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Event

Marco Benevento, DJ Logic & Mocean Worker at the JVC Jazz Festival

Source: Calabro Music
June 18, 2008

JVC Jazz Festival Presents Turntables & Samples Meet Jazz Featuring Marco Benevento, DJ Logic & Mocean Worker on Tuesday, June 24 @ Le Poisson Rouge MARCO BENEVENTO “Benevento is actually a pop formalist, albeit a sneaky one, and, for all his improvisational chops, a textural minimalist very much in the tradition of Brian Eno or Sigur Ros. Chaos and chance are the calling cards, but his songs are always accessible." -- Village Voice Marco Benevento has been blowing minds around ...

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Performance / Tour

A Mature Salsa from Victor Manuelle

Source: Michael Ricci
June 18, 2008

A Mature Kind of Salsa, More Tender Than Tough If Victor Manuelle wanted to get half the crowd at Central Park SummerStage whooping on Sunday afternoon, he need only have performed the tiniest of gyrations with his hips. If he wanted both halves to make a ruckus, he need only have waved a Puerto Rican flag. For weeks before, the show had been plugged on the New York Latin radio station La Kalle 105.9 -- “Completamente gratis!" the commercials screamed. ...

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Award / Grant

Venissa Santi: UArts Music Alumna Awarded Pew Fellowships in the Arts

Source: University of the Arts, Media Relations
June 18, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - Venissa Santi, a 2001 UArts vocal studies graduate of The University of the Arts, has been selected to receive a prestigious Pew Fellowship in the Arts and its $60,000 prize, according to Pew officials. “It is a highly competitive process and each year I am awed by the dedication and commitment demonstrated by Philadelphia-area artists," Pew Fellowships in the Arts Director Melissa Franklin said of the program that is now in its 17th year and has awarded 220 ...

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TV / Film

SounDoctrine's Jere B Makes Film Acting Debut World Premiere at Cleveland's Tower City

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2008

Ohio based Alternative Jazz Funk Band SOUNDOCTRINE's Producer and Drummer Jere B, has made his acting debut in the movie Greater Threat, written and directed by filmmaker Ray O'Neil. The World Premiere will take place Sunday, June 29th at 2:00pm at Tower City in Cleveland, Ohio 230 Huron Road #7256, Cleveland, OH 44113. Cast & Crew Red Carpet arrival begins at 12:30pm. A VIP Reception will follow at the Tower 230 Bar & Grille, featuring live music by SounDoctrine. “It's ...

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Festival

2008 Caramoor Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2008

CARAMOOR INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES THREE DAYS OF JAZZ Performers to include Ahmad Jamal Trio Mulgrew Miller's Wingspan, Jimmy Heath Big Band Michel Camilo Trio with Charles Flores and Dafnis Prieto Pianist Aaron Diehl, and Wynton Maralis PLUS Cuban Piano Summit: Elio Villafranca and Chuchito Valdes August 1, 2, and 3 Katonah, New York - The 2008 Caramoor International Music Festival, hailed by The New York Times as “...the loveliest Festival of ...

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Recording

Celebrate July 4th with Daniel Lowery's "I'm An American"

Source: Special Ops Media
June 18, 2008

Celebrate July 4th this year with “I'm An American" from Las Vegas singer Daniel Lowery's new anthem for the American troops! Full of patriotism, pride, and passion, this emotional and touching tribute salutes American troops and urges Americans everywhere to be thankful for the freedoms our country grants us. Daniel Lowery Music channel on YouTube Patriotism in song usually emanates from country & western singers. Patriotism, pride and passion are felt, but seldom verbalized, by African-Americans. “I'm An American," an ...

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Festival

Jazz Stars Jane Monheit, Ted Rosenthal and others at Usdan Center Festival Concerts

Source: Reva Cooper
June 18, 2008

Singer Jane Monheit, acclaimed young Polish pianist Mateusz Kolakowski, tap dance team DeWitt Fleming and Jared Grimes and pianist/composer Ted Rosenthal are among the jazz stars appearing at Usdan Center For the Creative and Performing Arts' Festival Concerts, private 30-minute educational performances, just for Usdan students, at its on-site 1,000-seat McKinley Ampitheater, beginning Monday June 30. Jane Monheit, one of today's most eminent jazz vocalists, performs this summer at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival; Mateusz Kolakowski is a frequent guest artist ...

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Performance / Tour

Return to Forever at Mann Center of Performing Arts

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2008

Return to Forever at Philadelphia's Mann Center for the Performing Arts on August 5th Jazz legends Return to Forever just began their reunion world tour, but the frenzy is already in full swing. The group, back together for the first time in 25 years, have seen their tour become the jazz event of the year, with rave reviews poppng up wherever they go. Here's what we've been reading: “Spontaneous jams and thrilling call-and-response solos... At its best, it was like ...

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