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Performance / Tour

Tamela D'Amico brings jazz to Tian at the Riverbank in Harlem for Make Music NY June 21

Source: Tamela D'Amico
June 4, 2011

Jazz artist Tamela D'Amico will be joined by her septet at the newly opened venue Tian at the Riverbank in Harlem. She has been gaining a great deal of attention as a formidable song stylist and highly appealing jazz singer. She will be performing fresh arrangements of standards from her CD Got A Little Story, her recent single “Down With Love," and originals co-written with singer/songwriter Billy Vera at Tian at the Riverbank as part of Make Music New York ...

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Performance / Tour

Tim Berne June and July Concert Schedule in New York

Source: ECM records
June 3, 2011

Performance / Tour

Ounaskari / Kuara US Summer Tour

Source: ECM records
June 4, 2011

Markku Ounaskari drums; Samuli Mikkonen piano; Per Jørgensen trumpet, voice. Finnish percussionist Markku Ounaskari made a strong impression on producer Manfred Eicher during the recording of Sinikka Langeland's “Starflowers" album and was invited to present his own project, and it is a fascinating one, with source material including Russian psalms and folk songs from displaced Finnish peoples (Karelians, Udmurtians, Vepsäns)—all approached from improvisational perspectives. It feels like a voyage over unfamiliar terrain, or as Markku says, “like a journey through ...

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Recording

Guitarist John Carey Releases New CD "New Beginnings"

Source: Michael Ricci
June 4, 2011

Guitarist John Carey uniquely combines Urban Soul, Pop, Latin and Smooth Jazz giving listeners a variety of his eclectic styles on New Beginnings an emotional and passionate recording that is fun and upbeat. Carey's music can be likened to Groove Theory, Incognito, Norman Brown, Chuck Loeb, Larry Carlton, Carlos Santana and George Benson. The eleven original songs from New Beginnings were written, arranged, composed and produced by John Carey. The CD also features Carey's wife Gina on vocals. Throughout Carey's ...

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Performance / Tour

Meredith Monk's June Concerts in New York

Source: ECM records
June 4, 2011

3 Legged Dog Art and Technology Center presented by Dance Theater Workshop (New York, NY) June 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th Songs of Ascension is a major new recording from composer Meredith Monk and her vocal ensemble. Written in 2008, it is conceived as a continuous composition, a departure from Monk's earlier collaged or episodic extended works. In recent years Meredith Monk's been expanding into the worlds of orchestra and string quartet. On “Songs of Ascension" she teams up with ...

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Performance / Tour

Motéma Music Artist Rufus Reid: June/August 2011 Tour

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
June 4, 2011

Motéma Music Artist RUFUS REID On Tour In Support of HUES OF A DIFFERENT BLUE The Brilliant Follow Up to Out Front (2010, Motema Music) June 5-6 @ 7:30 PM: Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute Readings Concert, Miller Theater— Columbia University, NYC The American Composers Orchestra performs the Third Movement of Reid's Composition, “Mass Transit"—Metropolis June 9 @ 12:30 PM: Jazz on the Plaza St. Peter's Church, NYC , Featuring Reid with pianist Norman Simmons Free and ...

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Recording

Todd Brunel's "Vortex Live" CD and Digital Download Now Available

Source: Michael Ricci
June 3, 2011

The Vortex Live features some of the best moments of the Vortex Series captured live between 2007-2010. Each piece is an original work created by invited artists, with all collaborations happening for the first time. The Vortex Live features: Todd Brunel clarinets, Rob Bethel cello, Esther Viola oboe, Andrew Hickman tenor sax (tracks 1 and 4), Dave Maxwell piano, Kevin Frenette} guitar, {{Junko Simons cello (track 7), Blake Newman double bass, Yael Bat shimon violin (track 8), Jonathan LaMaster violin ...

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Event

Jazz and classical Concert for Japan at the German Consulate General (NYC) June 9, 2011 @ 6pm

Source: Jan Matthies Music Management
June 3, 2011

The Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Consulate General of Japan invite you to a concert for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Free admission. If you would like to make a donation, you can do so at the door or online. The German Consulate General suggests making a contribution to Malteser International in Japan—more information below. Participating artists: Satoshi Kanazawa Satoshi Kanazawa is from the Tohoku region, which was greatly affected by the ...

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