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Celebrity Series Of Boston Announces 2022/23 Season
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Stephanie Janes PR
The Celebrity Series of Boston announces its 2022/23 season today, marking 84 years of bringing touring and local performing artists to Boston. In this new season, audiences will find a diverse and dazzling array of artists in one of the Series’ largest seasons ever. Expanded programming offers audiences new venues to explore, artist debuts, beloved returning artists, and in-person and streaming options for both the ticketed and free Neighborhood Arts events. With classical music and contemporary/jazz curated by guest programmers ...
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Jack Kleinsinger's Highlights In Jazz Presents The Return Of The Jam Session on May 12
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Celebrates “The Return of the Jam Session,” May 12, 2022, 8:00pm 49th Season Finale of Famed Highlights in Jazz Series The Return of the Jam Session Saxophonists Peter and Will Anderson Pianist Ted Rosenthal Guitarist James Chirillo Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon Drummer Victor Lewis Trumpeter Brian Lynch Plus, surprise special guest! All concerts are at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center at 199 Chambers St., in Manhattan THERE WILL BE A BOX OFFICE NIGHT OF EVENT
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New Songbook Series Released By Sher Music Co.
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Sher Music Co.
Sher Music Co. has just released their second Jazz Songbook Series! This collection includes separate books by such jazz greats as Andy Narell, Benny Golson, Randy Brecker, Enrico Pieranunzi, Denny Zeitlin and Steve Khan, among others. These digital-only books contain 20 songs each, selected by each composer and direct from their own lead sheets. In many cases, the manuscript is in their hand, giving a beautiful, historic vibe to the charts. Many of the composers are well-known, but some of ...
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Zinc Announces Its Summer Jazz Series Lineup
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Decibel
After a 2-year hiatus amid the Covid pandemic, Zinc is announcing the summer lineup of its highly successful jazz series produced by New York-based concert promoter, Charles Carlini of In Touch Entertainment. The programs comprise Piano Jazz and Guitar Masters evenings on select Mondays and Tuesdays. All these performances will continue to be a regular feature at Zinc throughout the summer months and into the fall. “These programs have met with such enthusiastic response from our audiences because each one ...
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New England Conservatory Announces 2022 Speaker And Honorary Degree Recipients For Its 151st Commencement Ceremony
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Honorary Degree Recipient and Commencement Speaker: James Taylor, singer-songwriter Honorary Degree Recipient: David Amram, conductor and composer; Ella Jenkins, the “First Lady of Children’s Music” Special Guests: Emanuel Ax, pianist, Honorary Doctorate 2021; Denys Karachevtsev, Ukrainian cellist and music teacher New England Conservatory President Andrea Kalyn and the Board of Trustees announce multiple Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor as the commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient at the Conservatory’s 151st annual commencement exercises, which will be held in-person on Sunday, ...
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Paris Combo New Album 'Quesaco?' Is Out May 6, 2022 On Six Degrees Records
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Press Junkie PR
Paris Combo, the French quintet Variety describes as possessing “a seemingly endless supply of catchy hooks and imaginative lyrics,” is back with a new album, Quesaco? The full-length release is their seventh studio album, but also the last recorded with the group’s late singer/songwriter Belle du Berry, who died suddenly on August 11, 2020, aged just 54, following a brief battle with cancer. Stream their latest single “Seine de la vie parisienne" here. Hailed by Billboard as “a vocalist/accordionist and ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: April 2022
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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 April, 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! Top Tracks Last Kiss Sal La Rocca From: Shifted 03:43 From the Astral Oli Astral From: From the Astral 08:16 Rye & Lilacs ...
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Shambhu Releases New Single, 'Life Passage,' Dedicated To Chick Corea
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Shambhu Vineberg
Acclaimed new age/jazz guitarist Shambhu released his new single, “Life Passage,” on April 27th. The song features Shambhu’s transcendent guitar music in a soulful dedication to the late pianist Chick Corea. Life Passage is also the title song of Shambhu’s new EP due early this summer. Stream “Life Passage” here. “Life Passage” was composed, arranged and produced by Shambhu, who is featured on guitars and e-pads. “I was studying music online during the pandemic with the great jazz maestro Chick ...
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