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Soaring Music Publications becomes successor to Song-Royalty rights owned by 1950's music publisher Chase Music Company
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Greg Nathan
Springfield, Oregon is not the entertainment capital of the world, but as a result of a long process, it was there, last month, that Soaring Music Publications became the successor to all of the song-royalty rights owned by the 1950's music publisher Chase Music Company, as SMP's Owner/President, Greg Nathan completed the successor process enabling the merging of his parents' music-publishing business with his own music-publishing business, a process that began in 2014. Actually, music publishing in the Nathan family ...
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'Say Their Names' Raising Awareness & Contributions for Stricken Families
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All About Jazz
Many musicians and music fans have felt the need to respond to specific events or situations in America’s 2020 sociopolitical climate by doing more than creating, sharing and listening to music. Ethan Sultry’s “Say Their Names” opens one opportunity: The protest track is available for free download on sirsultrymusic.com, connected through a web button to MyGood.org, the 501(c)3 non-profit founded by Macy Gray to support family members of victims of police violence. Written in the aftermath of the June 2020 ...
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Composer / Drummer Filippo Bonaccorso Releases 'Enigmatica' on Got Groove Records
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All About Jazz
“These compositions were born during a very long span of my life, long before I conceived of this project and this album,” says drummer, composer, and bandleader Filippo Bonaccorso of his recording debut. “Enigmatica is the characteristic of the human soul that is indefinite, often unsolved, not always clear.” However, Enigmatica makes this very clear: Its six original tunes, rendered through an eleven-piece ensemble which Bonaccorso anchors as drummer, and ranging from an unexpected rhumba to a Middle Eastern market ...
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Yelena Eckemoff Intensifies Her Conceptual Approach To Music With 'Adventures Of The Wildflower,' Set For March 19 Release
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Pianist-composer Yelena Eckemoff unfurls her most elaborate and ambitious musical work yet with Adventures of the Wildflower, which her own L&H Production label will release on March 19, 2021. As its title suggests, the double album is the story of a life, from birth to death (and rebirth), of an anthropomorphic columbine flower. Its story is told through the inspired work of Eckemoff and a Finnish ensemble that includes saxophonist Jukka Perko, multi-instrumentalist Jarmo Saari, vibraphonist Panu Savolainen, bassist Antti ...
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Jazzthetica Exhibition By Photographer Tatjana Rantasha Runs At Belgrade's Youth Cultural Center
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All About Jazz
Running from the 24th of November, until the 12th of December, a photo exhibition of a selection of Macedonian jazz artists by photographer Tatjana Rantasha will take place at the Youth Center in Belgrade Serbia. The exhibition consists of 35 black and white photographs of various Macedonian jazz artists from different generations: Vlatko Stefanovski, Džijan Emin, Goce Stevkovski, Martin Gjakonovoski, Gordan Spasovski, Kiril Kuzmanov, Kokan Dimuševski, Sethstat, and others. Tatjana Rantasha is a renowned photographer with 15 years of experience ...
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The Gabrial Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet Releases 'Social Distancing,' A Musical Memoir Inspired By The 2020 Pandemic, Due January 29
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Afro-Peruvian Jazz Music is the life’s work of trumpeter and composer Gabriel Alegría. For the past 15 years, he has led a cross-cultural ensemble called the Afro-Peruvian Sextet that has slowly (but surely) placed Afro-Peruvian Jazz Music on the international musical map. Alongside his principal collaborators Freddy “Huevito” Lobatón (percussion), Laura Andrea Leguía (saxophones), and Hugo Alcázar (drums), the Afro-Peruvian Sextet has to date produced seven CDs, one vinyl, and one documentary film. On the band’s latest effort, Social Distancing, ...
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Honolulu Orchestra's New Single 'Ambergris' Out Now
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Marco Rottoli
"Ambergris," Honolulu Orchestra's new single is out today on all platforms. Only for today you can get it with a 30% discount on Bandcamp. If you purchase music on Bandcamp on Friday the 4th of Dec, 100% of the revenue will go directly to the artists. It's the right time to support musicians! “Ambergris" (N. Ricci) Nicolò Ricci: saxophone Marcella Malacrida: vocals Marco Giongrandi-: guitar Andrea Di Biase: piano Marco Rottoli: double ...
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Internationally-Acclaimed Venue, Jazz Standard, Closes Its Doors
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AMT Public Relations
It is with great sadness that USHG shares that Jazz Standard and Blue Smoke Flatiron will not be reopening on 27th Street. We have explored every avenue to arrive at a different outcome, but due to the pandemic and months without revenue—as well as a lengthy rent negotiation that has come to a standstill—we’ve reached the disappointing conclusion that there is no alternative but to close Blue Smoke Flatiron and Jazz Standard. The current situation surrounding the pandemic, including the ...
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