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Michael Wollf Trio at the Kennedy Center on October 24th

Source: Seth Cohen PR
September 22, 2009

Michael Wolff Trio to Appear at The Kennedy Center, with Special Guest Steve Wilson Live Review: “All of the music felt very full and passionately alive” “Wolff proved to be one of the most engaging all-around performers in the entire jazz game” The acclaimed Michael Wolff Trio will have the honor of performing at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on October 24th. Wolff will play selections from his recent CD ‘Joe’s Strut’ (WRONG Records,) which has been praised as ...

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Performance / Tour

"Sky Jazz" a New Genre by Richard Shulman

Source: Daniel Kassell - Authentic Marketing
September 22, 2009

"Sky Jazz" is Richard Shulman's new genre of music. “Sky Jazz" combines jazz elements of harmony, pulse, and improvisation with a deliberate goal of soothing and inspiring the listener. Full of melody and swing, the music delights on its own, while helping people to relax, meditate, and even heal. Have you ever encountered jazz with such strong spiritual intent? The closest was the urgent questing of saxophone legend John Coltrane -- not surprisingly, one of Richard's major influences -- although ...

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Performance / Tour

Reptet Announce West Coast Record Release Tour

Source: The Frank Agency
September 22, 2009

REPTET WEST COAST RECORD RELEASE TOUR October/November 2009 “This Seattle sextet does it all: it grooves, it rocks, it squawks - occasionally, it even talks. Mostly, it sounds like a New Orleans jazz band on crystal meth." --Jazziz Magazine “The manically fun Reptet make new music by merrily hopping around the history of jazz." --The Stranger October 29 - Cottage Grove, OR - The Axe & Fiddle October 30 - Chico, CA - The Coda Cafe ...

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Award / Grant

Charlie Haden to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from Bass Player Magazine

Source: Michael Ricci
September 21, 2009

Jazz bass titan Charlie Haden will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from Bass Player magazine, along with legendary soul/funk bassist Rocco Prestia of Tower Of Power. The awards will be presented at Bass Player’s annual event, Bass Player Live, to take place in Los Angeles on Oct. 24th & 25th, at S.I.R. Studios and the Key Club. In addition, Bass Player will kick off the event with a screening of “Rambling Boy," the new documentary on Haden, at Musician’s Institute ...

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Performance / Tour

Pianist Mark Berman ("Sex and the City") at NYC's Top of the Rock Wed. 9/23

Source: Michael Ricci
September 22, 2009

Mark Berman, jazz piano star notable for his hot montuno piano playing on the “Sex and the City” theme song, brings his jazz trio to the 67th Floor Weather Room at the Top of the Rock, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, this coming Wednesday evening September 23, from 6PM – 8PM. The Mark Berman Trio kicks off the Starlight Music Series, the first ever music series at the “venue with a view." Come after work, before the show, or before dinner to ...

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Recording

Ramsey Lewis to Release New Album

Source: On Target Media Group
September 22, 2009

On September 29th, Concord Jazz will release Songs from the Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey, the new album from iconic pianist and bandleader, Ramsey Lewis. Songs From the Heart contains a refined collection of 12 new originals composed over a period of two years, including music from two commissioned world premiere performances at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois. Eight songs come from the score of 2007’s ballet To Know Her…written for the Joffrey Ballet Company ...

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