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Gentle Giant: A Film About Dave McKenna needs your support
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Greg Mallozzi
Described by the New York Times as the “hardest swinging pianist of all time", Dave McKenna's rare genius on the piano went largely unnoticed by the music world, until now. At a young age, Dave played with jazz-giants like Gene Krupa and Stan Getz. He went on to have an extensive recording career and played with people like Louis Armstrong and Tony Bennett. However, Dave's quiet personal life and his rocky relationship with the music industry caused his career to ...
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The 7 Virtual Jazz Club Announces The Finalists
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Valerio Pappi
The Web Community Prize (€ 500 plus direct access to the final) has been awarded to the Canadian group Algorhythm (Under 25 Students’ category) which presented the song “Why Now." Finalists selected by the Judges. Amateurs & Pros’ Category Sam Tessier Quintet (France) Ivo Neame Quartet (UK) Stephane Mercier Sextet (Belgium) Tolvan Big Band (Sweden) The Co-workers (Italy) Abraham Réunion (France) Oleksandr Ryndenko (Ukraine) Tom Ibarra Group (France) Simon Moulier (France) Weezdob Collective (Poland) Jacob Norgren Jazz Orchestra (Sweden) Stefan ...
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62nd GRAMMY Awards: Jazz Winners
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All About Jazz
And the winners of the 2020 GRAMMY Awards are... 31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only. “Elsewhere" by Melissa Aldana, soloist Winner: “Sozinho" by Randy Brecker, soloist “Tomorrow Is the Question" by Julian Lage, soloist “The Windup" by Branford Marsalis, ...
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Logan Richardson’s Blues People Present: Searching For Charlie Parker In Partnership With Jazz Sister Cities To Celebrate Charlie Parker’s Centennial
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Cheptoo Kositany
Searching for Charlie Parker is a year-long international performance to honor Kansas City’s most celebrated Jazz artist during the year of his centennial. More than any other figure, Charlie Parker changed the sound of Jazz, and one hundred years later he continues to impact Jazz artists and the art-form today. Throughout 2020, in Searching for Charlie Parker, blues PEOPLE will play their songbook in the spirit of Charlie Parker's innovation, also, to collaborating with The Kansas City Art Ensemble, an ...
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Whirlwind Recordings 10 Year Anniversary Sale
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Emma Perry Publicity
Whirlwind Recordings celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. Save up to 50% off selected CDs, LPs and DLs! What started out as a simple venture for founder Michael Janisch to release his own music has blossomed into one of the premiere independent labels releasing contemporary jazz and related musics in the world today. Our catalogue consists of more than 140 albums and we’ve had the pleasure of working with over 85 international artists. We have many exciting new releases and ...
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Thailand International Jazz Conference (TIJC) 2020 Musters Most World-Class Jazz Artists In 12 Years
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Thailand International Jazz Conference
The 12th Thailand International Jazz Conference, or TIJC 2020, is just around the corner. This year’s event will be even better than before. Held under the theme of “Jazz for All”, it will feature the largest gathering of world-class jazz artists, from January 31 to February 2, 2020, at the College of Music, Mahidol University’s Salaya Campus. Among the world’s leading jazz artists to join the TIJC 2020 is Ozmosys, the foremost jazz project led by world-renowned drummer Omar Hakim ...
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Samantha Sidley Releases Stirring Solo Vocal Cover Of Childhood Favorite 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' Ahead Of February Residency At New York's The Green Room 42
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Fanatic Promotion
Los Angeles-based queer jazz vocalist Samantha Sidley will arrive in NYC for a three-night residency at The Green Room 42 supper club, just west of Broadway. To celebrate the occasion, Sidley has recorded a stirring vocal-only performance of one of her favorite childhood songs, “Somewhere Over The Rainbow," the signature song from the iconic film, “The Wizard of Oz". Scroll down to hear Sidley's cover of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and to view the video for “I Can't Listen" from ...
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How To Create or Update Your All About Jazz Musician Page
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All About Jazz
Home to over 144,000 musician pages and representing the largest database of its kind on the internet, All About Jazz is uniquely positioned to support jazz professionals worldwide. In an effort to help our musician community maximize the benefits of our growing platform, we've published a how-to guide outlining our various services. The document below explains how to establish a presence at All About Jazz by claiming & updating a musician page or creating one from scratch. A musician page ...
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