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Performance / Tour

New England Conservatory Announces Fall Highlights of Jazz, Contemporary Improvisation Season

Source: Michael Ricci
August 28, 2010

Ran Blake's 75th Birthday Celebrated, Gunther Schuller Feted on his 85th Birthday CI Musicians Take Film Noir of Claude Chabrol as Inspiration, Ken Schaphorst Features Music of Duke Ellington and Gil Evans Most events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Always check the website for the most up-to-the-minute details at necmusic.edu or call the Concert Line. NEC's Jordan Hall, Brown Hall, Williams Hall and the Keller Room are located at 30 Gainsborough St., corner of Huntington ...

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Interview

Pianist Eric Zinman Interviewed at All About Jazz

Source: John Kelman
August 31, 2010

For over twenty years, pianist/composer Eric Zinman has been crafting his own approach to his instrument, since meeting trumpeter Bill Dixon in the '80s. He views himself as an ensemble player, who plays to include. In addition to his Eric Zinman Trio, the pianist's recent releases on Ayler Records involve larger ensembles, also featuring undervalued master saxophonist Mario Rechtern. Since 2006, Zinman has been performing internationally, and has released two digital-only recordings on Ayler Records—New Language Collaborative/Unified Fields (2008), and ...

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Performance / Tour

Rare Photos of The Beatles and Fab Faux Sweepstakes!

Source: S.S.
August 27, 2010

The great Beatles tribute band, The Fab Faux, will be returning to NYC with a new show—The Fab Faux presents A Night In The Life: A John Lennon 70th Birthday Celebration. On September 25th, The Fab Faux will take the stage at Radio City Music Hall to perform two sets of John Lennon's greatest music from The Beatles and his solo career. Tickets to this once in a lifetime event can be purchased here. In celebration of this event, MSG.com ...

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Event

Stax Museum of American Soul Music Hosts Kirk Whalum Release Party

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 27, 2010

Please help us celebrate the release of Kirk Whalum's newest CD, Everything is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, from 5:30׭:30 p.m. There will be light snaks and refreshments and FREE ADMISSION! Join Kirk Whalum as he autographs and plays selections from his new CD and tour the entire museum! Receive 10% discount on some Items in the Stax Museum Gift Shop* with the purchase of Kirk's new CD! * Items include all non-discounted items. ...

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Recording

A Legendary Bass Sings With A New Flamenco Inspired Soul

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
August 27, 2010

From Granada Caves and New York Clubs: The Collaboration of Flamenco Guitarist Pepe Habichuela & Jazz Bassist Dave Holland Parallel lives, parallel movements: through the streets of Wolverhampton, England and the jazz clubs of New York, the caves of Granada and the flamenco bars of Madrid. Over strings and oceans and language barriers, masterful jazz bassist Dave Holland and Spanish guitar legend Pepe Habichuela have come together to unfold the beauty of flamenco on Hands (Dare2 Records; October 5, 2010), ...

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Interview

Kneebody Present a Democratic Collective's Mix of Jazz and Rock

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
August 27, 2010

Jazz is traditionally a music of names and hierarchy. This goes back to great bandleaders like Ellington and Basie, but also applies to many smaller groups today where you get the Vijay Iyer Trio, David S. Ware Quartet, Wayne Shorter Quartet, or even simpler tags like Sonny Rollins or Herbie Hancock. Nonetheless, there have been notable exceptions to this premise of leadership with groups such as the Modern Jazz Quartet, Weather Report, the Bad Plus and Kneebody. Kneebody is a ...

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Recording

Oniric Records Presents "Solutions For Dreamers: Season 3" CD A benefit for the United Nations' World Food Programme, Legendary Reggae Band The Wailers Contribute Exclusive Studio Track

Source: Versa Manos
August 26, 2010

Oniric Records announces that legendary reggae band, The Wailers, have contributed an exclusive new track titled “A Step for Mankind" to Solution for Dreamers: Season 3, a compilation CD to be released August 31, 2010. This compilation CD is the third in the “Solutions for Dreamers" series, with this disc created to support the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP). The World Food Programme is the world's largest organization fighting hunger globally. WFP is committed to getting food to where ...

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Recording

Billy White releases debut album "First Things First" on Porto Franco records

Source: Billy White
August 26, 2010

Pianist Billy White's debut recording, First Things First, is a glimpse into a musically omnivorous world reminiscent of a young Herbie Hancock. The San Francisco-born and New York-based 27-year old has already packed a panoply of experience into his young career: a degree in ethnomusicology from UCLA, a stint with French jazz/hip-hoppers Heezbus while living in Paris, scoring films, and studying Gnawa trance music in Morocco, to name a few. But First Things First is his crowning achievement so far. ...

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