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Radio

AccuJazz Internet Radio gets you in the holiday spirit

Source: Lucas Gillan
December 14, 2010

Jazz connoisseurs might be forgiven for being a little Scrooge-like during the Holidays, with the sounds of watered-down Christmas music filling the air everywhere they turn. But AccuJazz Internet radio brings good news of great joy for all jazz fans: they can listen to great Christmas jazz any time of the day or night, for absolutely free, at AccuJazz.com! AccuJazz offers four different channels for the discriminating listener: Swingin' Christmas, Christmas Instrumentals, Christmas Vocals and New Christmas Jazz. Swingin' Christmas, ...

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Event

Tim Warfield returns to Bohemian Caverns with "Jazzy" Christmas Show

Source: Tim Warfield
December 14, 2010

Tenor saxophonist Tim Warfield and his sextet, will be spreading goodwill and holiday cheer at the Bohemian Caverns this coming weekend. His group will feature the sultry vocalist Joanna Pascale and the adroit young trumpet sensation Philip Dizack. Rounding out the rhythm section will be pianist Neil Podgurski, bassist Madison Rast, and drummer Chris Beck. This event, will showcase Warfield's imaginative arrangements to some classic holiday songs, and is sure to bring warmth to this festive season. Showtimes are at ...

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Recording

Real-Life Guitar Hero Is Bringing the Music Back To Town

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
December 14, 2010

Macon, GA—Joey Stuckey is vying to bring back the era of the guitar hero...a coveted time when names like Clapton, Page and Stevie-Ray adorned the pages of every rock magazine on the planet. The Macon, Georgia native releases his new album, entitled The Shadow Sound, which promises to deliver a penetrating mix of blues, rock, pop and jazz, bringing back to the forefront a time when it was the music that really mattered. Music fans should mark their calendars for ...

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Performance / Tour

Bay Area Vocal Duo Amikaeyla & Trelawny Rose Plan Eva Cassidy Tribute Shows

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
December 14, 2010

To celebrate the January 11 release of their Patois Records CD, To Eva, With Love, vocalists Amikaeyla and Trelawny Rose will be making two Bay Area appearances next month—Friday 1/21 at the Jazzschool in Berkeley, and Saturday 1/29 at Santa Cruz's Kuumbwa Jazz Center, where the new CD was recorded live. The stellar band heard on the CD will be making both January shows with Amikaeyla and Trelawny: trombonist Wayne Wallace, whose Patois label is releasing the new CD and ...

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Performance / Tour

Terence Blanchard to Co-headline Tour with Branford Marsalis Spring 2011

Source: Muse Media
December 13, 2010

GRAMMY-WINNING COMPOSER/TRUMPET PLAYER TERENCE BLANCHARD TO CO-HEADLINE TOUR WITH BRANFORD MARSALIS SPRING 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana. In what is certain to be one of the most highly anticipated jazz tours of 2011, Terence Blanchard and Branford Marsalis are set to perform a series of 12 dates across the country on a rotating double-bill featuring both of their bands. The tour will take-in such cities as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis and Atlanta. This unprecedented coupling of two ...

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Event

Wild Women of Song" at Feinstein's, January 7, 2011

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
December 14, 2010

Pamela Rose to Bring “Wild Women of Song: Great Gal Composers of the Jazz Era," Hit Multi-Media Jazz and Blues Concert, to Feinstein's at Loews Regency Friday, January 7, 2011 at 8:30 pm NEW YORK, NY, December 13, 2010—Fresh from sold-out performances in London, Los Angeles (The Grammy Museum), San Francisco & Oakland (Yoshi's) and Santa Cruz (Kuumbwa), Bay Area jazz vocalist Pamela Rose will bring her hit multi-media jazz and blues concert “Wild Women of Song: Great Gal Composers ...

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Website

All About Jazz Partners with RocketHub to "Make Jazz Mobile"

Source: Michael Ricci
December 14, 2010

The Largest Online Jazz Resource Launches Crowdfunding Campaign on RocketHub to Develop Comprehensive Mobile Application PHILADELPHIA December 13, 2010—All About Jazz, the largest online jazz resource and community, has partnered with RocketHub, a grassroots crowdfunding community developed for Creatives by Creatives, to actively engage jazz fans across the world and to crowdfund an innovative mobile application. Crowdfunding establishes a web-based event that harnesses an artist's or entrepreneur's network and audience for funds, awareness, and authentic feedback. It is a powerful ...

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Interview

Saxophonist Will Vinson Interviewed at All About Jazz...And More!

Source: John Kelman
December 13, 2010

Like many musicians of his generation, growing up in the rock- and pop-dominated 1980s, saxophonist Will Vinson got his indoctrination to jazz from the sounds emanating from the stereo system in his home, hearing the likes of Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and Count Basie from his father's record collection. He took a liking to them. Especially Basie, as Vinson started out playing the piano as a youngster. But there were a few obstacles. Vinson, 33, is a native of London, ...

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