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Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2009

The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, directed by Bobby Sanabria, presents “FOR HORACE, MANNY and MARIO” a tribute to Horace Silver, Manny Albam and Mario Bauz, on Friday, March 20 at 7:30 pm in the School’s John C. Borden Auditorium.

The program will include: Cubauz, by Michael Philip Mossman Dedicated to Mario Bauz, the father of Afro-Cuban jazz, based on Dizzy Gillespie’s ground breaking 1940’s masterpiece Things to Come A Song for ...

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Ari Hest Number One on Itunes; USA Today Says "Listen Up"

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 13, 2009

ARI HEST HITS #1 iTUNES SINGER-SONGWRITER CD WITH'TWELVE MONDAYS'; USA TODAY GIVES HIM A 'LISTEN UP MUSIC PICK' Ari Hest's new studio CD “Twelve Mondays” has reached THE #1 POSITION ON ITUNES SINGER-SONGWRITER CHART - Released 3/10, the album features re-worked versions of 12 fan- selected songs, culled from Ari’s recently-completed, unprecedented ‘52’ project, during which he wrote, recorded, produced and released one new song per week, for 52 weeks in a row. EARLIER THIS WEEK, USA TODAY PICKED THE ...

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Cuneiform Triple Play at Orion Studios, Baltimore in April

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2009

In a happy coincidence, during the year-long celebration of Cuneiform Records' 25th anniversary, one of the our very best friends and one of the Baltimore-Washington new music scene's VERY, very best friends, ORION SOUND STUDIOS, will be hosting three Cuneiform artists during the month of April! ALL at ORION SOUND STUDIOS 2903 WHITTINGTON AVENUE - BALTIMORE, MD. 21230 Saturday, April 4 G U T B U C K E T Destroying walls between art-rock, avant-squonk, jazz-core and beyond, ...

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Hal Gaba Dies at 63; Chairman and Co-Owner of Concord Music Group

Source: Michael Ricci
March 13, 2009

Hal Gaba and longtime friend and business partner Norman Lear bought Northern California-based Concord Records in 1999 and turned it into one of the world’s largest independent record companies. It’s now based in Beverly Hills and called the Concord Music Group.

Hal Gaba, a veteran entertainment industry executive who was chairman and co-owner of Concord Music Group, one of the world's largest independent record companies, has died. He was 63.

Gaba, who also was co-chairman of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group ...

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125 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2009

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Vocalist PJ Parker Climbing All About Jazz Charts

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2009

Powered by reaction to her latest CD release, Dreams Are Meant For Two, jazz vocalist PJ Parker is rising up the ranks of several All About Jazz lists. Her free AAJ download, her own composition “So What Do You Say?" has been the number one ranked download for the last 10 and last 30 day categories for more than a month, and ranks in the top five or six for the remainder of the ranking categories: 60, 90, 120 and ...

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Ralph Mercado Impresario Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
March 13, 2009

Ralph Mercado, a promoter who took his passion for Latin music and built an empire around it, not only staging concerts but creating a recording and publishing label, a film and video company, and nightclubs and restaurants, died on Tuesday in Hackensack, N.J. He was 67.

Mercado promoted salsa, Latin jazz, Latin rock and merengue, and shaped musical careers. The cause was cancer, said Blanca Lasalle, a spokeswoman, who gave no other details.

Mr. Mercado managed stars like Tito Puente ...

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Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour Comes to the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2009

Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour Featuring Peter Bernstein, Bill Charlap, Ravi Coltrane, Lewis Nash, Nicholas Payton, Peter Washington and Steve Wilson Friday, April 3, 2009 at 8pm Verizon Hall Price: $26-$64

“[Steve] Wilson is a consummate player whose bright but husky, legato attack and evenness over the whole horn recall the singing, lead alto quality of Benny Carter. His soprano sound is round, controlled and always in tune; his ...

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