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Recording

Dark Horse Records To Release Ravi Shankar George Harrison Box Set On October 19th

Source: 1888 Media
October 5, 2010

Los Angeles, CA—Dark Horse Records is set to release a limited edition deluxe box set entitled Ravi Shankar George Harrison Collaborations which honors the sitar master's 90th birthday. Releasing October 19th, Collaborations is a 3 CD and 1 DVD uniquely numbered limited edition box set (the CDs come in replica vinyl jackets). All compositions were composed by Ravi Shankar and produced by George Harrison over a period of 20 years. The DVD is a rare concert performance of the Ravi ...

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Event

Writer W. Royal Stokes Returns to Washington for Jazz Forum at the University of the District of Columbia - Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Source: Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives
October 5, 2010

The University of the District of Columbia welcomes jazz author, historian, radio personality, and critic W. Royal Stokes back to his home town for a special appearance on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 from 7-9 PM as part of the Jazz Forum series presented by UDC's Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives. The author of four books on jazz, Mr. Stokes is a D.C. native and a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School who relocated to West Virginia four years ago after ...

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Performance / Tour

Great Women In Music Celebrate Gloria Lynne Live and In Concert

Source: 319 Public Relations
October 4, 2010

On October 22, 2010 at 7PM Great Women In Music in partnership with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture under the leadership of its Director Howard Dodson, will honor Gloria Lynne for her 50 Years of Musical Excellence. Known for her rich tone and regal manner, Gloria Lynne is the first artist ever to be simultaneously listed on the Pop, Jazz and R&B charts. Ms. Lynne is a perennial performer, composer, and author that has been recognized as ...

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Festival

Great Women in Music Festival Gears Up for its 10th Anniversary Starting This Week in NYC

Source: 319 Public Relations
October 4, 2010

New York, NY—The Great Women In Music Festival is gearing up to kick off their 10th season with their ongoing celebration of the many contributions women have made to music and the world. From its Jazz galas at the Jazz Standard, to its soulful dance parties at SOB's, the GWIM Festival has reigned supreme for the last decade. Annually Great Women In Music presents a New York City-based October month-long extravaganza that features legendary as well as up-and-coming female performing ...

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Recording

Cameo-Parkway Reissues Feature the Dovells, Dee Dee Sharp and Zacherle

Source: conqueroo
October 4, 2010

Legendary Philadelphia label reflects on hitmaking vocal group, early soul star and horror novelty artist. LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Collectors' Choice Music in conjunction with ABKCO Music & Records continues their rollout of Cameo Parkway reissues on November 23, 2010 with the release of three CD double albums: The Dovells' For Your Hully Gully Party/You Can't Sit Down, Dee Dee Sharp's It's Mashed Potato Time/Do The Bird, John Zacherle's Monster Mash/Scary Tales and the compilation Cameo-Parkway Holiday Hits. In June 2010, Collectors' ...

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Performance / Tour

CARNEGIE HALL presents Hugh Masekela at the Stern Auditorium on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at 8 PM

Source: Michael Ricci
October 4, 2010

Recording

Sean Jefferson - Releases "Dreamworks" on Bluesback Records

Source: Michael Ricci
October 18, 2010

Visionary drummer/composer Sean Jefferson is proud to announce the September 20th release of Dreamworks, his sprawling new album on Wycliffe Gordon's Bluesback Records. You may already know Sean from his full-time gig as the hard-grooving drummer in Grammy- nominated organ trio Paradigm Shift, but Dreamworks, Jefferson's second album as a leader, announces his arrival in grand fashion. Consisting mostly of original compositions by Sean, Dreamworks captures him truly coming into his own as a composer. With Dreamworks, Jefferson was striving ...

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String Theory in Action with Random Touch's "Reverberating Apparatus"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
October 4, 2010

Algonquin, IL—Reverberating Apparatus, the groups' fourteenth release, is dominated by a revisit to the fusion of their teenage years, heard through the lens of four decades of musical exploration. String Theory suggests a universe comprised of music, of vibration itself. And serendipity seems a natural outcome of quantum mechanics. If there are eleven dimensions as M Theory proposes, then four or more of them play a role in the uncompromising and naked improvisation of this remarkable and serendipitous group. “To ...

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