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Recording

Contemporary jazz vocalist Anne Walsh released her latest album "Go," on September 27th with original songs and lyrics written by the artist

Source: Sabrina Gaffney
October 3, 2011

Is there time to explore and reflect on musical beauty in the frenetic pace of modern life? It's a question vocalist Anne Walsh asks on her latest CD “Go," which was released September 27th on AtoZink Music. “The title sums up my wish to move forward as an artist, and strike out into areas of the musical art-form that I haven't had the opportunity to explore in the past, “ said Walsh. Her and husband Tom Zink created this memorable ...

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Award / Grant

Thirteen Berklee Alumni Nominated for Latin Grammy Awards

Source: Berklee Public Relations
October 3, 2011

Thirteen Berklee alumni working in one of the most vital segments of the music industry have been nominated for Latin Grammy Awards. The majority of nominees are Music Production and Engineering (MP&E) alumni, 10 in all, some of whom are competing against each other in the Record and Album of the Year categories. Others appear in the Best Engineered Album and Producer of the Year categories. Three MP&E alumni nominees are multi Latin Grammy Award winners: Benny Faccone with seven, ...

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Event

Jazz Treasures, 10/17: Honorees Randy Weston, Charenee Wade, Robert O'Meally

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
October 3, 2011

LIVING JAZZ LEGEND RANDY WESTON TO BE HONORED! Honorary Co-Chairs Marty Markowitz, Danny Simmons And Others To Honor Renowned Pianist And Composer. “When Randy Weston plays / a combination of strength and gentleness / virility and velvet emerges from the keys in an ebb and flow of sound / seemingly as natural as the waves of the sea." —Langston Hughes BROOKLYN, NY: TRANSART, Inc. announced today that its annual Jazz Treasures program will take place on Monday, October 17, 2011 ...

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Recording

The Art Of The Torch Singer, Piers Ford Reviews Man In The Long Black Coat and Durga Rising

Source: Barb Jungr
October 3, 2011

There are three elders at the top of the tree when it comes to British female singers who have an instinctive ability to tell the whole story in a song: Norma Waterson, June Tabor and Barb Jungr. Forget any ungallant connotations. I use the word simply to connote wisdom and an almost forensic approach to their craft. If Waterson is the benevolent earth mother, Tabor is the cool, all-seeing and often bleak eye at the centre of life's storm. Jungr, ...

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Event

The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959 Tour, A Celebration Of Jazz Icon's Legendary Music

Source: Lip Service Media
October 3, 2011

Miles Davis. The name alone has become synonymous with jazz music and its place in popular culture, notably the prolific years of 1949-1959, starting with Birth of the Cool. To commemorate these momentous years in jazz and Davis' career, CAMI Music has joined forces with Miles Davis Properties, LLC and Blue Note Records for an innovative music and historical production, The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959. Through the lens of jazz music and one of its most iconic innovators, The Miles ...

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Performance / Tour

Carl Testa/Kevin Frenette Quartet at Outpost 186 on 10/22

Source: Kevin Frenette
October 3, 2011

Saturday, October 22, 2011 OUTPOST 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139 8:00 PM Carl Testa/Kevin Frenette Quartet World renowned master bassist Carl Testa (from Anthony Braxton's 12+1tet) and Boston's own avant-jazz co-conspirators Kevin Frenette (guitar), James Rohr (piano) and John McLellan (drums) present an evening of improvised music centering on exceptionally intricate interplay, texture and timbre on Saturday, October 22. The Carl Testa/Kevin Frenette Quartet will take the stage at 8 p.m. ...

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Festival

2011 Cape Bank Jazz in Somers Point (NJ) Set for March 8-11

Source: Michael Ricci
October 3, 2011

The Somers Point Jazz Society is proud to announce the partial line-up for Cape Bank Jazz @ the Point 2012, a 4-day jazz festival with 10 great groups performing March 8-11, at various venues in Somers Point, New Jersey. Once again, organizers are touting the annual March event as the 'greatest jazz festival value in the universe.' A pre-event price of $60 per person is good for the entire 4-day festival. Artist scheduled to perform are The Mulgrew Miller Trio, ...

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Performance / Tour

Chicago Reader Critic's Choice: Flippomusic

Source: Dave Flippo
October 3, 2011

by Ted Shen David Flippo—whose ethno-jazz quintet, Flippomusic, is included in this week's Chicago Symphony Orchestra's “East Meets West" festival—is a prime example of a fusion artist for the 90's. Classically trained (he got a doctorate in composition from the University of Michigan), the former keyboard child prodigy switched to jazz in the mid-80's, bust hasn't abandoned his roots. Indeed his love of jazz, combined with an intense curiosity about music from other cultures, only heightens his willingness to experience ...

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