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Radio

Live Worldwide Jazz Performance On WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat, 1/21/11

Source: Ed Bell
January 19, 2011

Please join our audience for another great worldwide musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat, 91.3 FM for Southeast Fla., U.S.A. Friday, January 21, 2011 at 1:00pm EST Featuring The FIU JAZZ FACULTY QUARTET This group is comprised of highly educated Jazz musicians now offering their expertise at Florida International University's School of Music. Most have toured the world performing with Jazz legends and one member has published 5 highly-acclaimed books that are used as texts throughout ...

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Performance / Tour

Blues at the Crossroads: The Robert Johnson Centennial Concert Tour

Source: Berklee Public Relations
January 19, 2011

With Big Head Todd and The Monsters and special guest Mississippi Delta and Hill Country Artists David “Honeyboy" Edwards, Hubert Sumlin, and Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm Presented by Subaru of New England at the Berklee Performance Center, Feb. 18 Boston, MA—How do you throw a 100th birthday bash for the most influential bluesman that ever lived? If you're Big Head Todd and The Monsters, you gather some of the greatest living blues musicians and record a tribute album, 100 ...

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Recording

"G.R.A.S.S. On Fire" A Jazz-Fueled Take on Seminal Bob Marley Album

Source: GoMedia PR
January 19, 2011

Eleven Musicians of the Gowanus Reggae and Ska Society Instrumentally Interpret Music from Catch a Fire With the release of G.R.A.S.S. on Fire, G.R.A.S.S—the appropriately abbreviated Gowanus Reggae and Ska Society—have taken on the challenge of bringing the music of the legendary Bob Marley and the Wailers to an entirely new level. On G.R.A.S.S. on Fire, this collection of eleven intrepid musician/explorers “dedicated to bringing the sounds of classic Ska and Reggae to the fine people of Brooklyn and beyond," ...

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Performance / Tour

From Nina to Norma – British Singer, Juliet Kelly, Thanks the Divas for Inspiration

Source: Juliet Kelly
January 19, 2011

UK jazz singer and songwriter, Juliet Kelly, unveils her new project with a 12-date tour to arts centres and jazz clubs around the UK in February and March next year. “Inspired: Celebrating the Jazz Divas" is Juliet's tribute to the jazz singers past and present that have inspired and influenced her. The London-based vocalist who has taken the jazz scene by storm with her distinctive velvety voice, mesmerising songs and Glam Jazz style has collaborated with up-and-coming arranger George Moore ...

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Recording

Danish Jazz Comets Release Debut Album

Source: Michael Ricci
January 19, 2011

“Lars Fiil Quartet plays modern and competent jazz featuring amazing solo performances, great unity of execution and solid compositions. They just touched us, and we were captivated by their sound and their intensity." These words marked the announcement of the Danish-based Lars Fiil Quartet as winners of the prestigious competition Young Jazz in April 2010. This triumph led to long domestic as well as foreign tours, and the quartet's success continued when they participated in the pan-Scandinavian competition “Young Nordic ...

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Event

St Louis Jazz & Blues Vespers feature Darrell Mixon Project

Source: Second Baptist Church
January 19, 2011

Our Third Season! The public is invited to ST LOUIS JAZZ & BLUES VESPERS Sunday, February 20, 6-8 pm In the Sanctuary of the Beatitudes at Second Baptist Church 1/2 Mile West of the St. Louis Galleria 9030 Clayton Road at McKnight St. Louis Jazz and Blues Vespers features Darrell Mixon Project on Sunday, February 20, at 6:00 pm in the Sanctuary of the Beatitudes of Second Baptist Church of ...

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Website

Tweet Button and Meebo Bar Added to All About Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
January 19, 2011

Video / DVD

SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions DVDs with Matthew Shipp and Erik Friedlander

Source: Jacob Morrison-Wood
January 19, 2011

SOLOS: the jazz sessions is a 39 part television music profile/performance series. Each episode features complete musical pieces, interviews and behind-the-scenes footage with some of today's most notable jazz artists. Shot in HDTV with multiple moving cameras and a medley of elegant, cinematic lighting designs, SOLOS: the jazz sessions showcases an exciting and dynamic variety of jazz styles—from the blues and boogie-woogie to bebop and beyond. With his unique and recognizable style, pianist Matthew Shipp worked and recorded vigorously during ...

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