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Education

Extended Interviews with Jazz Greats Available on Hamilton College Jazz Archive Website

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 23, 2011

A collection of 300 audio interviews with jazz musicians, arrangers, writers and critics, the jazz greats and the supporting cast from the 1930s to the present, is now available online and free to the public courtesy of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive at www.hamilton.edu/jazzarchive. Listeners can click on a link and read the transcripts or listen to interviews with some of jazz's most well-known musicians, including Dave Brubeck, Lionel Hampton, Oscar Peterson and George Shearing as well as former members ...

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Recording

Jason Parker Quartet Releases "Five Leaves Left: A Tribute To Nick Drake" On March 29th

Source: Jason Parker
March 23, 2011

J&J Music announces the release of the new CD from the Jason Parker Quartet: Five Leaves Left: A Tribute To Nick Drake. The music will be released digitally on March 29th, with CD's to follow at the end of April on Seattle's Broken Time Records. The JPQ chose to pay tribute to the legendary singer/songwriter by remaking his classic debut album song-for-song in their own unique style. “I've been a fan of Drake's music for years," says Parker, “This record ...

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Education

Saxophonist Jeff Coffin of the Dave Matthews Band To Offer Free Jazz Masterclass/Performance at Cascio Interstate Music, April 9th to Benefit the Milwaukee Jazz Vision

Source: Jamie Breiwick
March 23, 2011

New Berlin, WI—Cascio Interstate Music, 13819 W. National Avenue in New Berlin, presents saxophonist Jeff Coffin, three-time Grammy-winner and member of the Dave Matthews Band plus Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Jeff will appear on Cascio's Soundstage inside the Cascio SuperStore, from 11 amת pm on Saturday, April 9, 2011. His jazz band, Jeff Coffin & the Mu'tet will perform along with the Muskego High School Jazz Ensemble. Coffin, a strong supporter of music education, will conduct a FREE Masterclass ...

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Performance / Tour

Classic UK Blues Rock Legends Wishbone Ash to Tour Us in Support of New DVD Release

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
March 23, 2011

Danbury, CT—Wishbone Ash, the classic British rock band renowned for its signature twin-lead guitar prowess, embarks April 25 on a US tour to promote a new DVD and studio project. The group returns to several familiar venues along with select new stops on the three-week tour (tour dates listed below). The DVD, 'This is Wishbone Ash,' is a rockumentary offering a fly on the wall glimpse of the creative process, as the band records tracks for the upcoming CD release ...

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Performance / Tour

NY Jazz and a Carolina Bank

Source: Mark Rapp
March 23, 2011

(NEW YORK, NY)—Known for their industry first “Applum"—a complete record delivered solely through the iTunes App Store—New York Jazz trumpeter Mark Rapp and renowned guitarist/vocalist Derek Lee Bronston's jazz group “The Song Project" has partnered with South Carolina Bank and Trust on a return tour of the Carolinas culminating in a performance whose partial proceeds will benefit the Women's Shelter Health Services of Charlotte, NC. SC-raised trumpeter Mark Rapp is looking forward to the return tour saying, “I love coming ...

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Performance / Tour

Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks Announce Tour Dates with New Band

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 23, 2011

Revelator (Sony MASTERWORKS), the long-awaited, song-oriented debut album by the husband-wife team of singer/guitarist Susan Tedeschi and guitarist Derek Trucks, will be released June 7th. Filled with smoky, blues-dipped rockers and heart-stilling ballads that show off, respectively, the gutsier and softer side of Tedeschi's vocal ability, plus a series of emotive, story-telling solos shaped by Trucks's uncanny agility on slide-guitar, Revelator also serves to introduce the couple's new, 11-piece ensemble: TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND. A dramatic leap forward for two of ...

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Education

Jazz Appreciation Month at The GRAMMY Museum

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 23, 2011

Preservation Jazz Hall Band, Henry Butler & More to Perform At The GRAMMY Museum Major Jazz Artifact Acquisition Announcement And Other Events Scheduled For April During Jazz Appreciation Month The GRAMMY Museum is honored to participate in the 10th Annual Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), to be celebrated throughout April. The month-long celebration pays tribute to jazz as both a historic and living art form and boasts a variety of nationwide activities. The GRAMMY Museum will host a series of public ...

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Festival

Saint Lucia Jazz Festival Offers Travel Packages

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 23, 2011

In celebration of the 20th anniversary, Grammy-award winning multi-Platinum artist John Legend will headline this year's Saint Lucia Jazz Festival. The singer, in his album collaboration with The Roots, recently picked up three awards on February 13, 2011 at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards show for Best Tradition R&B Vocal Performance for “Hang On In There," Best R&B Song for “Shine" and Best R&B Album for Wake Up!. Legend has sold more than five million albums worldwide, garnered multiple hit ...

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