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New York’s Longest Running Jazz Concert Series 'Highlights In Jazz' Celebrates 50 Years With Gala Concert On February 23, 2023

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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Producer Jack Kleinsinger Presents All-Star Lineup at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan, guitarists Gene Bertoncini and Russell Malone, bassist Jay Leonhart and many more jazz greats to be on hand for historic concert. Highlights in Jazz returns to BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center for a festive 5 th anniversary concert on Feb. 23, 2023 8 PM. Jack Kleinsinger, the founder and producer of the highly regarded landmark jazz series, has put together an exciting, generation-crossing ...
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Pat Metheny Side-Eye To Headline Opening Night At CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival

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Dalmath Associates Inc.
The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival is proud to present the legendary Pat Metheny on opening night June 23, 2023, at the festival's 20th-anniversary edition June 23 to July 1, 2023, in downtown Rochester, NY. The concert will be held at 8 p.m. at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. Tickets for Pat Metheny Side-Eye are $83 / $73 / $63 / $43 + $7 service charges and are on sale now only at rochesterjazz.com. Pat Metheny, voted Guitarist of the ...
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Roman Miroshnichenko Wins Gold Medal Of The Global Music Awards

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Roman Miroshnichenko
Award-winning guitarist, composer and bandleader Roman Miroshnichenko continues to collect musical trophies. His album My Best Songs" just won the Gold medal in the Best Instrumental Album" category! This is not the first success of the virtuoso guitarist. In early December, the instrumental composition Pianino" from the album Roman Miroshnichenko plays Daniel Figueiredo" received the highest rating of Five Stars" and made it to the finals of The UK Songwriting Contest 2022 in the Instrumental" category! The UK Songwriting Contest ...
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Chicago Trumpeter & Composer Markus Rutz announces new album 'Storybook'

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Lydia Liebman Promotions
JMARQ Records is pleased to announce the February 17, 2023 release of Storybook, celebrated trumpeter and composer Markus Rutz’ sixth studio release as a bandleader. Fresh off the heels of the release of his critically acclaimed albums Blueprints – Figure One, Blueprints – Figure Two, and One Saturday in September, Rutz’ new innovative work takes listeners on a musical journey from past to present, telling the story of Rutz’ early musical inspirations and education while reflecting on the musical vibrancy of modern-day Chicago. Rutz is in great company ...
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jazzahead in New York during APAP and Winter Jazz – Meet us!

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Michael Ricci
Germany as a partner country, this is a unique opportunity to promote jazz from Germany worldwide. True to the motto Building Bridges", the pre-premier of the commissioned work around Ingrid Laubrock in New York is the perfect opportunity to build a bridge from Germany to the motherland of jazz. A delegation from Bremen will be travelling to the U.S. metropolis in January to present jazzahead! and this year’s partner country Germany. And that’s not all: Ingrid Laubrock will give an ...
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Jazz Documentary 'In The Zone: Rick Kilburn' 12x Award-Winner from Canada to South Korea

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Kerilie McDowall
Humbled and honoured to finally announce her short film results, first-time short documentary film director Kerilie McDowall was surprised to discover that she had won an award for Best Director from the Seoul Short Film Festival in South Korea for her short film, In the Zone: Rick Kilburn. Later the short’s star, Rick Kilburn, on IMDB Pro's STARmeter peaked at 11.3+ million hits, and McDowall at 10 million in 2022, and 8.7 million while screening in Tokyo and Hong Kong. ...
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Ron Carter & The Jazzaar Festival Big Band Directed By Christian Jacob

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Helen Savari-Renold
The live recording, Remembering Bob Freedman at the 2019 Jazzaar Festival, Switzerland was released on October 6, 2021 on Shanti Records. The 17-piece Jazzaar Festival Big Band was assembled specifically for the 2019 festival showcasing the phenomenon of the “Bandstand Learning with Role Models” platform. This was founded in 1992 by Fritz K Renold and Helen Savari-Renold, also the producers of this recording. The album features the bass legend Ron Carter with some acclaimed jazz instrumentalists such as trumpeter Ryan ...
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World-Renowned SMOKE Jazz Club Begins The New Year With 80th Birthday Celebrations For Billy Harper And Al Foster, The 10th Annual Coltrane Festival, And More

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AMT Public Relations
January 2023 Schedule Sunday, January 1 Coltrane Festival featuring Jeremy Pelt with the Eric Reed / Vincent Herring Quintet Jeremy Pelt: trumpet Vincent Herring: alto & tenor saxophone Eric Reed: piano John Webber: bass Joe Farnsworth: drums SMOKE’s 10th annual Coltrane Festival continues with featured guest trumpeter Jeremy Pelt joining the Eric Reed/Vincent Herring Quintet. JazzTimes says, “Pelt is a technical marvel. He executes intricate solos with ease, plays gorgeous ballads in a tasteful manner, ...
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