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Education

Seventh annual Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P.) competition offers prizes, recognition for Missouri student composers

Source: Dean Minderman
October 14, 2011

Columbia, MO—From concert halls to Hollywood movies to TV, video games, commercials and more, every minute of music we hear starts with a composer—and every composer needs a start. Giving young composers their start is the purpose of the Mizzou New Music Initiative's Creating Original Music Project (C.O.M.P), an annual statewide competition now in its seventh year that recognizes Missouri students in grades K-12 who compose original music in a variety of styles. Sponsored by the University of Missouri School ...

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Award / Grant

Chris Greco - Nominee - Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2011

Source: Chris Greco
October 14, 2011

Official Nomination Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2011 November 17, 2011, Hollywood, California Chris Greco Jazz “Merope" About Chris Greco Multi-instrumentalist Greco free lanced, recorded, explored small, medium, and large group formats and was a significant contributor to the jazz culture of Los Angeles during the 1980's and the 1990's. His jazz recordings from this period can be found on the independent label GWSFourwinds Records. The record logo reads “Music for the 21st Century reflecting directions in modern ...

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Performance / Tour

Oscar Penas Appearing In NYC In Support of New Recording "From Now On"

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
October 14, 2011

Guitarist/Composer Oscar Penas Appearing In NYC In Support of New Recording From Now On Tuesday, November 1, 7:00 PM at the 55 Bar with Dan Blake (saxophones), Moto Fukushima (bass), Franco Pinna (drums), and very special guest, Gil Goldstein November 5 at the Bar Next Door with Moto Fukushima (bass), Franco Pinna (drums), “Oscar's music is inviting and from the soul; finely cultivated and fully realized...his writing and playing have beautiful motion and uniquely sensuous melodies." —Esperanza Spalding “Oscar is ...

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Performance / Tour

Benny Green Trio at Chris' Jazz Cafe on October 22, 2011

Source: All About Jazz
October 14, 2011

Performance / Tour

Next Week @ The Cornelia Street Cafe October 17-24

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
October 14, 2011

Monday, October 17 A SHOW WITH JANEANE GAROFALO AND PERSONS OF INTEREST SOLD OUT John Mulaney; Dave Hill; Jessi Klein; Craig Bierko; Todd Hanson Actress and comedian Janeane Garofalo kicks off her new comedy variety showcase series at the Café by hosting an intimate evening with some truly talented and funny persons of interest! Tuesday, October 18, 8:30 PM BLUE TUESDAYS: VERTICAL VOICES (DOLLISON AND MARSH) Julia Dollison, voice; Kerry Marsh, voice, piano Wednesday, October 19, 8:30 PM ...

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Performance / Tour

Painted Bride Takes Passage Throughout The Rhythmic Landscapes Of The Afro-Caribbean Alongside Grammy Nominated Latin/Modern Jazz Pianist-Composer Elio Villafranca

Source: Michael Ricci
October 13, 2011

PHILADELPHIA DEBUT OF NEW PROJECT WITH WORLD-CLASS LINE-UP INCLUDING VICTOR LEWIS ON DRUMS Philadelphia PA—Cuban-born Latin/modern jazz pianist-composer Elio Villafranca, internationally acclaimed for his genre-bending approach to modern jazz returns to the Bride to deliver a bold new project. A prolific musician and educator with strong on-going creative and educational ties to Philadelphia's jazz community, Villafranca promises a tour-de-force performance on Saturday, October 29. “The musical history of Cuba is full of extraordinary pianists... I am certain that Elio Villafranca ...

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Recording

Dave Douglas & So Percussion - GPS, Vol 3: "Bad Mango"

Source: Dave Douglas / Greenleaf Music
October 13, 2011

The third volume of the Greenleaf Portable Series (GPS), Bad Mango features Dave Douglas with So Percussion. From the first notes of the opening track One More News—originally recorded on Witness [2001]—it's clear that this session yielded a sound unlike any other in the expansive Dave Douglas discography. Pairing his plaintive trumpet with a myriad of percussion instruments including marimba, drum set, glockenspiel, and a whole host of nontraditional percussion like musical saw, toy bells, shruti box, crotales, et al, ...

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Radio

Charlie Christian's Riffs This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
October 13, 2011

This week Riverwalk Jazz salutes Benny Goodman's pioneering Sextet featuring the early electric guitarist Charlie Christian. Our guests are both life-long devotees of the Benny Goodman Sextet. Clarinetist Allan Vaché and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen join Cullum band reedman Ron Hockett on “Swinging on a Riff: The Legacy of the Benny Goodman Sextet." The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM sattelite radio and can be streamed on- demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. On ...

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