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Legendary Singer Martha Wash Releases New Album 'Love & Conflict.' Available Now!
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Purple Rose Records
The highly anticipated album Love & Conflict by Martha Wash is out now worldwide on Purple Rose Records. This exciting and unusual production, recorded in Canada, marks the singer’s first foray into a fascinating hybrid of blues-rock and R&B/jazz. Martha Wash tends to be the voice everyone recognizes. She is the powerful vocalist behind such classic dance hits as “It’s Raining Men,” “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” and “Carry On.” With the January 6, 2020, release of her ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 Tracks: December 2019
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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 December, 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! EDITOR'S PICKS Blues In The Pulpit Dave Pope From: You And The Night And The Music 06:08 Revolution ...
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2019 Grammy Nominee Elio Villafranca & The Jass Synopators Featuring Jeremy Pelt On February 16 - Essex Junction, Vermont And February 18-20 - Dizzy's Club
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
2019 Grammy Nominee Elio Villafranca & the Jass Synopators featuring Jeremy Pelt February 16: Essex Junction, Vermont February 18-20: Dizzy's Club NYC Elio Villafranca & The Jass Syncopatorsc presents Life Stories cRare Vermont Appearance The Double E: T Rex Theater 21 Essex Way Essex Junction, VT 05425 Featuring: Jeremy Pelt: trumpet Roxy Coss: tenor sax/soprano sax/flute James Burton: trombone Hamish Smith: acoustic bass Dion ...
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Letizia Gambi With Special Guests: Lenny White, Fahir Atakoglu, Dave Stryker & More At Blues Alley On January 29th
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Letizia Gambi with Special Guests: Lenny White, Fahir Atakoglu, Dave Stryker, Jisoo Ok and Ollie Bomann! Blues Alley January 29, 2020 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM One Night Only! Blues Alley 1073 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. Letizia Gambi's music is a combination of her Italian-Neapolitan roots with the heritage of Black American Jazz. It is a “cultural fusion", her January 29, 2020 performance at Blues Alley will feature a ...
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Sephardic Treasures Jazz / Flamenco At Jamey's House of Music (Landsdowne, PA) on January 11
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Alan Lewine
Live at Jamey's House of Music in Landsdowne, just outside Philadelphia on January 11, 2020, Soprano Meets Bass will preview their soon-to-be-released album Sephardic Treasures for all to enjoy. Soprano Meets Bass, led by Alan Lewine and Ana María Ruimonte, presents these medieval tunes set in a modern jazz/flamenco world music fusion style with middle eastern influences. Secular songs dealing with the lives of refugees and extolling powerful women. You've never heard anything like this before! Soprano Meets Bass, with ...
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Scott Yanow Reviews Tony Adamo's Latest Single 'Did Mark Murphy Believe in UFOs?'
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Tony Adamo
Tony Adamo “Did Mark Murphy Believe in UFOS?" Ropeadope The hippest of the spoken word artists and a fine singer too, Tony Adamo has long championed jazz. His recordings, which feature him improvising lyrics over a funky jazz rhythm section, have included tributes to such greats as Joe Henderson, Eddie Gale, Sun Ra, Eddie Harris, Mike Clark, and Art Blakey plus B.B. King and James Brown. Following on the success of his Ropeadope debut Was Out ...
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7 Virtual Jazz Club Announces The Beginning Of The Live Round That Will Take Place In The 7 Virtual Rooms
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Valerio Pappi
7 Virtual Jazz Club is proud to announce that the pre-selections of the fourth edition of the contest are over. We received high quality video-performances from all around the globe. Jazz musicians of every age, students and professionals, were judged by our panel of international jazz experts who evaluated their performances. Until January 24th jazz lovers worldwide can vote for their favorites, by liking them on YouTube Channel. The most voted musician will win the Web Community Prize (500 Euros ...
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Robert Fripp’s Introduction To The Guitar Circle Four-Day-Long Event For Guitar Players And Music-Lovers To Be Held In Saratoga Springs, NY - October 22nd - 26th, 2020
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GUITAR CIRCLE October 22-26th. 2020 If music is to enter our world, the role of the audience is as necessary as the role of the musician. So, for the first time in the life of Guitar Craft and the Guitar Circle, we are inviting audients to this Intro, to learn the techniques and approaches available to Crafty Guitarists. Music has its own intelligence, but can music change the world? If so, how? How does ...
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