Jazz News

"Spirals" Now Available from Ingrid Jensen and Nordic Connect!

Source: Michael Ricci
June 9, 2010

ArtistShare and Ingrid Jensen are pleased to announce the release of Nordic Connect's latest fan-funded project “Spirals". To celebrate this release, Ingrid and ArtistShare would like to invite you to preview a tune from the album, as well as an exclusive video performance and tour photos from the fan-funded “Spirals" project. To access this preview click here. “Spirals" is available for purchase as a mail-order CD or digital download here. Ingrid and ArtistShare would also like to thank all of ...

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Preview Jim Hall and Joey Barron's Upcoming ArtistShare Release!

Source: Michael Ricci
June 9, 2010

Jim Hall is one of those special artists who is ever expanding, yet always connected to his musical roots. His new ArtistShare project, a duo recording with drummer Joey Barron is no exception! The Duo 2010 project from ArtistShare is underway and to celebrate, ArtistShare would like to invite you to preview Jim Hall and Joey Barron's Duo 2010 project experience. Jim and Joey's ArtistShare Duo project focuses on an upcoming Duo album and special behind the scenes content from ...

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JazzPOP Outdoor Concerts Return to the Hammer in August

Source: Michael Ricci
June 9, 2010

Featuring Darren Johnston Quintet, Bennie Maupin Ensemble, Industrial Jazz Group, & Nicole Mitchell Trio Los Angeles - The Hammer Museum's free JazzPOP music series celebrates its fifth year of outdoor concerts in the Hammer courtyard. Veteran artists and bold new voices perform original, adventurous music that combines inventive composition with improvisational prowess and propulsive groove. Musician Lisa Mezzacappa, JazzPOP's curator, programs diverse artists with a special focus on musicians with west coast roots. Mezzacappa, an accomplished double bassist and composer, ...

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Lisle Atkinson's Neo Bass Ensemble "A Bass Extravaganza," All-Star Bass Line-up and More @ Symphony Space, June 11, 8PM

Source: The Cinarae Group
June 9, 2010

In it's fifth consecutive year at Symphony Space, Karlisle Pro 1 presents Lisle Atkinson's NEO BASS Ensemble, a unique multi-bass ensemble that features the bass as “lead" instrument, putting the full range of the double bass on display: from lead instrument, harmonic front line, solo and rhythm section for a concert that's history in the making! Witness a reunion of former members of the famous Bill Lee New York Bass Violin Choir (Lisle Atkinson, Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Michael Max ...

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Wynton Marsalis' Swing Symphony (Symphony No. 3) to be Premiered by the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Source: Wynton Marsalis Enterprises, Inc.
June 9, 2010

Worldwide Live Broadcast June 10th via the Berliner Philharmoniker's Digital Concert Hall

Two of the world's leading musical institutions will share the stage at The Philharmonie in Berlin, Germany to premiere Wynton Marsalis' Swing Symphony (Symphony No. 3). The Berliner Philharmoniker led by Sir Simon Rattle and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis join forces for the premiere on June 9 and 10, coupled with Stravinsky's Petrushka. The score will then form the basis of a new ...

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Jazz Club Gajo Needs Help from Int. Community

Source: Michael Ricci
June 9, 2010

Hello. Jazz Club Gajo from Slovenija needs help from international community. We opened our doors in 1994. Now they are trying to kick us out of the building. It is due June 10th, so we need your attention quickly... We established a support page on Facebook. In less then 3 days more then 2100 supporters from Slovenija joined and some from abroad. This created some pressure in public and politicians started to listen. But time is running out, so we ...

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Guitar Legend Stochelo Rosenberg Starts Online Guitar School

Source: Michael Ricci
June 9, 2010

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Landon Knoblock's Realistic Band and Austin McMahon's Many Muses Perform at the Brooklyn Lyceum

Source: Michael Ricci
June 9, 2010

On Wednesday, June 16th, hear Austin McMahon's Many Muses and Landon Knoblock's Realistic Band at the Brooklyn Lyceum, starting at 8pm. The Brooklyn Lyceum is located at 227 4th Ave in Park Slope, Brooklyn. R Train to Union St. $10 cover. The Landon Knoblock Realistic Band performs music composed entirely on a 1987 Radio Shack Realistic Concertmate 650 Sampling Keyboard. Blurring the lines between jazz, avant-garde, rock, and ambient, the group invents a new sound that ...

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