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Recording

Fawzi Chekili Quartet's "Touyour Al Fajr"

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2010

Touyour Al Fajr est le dernier projet de Fawzi Chekili réalisé avec la participation du Ministère de la Culture et de la Sauvegarde du Patrimoine, l'album a été enregistré en Italie en Mai 2009 et propose dix nouvelles compositions de la plume du leader dans un esprit 'cantabile' mélodique reprenant l'essence de la tradition tunisienne et la bonne humeur du jazz. Fawzi Chekili a choisi de s'entourer d'un trio de jazzmen parmi les plus talentueux en Italie, il s'est produit ...

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Music Industry

VMG Worldwide Signs Bob DeSena

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2010

Latin Jazz Artist/Producer Bob DeSena Chooses VMG Worldwide For Exclusive Representation Atlanta, GA--VMG Worldwide, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vexiom Corporation, is one of the world's most preeminent and diversified sports, entertainment, and media companies, is proud to announce the signing of well respected Latin Jazz recording artist and producer Bob DeSena to an exclusive worldwide agreement. VMG Worldwide will also handle global marketing for his upcoming third album “After Midnight" which is scheduled to be released late 2010. “We ...

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Radio

Singin' and Swingin' With Annie Ross: an 80th-Birthday Tribute

Source: David Brent Johnson
July 25, 2010

Performance / Tour

Lorraine Feather: On the Road (Less Traveled)

Source: Jazz (Jazzers Jazzing) by Carl L. Hager
July 25, 2010

Lorraine Feather's live performances are legendary. Her skills as a lyricist, well known to fans of her recordings of Fats Waller and Duke Ellington material and recent work like her new CD Ages (Jazzed Media, 2010), bloom wildly under the stage lights. Where some performers like to glance sideways with short anecdotes between songs, Feather prefers to be a real raconteur and plunge in headlong, punctuating her insightful musical commentary with tales that are an organic part of her performance. ...

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Performance / Tour

Direct from Cuba - Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro - Legendary Cuban Son Septet Embarks on 2nd U.S. Tour, September 2010

Source: Daria L Sanchez
July 24, 2010

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: CUBA'S LEGENDARY SEPTETO NACIONAL TO EMBARK ON SECOND U.S. TOUR IN SEPTEMBER 2010. TOUR PROMOTES SEPTEMBER ALBUM RELEASE OF SIN RUMBA, NO HAY SON FROM HARMONIA MUNDI / WORLD VILLAGE RECORDS New York, NY--Septeto Nacional, the famed Cuban son group founded by music pioneer Ignacio Piñeiro, will return for their second U.S. tour from September 1--September 20, 2010. The Septeto Nacional U.S. Tour 2010 promotes the group's new album Sin Rumba No Hay Son, coming soon ...

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Festival

Sunday Jazz Fest Will Be Biggest Ever

Source: Michael Ricci
July 24, 2010

Pulling in major talent from Maplewood, South Orange and West Orange, Jazz Fest is a growing draw for serious jazz connoisseurs. “This may be the largest gathering of such high-caliber local jazz musicians ever," said Marcy Thompson, co-organizer. “This year, everyone wanted to do the show--so we had to make it longer." The Maplewood Jazz Fest, which takes place Sunday, July 25th from 5:00pm to 9:00pm, will be presented in the outdoor amphitheater at Memorial Park (across from the train ...

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Interview

Jazz Pianist Guillermo Klein Tackles Iconoclast 'Cuchi' Leguizamón

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
July 24, 2010

There is a select list of musicians in jazz who are far from being a household name, but they have the respect if not outright adoration of their peers. Argentine composer/arranger/pianist Guillermo Klein is such an artist. He's released a handful of CDs under his own name since attending Boston's Berkelee College of Music from 1990 through 1992. His canvas has always been bigger bands, and he has undeniable knack for matching beautiful melodies to brilliant but unconventional arrangements. At ...

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