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Career

Terence Blanchard named Artistic Director of the Henry Mancini Institute at the UM Frost School of Music

Source: Muse Media
March 9, 2011

Coral Gables, FL—Five time Grammy Award winning jazz trumpeter and film composer Terence Blanchard was named Artistic Director of the Henry Mancini Institute (HMI), a prestigious program at the University of Miami Frost School of Music that is training a new generation of orchestral and jazz artists to create and perform in mixed-genre, collaborative settings. Blanchard has established himself as one of the most influential jazz musicians and film score masters of his generation, a member of a jazz legacy ...

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Recording

Jessy J, Disney and Selmer Team Up - New CD Coming

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
March 9, 2011

Jessy J completes her third solo album, returns from Dubai Jazz Festival and gears up for appearances at Disney's Jazz Celebration “both Latin influences as well as mainstream jazz come to her as effortlessly as a spray of Latin samba capping a jazz wave. And it's a tide that seems set to keep on going." —Entertainment Editor Bill Dean, The Gainesville Sun Los Angeles, Calif. / March 9, 2011 Jessy J has announced she will be releasing a new CD ...

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Recording

Bryant Thompson Releases "Puzzle Pieces"

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
March 9, 2011

BryCel Productions is proud to announce the release of Puzzle Pieces by pianist/composer Bryant Thompson. A stellar production of seamless quality, Puzzle Pieces serves as another reminder of the insane talent that has been pouring out of the Atlanta area. With a complete complement of the city's finest musicians that forms a sideman list too large to mention, Thompson doesn't pull any punches with this release. The grooves simmer in a powerful stew that's rich in texture and bountiful in ...

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Recording

Nonesuch Releases Jazz Quartet James Farm’s Self-Titled Debut Album on April 26

Source: Nonesuch Publicity
March 9, 2011

New band features Joshua Redman (saxophone), Aaron Parks (piano), Matt Penman (bass), and Eric Harland (drums), all of whom composed pieces for the record “James Farm could be one of those rare breakthrough bands—Miles and Brubeck did it long ago—that appeals to a significant audience beyond the jazz audience." —San Jose Mercury News James Farm is a collaborative band featuring saxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Matt Penman, and drummer Eric Harland. On its self-titled debut album—due April 26, ...

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Recording

Download the full WD-41+2 album Temi Per Cinema for under 3 bucks!!!

Source: Willie Oteri
March 9, 2011

Education

New Piano Lesson by Quiescence Music Helps Students Improvise

Source: Edward Weiss
March 9, 2011

Online website Piano Lessons by Quiescence MusicHere's what the video's creator, Edward Weiss has to say about it: “I wanted to show students how to improvise something in the Key of B Major. This Key has a lot of sharps in it which can be intimidating to many, but since I teach a chord-based approach to learning piano, all students have to do is learn the chords and scale in B Major and that's that." Weiss adds... “To me, improvisation ...

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Recording

"An Evening with Sutton Foster - Live at the Cafe Carlyle" out March 15th on Ghostlight Records

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 9, 2011

20-Song tour de force An Evening With Sutton Foster—Live at the Cafe Carlyle, set for March 15th release by Ghostlight Records “The radiance of Julia Roberts and the zany spunk of Holly Golightly: that only begins to describe the seductive charms of Sutton Foster" (NY TIMES—Stephen Holden) Tony Winner Sutton Foster's triumphant sold-out run at New York's famed Cafe Carlyle comes home to listeners on March 15th, as Ghostlight Records proudly releases her 20- song tour de forceAn Evening With ...

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Performance / Tour

Tamela D'Amico and her Septet Perform at Ivan Kane's Cafe Was on April 17

Source: Scott Yanow
March 9, 2011

The multi-talented artist Tamela D'Amico has been gaining a great deal of attention as a formidable song stylist and highly appealing jazz singer. She will be performing fresh arrangements of standards from her CD Got A Little Story, her new single “Down With Love," and originals co-written with singer/songwriter Billy Vera at Cafe Was on Vine Street starting at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday April 17 with her septet. The No Cover Charge show, which is titled Jazz Ain't Dead, reinforces ...

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