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All About Jazz Adds Related Audio to Article and News Pages!

Source: Michael Ricci
August 22, 2011

Earlier this month we upgraded our two most popular pages: article and news. And in the process, we dramatically increased their page speed. We've now added audio capability, so readers can sample music related to an article or news announcement. Here's an example of three free MP3s on a Take Five article and here's an example of the audio player on a CD Review. (We'll announce the launch of our new audio service soon, so stay tuned.) Musician? Feature an ...

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Festival

Otis Taylor Announces Trance Jam Blues Festival Lineup, November 25-27

Source: conqueroo
August 22, 2011

Bob Margolin, Tony Trischka, Don Vappie, George Porter Jr., Standing Bear and Cassie Taylor to appear at Thanksgiving weekend event in Boulder, Colorado Musicians, educators, singers and fans are invited to participate BOULDER, Colo.—The first annual Otis Taylor Trance Blues Jam Festival is a weekend of public workshops and jams for musicians and fans of all levels and ages who wish to join world-renowned guitarist Bob “Steady Rollin'" Margolin, Tony Trischka (International Bluegrass Music Association Banjo Player of the Year), ...

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Recording

Buck Owens Pre-Capitol 1950s Recordings Reissued on Rockbeat

Source: conqueroo
August 22, 2011

Owens' tracks for Pep, Chesterfield and La Brea Records, recorded in Hollywood and Bakersfield, illustrate the roots of Owens' sound with collaborators like Fuzzy Owen and Corky Jones LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Buck Owens is synonymous with the Bakersfield sound of country music that also gave rise to the Maddox brothers and Rose, Tommy Collins, Ferlin Husky and in later years Merle Haggard. Owens' earliest recordings for independent labels in Southern California—ahead of his lucrative career on Capitol Records in the '60s ...

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Supremes' and Temptations' 50th Anniversaries--Motown/UMe to Release CD's/DVD's Including Rare Tracks and Footage

Source: Muse Media
August 22, 2011

IN CELEBRATION OF THE SUPREMES' AND THE TEMPTATIONS' 50TH ANNIVERSARIES MOTOWN/UNIVERSAL MUSIC ENTERPRISES TO RELEASE EXCITING NEW CD'S AND DVD'S CONTAINING RARE TRACKS AND PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED FOOTAGE Original Supremes Member Mary Wilson And The Temptations To Perform Together For The First Time In Decades LOS ANGELES—In honor of the 50th anniversaries of The Supremes and The Temptations, two of popular music's most celebrated and socially significant singing groups, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), which manages the classic recorded catalog of Motown, ...

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Recording

Anzic Records To Release "There" From Drummer/Composer Ernesto Cervini

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
August 22, 2011

Featuring Joel Frahm, Adrean Farrugia & Dan Loomis Available September 27, 2011 On September 27, 2011 Anzic Records proudly releases the much-anticipated new recording from drummer/composer Ernesto Cervini, There. Recorded live at the end of November, 2010, at Cory Weed's Cellar Jazz Club in Vancouver, There, features Joel Frahm (saxophones), Adrean Farrugia (piano) and Dan Loomis (bass) and Cervini (drums.) The album follows up Cervini's previous recording distributed by Anzic Records, Little Black Bird (2009),which received heaps of ...

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Performance / Tour

Basia to Release a Live Album and Embark Upon a U.S. Concert Tour

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
August 22, 2011

From Newport To London: Greatest Hits LiveAnd More includes three new studio recordings; title track is the first radio single New York, NY: Blessed with an instantly identifiable voice that made her a chart-topping, platinum-selling recording artist around the globe, Basia returned to her native Poland in June to record a live album, From Newport To London: Greatest Hits LiveAnd More, that will be released by eOne Music on September 13th in conjunction with a twenty-city U.S. concert tour. The ...

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Festival

The Smooth Jazz Cruise 2013 is Officially the Greatest Party at Sea

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
August 22, 2011

Special guest George Benson to make his cruise debut as part of the all-star lineup on the 7-day Caribbean cruise St. Louis, Missouri: Anyone who has ever sailed upon The Smooth Jazz Cruise knows why it has earned the moniker The Greatest Party At Sea. Beginning with the 2013 sailings—January 13-20 and January 20-27—the week-long music theme cruise to the Caribbean featuring the brightest contemporary jazz stars will officially be renamed The Greatest Party At Sea. George Benson will be ...

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Performance / Tour

This Week at The Cornelia Street Cafe, August 22-28

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
August 22, 2011

Showtimes: Weeknights: 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM, Weekends: 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM and 10:30 PM (doors open @ 5:45 PM-early shows, & @ 8:30 PM-late shows) NEW Cover Charges + Minimums: Sun-Thurs-$10 cover + $10 minimum, Fri-Sat-$15 cover + $10 minimum MINI FESTIVALS AT THE CORNELIA STREET CAFEcontinue: MANO-A-MANO PIANO FESTIVAL (host—Jed Distler): TONIGHT—Monday, August 22, 8:30 PM WILLIAM KOMAIKO & DICK SARPOLA William Komaiko, piano; Dick Sarpola, bass Tuesday, August 23, 8:30 PM JUNG LIN & JED DISTLER ...

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