Jazz News

Chicago Jazz Composers Collective Celebrates Tenth Anniversary with Special Concert on November 20, 2011

Source: Kathy Kelly
September 26, 2011

The Chicago Jazz Composers Collective will sponsor a special concert to commemorate the group's 10th year of presenting concerts on November 20, 2011 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM at the Green Mill, 4802 N. Broadway in Chicago. To celebrate, members of the collective will perform new and favorite original compositions. Inspired by New York's Jazz Composers Collective, the Chicago Jazz Composers Collective (CJCC) formed in 2001 and began presenting monthly concerts at the Green Mill, each featuring the work of ...

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Webkinz World and Nikki Yanofsky "Dream In Pink" For Breast Cancer Research

Source: sandra uzelac
September 26, 2011

Webkinz World Teams up with Teen Jazz Sensation Nikki Yanofsky to Support Breast Cancer Awareness in a New Campaign “I Dream in Pink" Ganz, the creator of Webkinz World, is teaming up with teen jazz sensation Nikki Yanofsky to record a special version of “I Dream in Pink," as part of a wide-reaching campaign aiming to raise funds for breast cancer. This Canadian-based jazz-pop artist earned a spot as one of the youngest performers ever to headline at the Montreal ...

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Jazz Arts Group of Columbus Announces Placement of 2011-12 Youth Jazz Program

Source: Michael Ricci
September 26, 2011

The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is pleased to announce the placement of 63 students in its 2011-12 Youth Jazz program, part of JAG's Jazz Academy community programs. At this year's September auditions, 81 students, from 46 individual middle and high schools in 19 school districts in six counties, auditioned for placement in one of three ensembles: the Columbus Youth Jazz Workshop (CYJW); the Columbus Youth Jazz Studio Ensemble (CYJSE); and the Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra (CYJO). The Jazz ...

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Anastasia Barzee CD Release Concert for "The Dimming of the Day" at The Metropolitan Room on October 16th

Source: Seth Cohen PR
September 26, 2011

Anastasia Barzee CD Release Concert is Confirmed for October 16th at The Metropolitan Room in NYC Early Raves Precede Singer/Actress Anastasia Barzee's Debut CD on Ghostlight Records, Out 9/27 Early raves have preceded singer/actress Anastasia Barzee's sophisticated, sweeping debut CD, The Dimming of the Day. The 9/27 release on Ghostlight Records reimagines an eclectic range of Broadway, pop and jazz-infused songs, as Barzee showcases a diverse array of her favorite contemporary artists including Paul Simon, Rufus Wainwright, Randy Newman, Kate ...

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Today's Top Artists Gather On-stage for Giants of Jazz at SOPAC on October 1

Source: AMT Public Relations
September 26, 2011

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011 at 9:00PM SOUTH ORANGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (1 SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ, 07079) About Giants of Jazz The New York Times called it the “premier (jazz) festival in the state." Zan Stewart, jazz critic for the Star Ledger states it ..."is easily one of the top jazz show of the year...anywhere." In 1998, the cream of the jazz world came to take part in Giants of Jazz, an amazing standing-room-only performance. Now in its thirteenth ...

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Lehman Center For The Performing Arts Announces Spectacular 2011-12 Season

Source: Joe Alterman
September 26, 2011

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts proudly announces the lineup for its 2011-12 Season, which continues its 31-year tradition of bringing world-class entertainment to the Bronx. The season will include the return of multi-Grammy Award-winning legend Smokey Robinson and Latin jazz master Paquito D'rivera with the great Mambo Legends Orchestra. Audiences will thrill to the hot salsa of Grupo Niche, Sonora Ponceña, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Raphy Levitt Y La Selecta and Spanish Harlem Orchestra, and Salsa Palooza, featuring Tito Nieves, ...

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Soundway & Tummy Touch to Present Reissues by Joni Haastrup & His Band MonoMono

Source: Press Junkie PR
September 25, 2011

Re-Issued For Release On CD, Download And Replica Gatefold LP Are Three Of Nigeria's Most Coveted Releases; Monomono's 1971 Debut Album Give The Beggar A Chance, The Follow Up Dawn Of Awareness And Joni Haastrup's Debut Solo Record Wake Up Your Mind; release date September 27

Soundway and Tummy Touch are proud to present three blistering albums of Afro rock and funk from Nigerian multi-instrumentalist Joni Haastrup and his band MonoMono. Re-issued for release on CD, download and replica gatefold ...

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Rockwired.com's Jazzed and Blue Presents Multi-Instrumental Jazz Artist Kenny Love and His New Release'Case Sensitive'and Music from Red Hot and Red, Mozik, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Curtis Stigers

Source: Rockwired Media LLC
September 25, 2011

The latest edition of Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features an exclusive interview with multi-instrumental jazz artist Kenny Love regarding his debut solo release Case Sensitive. In the opening segment, Love discusses the inspiration behind the tracks of his new CD, his return to music making after years of success as a music promoter and his ideas for a follow up release. The second half of this edition of ...

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