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Event

Jambalaya Brass Band Live at the WSME 91.7 FM Radio Backyard Barbecue on July 31

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
July 25, 2011

New York, NY—Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing live at the WSME 91.7 FM Radio Backyard Barbecue in Cathedral Square Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 4:00 PM. Along with the phenomenal music of the Jambalaya Brass Band and other dynamite bands, the Backyard Barbecue will feature sumptuous summer food from some of the areas great restaurants, a stunning custom car & bike show and, new to this year's event, a youth side stage featuring a ...

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Recording

The Frank Giasullo Quartet Releases "Kensal Road"

Source: Gloria Krolak
July 25, 2011

During its recent tour of the UK, The Frank Giasullo Quartet took a day to record six new powerful and moving Giasullo compositions and his one must-hear arrangement of the traditional “House of the Rising Sun." The straight ahead jazz set, strongly influenced by Giasullo's classical training, are as lush and elegant as anything he has previously written, but more introspective and tinged with nostalgia, as the titles “Looking Back," and “From A Hilltop" indicate. Pianist, composer, arranger, and educator ...

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Event

Laurie Verchomin Hosts Special Event in Celebration of Bill Evans's 82nd Birthday

Source: laurie verchomin
July 24, 2011

On Tuesday, August 16, 2011, the day that would have been the 82nd birthday of legendary jazz icon Bill Evans, Laurie Verchomin, namesake of his famous love song and one of his final and best known compositions, is hosting “The Big Love," a special event in Evans' memory which will include a reading from her debut book and a performance of his music. The event will take place at the Muttart Hall in Edmonton, Canada. Ms. Verchomin will read from ...

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Contest

Enter the "Danny Fox - The One Constant" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2011

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Songlines “Danny Fox—The One Constant“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on August 23rd. Click here to enter the contest (Following Danny Fox at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Songlines Recordings About Danny Fox Pianist/composer Danny Fox was born in New York City. As a teenager, Danny soaked up the music scene in New ...

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Performance / Tour

Blues/Roots Guitarist & Vocalist Tommy Castro to Perform in Sellersville

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 24, 2011

"Tommy Castro can do no wrong...soulful, heartfelt vocals, and exquisite, stellar guitar work. A seamless blend of blues, gospel-flavored R&B, soul and roadhouse rock." —Blues Revue Blues/roots guitarist and vocalist Tommy Castro will perform at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville on Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Castro will be performing songs from his Alligator Records debut, Hard Believer. Castro won four 2010 Blues Music Awards—more than any other artist—including, for the second time in his career, the coveted B.B. King Entertainer ...

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Recording

New Release/MP3/Tour: The Funk Ark: 'From The Rooftops' (ESL Music)

Source: Press Junkie PR
July 24, 2011

The Funk Ark is a world funk ensemble based in Washington DC. The group draws on influences from the African and Latin funk/dance music scenes of the 1960s and 70s and the result is a gritty and soulful mix of inspired Afrobeat and big band funk. The eight-piece band is fronted by keyboardist and songwriterWill Rastwho, well known as a sideman with a veritable encyclopedia of artists both locally and internationally, such as Mya, Federico Aubele, Natalia Clavier, Ocote Soul ...

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Performance / Tour

Glam Goes Rustic: Juliet Kelly Celebrates Jazz Divas With Rural Tour

Source: Juliet Kelly
July 24, 2011

Following a successful UK tour at the beginning of the year, jazz singer and songwriter, Juliet Kelly, hits the road once again, this time taking her acclaimed “Celebrating the Divas of Jazz" project to rural venues in Cumbria, Durham and Northumberland. Juliet's tribute to the jazz singers that have inspired and influenced her, has delighted audiences around the UK and attracted sell out audiences. The London-based vocalist who has taken the jazz scene by storm with her distinctive velvety voice, ...

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Recording

Jackie Deshannon's New Album Revisits Classic Hits

Source: conqueroo
July 23, 2011

Included are newly-recorded, timelessly produced versions of “Put a Little Love in Your Heart," “Bette Davis Eyes" and other originals, plus one song apiece by Jack Nitzche/Sonny Bono and Burt Bacharach/Hal David. LOS ANGELES, Calif.—"Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand, put a little love in your heart." That was the opening mantra of Jackie DeShannon's “Put a Little Love in Your Heart," which she penned with her brother Randy Myers and Jimmy Holiday. The 1969 single ...

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