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Jazz Education Nonprofit Partners With World-Renowned Jazz Musicians
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Andrew Johnston
Jazz Empowers, a national nonprofit bringing jazz programs to students in underserved schools, announced the founding of their advisory board. The advisory board is comprised of some of the top jazz musicians in the world and will provide expert advice to Jazz Empowers staff as they continue to develop best practices in teaching students jazz. The 10 founding Advisory Board members are saxophonists Lakecia Benjamin, Jeff Coffin, Jon Irabagon, Bob Mintzer, Ted Nash, Miguel Zenon, trumpeters Dave Douglas, Terell Stafford, ...
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Tues., Oct. 13: Rudresh Mahanthappa Celebrates 'Hero Trio' With Streaming Album Release Concert
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Alto saxophone star Rudresh Mahanthappa celebrates the release of Hero Trio—a wide-ranging session encompassing the music of his formative influences including Charlie Parker, Stevie Wonder, Keith Jarrett, Ornette Coleman and Johnny Cash—with a live stream of the pre-recorded album concert along with a live Q & A moderated by Nate Chinen of WBGO. The event takes place on Tuesday, October 13 at 3 and 8 p.m. EDT. Tickets are $10. Get tickets The last time Rudresh Mahanthappa went into the ...
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Sat., October 10: Lafayette Gilchrist Celebrates 'Now' With Livestream Album Release Concert Presented By Creative Alliance
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Pianist, composer and bandleader extraordinaire Lafayette Gilchrist returns to the trio format on his engrossing, self-released double disc, NOW, the follow-up to last year’s critically acclaimed solo piano album, Dark Matter, which many critics cited as one of 2019’s best jazz releases. Gilchrist will celebrate with a livestream album release concert on Saturday, October 10, 8 p.m. EDT presented by Creative Alliance in Baltimore, Joining him are his trio mates from his band Specials Revealed, bassist Herman Burney and drummer ...
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Alfred Sergel IV Releases Official Video For The Falling Out
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Onama Media Group
Alfred Sergel IV continues to explore new ways to fuse his love for jazz and pop music with “The Falling Out". The Official Video for The Falling Out is now available on YouTube. Drawing inspiration from artists like Beck, Tycho, Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau, “The Falling Out” is an upbeat, energetic track that features Grammy award winning bassist Tim Lefebvre (David Bowie) and Grammy nominated pianist Martin Bejerano (Roy Haynes). Working with Indie-Pop producer Joel Willis, “The Falling Out” ...
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Jazz-Pop Singer-Songwriter Laura Fernandez New Release - Okay, Alright - Release Date: October 2nd
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Canadian singer/songwriter, pianist, producer, artist, and JAZZFM.91 Toronto radio producer/host Laura Fernandez is taking the time to “Breathe Life" in this, her new single. An intense, emotional ode to love, its recurrent line 'you breathe life into me' is fervent, and almost prayer-like; Alexander Brown shines with a beautiful, muted trumpet and the overall sense of the song is hushed and jazzy in a minor key. “Breathe Life" gives you a taste of Fernandez's new album, Okay, Alright (Sonic Peach ...
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Savage Ticket Announce The Start Of The 'How I Fell In Love With Jazz' Video Contest
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Naomi Smith
Savage Ticket, a new platform that aims to propel listeners into a new listening and viewing experience for music, by creating a virtual and a real-world platform to enable new opportunities for professionals and audiences worldwide, announces the start of a major contest. On October 1st, savage Ticket is launching the How I Fell In Love With Jazz video contest, one that requires any participant to provide a 60-second video to the platform explaining how they fell in love with ...
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Latin-Infused Jazz Duo Ariella Announce October 1st Virtual Tour Via Veeps
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1888 Media
With a fervor for blues, jazz and vintage soul, enigmatic duo, ARIELLA, passionately transcend boundaries, transporting listeners to the heart of what makes music timeless. It’s a fluid daydream, seeping. With elegant vocals by the charismatic Ariella McManus, a singer with emotional depth and a songwriter rich with breadth, she eloquently combines stunning melodies with infectious grooves to create a catchy, immersive sound. Teamed with guitar maestro, Nicolaas Kraster, a talented wunderkind from Fredonia, NY that’s been compared to Ottmar ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 Tracks: September 2020
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the 30 tracks featured in September, these ten represent our personal favorites. We also included the top ten reader favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! TOP TRACKS Song for Pina Enzo Torregrossa From: Song for Pina 04:55 I Remember You Bob McHugh
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