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Event

Project Blues Is Bringing the Blues to Beat Cancer September 11

Source: Just Roots PR
August 8, 2011

What: Columbus-based Project Blues is hosting its 1st Annual Blues Bash—a Blues music benefit concert to raise funds for LifeCare Alliance's Columbus Cancer Clinic—helping people impacted by cancer who do not have the financial wherewithal to deal with it. When: September 11, 2011, 1:20 p.m.-9 p.m. Where: The Bluestone, 583 E. Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215 Who: Project Blues is a Columbus-based nonprofit using the healing, connecting power of Blues music to help raise funds for people impacted by cancer ...

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Recording

Dave Chamberlain displays guitar prowess on new album

Source: Lauren Rogers
August 8, 2011

Mainly known for his deft skills with the double bass, Dave Chamberlain lets his guitar prowess grab the spotlight on his trio's latest album, On the Back Foot. Together with saxophonist Dave O'Higgins, they produce a collection of stellar instrumentals that define class and elegance. But for Chamberlain, it's an opportunity to renew his love for the guitar, which he had once given up on. “I progressed much more rapidly on the double bass than the guitar," Chamberlain explained. “Along ...

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Recording

Marky Quayle releases her latest CD, "So Lucky . . . To Be Loved By You"

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
August 7, 2011

New York, NY, August 7, 2011—Marky Quayle releases her latest CD, So Lucky . . . To Be Loved By You. This San Francisco native is a compelling singer with a refreshingly velvet vocal sound who has absorbed what all great Jazz vocalists know in their souls: the importance of 'owning' a song and delivering its poignant story. Her tasteful and agile interpretive skills and natural sense of what it means to get inside of a lyric captivate her audience ...

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Video / DVD

'Life After Django Reinhardt' on DVD August 16

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 7, 2011

Django Reinhardt was a jazz pioneer known for creating an idiom of jazz called “Gypsy Jazz" or “Gypsy Swing." He was the original “guitar hero" in the sense that he invented a radical new way to play guitar, commonly known as “hot guitar." This film celebrates the 100th birthday of Django Reinhardt by documenting the “Django 100" a group of a 100 musicians whom have gathered together to honor the talented guitarist as a tribute to his life. Cinema Libre ...

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Performance / Tour

European Jazz Invasion Tours with New Album: Some Open Dates Still Available

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 7, 2011

Formally known as “Group A" during the 2008 IASJ Meeting in Riga, Latvia, these wonderful young musicians quickly fused into a special space. Tears were shed, and many people were emotionally moved by their final performance. After a week of challenging, inspiring, and creative work, they realized that it wasn't the end and decided to stick together renaming themselves European Jazz Motion. The EJM have since appeared throughout Europe culminating in a tour of Estonia and Finland this past March. ...

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Award / Grant

Randy Weston All Nite Soul 2011 Honoree at Saint Peter’s Church Sunday, October 9th

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 7, 2011

On this, the 41st anniversary of All Nite Soul, the Jazz Ministry of Saint Peter's Church—the Jazz Church—is thrilled to honor Randy Weston, NEA Jazz Master, composer and pianist. On Friday, October 7 at 4 PM, in preparation for All Nite Soul, David Schroeder interviews Randy Weston with a book signing of Weston's autobiography African Rhythms. This takes place at Barnes & Noble bookstore at 150 East 86th Street at Lexington Avenue, NYC. Then at Saint Peter's Church on Sunday, ...

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Recording

New release from the late swing violinist Johnny Frigo

Source: Solitaire Miles
August 7, 2011

Vocalist Solitaire Miles will be releasing a new recording with Chicago swing violinist Johnny Frigo on her new CD Melancholy Lullaby which is dated to release on September 21, 2011 in Chicago at the Jazz Showcase. The track, “I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" was recorded for their first release in 1996, but was never released and has been remixed and remastered for Miles' new album. “I'm very pleased to present this unreleased recording from the late swing violinist Johnny Frigo ...

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Recording

Dave Scoven Releases "Drumset Meditations" Solo CD

Source: Tele-Phonic
August 7, 2011

Dave Scoven released “Drum set meditations: Solo Compositions for Film and Dance" August 1, 2011. “Drum set Meditations" is a collection of 15 spontaneous solo compositions for drums and percussion. The compositions are themselves rhythmic meditations, influenced primarily by rhythms and tones from Asia—northern India, Japan, China, and Tibet. The performances remain in the order that they were originally recorded over the three-day session. All of the performances are first takes, direct to stereo. Nothing is overdubbed. All parts (drums ...

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