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Dave Bass' New Album, 'The Trio Vol. 2,' Will Be Released On June 17
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GoMedia PR
On June 17, Dave Bass, whose four previous recordings have received accolades from Downbeat, Jazz Times, All About Jazz and Jazz Journal, among many others, will release his second album with his Trio, simply titled The Trio Vol. 2. Bass says that Vol. 2 elevates everything the Trio did on Vol. 1 to a new level. It's a deeper, more mature effort by the Trio regarding the three things that made Vol. 1 a success: the wide spectrum of styles, ...
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All About Jazz: New Features, General Improvements, and Bug Fixes
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz, which includes Jazz Near You, is a custom-developed software platform. It covers all the bases: content management, commerce, reader engagement... it even offers messaging capabilities. Though it can sometimes be a bear to maintain, it doesn't stop us from developing new sections—our polling and contest giveaway technology are terrific examples. This year, our improvements aren't on the scale of our poll or giveaway projects, but, collectively, they are significant. We wanted to document our new features, general ...
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Malcom-Jamal Warner and Dashill Smith Perform A Tribe Called Quest, Jazz Style, Streaming At Volume.com
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Cyber PR
On Saturday, April 30th, the legendary hip-hop group, A Tribe Called Quest’s music will be showcased at Venkman’s. In this dynamic show, Dashill Smith & Malcolm-Jamal Warner with their band recreate some of the original songs that were sampled by A Tribe Called Quest through the years while morphing into the ATCQ songs we all know and love. The shows are at 7 and 10 PM. Malcom-Jamal Warner is most famously known as Theodore Huxtable from The Cosby Show and ...
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Willie Oteri And Dark Matter Horns Dig Into Their Archives For Upcoming Album 'Ghosts Of Texas Past'
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Willie Oteri
Willie Oteri and Dark Matter Horns dig into their archives for upcoming album Ghosts of Texas Past. Available May 27, 2022 The new album features tracks taken from rehearsals recorded in 2018 in Austin Texas with Willie Oteri (tenor sax and flute), Dave Laczko (trumpet and effects) and Steve Mankenberg (drums) in a totally improvised environment, recorded with minimal equipment on 2 to 4 tracks. A decades long relationship between Oteri and Laczko produced several releases with Oteri jumping from ...
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Historical New York Jazz Museum Newsletter Collection (1969-1977) - For Sale
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All About Jazz
Hot Notes Newsletter published by the New York Hot Jazz Society (the precursor of the New York Jazz Museum) from July 1969 through October 1972 and by the New York Jazz Museum from November 1972 through September 1977 is now for sale. 105 issues. 8 ¼ x 13. Usually four pages each. Very good condition. The New York Hot Jazz Society produced jazz concerts on Sunday afternoons in jazz clubs in New York City from July 1969 through October 1972. ...
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San Francisco Bay Area Guitarist/Composer George Cotsirilos Deepens His Explorations With New Quartet Date 'Refuge,' Due May 20 On Oa2 Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
George Cotsirilos pushes into new frontiers with the May 20 release of Refuge (OA2). The guitarist and composer’s follow-up to his acclaimed 2018 album Mostly in Blue again features his quartet—pianist Keith Saunders, bassist Robb Fisher, and drummer Ron Marabuto—but repositions them both in pursuit of new challenges and, if anything, even more “in blue.” Cotsirilos added piano to his longtime trio in 2018, hoping to express the denser harmonies he was hearing in his writing. The success of the ...
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Third Thursdays with Dave Bryant And Friends: A Monthly Harmolodic Jazz Series Starting In April 2022
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Mary Curtin Productions
Keyboardist and composer Dave Bryant has many friends. Many who also happen to be notable local, national, and international jazz artists, who have collaborated with Cambridge-based Bryant on different projects over a span of decades. Those connections began to grow in the early 1980's, within a year after Bryant completed his formal undergrad studies at Berklee. It was then that he began to study privately with free jazz harmolodics pioneer Ornette Coleman. During this seven-year student/mentor period, Coleman counselled Bryant ...
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April 25 The Indie Collaborative's Earth Day Celebration At Carnegie Hall
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Anne Leighton
“Celebrating Earth in Song” at Carnegie Hall with The Indie Collaborative, April 25 Inspiring Cast of Musical Performers with a Story of Purpose Come and see more than 20 award-winning IC artists perform Celebrating Earth Day in Song, which features a unique blend of the musical genres (rock, classical, jazz, Americana, theatrical) at this legendary venue. The storyline of this three-act/two-part (with one intermission) presentation begins with the possibilities and newness of “The Beginning” and continues with the “Reality” ...
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