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Advocacy

The Recording Industry’s Music Performance Trust Fund Announces Grants to Communities to Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month in April 2024

Source: Michael Ricci
February 21, 2024

The recording industry’s Music Performance Trust Fund (MPTF), a leading non-profit organization enriching lives and uniting communities through the power of music, is preparing to launch its annual initiative to sponsor admission-free live performances celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) in April. Awareness for the 2024 campaign will benefit from the addition of media partners allaboutjazz.com and jazznearyou.com, websites which boast the world’s largest jazz events calendar and reach a combined 240,000 viewers per month. MPTF Trustee Dan Beck commented, “We ...

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Recording

Italian Jazz Luminary Francesco Cataldo To Release First Solo Piano Album - 'Amaranto'

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
February 20, 2024

Upcoming solo recording Amaranto marks acclaimed jazz guitarist Francesco Cataldo’s first release focusing on keyboards. Amaranto pays tribute to Cataldo’s friend, mentor and inspiration, humanitarian Giuseppe Agosta. Francesco Cataldo, among the most highly regarded Italian jazz musicians of his generation, has long established a reputation as a triple-threat talent, celebrated for his skills as guitarist, composer and arranger. Expect Cataldo to advance to quadruple-threat status soon, as he adds solo piano to his list of achievements with the release of ...

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Recording

Dazzling Live Sides By Sonny Rollins Receive First Authorized Release On Resonance's Record Store Day Offering 'Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings'

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
February 16, 2024

Resonance Records, the award-winning home of archival jazz treasures, will proudly present a new, fully authorized live collection by tenor master Sonny Rollins, Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings, as a limited edition four-LP set on Record Store Day, April 20. Never before issued as a legitimate release, these much-bootlegged sides—which feature Rollins, at the height of his early powers, with bassist Henry Grimes and drummers Pete La Roca, Kenny Clarke, and Joe Harris—will subsequently reach stores as a ...

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TV / Film

Innovative TV Director-guitarist Kerilie McDowall Celebrated At Win Awards

Source: All About Jazz
February 15, 2024

Humbled and honored, TV film Director of In the Zone: Rick Kilburn, jazz guitarist Kerilie McDowall was surprised and thrilled to win the Women of Influence WIN Creative Innovator Award, an award sponsored by Canada’s Inland Truck & Equipment. McDowall attended the evening with 100 fellow nominees in 11 categories in her city of Nanaimo, British Columbia in February 2024. The Women of Influence WIN objectives were extremely special to McDowall. Proceeds went to the Footprints Infertility & Pregnancy Loss ...

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Performance / Tour

Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation At Nublu Sunday, February 25, 2024

Source: Robert C. Ford
February 14, 2024

On February 25, 2024 at 7:30pm, Composers Concordance presents The Sound Liberation Trio at Nublu (151 Avenue C, NYC). The trio is comprised of Gene Pritsker (Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul) guitar, Adam Holzman (Miles Davis, Steven Wilson, Brave New World) moog/synth and David Cossin (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) drums in a program of eclectic trio compositions. Joining the trio are trumpeter Franz Hackl (Outreach Music Festival) and trombonist Dick Griffin (Sun Ra's Arkestra) as well as poets Kelsea Brunner, Robert ...

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Festival

Taj Mahal To Headline On Opening Night June 21 At Rochester International Jazz Festival

Source: Dalmath Associates Inc.
February 13, 2024

The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival is proud to present legendary blues guitarist, Taj Mahal, on the Festival's opening night Friday, June 21, at 8 a.m. at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. The Festival's 21st Edition will be held June 21 to 29 at 20 indoor and outdoor venues in downtown Rochester, New York. Tickets for Taj Mahal are $93 / $83 / $63 / $43 plus service charges and go on sale Friday, February 16 at 10 a.m. only ...

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Festival

Inaugural Guitar Masters Festival Unveils Spectacular Lineup In New York City

Source: Decibel
February 10, 2024

Charles Carlini Presents is proud to present the inaugural Guitar Masters Festival, a five-day extravaganza set to electrify New York City from April 25th to 29th, 2024. Renowned impresario Charles Carlini, the visionary behind the festival, has curated a lineup featuring some of the world’s most exceptional guitarists, promising an unparalleled celebration of guitar mastery. The festival will kick off on April 25th with an enchanting opening night gala at the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium within the New York City ...

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Contest

7 Virtual Jazz Club's Contest – 10th Edition – Deadline Extended Until February 29, 2024

Source: Valerio Pappi
February 9, 2024

7 Virtual Jazz Club announces that the new deadline for entering the contest will be February 29th. This Year's Categories Amateurs Pros To enter the contest, soloists and groups pay a small registration fee and submit a video of their performance. Entries will be judged by a panel of international jazz experts among the most respected journalists, musicians and educators in the field. New Deadline February 29, 2024 ENTER Prizes & Awards Amateurs Category—Jury Prizes 1st place A live Concert ...

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