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Enter the Carinthian International Jazz Award Saxophone Competition - Application Deadline: June 20, 2022
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Lukas Gabric
The Carinthian International Jazz Award (CIJA) is a jazz saxophone competition that is held annually in the south of Austria. We aim to culturally vitalize and diversify the region. In addition, we hope to create much needed performance and career opportunities for young deserving jazz musicians. We accept applicants from every country around the globe. For information on how to enter and our application guidelines, visit our website. Application Deadline: June 20, 2022 Finalists Announced: July 4, 2022 Prizes ...
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In-Demand Bassist Matt Aronoff Celebrates His Debut Album Featuring Performances By Jason Rigby, Yago Vazquez, And Henry Cole
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AMT Public Relations
Known for being, “greatly sensitive, with huge ears and a feel for accompaniment (All About Jazz),” bassist/composer Matt Aronoff celebrates his leap from sideman to bandleader in his debut album Morning Song (TBR 06.03.22). Recorded in 2018 in front of a live audience at The Nest, Morning Song serves as the culmination of Aronoff’s weekly, late-night jam session in Brooklyn. A highly sought-after acoustic and electric bassist, Aronoff is joined by some of today’s most compelling voices: saxophonist Jason Rigby, ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 Tracks: May 2022
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the tracks featured in May, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! Top Tracks Dance Of The Yao People Doug Martin From: Cosmos 6:45 Devolution George Cotsirilos From: Refuge 04:58 Red and Gold ...
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Folks Can't Seem To Stay Out Of 'Mama's Hamper'
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Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor
Powerhouse New England-based soul-funk jam band, The GroovaLottos, laces us with Mama's Hamper – Pure Phunk (Polyphonic Studios Records, 2021) their latest self-produced. This time around, the band let their fans play the role of A&R. Each song on the album was selected based on a survey of fans, asking their favorite songs from shows and the band’s first album, “Ask Yo’ Mama”. While their first album earned six Grammy nominations in total, the band explains that the project was ...
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See The Tony Award-Winning Jazz Musical Ain't Misbehavin'
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Greater Boston Stage Company
Greater Boston Stage Company is pleased to present “Ain’t Misbehavin’" directed and co-choreographed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent. Produced by The Nora at Central Square Theatre, The Front Porch Arts Collective, and Greater Boston Stage Company. Named after the 1929 Thomas “Fats” Waller song, “Ain’t Misbehavin’" is a musical revue tribute to the black musicians of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and ‘30s. Performances run June 9-26, 2022. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s comes to life in ...
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New England Conservatory Contemporary Improv Dept Presents International Broadcast Of 'Ritual' on June 4
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Improvisation students, faculty, and special guest, Ukrainian-American folk musician, improviser, and composer Julian Kytasty, present Ritual, a concert exploring the myriad of ways that ritual manifests in our lives and music. Curated by faculty member Anthony Coleman, the program includes performances centered in Jewish, African, Ukrainian, Korean, and American folk tradition as well as new student works engaging with contemporary rituals of modern life, from the dance hall to the doctor’s office. International broadcast of the ...
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7 Virtual Jazz Club International Masterclasses. Enroll Today.
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Valerio Pappi
After the 7 years’ experience with the 7 Virtual Jazz Club Contest- the first and only online global competition for jazz musicians- together with the support of an international network of industry specialists (teachers, producers, musicians, journalists and music critics) sharing the goal of introducing new generations to a career in jazz, the 7 Virtual Jazz Club is now hosting its first jazz masterclass, in close partnership with teachers from world-class conservatories and renowned musicians. The 7VJC masterclasses offer highly ...
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Maripat Davis And Richard Osborn Are Proud To Announce The Release Of The Duet Recording, 'Here's To Love'
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Lampkin Publicity Service
Here's To Love is a collection of material from the worlds of Pop, Musical Theater, R&B, Country, and the Great American Songbook. Selections include “Old Devil Moon" and “This Could Be the Start of Something Big,” to the country flavored version of “Son of A Preacher Man" and the fun duet “I Wish I Were In Love Again/I'll Never Fall in Love Again," to the cool new arrangement of the R&B song “All of Me." “Here's To Love" features solos ...
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