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Performance / Tour

Saxophonist Rob Scheps New York Summer Tour Schedule

Source: Rob Scheps
June 8, 2011

Four show, two with his acoustic band, the Rob Scheps Core-tet; and two with Magnets!, the jazz/funk co-op band he co-leads with Defunkt bassist Kim Clarke. Sunday June 26 Rob Scheps Coretet Chapel of Our Lady Restoration 45 Market St. Cold Spring, NY 4 pm; free concert Rob Scheps, tenor sax Jim O'Connor, trumpet Jamie Reynolds, piano Cameron Brown, bass Jeff Brillinger, ...

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Recording

Drummer/Composer Tim Kuhl releases new CD "Doomsayer" on eleven2eleven Records

Source: Michael Ricci
June 8, 2011

"Kuhl has himself up in the mix and is an ever-present force" —All About Jazz “Drummer-composer Tim Kuhl purveys a mix of earthy groove and spacious, subtly emotive melody." —Time Out NY “Kuhl shows that he is an avant-garde performer who goes where other composers fear to tread." —Jazz Review One of the most creative artists in the Brooklyn, New York music scene is drummer / composer Tim Kuhl. Doomsayer is Kuhl's third release as a leader. Featuring a host ...

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Festival

MIA 2011: Free Improvisation Festival in Portugal

Source: paulo chagas
June 8, 2011

MIA 2011—Festival of Improvised Music of Atouguia da Baleia—Portugal, held last week-end of May in the Auditorium of the Philharmonic Society, having been deemed a success by the Organization and by the vast majority of those who participated and attended this second edition of an event that has gained international status. The 44 musicians who passed through that stage this year, these included 11 foreigners from France, Italy, Germany and England here who might know each other and exchange experiences ...

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Performance / Tour

Phronesis - USA/Canada Tour: June-July 2011

Source: Jazz Services UK
June 8, 2011

June 14: Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival June 18: Chris' Jazz Café, Philadelphia, PA June 21: Jazz Standard, New York, NY July 1: Montreal Jazz Festival July 2: Ottawa Jazz Festival Described as ..."the most electrifying experience to be had in British jazz" by The Telegraph and"the most exciting and imaginative piano trio since EST" by Jon Newey, Editor of Jazzwise, London-based Danish bassist Jasper Høiby's Phronesis have become the ...

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Radio

Rockwired.com's New Online Radio Show "Jazzed and Blue" Premieres June 12th Featuring Diane Schuur, Veronneau and Randell K

Source: Rockwired Media LLC
June 8, 2011

Rockwired.com has been keeping itself busy with the daily online radio show Rockwired Radio Profiles and its weekly two-hour program Aboriginal Sounds. Now, the music website is on the eve of launching its latest weekly show Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 12pm (EST). The two-hour show will be hosted by Rockwired founder Brian Lush and will be available for both streaming and download at Rockwired.com. “Personally, I am truly excited to ...

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Recording

Jean Lapouge: New Releases

Source: Michael Ricci
June 8, 2011

In the time between Hauts Plateaux and his latest effort Temporare, Jean Lapouge, founder of NOETRA, played in a trio setting with Kent Carter (double bass) and Jeff Boudreaux (drums) for nearly a decade. The band went into the studio three times over this period. The musical context—resolutely jazz—allowed Jean to explore new directions in his compositions and guitar playing, the latter reveling in newfound freedom. The rythm section is, simply put, brilliant. Plaything, the CD album compiled from those ...

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TV / Film

Playboy "Jazz On Film" Night Set for June 8th

Source: Nina Gordon Public Relations
June 7, 2011

Acclaimed jazz archivist Mark Cantor will return to host the Playboy Jazz Festival's annual “Jazz on Film" night, Wednesday June 8th at 7:30 p.m. The event will be held again this year in cooperation with Ebony Repertory Theatre at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center (NHPAC) on Washington Boulevard. Admission is free, although tickets are required. Tickets are available on a first come, first serve basis, beginning at noon on June 8th at the center's box office. There is a ...

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Recording

"Road Shows, Vol. 2" Due Sept. 13 from Sonny Rollins on Doxy/Emarcy Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
June 7, 2011

Sonny Rollins's forthcoming album, Road Shows, vol. 2, is quite likely to revive the delirious excitement stirred up at the saxophonist's sold-out 80th-birthday concert held in New York nearly one year ago. Four tracks on the new CD, which will be released September 13 by Doxy/Emarcy Records, were recorded that night; one of them is the 20-minute “Sonnymoon for Two" on which Rollins and surprise guest Ornette Coleman performed together in public for the first time in their long acquaintance, ...

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