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Interview

Mike Mainieri & Kim Thompson interview

Source: underyourskin
March 16, 2011

Performance / Tour

Berkshires Jazz Announces Free "Jazz Appreciation Month" Concert Featuring USAF Liberty Big Band with Guest Soloist Marvin Stamm

Source: Ed Bride Associates
March 16, 2011

An Alumnus of the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Trumpet Legend Stammto Appear at April 8 Performance Celebrating Pittsfield's 250th Birthday PITTSFIELD, Mass.— Berkshires Jazz today announced that the U.S. Air Force jazz ensemble, the Liberty Big Band, will appear in a special concert on April 8 with trumpet legend Marvin Stamm as guest soloist. With free admission, the 7:30pm concert at Pittsfield's historic Colonial Theatre is part of the city's 250th birthday celebration, as well as being part of the nationwide ...

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Event

Opening Reception March 18 for "Stage: Jazz Greats at Birdland" Photo Exhibit @ NYCPMI

Source: O&M Co.
March 16, 2011

"STAGE: JAZZ GREATS AT BIRDLAND" PHOTOGRAPHS BY RYAN PATERNITE—"THE COLOR SERIES" RICHARD CONDE—"THE BLACK & WHITE SERIES" MARCH 18th through APRIL 16th, 2011 NEW YORK CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE MOVING IMAGE (NYCPMI) TO EXHIBIT PHOTOGRAPHS BY RYAN PATERNITE AND RICHARD CONDE OF JAZZ GREATS IN PERFORMANCE ON THE LEGENDARY BIRDLAND STAGE CATALOGUE ESSAY BY ESTEEMED PHOTOGRAPHY CRITIC A.D. COLEMAN New York, NY—The New York Center of Photography and the Moving Image (NYCPMI), the ...

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Recording

Chicago's Come Sunday Mixes Gospel & Jazz on Debut CD "Crosscurrents"

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
March 16, 2011

The Chicago septet Come Sunday melds jazz form and gospel tradition on their striking debut CD Crosscurrents, due for release May 3. Taking their name and inspiration from Duke Ellington's groundbreaking 1958 collaboration with gospel queen Mahalia Jackson, Come Sunday reinterprets time-honored spirituals and gospel classics—plus one Stevie Wonder tune and, of course, Ellington's “Come Sunday"—in musically innovative, emotionally uplifting ways. The arrangements, by the group's guitarist Mike Allemana, brim with melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic surprise. “They smartly balance gospel ...

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Video / DVD

Concert For George Set For Blu-ray Debut On March 22

Source: 1888 Media
March 16, 2011

CONCERT FOR GEORGE, the legendary tribute concert in honor of GEORGE HARRISON, will be released for the first time ever on Blu-ray on March 22. Originally released in High Definition, the CONCERT FOR GEORGE 2-disc Blu-ray will include the complete concert on the first disc, with a second disc containing the original theatrical version featuring concert highlights, interviews with the performers, rehearsals, and behind- the-scenes footage. The second disc will also include a previously unreleased interview segment entitled “Drummers," featuring ...

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Interview

Cellist Matt Haimovitz Interviewed at All About Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
March 16, 2011

It's a fairly audacious idea for a cello octet to interpret the music of jazz icons such as bassist Charles Mingus, trumpeter Miles Davis and saxophonist Ornette Coleman, never mind the Mahavishnu Orchestra, but clearly, as seen on the compelling Meeting of the Spirits, cellist Matt Haimovitz loves a challenge. After two dozen albums, Haimovitz, in close collaboration with arranger/composer David Sanford, has turned his attention to the jazz world, putting his octet Uccello through the paces with the additional ...

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Technology

Hidden Gems: Get to Know Your NC Symphony at All-New ncsymphony.org

Source: Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
March 15, 2011

RALEIGH, N.C.—Spend your evenings with a private pilot, an outdoorsman, an international traveller, a cat wrangler, an antiques collector, an astrophysicist, a celebrated photographer, a wine expert, a tennis pro, a new music entrepreneur, more than a few master chefs, and some of the best music you'll ever hear live, all in one place. You can this weekend. Your North Carolina Symphony has launched an all-new musicians section at its award-winning Web site, ncsymphony.org, allowing you to get to know ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Arts Group Welcomes Back the "Supafunkrock" of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

Source: Michael Ricci
March 15, 2011

Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series makes a surprise stop at the Capitol Theatre Riffe Center on Sunday, April 3 to welcome back 24-year-old New Orleans singer / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist and all-around musical powerhouse Troy “Trombone Shorty" Andrews & Orleans Avenue, with special guest Stretch Lefty. Rare indeed is the artist with the virtuosity to draw the unqualified respect of some of the most iconic legends in jazz and the ability to deliver a high-energy funk rock show capable ...

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