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Urb Alt Goes to College and Feeds the Hungry Through the CMJ Music Marathon

Source: 4961 Polemics
October 20, 2008

URB ALT opens Friday, 10/24 at Crash Mansion NYC in junction with the world renowned CMJ Music Marathon. CMJ or the College Music Journal has been hosting it's marathon in multiple venues in NYC for well over a decade. URB ALT is the popular showcase and festival that the Village Voice claims is a “unique" music/film series featuring alternative artists that are “exemplars of boundary crossing, synthesis and unification." Repping that flattering declaration for URB ALT @ CMJ are the ...

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Ruby Flower Records Releases 2008

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2008

Ruby Flower Records released three new CDs : “Passing The Torch" RF03CD Ruby Flower Records©2008 Herb Robertson - trumpet, cornet, soprano hunting horn, prepared trumpet, reed flute, whistles, vocals Jean-Luc Cappozzo - trumpet, flugelhorn, prepared trumpet, vocals Liner Notes : Bernard Prouteau (2007) Producers : Ana Isabel Ordonez & Herb Robertson ----

“Second Time" RF05CD Ruby Flower Records©2008 A COPRODUCTION RUBY FLOWER RECORDS & ...

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Consilience and Altruism: Of the Other Way of Thinking and Stephanie Stone

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2008

WHAT: A Bio-Musical Imaginative Theoretical Tribute written and created by Ana Isabel Ordonez

Improvisational patterns and concepts by Herb Robertson

Design created by Claude Marc Bourget

WHO: The Herb Robertson Sextet with Marty Erhlich, David Taylor, Terry McManus, Mark Helias & Jay Rosen

WHEN: Sunday November 16, 2008 at 10:00pm

WHERE: The Stone New York City, New York 10009

COST: $10

The sense of ...

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A Touch of Noir & Shades of Jazz on Noir Film-Concert Series

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2008

A Touch of Noir brings about a new music approach to classic film noir history correcting the disembodiment that existed in the original scores, making a dark and ominous dramatic effect. The improvisers will combine blues and swing and some written excerpts with the film “A Touch of Noir” simultaneously. The effect of this live performance will instantly create a score for the film and two separate media experiences or one total experience together. This film has been performed in ...

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Sheila Jordan 80th Birthday Celebration in New York

Source: Sound Visions Media
October 20, 2008

One of the remaining legends of jazz vocals, Sheila Jordan, celebrates her 80th birthday with a series of performances November 18th – 20th at Dizzy’s Coca Cola along with the Steve Kuhn Trio and String Quartet featuring Steve Kuhn, piano; David Finck, bass; Billy Drummond, drums; Mark Feldman, violin; Barry Finclair, violin; Vincent Lionti, viola; Harold Birston, cello. Set times are 9:30 and 10:30 with reservations required. Contact 212.258.9595 or visit http://www.jalc.org/. Scott Yanow (All Music Guide) says that vocalist ...

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Kiosk Slated to Release Highly-Anticipated Third Album

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2008

Bamahang Productions is set to release the highly-anticipated KIOSK's third studio album, “Bagh e Vahsh e Jahani" (Global Zoo) on November 14, 2008. The new album features ten tracks varying in music style from Gypsy Jazz to Waltz and from Argentinean Tango to Blues. Although the music of the album is a big departure from the Underground Blues/Rock sound of the previous two KIOSK albums, the lyrics of Arash Sobhani (lead vocalist, songwriter and guitarist) continues the social commentary on ...

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New Funk/Rock Band 'A Warrior Nation' Teams With 'Fishbone'

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2008

On Thursday, October 23, 2008, iconic funk/rock/punk band, Fishbone, comes home to Southern California, headlining a concert at Air Conditioned Supper Club, in Venice. This performance precedes their nationwide tour, which stretches well into December. On October 23rd, Fishbone will be joined by opening bands, one of which is A Warrior Nation, a brand-new, Los-Angeles based funk/soul/rock venture whose musical fusion is often likened to that of some of their Southern California forerunners, like Fishbone. It was 1979. In the ...

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Future of New Zealand Jazz in Good Hands

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2008

A line-up of talented young musicians from around New Zealand gave their all in the finals of the AJ Hackett Bungy JumpStart competition, part of the ASB JazzFest Queenstown, at Rydges Queenstown last night (Sunday October 19). Three bands, four solo vocalists and six solo instrumentalists played to an appreciative audience and three judges for the finals, after being selected from dozens of entries from around the country. Taking the risk of playing one of his own original piano compositions, ...

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