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Interview

Luca Luciano: The New Voice of the Clarinet

Source: Chang Management
February 14, 2010

Clarinetist/composer Luca Luciano is a champion of contemporary music and his compositions, part of his academic research, have been premiered at the Bristol Cathedral and the prestigious St Martin in the Fields in London, England. They've also been presented at workshops and master classes in the U.K. and overseas. Luciano came to the U.K. completely alone and with no logistical support whatsoever, starting from the very bottom (first as a part-time barman to make a living)--despite a promising start in ...

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Performance / Tour

Anat Cohen's 'Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard' out April 13

Source: Michael Ricci
February 14, 2010

On April 13, Anat Cohen will release her first live album, Clarinetwork: Live At The Village Vanguard on her own Anzic Records. The album was recorded on one evening--July 5, 2009--during an historic 6-night residency at the legendary venue in which Cohen honored the centennial of clarinet legend Benny Goodman. The album is a musical tour-de-force that finds Anat reworking the Goodman oeuvre as you've never heard it before, joined by the stellar rhythm section of Benny Green (piano), Peter ...

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Performance / Tour

Monty Alexander for New York Performance at Birdland: March 2-6, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
February 14, 2010

One of the fifty greatest jazz piano players of all time, renowned Jamaican jazz pianist and Jamaica's acclaimed Commander of Distinction, Monty Alexander, is set to thrill fans of the musical genre at a top New York City night club this Women's History Month. The Kingston-born musician, fresh from a performance in his homeland at the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, is set to perform at the popular Birdland Jazz Club at 315 West 44th Street, between 8th and 9th ...

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Technology

Wired for the iPad to Launch by Summer

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2010

Wired Magazine Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson announced at the Technology, Entertainment and Design conference on Friday that the publication would be releasing its content for the iPad by summer. The first iPads are expected to be available at the end of March. TED attendees got a demonstration -- on what looked like a supersized iPad -- of how their future reading experience would look with the March issue of Wired magazine. “I'm from the media world," Anderson told the audience ...

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Festival

2010 Tanglewood Jazz Festival Tickets on Sale Feb 14

Source: Dawn Singh Publicity
February 14, 2010

TICKETS GO ON SALE FOR THE 2010 TANGLEWOOD SEASON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, INCLUDING ANNUAL TANGLEWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL, TO TAKE PLACE OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2010 TANGLEWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL TO FEATURE KURT ELLING, JOHN PIZZARELLI, THE LEGENDARY COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA, EDDIE DANIELS, BOB JAMES, DONAL FOX, JULIAN LAGE, JESSICA MOLASKEY, LAURENCE HOBGOOD TRIO AND MORE On Sunday, February 14, tickets go on sale for the 2010 Tanglewood season, including the annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival, to take place September ...

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Performance / Tour

Pianist / Vocalist Marcia Ball to Perform in Sellersville, PA

Source: Michael Ricci
February 13, 2010

Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist/vocalist/songwriter Marcia Ball, touring in support of her Grammy-nominated CD, Peace, Love & BBQ, will perform in Sellersville on March 16, 2010. Ball's groove-laden New Orleans R&B, heart-wrenching ballads and driving Gulf Coast blues have made her a one-of-a-kind favorite of music fans all over the world. Her music mixes equal parts simmering soul fervor and rollicking Crescent City piano. Over the course of her career, Ball's infectious, intelligent and deeply emotional songs have won her a loud ...

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Recording

Guitarist Bryan Baker Prepares to Release "This Morning Day"

Source: Michael Ricci
February 13, 2010

"A player of jaw-dropping technique and ferocious intensity with a darkly alluring musical vision, guitarist Bryan Baker is a leading light among a new breed of six-string renegades who are tearing it up with reckless abandon while pushing stylistic boundaries with impunity. His (debut record) Aphotic is the most startlingly original debut by a guitarist since Pat Metheny's Bright Size Life." -- Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times Born into an immensely creative family, with his father being a professional guitarist, his ...

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Festival

Thousands of Jazz Enthusiasts Will Meet in Panama City Beach, FL

Source: Michael Ricci
February 13, 2010

The 12th Annual Seabreeze Jazz Festival will be held April 16th-18th at the Pier Park Amphitheater in Panama City Beach, Florida. Pier Park became the new home for the ResortQuest Seabreeze Jazz Festival last year and the response from attendees was overwhelming positive. Pier Park is Northwest Florida's largest shopping, dining, and entertainment venue and a perfect fit for a festival of this size. The Jazz Festival offers attendees the opportunity to combine a weekend of cool jazz with a ...

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