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mDecks Music Launches Groundbreaking Jazz Standards Book Series Featuring Over 1,500 Fully Analyzed Tunes
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Ariel Ramos
mDecks Music, a leader in innovative music education resources, has released a groundbreaking new book series dedicated to mastering jazz standards. This comprehensive collection provides musicians with essential tools to enhance their improvisation, harmonic understanding, and melodic development—featuring over 1,500 jazz standards fully analyzed. The series, now available at mDecks.com, includes: The Jazz Standards Progressions Book Explore the harmonic structure of jazz standards with fully analyzed chord progressions, chord-scales & arrows & brackets analysis.
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Zildjians, Atlantic Records And Jazz: The Legacy Of Istanbul In America Features Jazz Orchestra And A Mehter Band On Thursday, February 27 In Boston
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
The Jazz Studies department and the Intercultural Institute at NEC present a full-day event on Thursday, February 27 which includes a workshop, presentations, and a panel discussion followed by a concert featuring the NEC Jazz Orchestra and a mehter band (so-called “Ottoman Janissary Band”). The 7:30 p.m. concert at Jordan Hall also features the world premiere of Echoes from a Forgotten Past by NEC faculty member Mehmet Ali Sanlikol. Guest performers include saxophonist Sam Newsome and drummer and faculty member ...
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'Flugelhorn & Strings - Jazz Meets Classic' By Gerhard Daum Now Available
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Gerhard Daum
Gerhard Daum's new instrumental album Flugelhorn & Strings will be released on February 7, 2025 on streaming platforms. The award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Gerhard Daum impressively combines jazzy flugelhorn sounds with classical string arrangements, creating a unique atmospheric sound world. A sound that touches The flugelhorn, known for its warm, velvety sound, is at the center of the album. It not only takes the melodic lead, but also inspires with its improvisational passages, which merge with contrapuntal string orchestrations. The ...
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Composer/Pianist Gregory Golub Reveals 'idiom For Harmonica And Piano' – A Subtle Yet Captivating Dialogue
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Gregory Golub
Gregory Golub’s latest composition, “Idiom for Harmonica and Piano," offers a fresh reimagining the jazz concept of harmonic exploration. While the pairing of harmonica and piano is not entirely uncommon in jazz, author’s treatment of the two instruments brings new depth to their interaction. The piece evolves with a deliberate sense of purpose. The harmonica, with its naturally vocal and emotive tone, leads much of the melodic narrative, while the piano provides both rhythmic drive and harmonic richness. Rather than ...
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New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies And Contemporary Musical Arts Departments Announce Spring Season
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies and Contemporary Musical Arts Departments announce the Spring 2025 performance season featuring a powerful and wide-ranging series of concerts and events. Highlights include multi-Grammy Award winner Maria Schneider conducting the NEC Jazz Orchestra in a concert of her music; a world premiere by Mehmet Ali Sanlikol with the NEC Jazz Orchestra and a mehter band; CMA students in performances of music by visionaries including guest artist/composer Marc Ribot; acclaimed pianist Jason Moran in a residency ...
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Alex Coke-Carl Michel Sextet Release 'Situation' on Play On Records
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All About Jazz
The Alex Coke-Carl Michel Sextet features Coke (woodwinds) and Michel (guitar) with Elaine Barber (concert harp), Bob Hoffnar (pedal steel guitar), James Suter (acoustic bass) and Carolyn Trowbridge (vibraphone). This distinctive six piece composer’s forum from Austin, Texas, breaks down barriers of musical genres, fearlessly exploring the possibilities involved in combining musicians from diverse musical backgrounds. The music is consistently cinematic and offers listeners a warm, modern, propulsive sound expressed through colorful timbres and solid musicianship. For their third recording, ...
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Smoke Jazz Club Announces March Line-up Including Terri Lyn Carrington's Tribute To Max Roach, Fred Hersch Solo Piano, Charles McPherson, Jeremy Pelt And More
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AMT Public Relations
Hailed as the “#1 Jazz Club in New York City (SecretNYC),” SMOKE Jazz Club presents legendary artists and today’s leading female musicians in March. The month kickstarts with the NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington paying tribute to Max Roach’s Centennial with the debut of her “We Insist! 2025” ensemble complete with live dancing on the SMOKE stage (Mar 5-9). Making his highly anticipated SMOKE debut is pianist Fred Hersch performing three nights solo (Mar 12, 13 + 16) and ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: January 2025
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the songs featured in January, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! Top Songs Homecoming Daniel Meron From: Pendulum 5:35 Oska T Caleb Wheeler Curtis From: The ...
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