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Pianist Milen Kirov Infuses American Jazz With European Classical, Bulgarian Folk Traditions On 'Spatium,' Set For June 3 Release
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Pianist Milen Kirov finds the perfect formula with the June 3 release of Spatium on Independent Creative Sound and Music (ICSM) Records. A solo piano performance of 13 originals, the album is precisely the melting pot of styles that has long been the focus of the multi-dimensional Kirov’s creative journey. “My goal is to find the meeting point of three traditions: Western classical music, American jazz and blues, and Bulgarian traditional music,” the native Bulgarian pianist says. “There is no ...
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Do TikTok Users Care About Jazz? The Montreux Jazz Festival Thinks So
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HypeBot
The famous Montreux Jazz Festival has partnered with TikTok for a series of live performances of new and emerging artists. The Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF) has announced a UK and European partnership with TikTok surrounding new initiative, MJF Spotlight. The initiative was launched in 2021 by MJF to support new and emerging artists and new music in the form of content creation and live performances. MJF will be releasing a series of live performances on the TikTok platform under the ...
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NJPAC's Arts Education Summer Camp Offers Free Jazz And Poetry Program At Rutgers-Newark Campus In July
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AMT Public Relations
NJPAC’s Arts Education Summer Camp returns to in-person learning for Summer 2022. The award-winning arts education Summer Camp introduces NJPAC’s Colton Institute for Training and Research in the Arts. This dynamic new initiative supports and advances NJPAC’s Arts Education programs, including best-in-class hip hop, jazz, poetry, and theater classes happening this summer. For all students enrolling in one of NJPAC’s summer programs, students are offered at no cost to participate in Free programs. The bonus class choices are Community Meeting: ...
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The Django Hosts Young, Emerging Artists As Part Of Its Inaugural 'Next Gen Series' In May
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AMT Public Relations
The Django, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, celebrates the next generation of jazz with a special concert series this month. During the month of May, The Django welcomes rising stars as part of its new Next Gen Series. Artists include recent graduates from William Patterson University, Manhattan School of Music, SUNY/Purchase, Juilliard, The New School, Berklee College of Music, and more. In addition, you can find regular guests on our stage during May: Ken Fowser Quintet (5/6, 5/13, 5/20 and ...
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jazzahead! Festival 2022: the joy of being there for an abundance of music!
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Michael Ricci
Lots of music and plenty of variety: those are some of the things which this year's jazzahead! at MESSE BREMEN has to offer. At last, after a two-year hiatus, the festival is back. From 14 April to 1 May there will be over 100 concerts on the site of the Messe, and also in several locations in Bremen's city centre. Partner country Canada is naturally at the centre of all this. In jazzahead!’s 16th year as a trade fair (and ...
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Nikos Chatzitsakos Tiny Big Band - Release Date May 13th! Performing April 24th At The Lilypad - Boston!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
“Nikos Chatzitsakos Tiny Big Band” was formed in 2018. In this project, Nikos arranges jazz standards for a unique instrumentation of six horns and a piano trio, plus some guest appearances on vocals, guitar, and vibraphone. Although this instrumentation is rarely seen in our days, it was common in the heyday of swing music, before the appearance of big bands. Similar to a film director that brings the plot and characters of an old script to our modern world, Nikos ...
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jazzahead! 2022 Trade Fair, Showcase and Festival - Register Today!
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Michael Ricci
jazzahead!, the world’s most significant annual international jazz convention in Bremen, Germany, connects you with the international scene. In 2019, 3,408 professional participants from 64 nations were registered, hailing from various fields of business activities like: promoters, bookers, labels, agencies, publishers, festival and club programmers, distributors, production companies, lobby institutions, associations, press as well as many musicians from mainly all over Europe. From 28 April – 1 May 2022, jazzahead! will take place in Bremen, presenting a trade fair, conferences ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: March 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 March, 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 Rio Crystal Paul Colombo From: Rio Crystal 04:37 Gray Skies Jim Knapp From: It's Not Business, It's Personal 07:10 From the ...
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