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"Jazz and the Media" Program at School of Art in Birmingham (UK) on October 15th
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nicola jones
The Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research, in partnership with Birmingham Conservatoire and Birmingham Jazz, has orgnasied Jazz and the Media, a seminar featuring presentations from three internationally recognized authorities on jazz. Mike Connolly is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with over 10 years experience in factual and arts television production. Most recently he created the successful 'Britannia' brand for BBC4 including Jazz Britannia and Folk Britannia. Connolly started his career in television working on the arts magazine programme The ...
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What's New @ shop.allaboutjazz.com: Classic Photos, DVDs, and more!
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Michael Ricci
CLASSIC JAZZ PHOTOS FOR YOUR OFFICE OR HOME! THE BLUE NOTE PHOTOGRAPHY OF FRANCIS WOLFF—$100 per print Bllue Note co-founder Francis Wolff was a master photographer. Bringing his camera to every Blue Note session, he built an archive of great photographic value and a visual documentation of jazz history unmatched at any other record company. His ability to light, frame and capture a shot in less than a second was astonishing. His work has ...
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Wynton Marsalis's Swing Symphony (Symphony No. 3) Jumpstarts New York Philharmonic's 2010-11 Season
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Sarah Baird
Following a successful world premiere in Berlin, Wynton Marsalis's Swing Symphony (Symphony No. 3) launches the New York Philharmonic's 2010-11 season with a U.S. premiere performance at the September 22 Opening Night Concert at Avery Fisher Hall. Scored for jazz orchestra and symphonic orchestra, Swing Symphony will be performed by the New York Philharmonic and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, led by Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert. The concert, which also includes Richard Strauss's Don Juan ...
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Harry Allen in Zoot and Al Tribute on Riverwalk Jazz This Week
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Don Mopsick
Beginning today, public radio's Riverwalk Jazz begins streaming “Zoot & Al: The Brotherhood of Prez." Featured on the program are Ron Hockett, the regular reedman in the Jim Cullum Jazz Band, and Harry Allen. Stream this show now in Windows Media. The late Gene Lees wrote: “Stan Getz was once asked his idea of the perfect tenor saxophone soloist. His answer was, 'My technique, Al Cohn's ideas, and Zoot's time.' The fulfillment of that ideal may well be embodied in ...
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Dynamic Cellist Erik Friedlander Completes 50th Year Celebration with September 18 release of "Fifty"
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GoMedia PR
Fifty Miniatures for Improvising Quintet (Skipstone) Will Be Released on September 18, Rounding Out Strong, Eclectic Series of Single, Digital and Album Releases “Erik Friedlander can do things with a cello that should have a reasonable listener fearing for her life." —Jascha Hoffman, PITCHFORK MEDIA Erik Friedlander's haunting new CD Fifty is a collection of 50 miniature pieces— little worlds— some wild and free, some carefully constructed like line drawings, others lush watercolor landscapes. The piece was written during a ...
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