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Education

National Endowment for the Arts Announces NEA Jazz Masters Live

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2008

Washington, DC - Building on the National Endowment for the Arts's (NEA) highly successful NEA Jazz Masters on Tour initiative, the NEA announces NEA Jazz Masters Live, a series of multiple event, extended engagements in selected communities, featuring NEA Jazz Masters. Managed by Arts Midwest, the NEA Jazz Masters Live initiative will bring more than 25 NEA Jazz Masters to 12 venues across nine states, including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, and the American Jazz ...

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Recording

Forthcoming Releases from Philip Catherine and Sylvain Luc's Trio Sud on Dreyfus Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2008

New York, NY - Dreyfus Records is proud to present new recordings by two of Europe's finest modern jazz guitarists, Philip Catherine (Guitars Two) and Sylvain Luc's Trio Sud (Young and Fine). Though they hail from two different generations, Catherine and Luc share a highly developed versatility, as well as roots in the Gypsy jazz tradition of Django Reinhardt. They both aspire to a boundlessly searching, forward-thinking spirit in music, representing the highest ideals of jazz artistry. In their own ...

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Festival

Monterey Jazz Festival Announces 4th Annual Next Generation Festival Results

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2008

April 10, 2008; Monterey, CA - The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce the results of the 4th Annual Next Generation Festival, incorporating MJF's 38th Annual National High School Jazz Competition. In the High School Big Band category, top honors went to Buchanan High School “A" (Clovis, CA), directed by Paul Lucckesi. The runner-up was Rio Americano High School (Sacramento, CA), directed by Josh Murray. Third place went to the Las Vegas Academy (Las Vegas, NV), directed by Patrick ...

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Radio

Boppin' George Benson Style This Weekend on Freedom Jazz Dance

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2008

DIG THE STRING-BENDING BRILLIANCE OF GEORGE BENSON THIS WEEKEND ON FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE. 5 - 7 PM Sunday WDCE 90.1 FM Listen via streamcast at www.wdce.org 804-289-UR90 Studio Tune in to Freedom Jazz Dance--modern jazz from bebop to freebop and beyond--this Sunday on 90.1 FM WDCE wdce.org, live from the beautiful campus of the University of Richmond. This week, I'll be featuring the string-bending brilliance of Pittsburgh's own George Benson, whose later ...

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Recording

Kelli O'Hara Earns Raves; Solo CD out 5/6

Source: Seth Cohen PR
April 10, 2008

Kelli O'Hara Earns Rave Reviews for Starring Role in Broadway Revival of 'South Pacific'; Solo Debut CD of Pop/Contemporary Music Set for May 6th Release Joe's Pub Concert on May 5th; Barnes and Noble In-Store Set for May 12th Singer Kelli O'Hara has earned rave reviews for her portrayal of Nellie Forbush in Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway revival of 'South Pacific'. USA TODAY described O'Hara as “increasingly wondrous," and The New York Times praised her performance as “a superbly shaded ...

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Performance / Tour

The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet, Northeast/Midwest Tour, April 16-25, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2008

THE TIPTONS are a sax quartet with drums, based in New York and Seattle. The group features Jessica Lurie and Amy Denio, original members and lead composers of the internationally renowned Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet (BTMSQ), along with Sue Orfield, Tina Richerson and special guest drummer Chris Stromquist. The TIPTONS are an active internationally touring ensemble. They will be performing new works from their upcoming release The Laws of Motion (Zipa!/Spoot Music) and will be touring Europe in May ...

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Music Industry

Florida Jazz Society Continues eBay Search for a Hero

Source: Phred, Inc.
April 10, 2008

Refusing to let the music die, the North East Florida Jazz Association (NEFJA) continues its search for a hero to sponsor the Legacy Jazz Festival '08. The Title Sponsorship for their 3rd annual jazz fest is up for auction on eBay again despite the fact that no celebrity or corporate heroes seized the opportunity to save the economically threatened jazz festival. “We were in communication with cultural icons, political candidates, corporate CEO's and well-known philanthropists, but no one stepped up ...

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Festival

Tickets for Vision Festival XIII on Sale Today

Source: Improvised Communications
April 10, 2008

NEW YORK, NY -- Tickets for the 13th annual Vision Festival, coming June 10th through June 15th to Manhattan's Clemente Solo Velez Cultural Center, are now available online and by phone at 1- 800-838-3006. Tickets are $30/night in advance, $35/night at the door and $20 for students and seniors with ID. A festival pass is available for $150. Admission to the festival's two panel discussions on the role of art in the healing of New Orleans and building community in ...

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