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Education

Jazz Arts Group's Jazz Academy Workshop Opportunities with Bobby Sanabria, Ali Ryerson & Steve Rudolph

Source: Michael Ricci
April 20, 2011

The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) offers a stellar line-up of music making opportunities to engage all ages and interests with workshops and clinics at the Jazz Academy community instructional space in the Lincoln Theatre complex. With nearly 5,000 square feet, the Jazz Academy is a premier facility for multi-generational and recreational music making, ensemble playing, after-school programs, technology instruction and lectures with world-class musicians. Join jazz and Latin-jazz artist Bobby Sanabria Thursday, April 28 at 7:00 PM as ...

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Festival

2nd Annual NYC Undead JazzFest | 4 days, 11 venues across 2 boroughs, 50+ groups!

Source: Kim Smith Public Relations
April 20, 2011

BOOM Collective & Search & Restore proudly announce The 2nd Annual NYC UNDEAD JAZZFEST June 23rd though 26th 2011 BOOM Collective and Search & Restore bring back the Undead Jazzfest expanded to 4-days, in 11 venues across 2 boroughs and featuring 50+ groups. Undead Jazzfest 2011 is coming! Founded in June 2010 the Undead Jazzfest is new kind of festival, bringing together an incredible array of artists from the new jazz and improvised music community currently exploding in New York ...

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Recording

MuthaWit comes home to roost with release and stream of epic LP "men & women (la Revenge de Uncle Baldy)

Source: 4961 Polemics
April 20, 2011

MuthaWit's new release men & women (la Revenge de Uncle Baldy) is homage to blues/jazz teacher of Elvis Presley What has been said about MuthaWit: “If post-punk soul is a genre, then that's what Muthawit is doing" —MTViggy “Boston Fielder and MuthaWit are Gods in the universe they have created and these songs, which you must hear, are their Adam and Eve, cloned to a fallen and disrupted infinity." —The Wire, UK “MuthaWit is simultaneously urban and tribal; a meeting ...

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Event

Guitar Fest 2011 - featuring Hristo Vitchev / Rick Vandivier / Neil Kelly - April 28th at Club FOX (Redwood City, CA)

Source: Hristo Vitchev
April 20, 2011

Guitar Fest 2011 showcases three of the hottest jazz guitarists in the S.F. Bay Area. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the magic of these completely unique musicians on one stage. The impressionistic styling of Hristo Vitchev, the bluesy and groovy melodies of Rick Vandivier, and the hard-bop swing of Neil Kelly will simply fascinate you! Backed up by a seasoned rhythm section of none other than Jason Lewis on drums and Dan Robbins on bass, we promise you that ...

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Performance / Tour

Anna Mjoll @ Herb Alpert's Vibrato - Almost Sold Out!

Source: Anna Mjöll
April 20, 2011

"Icelandic jazz diva Anna Mjöll plays another near-guaranteed sellout at Vibrato (April 23rd, 2011)" —Tom Meek, LA Jazz.com on “Whats Hot" in Los Angeles this week. ANNA MJOLL and THE PAT SENATORE TRIO ANNA MJOLL / vocals PAT SENATORE / bass ED CZACH / piano BOB LEATHERBARROW / drums Where: HERB ALPERT'S VIBRATO 2930 Beverly Glen Circle Bel Air, CA 90077 310.474.9400 When: April 23rd, 2011ׯPM NO COVER ...

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Interview

Medeski Martin and Wood Celebrate 20 Years of Groundbreaking Jazz

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
April 19, 2011

Jazz bands have their own kind of dynamic. Usually there is a band leader who writes all or most of the tunes, and the group size is listed after the name, hence the Miles Davis Quintet or the Bill Evans Trio. It's jazz shorthand that tells fans more or less what to expect when they are scanning live listings, record bins and download sites. From the beginning in 1991, Medeski Martin and Wood have been different. On the suggestion of ...

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Festival

Blue Note Jazz Club Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival In New York City

Source: Michael Ricci
April 19, 2011

Chris Botti, Dave Brubeck, Chaka Khan, Bobby McFerrin, The Roots and Many More to Perform in June at this Year's Largest New York Jazz Festival June 1—June 30, 2011 New York, NY—In honor of its 30th anniversary, the Blue Note Jazz Club is opening its doors throughout New York City during the month of June for the inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival. More than 80 shows featuring many artists who have performed at the Blue Note for years will take ...

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Recording

Mpress Records' "New Arrivals Volume 4" Features Dave Eggar, Lucy Woodward and More, out June

Source: Seth Cohen PR
April 19, 2011

Stellar Line-Up on Charity CD to Combat Youth Homelessness 'New Arrivals Volume 4' Set for June Release on MPress Records, to Benefit The National Network For Youth Compilation Includes 2011 Grammy Nominee Dave Eggar, Brooklyn Indie The Paper Raincoat, Critical Fave Michelle Malone, American Idol Finalist Caleb Hawley, Verve artist Lucy Woodward and Many Others MPress Records is proud to confirm the details of 'New Arrivals Volume 4'—a charity compilation CD to benefit The National Network For Youth, whose mission ...

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