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Performance / Tour

Pablo Menendez and Mezcla Cuban All-Stars tour Canadian Summer Festivals

Source: Nina Menendez
June 16, 2011

"Funky.... Ebullient.... Hot!" —The New York Times Pablo Menendez and Mezcla Cuban All-Stars are poised to launch their Summer 2011 tour of Canadian Festivals. Dates include July 2 at Toronto's DownTown Jazz Festival (6pm, Distillery District Main Stage), July 4th at The Montreal International Jazz Festival (8pm, Scène Rio Tinto Alcan), July 6th at The Cisco Ottawa BluesFest (9pm National Bank Stage) and July 9th & 10th at SunFest in London Ontario. Mezcla, under the direction of Pablo Menendez, has ...

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Radio

Rockwired.com's Latest Edition of Jazzed and Blue Feature Blues Legend Tracy Nelson, Jazz Artist Kellylee Evans and Sci-Fi Icon/Chanteuse Jane Badler

Source: Rockwired Media LLC
June 15, 2011

The latest edition of Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz will be available on Sunday, June 19, 2011 at 12pm (EST) exclusively at Rockwired.com. The two-hour show will be hosted by Rockwired founder Brian Lush and will be available for both streaming and download. “Personally, I am truly excited to be getting this show off the ground!" confesses Lush “Along with all of the excitement is a great deal of anxiousness as well. Jazz and Blues are nothing ...

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Recording

Unseen Rain Records Debut Release

Source: Jack DeSalvo
June 15, 2011

Four Extraordinary Recordings of Jazz and Improvised Music STEVE COHN: WE PAT HALL TRIO: MULTIPLE QUESTION CHOICE CHRIS KELSEY, TOM TEDESCO and JACK DeSALVO: STUTCHES TOM DeSTENO TRIO: CORIOLIS SKY UNSEEN RAIN is a new label featuring high-definition downloads of contemporary jazz and improvisation recordings available exclusively at meyefi.com. UR's first new releases include pianist and shakuhachi master Steve Cohn's WE with William Parker and Tom Tedesco. Trombonist and composer Pat Hall's Multiple Question ...

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Event

Jazz Vocalist/recording Artist Elli Fordyce & Her Trio Live At Garage Restaurant & Cafe

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
June 15, 2011

New York, NY, June 15, 2011—In support of her latest successful CD release, Songs Spun of Gold, Elli Fordyce will be performing live for the Jazz brunch at the renowned Jazz venue Garage Restaurant & Café in the heart of Greenwich Village on Sunday, July 3, 2011, from 11:30 AM to 3:30 AM. In her performance at Garage, Elli will be performing songs from her effervescent, Songs Spun of Gold, as well as her previous well-received CD, Something Still Cool. ...

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Recording

Jonathan Fritzen - The Swedish American Keyboardist Dazzles the World with "Diamonds"

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
June 15, 2011

Sweet and seductive as chocolate, the music of keyboardist Jonathan Fritzen dazzled the world with his 2010 release of “Diamonds." A stellar production with featured guests like Darren Rahn, Jessy J and Koh Mr. Saxman (one of Asia's most known sax players), the single “Dance with Me" from “Diamonds" was #1 on Billboard for numerous weeks. Brian Soergel of the Jazz Times declared, “Fritzen has arrived . . ." Alex Al and Mel Brown play bass on “Diamonds," which individually ...

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Recording

Historic "Buddy & The Juniors" Available at Hip-O Select, Retails June 28

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
June 15, 2011

In 1969, guitarist Buddy Guy got together with his old Chicago blues buddy Junior Wells, added in jazz pianist Junior Mance, and cut a loose, “unplugged" session for Blue Thumb Records that became the now-legendary album Buddy And The Juniors. Now, on the occasion of Buddy Guy's 75th birthday, the album makes its first-ever domestic CD release on the Verve label via Hip-oSelect.com, digitally remastered from the original analog master tape reels. Michael Cuscuna, the album's original producer, supervised the ...

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Festival

Tickets now on sale for 2011 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival

Source: Dean Minderman
June 15, 2011

COLUMBIA, MO—Tickets are now on sale for the 2011 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, which will be held Monday, July 11 through Saturday, July 16 in Columbia, MO. The weeklong series of events will include four public concerts, with the grand finale featuring the world premieres of new works written by the festival's eight resident composers and performed by the acclaimed new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound. The final concert will take place at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, July 16 at ...

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Recording

Candye Kane's "Sister Vagabond" Album, Due August 16 on Delta Groove, Rings Triumphant in Challenging Year

Source: conqueroo
June 15, 2011

Winning first battle over cancer, Kane celebrates 11th long-player, a set co-produced by guitarist Laura Chavez. Its predecessor, Superhero, was nominated for Blues Music Award. LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Candye Kane has been called a survivor, a superhero and the toughest girl alive. (All are also titles of her self-penned songs.) Her eleventh CD release, Sister Vagabond, will hit the streets on August 16, 2011 on Delta Groove Records. Produced by Kane and her noted guitarist Laura Chavez, Sister Vagabond is a ...

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