz bassist Alan Lewine. Proceeds of this concert will benefit Ability360, Arizona's largest center ...
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7 Virtual Jazz Club’s Contest 8th Edition: Winners Announced!
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Valerio Pappi
Milan, March 19, 2023, during a live-streaming event, the judging panel and the finalists joined the award ceremony for the Pros & Amateurs and the Under 25 category. Pros & Amateurs’ category First prize went to Israeli band Sandia with the tune “Sabres": live Concert in Jazz Club Ferrara (Italy) and Camera Jazz and Music Club—Bologna (Italy), artistic consulting offered by Big Bang Music Booking and Management Agency (Bulgaria). Second prize goes to American drummer Anthony Fung with the tune ...
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Manhattan's Smoke Jazz Club Announces May Line-Up Including Wayne Shorter Tribute Concert, George Coleman Jr, Album Release, And More
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AMT Public Relations
Rated the #1 Jazz Club in New York City (Secret NYC), Smoke Jazz Club begins the month of May with a heartfelt homage to the great, intrepid saxophonist Wayne Shorter. For one-night only May 3, today’s top artists celebrate the music and legacy of Shorter “who shaped the color and contour of modern jazz as one of its most intensely admired composers (The New York Times). The month continues with two leading female vocalists leading their respective quintets: Paula West ...
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Drummer And Music Educator Dean Mucetti Releases 'Isolate//Integrate' With His Band Rhythm Real – Out March 30, 2023 On Orenda Records
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Mouthpiece Music
Like most young musicians setting out to learn their craft, drummer Dean Mucetti had plans to earn a living playing music. Little did he know he would become a full-time music educator and a mentor to many young people who may not have had access to a music education otherwise. Mucetti is now releasing his debut album, Isolate//Integrate, with his band called Rhythm Real, which has featured some of his students who have grown up to become top-notch musicians. Isolate//Integrate ...
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Pianist/Composer Dave Bass Follows Up His Critically Acclaimed Trio Albums With 'The Trio-Vol. 3'
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Mouthpiece Music
The Trio – Vol. 3, the newest recording by pianist and composer Dave Bass, is a lyrical, freewheeling buffet of solid originals together with an eclectic assortment of compositions ranging from the American Songbook to the jazz songbook to a Piazzolla tango. This is Bass’ sixth CD as a leader and follows The Trio – Vol. 2 (2022), The Trio – Vol. 1 (2021), No Boundaries (2019), NYC Sessions (2015), and Gone (2012). Glide Magazine calls Vol. 2, “an unending ...
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Premier Marimbist Mika Stoltzman Premieres Works By Geoffrey Keezer, Joel Ross, And John Zorn At Carnegie Hall May 2nd
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AMT Public Relations
Premier Marimbist Mika Stoltzman Returns to Carnegie Hall for the Eleventh Time in One-Night Only Concert May 2, 2023 Including world premiere by Geoffrey Keezer, U.S. premiere by Joel Ross, and New York premiere by John Zorn Featuring special guest clarinetist Richard Stoltzman “high-wire jazz marimbist…an amazing, energetic performer” –The Los Angeles Times “Mika brings a joyful enthusiasm to the marimba that is captivating.” –Chick Corea “She’s a brilliantly borderless artist…one-of-a-kind musician.” –All About Jazz Hailed as a “Japanese marimba ...
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