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Guitarist/Composer Grace McNally Debut Release 'Full Circle' - Africa-South America-Gullah-Charleston, SC
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Full Circle is my debut album which explores the musical continuities between the American Southeast, Central America, West Africa and Northeast Brazil. It is a musical memoir featuring musical traditions that have impacted my journey and perspective as a musician. It is a love letter to Charleston, South Carolina and to all the places that I lived in and traveled to in my young adulthood. Places that have shaped me into the woman and musician that I am today. Places ...
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Kansas City Jazz ALIVE Hosts 'Scarcity vs Abundance Mentality' Panel Discussion on March 10th
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Michael Ricci
Join us for lunch Friday, March 10th! Scarcity Mentality vs Abundance Mentality in Jazz Wrapping It All Up! Moving the Kansas City jazz scene into a tangible model 12pm-1:15pm at Westport Coffeehouse Scarcity Mentality is the zero-sum paradigm of life. People with a Scarcity Mentality have a very difficult time sharing recognition and credit, power or profit—even with those who help in the production. They also have a very hard time being genuinely happy for the successes ...
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Turtle Bay Records Launches On The Back Porch Video Series Spotlighting NYC Jazz Musicians
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EMPKT PR
NYC jazz record label Turtle Bay Records has announced the launch of their new video series, On the Back Porch. The series features eight talented jazz musicians from around the US, with in-depth interviews and their acoustic performances of early jazz music standards. Shot on the back porch at the home of TBR Founder and Executive Producer Scott Asen, the series is hosted by Megg Farrell best known as Sweet Megg) and Ricky Alexander. The series will kick off on ...
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March 2023 Jazz Power Women's History Month Celebration
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Janny Gonzalez
Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam Concerts,With Nikara Warren, “Scenes From Black Wall Street” and Community Workshops and Performances With Annette a. Aguilar 2023 Jazz Power Community Artist-in-Residence Jazz Power Initiative, an Inwood-based non-profit organization founded in 2003 with the mission of transforming lives through jazz music performance and arts education, celebrates Women’s History Month throughout March 2023, featuring the extraordinary talents of two exceptional musicians. Nikara Warren, vibraphonist, composer, arranger, and educator, joins JPI’s acclaimed monthly concert series, Intergenerational Jazz Power ...
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Temple University’s Boyer College Of Music And Dance Presents A One-Night Only Classical-Jazz Concert April 16 At Jazz At Lincoln Center With Orchestral Premieres By Billy Childs And Bill Cunliffe
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AMT Public Relations
Featuring Performances by 100+ Student and Faculty Artists including Temple University’s Symphony Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, and Faculty Jazz Sextet: Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts, Bruce Barth, Tim Warfield, Mike Boone, and Justin Faulkner. In Celebration of TU’s Faculty Jazz Sextet’s Album Release Fly With the Wind The award-winning Temple University Jazz Band (TUJB) today announced its return to Jazz at Lincoln Center in a one-night only concert April 16th at 8:00 p.m. Hailed as one of today’s leading jazz student ensembles, ...
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World-Renowned Smoke Jazz Club Announces Line-Up For April Jazz Appreciation Month
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AMT Public Relations
Described as “the most genuine, congenial and best-run jazz club in the city (Huffington Post),” New York’s Smoke Jazz Club presents a stellar line-up of some of jazz’s greatest artists during April aka Jazz Appreciation Month. The month’s cornerstones are two album release concerts celebrating recordings on the club’s house label, Smoke Sessions: Buster Williams’s Unalome (Apr 13-16) and Wayne Escoffery’s Like Minds (Apr 20-23). Other highlights include octogenarian Eddie Henderson leading his quintet (Apr 6-9), and two stellar pianists: ...
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Jazz Host Celebrates 40 Years On the Air
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Michael Ricci
Joining Blue Lake Public Radio’s staff in the spring of 1983, Lazaro Vega has provided listeners with four decades of exceptional Jazz programming, interviews, reviews, and unwavering advocacy of this uniquely American art form. As Jazz Director at BLPR, he is encyclopedic in his knowledge of the medium and well known in the Jazz community both here in west Michigan and nationally. Lazaro continues to bring a unique perspective to his listeners through his musings, storytelling, and interpretations, helping to ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: February 2023
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the tracks featured in February, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! I Wanna Fly Tobin Mueller From: Best of Tobin Mueller, Volume 1: JAZZ Originals (remastered) 2:26 Mardi Gras Day George Porter Jr. From: Mardi Gras ...
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