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Interview

New NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman Week Begins at All About Jazz with Extensive Interview and More!

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
January 10, 2011

A few months shy of 65, saxophonist Dave Liebman may be having the busiest time of his career, now in its fifth decade. In the past 12 months, nearly a dozen releases have demonstrated the tremendous stylistic breadth of a musical oeuvre that kicked into high gear in the early 1970s. On January 11, 2011, Liebman is being awarded the 2011 Jazz Masters Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and it's a milestone for both the saxophonist ...

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Event

Leron Thomas performs at Jason Moran's 713 → 212 songwriter event on January 14th

Source: Poppi Kikos
January 9, 2011

Featuring an array of Houston born talent, Leron Thomas showcases his songwriting diversity with material from his recent independently released album; Juxtaposed alongside some highly anticipated party favorites. Thomas leads a band of well respected artists; Jason Moran, Mark Kelley, Josh Mease, Kendrick Scott and Nicole Hurst for a night that is sure to be one to remember. Jason Moran Presents 713 > 212—Houstonians in NYC (Songwriters) The groundbreaking jazz pianist-composer Jason Moran, a 2010 MacArthur Fellow (aka “Genius Award" ...

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Website

From The Download Den: Martha Tilton "And The Angels Sing"

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January 9, 2011

FROM THE DOWNLOAD DEN AT ALL ABOUT JAZZ Two weeks after Johnny Mercer wrote words to Ziggy Elman's “Fralich in Spring," the new song—the hit “And The Angels Sing"—was premiered by the Benny Goodman Orchestra with singer Martha Tilton in a live broadcast on the Camel Caravan radio series. This week, on January 9, the Download Den features that recording. The famous song is introduced by Goodman, Mercer and Tilton. After the floating vocals there is a frenetic solo by ...

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Website

From The Download Den: Vocal "Covers" After Christmas

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January 9, 2011

FROM THE DOWNLOAD DEN AT ALL ABOUT JAZZ The week after Christmas kicks off with three interesting covers of vocal tracks, ranging from Duke Ellington to Radiohead. On Monday December 27, soul-to-jazz singer Kellylee Evans spins a stylistic fusion on “Mood Indigo," then on Tuesday December 28, avant-garde melodic vocalist Lola Danza re-writes Radiohead's “Motion Picture Soundtrack," from the band's Kid A album. Her wordless vocals outdo the original version—they are set over the ticking of a movie projector and ...

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Radio

Whisperings Offers Free Background Music for All

Source: Edward Weiss
January 7, 2011

Whisperings, the Internet radio station, provides free background music and has released a CD of solo piano music specifically designed for Alzheimer's patients. Whisperings fans can also listen to the music they enjoy the most from the blog of pianist and composer, Edward Weiss. “I stumbled on Whisperings and was instantly captivated," said Edward Weiss. “Listeners have access to free background music anytime they like." Weiss in an expert in New Age piano music. He's a well-known pianist, composer, author ...

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Performance / Tour

Jack Petruzzelli & Joan Osborne Ready 'Love and Hate' for 2/4 at Lincoln Center

Source: Seth Cohen PR
January 7, 2011

Jack Petruzzelli Co-Writes/Co-Produces 'Love and Hate' with Joan Osborne Lincoln Center Debut Confirmed for February 4th, as Part of 'American Songbook' Series Vibrant Production is a Theatrical, Multi-Media Experience that Combines Music, Dance and Film Osborne to Perform With Her Band as Well as With a String Sextet and Dancers Guitarist/keyboardist/producer Jack Petruzzelli is proud to announce a riveting collaboration with multi-platinum artist Joan Osborne—'Love and Hate' will premiere at Lincoln Center's Allen Room on February 4th as part of ...

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Performance / Tour

The Story Canada Tour January 2011

Source: The Story
January 7, 2011

Book / Magazine

Pele-Mele Works Releases “Intervallic Fretboard - Towards Improvising on the Guitar,” and Offers Guitar Players a Novel Approach to the Instrument

Source: bridgepin
January 8, 2011

Pêle-Mêle Works releases a new instructional book offering guitarists a different take on the fingerboard, with improvisation as the underlying motivation: “Intervallic Fretboard Towards improvising on the Guitar," by Ashkan Mashhour and Dave Murdy. Whether in jazz, blues, rock, fusion, etc., shapes and patterns are widely used in teaching the guitar, be it for scales, chords, or arpeggios. Intervallic Fretboard takes a novel and different approach to the guitar fretboard, emphasising an intervallic thought process. Moving away from shapes, patterns, ...

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