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TV / Film

Tamela D'Amico and Frog Island Comedy bring new web serial "Pacino & Pacino Talent Agency" to Atom.com

Source: Tamela D'Amico
April 15, 2011

Jazz artist Tamela D'Amico is scheduled to appear this month at Ivan Kane's Cafe Was on April 17th in Los Angeles with her septet, but that isn't all the multi-hyphenate has up her sleeve this Spring. D'Amico's company, La Strega Entertainment, has produced in collaboration with the Los Angeles sketch group, Frog Island Comedy, to create the comedic webseries “Pacino & Pacino Talent Agency" which will premiere on Atom.com, a subsidiary of Comedy Central, this April 25th. D'Amico directed the ...

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Recording

Rhinoceri Trio releases debut album "Libera Me"

Source: Brendan Cooney
April 14, 2011

The Rhinoceri Trio (Brendan Cooney-piano, Greg Mervine-drums, Chris Coyle-bass) is proud to announce the release of their debut album “Libera Me." The Rhinoceri trio, named for the most ponderous and terrifying beast of the primeval forest, both ponders and terrifies. Firmly rooted in the jazz tradition, the group's repertoire spans and blends a tapestry of influences from Ellington's jungle jazz, Eastern European folk music, Ornette Coleman, Bach, Wagner and minimalism. Given the history of the its members, the Rhinoceri Trio's ...

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Festival

Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Updated Schedule, May 9-15, 2011

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
April 15, 2011

Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile Announce Schedule Updates for HARLEM JAZZ SHRINES FESTIVAL May 9-15, 2011 7 Days · 35 Events · 8 Venues The prestige of the past. The pulse of the present. All Events are $10 or Free! MONDAY, MAY 9—SATURDAY, MAY 14, 10 A.M.-6 P.M. ENVISIONING JAZZ Photographs by Kwame Brathwaite, curated by Erica Agyeman Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts ...

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Recording

Adam Fairhall and Paul J Rogers, Debut Album "Second-Handed Blues," out on ASC Records, May 2, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
April 14, 2011

ASC Records are pleased to announce their latest release Second-handed Blues by Adam Fairhall and Paul J Rogers Second-Handed Blues is the debut album by Adam Fairhall (piano) and Paul J Rogers (electronics, sound sculpture and other instruments). Innovative but highly listenable, The music often includes artefacts from the far reaches of jazz history a vocal line from a 1920s vaudeville blues record, perhaps, or strains from a Scott Joplin rag and mixes them with contemporary idioms and ...

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Radio

"Chicago's Jazz Age Melting Pot" this week on Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
April 14, 2011

Recalling the heady atmosphere of the great musical “melting pot" in Jazz Age Chicago, with a script based on historical and biographical written accounts and recordings, Riverwalk Jazz this week welcomes two frequent guests from New Orleans—the Obie award-winning actor and singer Vernel Bagneris and renowned blues singer Topsy Chapman—plus pianist Shelly Berg. By the 1920s, jazz was on the move. In the wake of America's entry into WWI in 1917, the promise of well-paying manufacturing jobs and a better ...

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Contest

Enter the "Ambrose Akinmusire - When the Heart Emerges Glistening" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
April 14, 2011

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Blue Note “Ambrose Akinmusire—When the Heart Emerges Glistening“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on May 14th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Ambrose Akinmusire at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Blue Note Records About Ambrose Akinmusire and When the Heart Emerges Glistening By the time the lone standard 'What's New?' arrives with a wink ...

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Recording

Dean Martin Book & 2CD Anthology to be Released June 7

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
April 14, 2011

Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) has announced the release of a new 60+ page hardcover book and musical collection titled Cool Then, Cool Now, on June 7. Never before seen photos compiled from personal collections and family archives Cool Then, Cool Now goes behind-the-scenes to capture the spirit and life of one of the most unique, and by far coolest entertainers, Dean Martin. Featured inside is a 2-CD, 28-song collection, spanning Dean Martin's musical career featuring a host of hits including ...

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Performance / Tour

Norma Winstone and Kenny Wheeler among stars at London's Art Of Song Festival

Source: Chris May
April 14, 2011

The Art Of Song Festival continues at London's Leicester Square Theatre. Upcoming concerts include: April 15 Norma Winstone, Tina May, David McAlmont, Kenny Wheeler; April 16 Cleo Laine and, in a second concert, Yots K's The Songs Of John Barry; April 18 Stacey Kent; April 19 Fran Landesman. Details on 0844 873 3433. NORMA WINSTONE, TINA MAY, DAVID MCALMONT & KENNY WHEELER perform THE SONGS OF DUNCAN LAMONT 15th April at 7.30pm, tickets from £20 To ...

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