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Award-Winning Vocalist René Marie Invites Americans to Show Their “Voice of My Beautiful Country,” in Celebration of Her New Release on Motéma Music, For A chance to Win a Trip to Washington, DC

Source: Cary Goldberg
April 6, 2011

In celebration of her newest CD, Voice of My Beautiful Country, on Motéma Music, award- winning singer-songwriter and trailblazing vocalist René Marie is asking her fellow Americans to follow her lead, listen to their inner voices, pull from their own experiences, and creatively express to the world, what they love most about their country. They can use poetry, photography, spoken word, video or music, to best display their own “Voice of My Beautiful Country." Beginning April 5, 2011 and running ...

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Event

Wayne Shorter to Perform With Danilo Pérez, Joe Lovano, Terri Lyne Carrington, John Patitucci, and Berklee Students at Berklee's Global Jazz Summit for Humanity and Peace

Source: Berklee Public Relations
April 6, 2011

Boston, MA—The Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) celebrates its one-year anniversary as guest NEA Jazz Master Wayne Shorter sits in to perform with BGJI faculty Danilo Pérez, Joe Lovano, Terri Lyne Carrington, and John Patitucci, and BGJI students in a tribute to Shorter's legendary musical career. The concert takes place Monday, April 25, 8:15 p.m. at the Berklee Performance Center (BPC), 136 Massachusetts Avenue, in Boston. Tickets are $20, $15 reserved seating and are available online through ticketmaster.com. For more ...

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Award / Grant

Vibraphonist Jim Hart Nominated For Musician Of The Year In Parlimentary Jazz Awards

Source: Jim Hart
April 6, 2011

Brian Kellock, Django Bates and Jim Hart have been nominated for musician of the year in this year's Parliamentary Jazz Awards, one of the most prestigious set of jazz awards on the UK jazz calendar, while Bates also picks up a second nomination in the album of the year category, this time vying with John Turville, Norma Winstone and Tim Whitehead for the gong. The awards, organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group and sponsored by music licensing ...

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Education

Jazz Masterclasses / Workshops Near Nice (South Of France) August 2011

Source: COARTJAZZ
April 6, 2011

COARTJAZZ in Coaraze (06) a typical and charming perched village from Provence near Nice, France. Master classes and Workshops for 5 days from 20th to 24th August 2011: Five hours per day, 6/7 students per class Mornings: Learning with Pros (Improvisation, theory) Afternoons: small ensembles coordinated by binomes of pros Evenings: Jam sessions / Concerts Level: amateurs or professionals jazz players are welcome. The goal is to learn, exchange ideas and music in a ...

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Recording

TheRhythmIsOdd - "Raw Material" CD now released on Abstract Logix

Source: Bjorn Egelius
April 6, 2011

Recording

Los Angeles jazz artist Cole Jacobs releases one of the year's most colorfully inventive efforts

Source: Lauren Rogers
April 5, 2011

Calling an EP Atomic Escalator brews expectations of hipster lounge jazz, and Los Angeles-based musician Cole Jacobs doesn't disappoint in arriving with the goods. Jacobs locates the twilight zone between smooth and acid jazz on Atomic Escalator, unveiling characteristics of both stylistic offshoots in a breezy, snappy manner. It is easily among the year's most colorfully inventive and irresistibly engaging releases, brimming with slick, chilled-out grooves. However, even Jacobs himself has difficulty in explaining exactly how he should be categorized ...

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Recording

Debut Solo Album Released of Celebrated Jazz Trumpeter Melvin Jones

Source: Njeri Nginyo
April 6, 2011

ATLANTA—Turnaround Records, together with highly acclaimed jazz trumpeter Melvin Jones, proudly announces the release of Jones' first solo album entitled 'Pivot.' A culmination of many years of performing with numerous greats in the jazz industry, 'Pivot' showcases Jones' simmering style and his technical facility through original compositions that will captivate both newer listeners and long-standing fans. Jones, described succinctly as “the real deal" by the famed jazz composer and trumpeter Marcus Printup, already has a distinguished and diverse recording catalog, ...

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Event

Jazz Arts Group Presents Miles Davis "Birth of the Cool" Multi-Media Retrospective

Source: Michael Ricci
April 6, 2011

The Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series caps off Jazz Appreciation Month on April 29 30 at the Lincoln Theatre with “Birth of the Cool," a recreation of the iconic 1949-50 Miles Davis recording sessions featuring Mark Flugge (music director) and Jim Powell (trumpet); and a multi-media retrospective of mid-century art and design including narration by Denny Griffith, president of the Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD). As jazz's bebop movement flourished during the late 1940s with its fast-paced ...

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