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Montreux Jazz Festival 2020 Cancelled
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Martin McFie
"This year's Montreux Jazz Festival, which was set to take place from July 3 to 18, has been cancelled" announced Press Officer Marc Zendrini. Montreux Jazz Festival has regretfully announced that this year's event, which was due to be held between July 3—18th 2020, will not take place. The program planned for this summer will be partly carried over to next year's Festival, which will take place from July 2—17 2021. The Swiss Federal Council announced that it would be ...
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Drummer Brian Andres Debuts New Trio Latino Project On "Mayan Suite," Set For May 15 Release By Bacalao Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Drummer Brian Andres unleashes an electrifying new project with the May 15 release of Mayan Suite, the inaugural recording of his Trio Latino, on Bacalao Records. Though it finds Andres stepping back from his longtime leadership of the eight-piece Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel, the new trio (featuring pianist Christian Tumalan and bassist Aaron Germain) shows itself to be every bit as musically rich as the larger ensemble. What’s more, the album’s striking originals and zesty interpretations find the band equaling that ...
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Previously Unknown Steve Reid's Recording (2000) Is Now On Bandcamp!
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Lena Bloch
After 20 years, I finally decided to go ahead and release this exciting album on Bandcamp. It demonstrates Steve Reid extraordinary ability to spontaneously orchestrate within a jazz quartet, his inventiveness and wide range of dynamics, whether in a modal tune, a free-jazz composition or a romantic jazz standard. The bassist Chris Lachotta met Steve Reid in Munich in the spring of 2000, and he introduced Steve to Boris Netsvetaev and Lena Bloch, who had already been playing with Chris ...
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Portrait Of Cannonball Adderley: Award-Winning Saxophonist Tony Kofi Readies “Another Kind Of Soul” For April 24th Release
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The Last Music Company
BBC and Parliamentary Jazz Awards winner Tony Kofi will release Another Kind of Soul 24th April on The Last Music Company label. The album, recorded live at Luton’s Bear Club in 2019 by Paul Riley, also features Andy Davies on trumpet, pianist Alex Webb, bassist Andrew Cleyndert and Alfonso Vitale on drums. The session traces the explosive music of Cannonball Adderley from his first sessions as leader in the mid-1950s through his work with Miles Davis to the soul-jazz of ...
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Russian Guitar Virtuoso Roman Miroshnichenko Nominated In The 18th Independent Music Awards
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Roman Miroshnichenko
Multi-Award winning guitarist, bandleader and producer Roman Miroshnichenko was named by Music Resource Group (MRG) today as a Nominee in The 18th annual Independent Music Awards (The IMAs). Nominated for the Best Compilation Album Category Roman's latest album “Top 10 Songs of 10 Years (Anthology)"—a compilation of ten selected original Award-winning compositions composed, produced and recorded by Roman Miroshnichenko in 2009-2019. The winning projects will be selected by influential judging panels including: Tom Waits, Robert Smith, Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, ...
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L’Équipe Spectra cancels the 2020 International de Jazz de Montréal
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Due to the coronavirus pandemic and following the measures imposed by government authorities, which include cancelling non-essential activities and restricting entry of non-residents to the territory, L'Équipe Spectra announces that the 2020 editions of Les Francos de Montréal (scheduled for June 12) and the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (scheduled for June 25) will not be presented this summer. Jacques Primeau, General Manager of Les Francos de Montréal and Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, had this to say: ...
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7 Virtual Jazz Club's Contest - 5th Edition Applications For 2020 Are Now Open
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Valerio Pappi
7 Virtual Jazz Club continues its worldwide search for emerging and underrecognized creative musicians of all ages and backgrounds. This Year's Categories Under 25 Amateurs & Pros To enter the contest, soloists and groups pay a small registration fee and submit a video (maximum seven minutes) of their performance. Entries will be judged by a panel of international jazz experts (meet the experts), comprised of some of the most respected journalists, musicians and educators in the field. Pre-registrations Pre-registrations will ...
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Project Livestream Jazz: An Update—Plus All About Jazz's Binge-Worthy Content—Early April Edition
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Michael Ricci
With club closures, shelter in place and an uncertain future, we've pivoted our platform to collect, promote and broadcast livestream concerts to support our jazz musician friends. We've also revamped the weekly Jazz Near You newsletter to highlight livestream events as well as All About Jazz content you may have missed. To sign up for your free weekly newsletter, simply update the “Jazz Near You Subscription Settings" section on your member settings page. Project Livestream Jazz: An Update We presented ...
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