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Jonathan Russell Receives Embassy Award for Music Diplomacy
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All About Jazz
Twelve-year-old jazz violinist Jonathan Russell, currently on tour in Hungary with the Bohem Ragtime Jazz Band, has received a special award from the U.S. Embassy for his role as a cultural ambassador. In its official press release, the Embassy notes, “Regardless of language barriers, jazz is one art form that speaks to both Hungarians and Americans, drawing them together in music appreciation and performance, and strengthening the bonds of friendship between our two countries." Jonathan began his seven city tour ...
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Seoul Jazz Festival Starts in May
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All About Jazz
This year's Seoul Jazz Festival promises to be an exciting event in May, with a stellar line-up of top foreign and local jazz artists. American trumpet player Chris Botti, British band Incognito, French bossa nova group Nouvelle Vague, as well as Korean jazz group Prelude and Korean singers Lee Hyun-woo, Woongsan and Lena Park are among the performers. The four-day event will be held at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Gwanghwamun from May 21 to 24. On May ...
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During April, It's All That Jazz, All Month Long
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All About Jazz
It's a sorry world when war affects so many of our concerns, even on the home front, oceans away from conflict. But there are war stories to tell, even as part of Jazz Appreciation Month. Inspired by Ken Burns' recent PBS documentary series “The War," war-related music should highlight a month-long series of events being held at various locations in April. World War II was a time when popular music carried sentiments that bolstered the war effort. Although President Bush's ...
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Weigel Hall to Host OSU Jazz Festival
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All About Jazz
The past, present and future of jazz will come together in Weigel Auditorium today. The 31st Annual OSU Jazz Festival begins today and will continue through Sunday. As it has in previous years, the festival will highlight the talent of Ohio State student musicians, as well as high school students from across Ohio and professional local performers. The format of the festival has not really changed, said jazz ensemble director Ted McDaniel. The only real difference from last year is ...
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Jazz Star, Nancy Wilson, Suffers Collapsed Lung
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All About Jazz
US jazz singer Nancy Wilson is being treated for a collapsed lung, a spokeswoman for the star has said. Her lung was being reinflated at Hi-Desert Medical Centre in California, where she was in good spirits, the musician's publicist added. She said the cause of Wilson's collapsed lung was not known, but that the 71-year-old suffered from respiratory problems. Last year, Wilson won the best jazz vocal album Grammy for Turned to Blue. Wilson, who has been singing professionally for ...
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Claudio Roditi's "Impressions" Due out April 22 on Sunnyside Records
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All About Jazz
When a musician comes home, he is often rejuvenated by the sights and, more importantly, by the sounds which gave birth to his musicianship. But he also returns with new musical conceptions and insights. Such is the case with the exceptional Brazilian-born trumpeter Claudio Roditi on his Sunnyside debut, Impressions, an ingenious hemispheric blending of John Coltrane's music with the samba and bossa nova, recorded in Roditi's hometown, Rio de Janeiro in 2006. Roditi, an exuberant and inventive trumpeter, blessed ...
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JD Allen's Sunnyside Records Debut "I Am I Am" Due Out April 22
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All About Jazz
"A tenor saxophonist with an enigmatic, elegant and hard-driving style" —The New York Times In the mid eighties, the mighty Joe Henderson released two live albums entitled The State of the Tenor (Vols. 1 and 2) . Two decades later, the profound and powerful Detroit-born, New York-based tenor saxophonist/bandleader JD Allen, undoubtedly the most accomplished and ubiquitous saxophonist on the scene—as evidenced by his own projects and his work with everyone from Betty Carter and Meshell Ndegeocello, to classical violinist ...
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Guitarist Lawson Rollins Set to Release an Expansive Multicultural Solo Debut Album May 20th
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Infinita is a richly decorated tapestry of jazz and World Music featuring renowned musicians; title track will be serviced to multiple radio formats Exquisite Spanish guitar melodies and ethnically diverse grooves dance and romance on Lawson Rollins' alluring solo debut album, Infinita, which will be released May 20th on the artist's Infinita Records label that is distributed by Baja/TSR Records. Rollins composed the eleven songs that comprise the inspired jazz-World Music disc that he produced with Shahin Shahida (of the ...
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