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The Recording Industry’s Music Performance Trust Fund Projects Grants of More than $1 Million to Communities Celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month in April 2025
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Michael Ricci
Month-long investment throughout North America intends to benefit individuals and communities sharing this treasured American art form The recording industry’s Music Performance Trust Fund (MPTF), a leading non-profit organization enriching lives and uniting communities through the power of music, is on track to distribute over $1,000,000 in grants for admission-free live concerts this April for Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM). This is the second consecutive year that the dollar value of the grants, which pay professional jazz musicians to perform, will ...
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Double Vision At Supple Music Series On March 31: A Jazz & Visual Art Fusion
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Hank Hehmsoth
Double Vision’s Landmark Performance at Supple Music Series A Multidisciplinary Jazz & Visual Art Experience That Showcases a Year of Innovation Double Vision, the groundbreaking jazz ensemble led by Hank Hehmsoth and Dr John Mills, will present its most ambitious performance to date at the Supple Music Series on March 31, 2025. This regionally significant event blends original jazz compositions with abstract visual art, showcasing a year of artistic innovation supported by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music and the ...
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Announcing '恋愛至上主義 / Love Supremacism' By Pianist Alexander Dubovoy
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Alexander J Dubovoy
Following his first solo album, Portraits Drawn Without You, Alexander Dubovoy is proud to release his new solo album 恋愛至上主義 / Love Supremacism on Adhyâropa Records. It features innovative reinterpretations of jazz standards recorded by recording engineer (and frequent musical collaborator) Hans Bilger in February 2024 in Berlin. The starting point for the album is 恋愛至上主義 (renaishijoushugi), a concept which Alexander first encountered in the Japanese television drama 「恋せぬふたり」(“Koisenu Futari”), a show that radically examines consent in relationships. 恋愛至上主義 translates ...
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The 7 Virtual Jazz Club Announces The Finalists Of The 11th Edition
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Valerio Pappi
The 7 Virtual Jazz Club Web Community Prize was awarded to Jakub Klimiuk Quintet for the Under 30 Category which presented the song “Sceptical" and to Aleksandra Kutrzepa for the Over 30 Category which presented the song “Atacama." Finalists selected by the judges (in alphabetical order): Under 30 category Jakub Klimiuk Quintet “Sceptical" James Fernando Trio “Unlikely Animal Friendships" Manon Mullener 5tet “Summer Jam" Ohad Niceberg “The Coffee Song" Peter Shalamov and Slava Lobanov “Garden Of Flowing Streams" ...
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Inaugural Germantown Jazz Festival to Debut April 25–27, 2025
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All About Jazz
Jazz lovers, mark your calendars! The Germantown Jazz Festival (GJF) is set to make its highly anticipated debut from April 25–27, 2025. In partnership with its lead community partner, Artcinia, the GJF will bring a dynamic three-day celebration of music, art, and culture to the heart of Philadelphia. Festival Lineup Opening Night Concert- Friday, April 25, 2025 | 5-10 PM Germantown Friends Meeting House Featuring: Alfie Pollitt Trio, Jim Holton Trio, The Mike Boone Group, Robert Landham Quartet, Germantown Jazz ...
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Grammy-Nominated Pianist Donald Vega Announces Release Of New Single 'Two Words: Bud Powell,' March 28, 2025 Featuring John Patitucci And Lewis Nash
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Donald Vega
Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Donald Vega is set to release his latest single, Two Words: Bud Powell. The track, recorded during the 2023 sessions for his acclaimed album As I Travel, is one of three never-before-released compositions from that session. This straight ahead mid tempo tune was composed by Donald Vega and inspired by Bud Powell—one of the first names in Jazz Vega learned after immigrating to the United States and settling in Los Angeles. The song reflects Vega’s deep ...
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Author King Kenney's 'Space Bar Continuum' and 'The Harder I Faux' offer refreshing contributions to contemporary literature
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All About Jazz
Space Bar Continuum defies memoir tropes, presenting a candid love letter to writers everywhere—one that blends wit, vulnerability, and sharp cultural critique in equal measure. Rather than a mere chronicle of past events, Kenney offers a layered, immersive dialogue—part manifesto, part introspection—exploring the challenges of navigating life as a headstrong creative in a world that demands conformity. With every page, Kenney blurs the line between personal reflection and cultural commentary, crafting a narrative that is as intellectually provocative as it ...
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Soulful Singer Gregory Porter Returns To New Jersey Performing Arts Center, June 29
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AMT Public Relations
Prudential North to Shore Festival + sponsored in part by TD Bank Tickets go on sale Friday, March 7, 2025 NJPAC Prudential Hall Betty Wold Johnson Stage One Center Street Newark, NJ 07102 As part of this summer’s highly anticipated Prudential North to Shore Festival, smoother-than-silk 2X GRAMMY winner Gregory Porter returns to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., in a highly anticipated one-night only concert. ...
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