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New "Friends of All About Jazz" page

Source: Michael Ricci
December 22, 2010

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Toolshed Media Partners With Music Allies To Expand Services And Offer Integrated Marketing Services

Source: Michael Ricci
December 22, 2010

(NEW YORK, NY)—Toolshed Media announced today that it has joined forces with marketing pioneer Sean O'Connell and Asheville, NC-based Music Allies. Together, Music Allies and Toolshed are focused on providing music, festival, and film clients with a results-based approach to marketing. Music Allies and Toolshed will create customized campaigns for clients utilizing a mix of online promotion and marketing, visual design, publicity, radio marketing, brand involvement, direct-to-fan marketing, and event integration. “Sean and the Music Allies team have a long-term ...

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CD Review: Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O

Source: John Kelman
December 22, 2010

SOURCE: BEBOPIFIED BY PAMELA ESPELAND This syndicated blog entry appears courtesy of Bebopified by Pamela Espeland. Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. I'd rather hear jazz artists perform Christmas songs than the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (way rather than Mannheim Steamroller or, just shoot me, Mariah Carey) and have somehow accumulated several holiday CDs over the years. You have to love “An Oscar Peterson Christmas" and Marcus Roberts' “Prayer for Peace," Chet Baker's icy-cool “Silent Nights," and the great Joe Williams' ...

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All About Jazz / SonicBids MP3 Download of the Month: Phil Hawkins "Encendido" from Sugarcane Suite

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December 22, 2010

All About Jazz has selected Phil Hawkins' “Encendido" from Sugarcane Suite as our featured SonicBids MP3 Download of the Month. You can download and listen to the track for free here. Enjoy! Your friends at All About Jazz and SonicBids

About the All About Jazz/SonicBids Download Program 6.4 million downloads and going strong! All About Jazz has offered a free full-length MP3 daily since 2005. We also select and feature at least one track per month through our ...

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Holiday Sale at shop.allaboutjazz.com!

Source: Michael Ricci
December 21, 2010

Great ideas for the last minute shopper!

HOLIDAY SALE! CD & DVD BOX SETS Count Basie: The Complete Decca Recordings (3 CDs)—Regularly $39.98, now $34.98 Covering 1937 to '39, these are the first recordings of this great, path-breaking orchestra that included Jimmy Rushing, Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Dickie Wells, Buck Clayton, Freddie Green, Walter Page, and Jo Jones. Bill Evans: The Last Waltz (8 CDs)—Regularly $124.98, ...

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Enter the ECM "Charles Lloyd - Mirror" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
December 21, 2010

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ECM “Charles Lloyd—Mirror“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on January 20th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Charles Lloyd at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at ECM Records About Charles Lloyd and Mirror Many critics have opined that Lloyd's 'New Quartet,' with Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland may be the best of all ...

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Jazz Arts Group's PBJ & Jazz Series Master Blues Guitarist Sean Carney

Source: Michael Ricci
December 21, 2010

International Blues Challenge (IBC) winner and Albert King Best Guitarist Award-winner Sean Carney returns to the Lincoln Theatre on January 8 for a blues-rockin' PBJ & Jazz concert presented by the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) and Bob Evans Farms. A one-man ambassador for the blues, Columbus, OH native Sean Carney has brought his music to such far flung locales as Switzerland, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Hungary, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. He served three terms as president of ...

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Phree-dem Download 5: Melvin Gibbs' Liberation Theology - "No He Didn't" featuring John Medeski

Source: Melvin Gibbs
December 21, 2010

For the fifth week of bassist/producer Melvin Gibbs' free download series he presents a track from his Liberation Theology project recorded live in concert. This composition begins with traditional Lukumi (Afro-Cuban Yoruba) bata drumming and a chant for the Orisha (African Saint) Shango which then leads into a fiery groove featuring the soloing of John Medeski on organ. Other member of the group include: Alex Rodriguez: lead vocal/ bata drum Michael Rodriguez: background vocal/ bata drum ...

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