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Festival

New Haven Jazz Festival, August 13: Jay Hoggard, Tina Fabrique, Ed Fast & More!

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
July 20, 2011

All Great Jazz Is Local at the 2011 New Haven Jazz Festival August 13, 4:30-9:00 pm, New Haven Green 28th Annual Festival features Jay Hoggard, Tina Fabrique, Ed Fast & Conga Bop, Jonathan Barber and Ryan Sands NEW HAVEN—One of the area's largest and longest-running outdoor jazz celebrations, the New Haven Jazz Festival, takes over the New Haven Green on Saturday, August 13, from 4:30-9:00 pm. With a rich history of bringing jazz lovers together to enjoy good company and ...

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Recording

Matt Anderson Quartet Sampler CD

Source: Michael Ricci
July 20, 2011

"[Matt's] playing and writing are both sophisticated and fluent." —Chris de Saram, Wakefield Jazz Following on from their highly acclaimed regional tour in spring 2011 supported by the Jazz Yorkshire 'Futures' scheme, the Matt Anderson Quartet have recorded and released a self-titled sampler CD of original material, available to download on a 'pay-what-you-like' basis from bandcamp.com. The quartet in its current form was set up by Leeds, UK-based saxophonist Matt Anderson in 2010 following his graduation from Leeds College of ...

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Recording

Pianist/Composer Armen Donelian's New Sunnyside CD "Leapfrog" to be Released Sept. 13

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
July 20, 2011

Pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator Armen Donelian has carved out an enviable career spanning four decades, including seminal stints with Sonny Rollins, Billy Harper, Chet Baker, and Mongo Santamaria. His new album Leapfrog, his ninth release for Sunnyside, due for release September 13, should go a long way in rectifying his relatively unsung status as an improvising artist of the highest order. Working with an exceptional band comprised of Dutch tenor saxophonist Marc Mommaas, guitarist Mike Moreno, veteran bassist Dean ...

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Recording

Karen Carroll, Chicago's Blues finest returns to America

Source: Ron Templin
July 20, 2011

Karen Carroll will release a new CD, Karen Carroll's Blues Mix, all her original work on August 30th, 2011. Carroll's soulful interpretation of the blues, gospel and jazz, showcase her vocal and guitar talents along with Karen's unique song writing skills. It is with her tremendous love for music that this CD has come to life. It is an international contemporary sound of black rhythm, swing, folk blues, groove, hip-hop and pure jazz, all on one compilation. She worked with ...

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Music Industry

Call for Research Papers Focused on Jazz Audiences

Source: Christy Farnbauch
July 19, 2011

The third annual Jazz Education Network Conference, January 4-7, Louisville, KY is calling for submission of research papers related to its theme “Developing Tomorrow's Jazz Audiences Today." The research track solicits the submission of original, principled research papers dealing with topics related to audience development for jazz in particular, but also for the arts in general. The research track will run parallel with presentations by the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus on the Jazz Audiences Initiative. Such presentations will include ...

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Education

Song Surgeon cPods Bring Unparalleled Portability To The Music Instruction, Lessons, and Learning Market Place

Source: James Todd
July 19, 2011

Todd, Michael & James, Inc. (TMJ) announced today that availability of cPods for its popular music learning and slow down software, Song Surgeon. cPods, short for “Cloud Pods" are roughly analogous to a Power Point, “Pack and Go" file. cPods contain all of the necessary files to run Song Surgeon on a Windows computer without the requirement of having Song Surgeon installed. cPods provide unparalleled portability in two ways. Firstly, they enable non-Song Surgeon users to run an instance of ...

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Performance / Tour

Spin Doctors Set U.S. Tour for October to Celebrate Pocket Full of Kryptonite: 20th Anniversary Edition'

Source: Seth Cohen PR
July 19, 2011

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of 'Pocket Full of Kryptonite,' Spin Doctors Set U.S. Club Tour for October; Band to Perform the Smash Album Live, in its Entirety, for First Time in U.S. 'Two Princes,' 'Little Miss Can't Be Wrong' and Other Tracks are Remastered, as Epic/Legacy Plans 'Pocketful Of Kryptonite: 20th Anniversary Edition'—Deluxe August 30th Two-CD Package to Include Rare Demos and Live Recordings In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of 'Pocket Full of Kryptonite,' Spin Doctors have confirmed a ...

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Performance / Tour

Nonesuch Releases Collaboration Between Pianists Brad Mehldau and Kevin Hays and Composer/Arranger Patrick Zimmerli, Modern Music, September 20

Source: Michael Ricci
July 19, 2011

Nonesuch Records releases Modern Music, a collaboration between pianists Brad Mehldau and Kevin Hays and composer/arranger Patrick Zimmerli, on September 20, 2011. The album features pieces written by each of the three musicians as well as works by Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman, and Philip Glass, performed by the two pianists in arrangements by Zimmerli. Modern Music may be pre-ordered now from www.nonesuch.com, with the title track available for download immediately at checkout. This collaboration grew out of the long-standing desire ...

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