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Award-Winning Seoul Pianist Yujung Jung Plays Jazz Around The World
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All About Jazz
Award-Winning Korean Musician Creates Her Own Fusion Genre Yujung Jung, a Korean Music Award-winning pianist and graduate of Dongduk Women’s University, Berklee College of Music and The Berklee Global Jazz Institute in the United States, has been playing at major festivals for two decades, dazzling audiences around the world with her unique jazz, Gospel and K-Pop fusion. A former lead pianist and music director for the national music group Heritage of Faith, Jung was instrumental in the Christian singing ensemble ...
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Back By Popular Demand: The Rick Bogart Trio Returns To Le Rivage For A Captivating Evening Of Jazz & Broadway
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Michael Clarkston
Le Rivage, the esteemed jazz venue located at 340 W. 46th Street, is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of the Rick Bogart Trio following their sensational debut performance last week. Music lovers are invited to immerse themselves in an unforgettable evening of soulful melodies and captivating rhythms on Friday, August 11th beginning at 8:30pm. The Rick Bogart Trio, comprised of three exceptional musicians, Mark Daine on guitar, Jon B Roche on bass, and the remarkable Rick Bogart himself, ...
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Sol Roots Band Performs At Flat Iron Crossroads With Guest Bobby Blackhat
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9th Floor Music
Sol Roots Band brings a powerful blend of funk, jazz, blues, rock, and more to the Tidewater Virginia area on Saturday August 12. The Sol Roots band also will add special guest, blues personality Bobby BlackHat, for their upcoming performance at the Flat Iron Crossroads summer concert series. The Sol Roots band performs a blend of New Orleans influenced funk and jazz, deep blues, energetic rock, greasy soul, and hypnotic rhythms. Sol is a fierce guitarist and soulful singer who ...
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Saxophonist-composer Benjamin Boone Adds New Layers To His Experiments With Poetry And Jazz On 'Caught In The Rhythm,' Set For September 15 Release On Origin Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Benjamin Boone’s large-scale project fusing jazz with contemporary poetry reaches its deepest, richest point yet on Caught in the Rhythm, to be released September 15 on Origin Records. The fourth album in the saxophonist-composer’s series matches his remarkable assemblage of revered poets—including Edward Hirsch, Tyehimba Jess, and Patrick Sylvain—with an equally remarkable group of jazz improvisers that include Ambrose Akinmusire, Greg Osby, Kenny Werner, and Ben Monder. Boone’s fascination and ingenuity with poetry and jazz are well established. The two-volume ...
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Les DeMerle Little Big Band 'Dance & Jazz Party Cruise' on the Caribbean — Book Your Cabin Today
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Les DeMerle
The Dynamic Les DeMerle Little Big Band, featuring vocalist Bonnie Eisele, will transport their popular Dance and Jazz Party to the high seas this fall when they settle into a unique seven-day musical cruise in the Caribbean. The group will be featured nightly on MSC Cruises’ newest ship, The Seascape, from November 11-18, 2023. They will begin with an opening VIP cocktail party where guests can meet and greet the musicians and follow with themed nightly jazz parties. Dancers can ...
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Jazz Bridge Project Named A 'Hometown Hero' By Channel 6 ABC (Philadelphia)
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All About Jazz
From the desk at Jazz Bridge: We’re excited to let you know that Jazz Bridge was the subject of a very nice piece that aired on July 12 on WPVI TV 6 ABC, recognizing us as a “Hometown Hero.” How great is that!! We at Jazz Bridge are so proud to have our good work and our musicians’ assistance programs publicized. We want to thank musician Neil Podgurski, who honored us by publicly sharing how Jazz Bridge helped him ...
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Cynthia Basinet Releases Stunning Version Of ‘if Every Day Was Like Christmas’
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Cynthia "c." Basinet
There are few talents in the world who can claim to have been a fashion model, an actress, a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and a jazz vocalist, but celebrated singer—songwriter Cynthia Basinet has ticked all those boxes, having built her career in the entertainment industry while being heavily involved in humanitarian work too. Spending many years between the metropolis of Los Angeles, New York and the music capital of Nashville, Cynthia Basinet first made a name for herself in the ...
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Stanford Jazz Workshop Names Cory Combs Executive Director
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Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
Stanford Jazz Workshop names Cory Combs as its new Executive Director. Combs will work with Stanford Jazz Workshop Founder and Artistic Director Jim Nadel to provide the strategic vision and operational leadership as the non-profit organization embarks on a period of growth and transition. Combs succeeds longtime Executive Director David Miller, who is retiring. For more information, visit StanfordJazz.org. Founded in 1972 by Stanford University graduate and saxophonist Nadel, who has served as the Artistic Director for its over 50-year-history, ...
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