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Performance / Tour

Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba featuring Pedro Matinez in "A Musical Celebration of Cuba in America," Saturday October 23rd at the Painted Bride (Philadelphia)

Source: Michael Ricci
October 20, 2010

"With delicate beauty and intensity, Michele's music bends the borders of cultures, not just notes. ...She has picked up a variety of torches and created a bonfire." —JAZZIZ MAGAZINE Painted Bride's Jazz on Vine series in association with Habana | Harlem presents world-renowned pianist-composer Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba ensemble: A Musical Celebration of Cuba in America—a 10-piece ensemble including featured member, Grammy-nominated Pedro Pablo Martinez alongside fellow masters from the contemporary jazz and Cuban folkloric scenes. The performance takes place ...

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Performance / Tour

Jamie Davis Tours Malaysia Helping For The Dalat Kuala Lumpur Vision

Source: Jamie Davis
October 20, 2010

Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor Dalat International School is expanding its' world class college preparatory international school into Kuala Lumpur. When US vocalist Jamie Davis, heard about the KL Vision he said, “I believe in your project, let me know how I can help" and that generous offer from Jamie is taking him to Malaysia. The Dalat KL Vision for a school in Kuala Lumpur where children have quality teachers, a safe environment, and excellent academics. Kuala Lumpur needs a school ...

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Contest

Announcing the Winners of the "Billy Bang - Prayer for Peace" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
October 19, 2010

Event

Driving the Poem: Hettie Jones with Dr. Guy's Musiqology

Source: Yulanda Denoon
October 19, 2010

Poetry and jazz is about one+one=one, the spoken word as instrument, its meaning become tone and tempo, another voice in the band. “Driving the Poem" takes its cue from Hettie Jones's first poetry collection, Drive, plus the complementary pulse of the music behind her. Hettie Jones's twenty-three books for children and adults include her memoir of the Beat scene, How I Became Hettie Jones; Drive, which won the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber Award; Big Star Fallin' Mama, Five ...

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Recording

"Chandler Travis Philharmonic Blows!"

Source: Boss Sounds
October 19, 2010

Bandleader Chandler Travis and His Nonet Present a Party of an Album, “Chandler Travis Philharmonic Blows!" Released Oct. 12 on Sonic Trout New York, NY—From TV appearances on “The Tonight Show," “The Midnight Special," and Dick Cavett, to sharing stages with Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello and the late great comic George Carlin, Chandler Travis has had a long and storied musical career. Now he's assembled his nine-piece Philharmonic for a new album, an altogether irreverent affair titled “Chandler Travis Philharmonic ...

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Event

Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University Conversations with Composers: Steve Coleman

Source: Yulanda Denoon
October 19, 2010

As part of its Conversations Series, the Center's renowned faculty will engage leading composer Steve Coleman in a reflection on the role of improvisation in his creative life. Steve Coleman is one of the most influential saxophonists and composers of the last 30 years, as well as an important theorist of the music and its spiritual and social implications. He is one of the most travelled musicians of our time, having taught and worked with musicians in Ghana, Cuba, Puerto ...

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Recording

Owl Studios Readies Headhunters CD Featuring Snoop Dogg, George Clinton

Source: Seth Cohen PR
October 19, 2010

As New Owl Studios CD Featuring Snoop Dogg, George Clinton & Others is Readied, The Legendary Headhunters Announce U.S. Tour “A true fusion of Hip Hop, Jazz, Rap, Salsa, Rock, New Orleans, African rhythm and its classical forms" Jazz/funk/fusion legends THE HEADHUNTERS have announced a U.S. tour for November, with stops in NY, VT, MA, PA, ME, VA and NC. The seminal band is currently finalizing tracks for a compelling new CD, 'Platinum,' which will be released early next year ...

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Career

ISSUE Project Room Welcomes New Executive Director - Ed Patuto

Source: AMT Public Relations
October 19, 2010

ISSUE PROJECT ROOM NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR—ED PATUTO Brooklyn, NY—The Board of Directors of ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn's premier avant-garde performing arts space, today announced the appointment of Ed Patuto as the new Executive Director for the organization. Patuto will assume his official duties at ISSUE on November 1, 2010. Patuto succeeds Suzanne Fiol, ISSUE's Founder/Artistic Director who lost her courageous battle with cancer in October 2009. “ISSUE Project Room is at a pivotal moment in its history, and I ...

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