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The Trio Of Bassist Giuseppe Millaci Release A Live Album Recorded At Centre Culturel Flagey, Brussels
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Nina Feri
Interaction: Live At Flagey is the Vogue Trio’s third album since its creation in 2016 by bassist, composer and producer Giuseppe Millaci bringing together French pianist Amaury Faye and Belgian drummer Lionel Beuvens. After extensive international touring for Songbook and The Endless Way, receiving the prestigious Octave de la Musique in 2018, the trio returns to Belgium and pays homage to the country that Giuseppe Millaci calls home since the age of 12, where he founded the Hypnote Records Label ...
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Ken Schaphorst Conducts New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra on October 20
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Jazz Studies Department showcases its accomplished jazz vocal students in If You Could See Me Now: Music for Voice and Jazz Orchestra. Ken Schaphorst conducts the NEC Jazz Orchestra in music composed and arranged for voice and jazz orchestra, from traditional jazz to more contemporary styles. The 7:30 p.m. concert takes place on Thursday, October 20 at Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Free and open to the public. Tickets required; please visit necmusic.edu to ...
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The 11th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Selects Top Five Finalists As Part Of NJPAC’s TD James Moody Jazz Festival
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AMT Public Relations
A world of jazz just minutes from home, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) today announced the top five finalists of the 11th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Pulled from over 200 submissions from over 25 countries, these gifted young contestants from around the world represent the next generation of great jazz singers. The Top Five finalists comprise two international singers Kristin Lash of Bratislava, Slovakia, and Lucía Gutiérrez Rebolloso of Mexico, and three Manhattanites: Harlem-based Allan ...
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For Your Grammy Consideration: Players by Eugenie Jones (Best Jazz Vocal Album Category)
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Bright Ideas
The four-years, four-cities, 32-musician-project, Players, by singer/songwriter Eugenie Jones is now available for your Grammy consideration. Listeners are invited to review this ten-original, five-jazz classic, two-disc project during round-one consideration. The Players NEW YORK: James Weidman, Julian Priester, Marquis Hill, Reggie Workman, Bernard Purdie, Bobby Sanabria, Asaf Even Zur, Stanley Banks, Jovan Johnson. SEATTLE: Bill Anschell, Julian Priester, Alex Dugdale, Jay Thomas, Clipper Anderson, Mark Ivester, D’Vonne Lewis, Jeff Busch, Velocity, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio. DALLAS: Shaun Martin, Lynn Seaton, ...
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The 7 Virtual Jazz Club's Contest Officially Begins - Applications For 8th Edition Are Now Open
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Valerio Pappi
The eight edition of the 7 Virtual Jazz Club contest has officially begun. Application Deadline: December 23, 2022 8th edition Categories Under 25: soloists and bands aged 25 years or younger. All nationalities welcome, provided the artist is fully independent (i.e. no booking agent, no recording company or publisher); Pros & Amateurs: all other musicians not belonging to the Under 25 category. How To Apply To enter the contest, soloists and groups pay a small registration fee (waived for Ukraine ...
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Composer/Guitarist Joshua Stamper’s Trademark Blur Between Classical-Jazz-Experimental Textures In Latest Album 'Soma Schema'
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AMT Public Relations
Straddling the jazz, classical, and experimental worlds, acclaimed Philadelphia composer/performer Joshua Stamper celebrates his 12th release as a leader: soma schema. Featuring his jazz-adjacent sextet color as time, soma schema is an opus of compositions and audio-collages inspired by Olivier Messiaen’s time-stretching processes, chopped-and-screwed remix techniques, and the harmonic worlds of Bill Evans, Joaquín Rodrigo, and Wayne Shorter. The music is imbued with love for the wild and mysterious “soma” of the physical world and the complex “schema” of higher-order ...
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World-Renowned SMOKE Jazz Club Announces November 2022 Concert Schedule
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AMT Public Relations
One of New York City’s premier live music venues, Smoke Jazz Club, presents a stellar line-up of some of music’s greatest artists during the month of November. Acclaimed for its essential music programming and inspired setting, Smoke Jazz Club recently reopened to much fanfare after being closed to indoor performances and dining for over two years. This revered institution has undertaken an impressive expansion and renovation that anchors its place as a world-renowned destination for the best in classic and ...
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Espen Berg: The Trondheim Concert - A Fully Improvised Piano Concert And Live Recording
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Vivo Musique Internationale
Five years after releasing his second solo album, Acres of Blue, Espen Berg decided to present a fully improvised piano concert in a live recording. This one-taker is a culmination of years of development, reflection and research. The music, created in the moment, reflects his emotions in a profound way, and every time he plays, it’s different. Every second of music is unique, and it feels like an endless resource, both musically and spiritually. The Trondheim Concert was recorded at ...
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