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Saxophonist/Composer Dave Anderson To Release New CD By His World-Jazz Band Melting Pot on September 14
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Melting Pot, the new CD by saxophonist Dave Anderson’s like-named world-jazz ensemble, provides a joyous musical antidote to the wave of xenophobia washing over the West today. Formed in 2017, the multicultural band reflects the vitality and diversity of New York City’s international creative music community. Melting Pot will be released on September 14 by LABEL 1 Records. “American culture has started to resist something that’s always been one of its strengths: bringing in people and their influences, seeing what ...
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Award-Winning Saxophonist Tony Kofi And The Organisation Release "Point Blank" On The Last Music Company Label on August 31
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The Last Music Company
“I don’t think I set out to create a retro concept, but it’s mostly what I hear in my head. Because I grew up in the 1970s, the music of that era which I love is deeply rooted within my musical ear,” says saxophonist Tony Kofi of this latest collection, which features the classic organ sound of The Organisation throughout. The quartet on these recordings first emerged in 2010 when Kofi, fresh from recording with Ornette Coleman in New York, ...
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Miggy Augmented Orchestra Entitled Colorful And Performing At Birdland On September 30!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
"A hidden treasure of New York." —Slide Hampton THE NEW TOSHIKO! Miggy Augmented Orchestra Colorful on artistShare! Migiwa “Miggy" Miyajima: Composer, Pianist, Producer Release Date: September 6, 2018 CD Release Performance: September 30th at Birdland! A story of inspiration. Fearless pursuit of passion. Watch the Video The key to living a rich and meaningful life is continuous learning and fearless and pursuit of one's passion. Migiwa “Miggy" Miyajima stepped down as editor in chief of a ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 Tracks: July 2018
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the 30 tracks featured in July, these ten represent our personal favorites. We also included the top ten reader favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! TOP TRACKS Stasis Monty Q Pollard From: All In My Head 04:19 A Walk Thru The Colorful Forest ...
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Come and Join the Fun at San Francisco's Rum&Sugar Bar's Free Jazz Nights
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Olga Zhuravskaya
San Francisco's Rum&Sugar Bar seeks to spread the word around the neighborhood about its free jazz nights. Rum&Sugar opened in December 2016, but 823 Geary has been a bar for over 70 years. It went through different hands and different stages from historical if slightly shady Castle Club bar, to a beautiful hidden pearl of Tenderloin, and a craft cocktail lounge with a full bar and a particular focus on rum and crafted cocktails. However, owners Sergey Yushin and Olga ...
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Brazilian Pianist / Composer Abelita Mateus Releases "Mixed Feelings" on August 1st
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
From São Paulo to New York City.... Everybody Loves Samba! Featuring Guitarist Romero Lubambo, Bassist Peter Slavov and more! “A mixture of excitement, sadness, 'saudades', happiness, failure, regret, luck- all of the things I was feeling at the time are in my music. I lived in Brazil for the first 30 years of my life. When I decided to move to another country, I had mixed feelings about the new challenges I was about to face. For my ...
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Ottawa JazzWorks Jazz Camp And Composers Symposium, August 13-19, 2018. Register now!
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Judith Humenick
JazzWorks is a jazz camp for adults and talented youth. There’s still time to register! Call us now at 613-523-0316 to find out more. Join us as we celebrate 25 years in jazz education! The JazzWorks Jazz Camp is a great way for singers and instrumentalists to learn jazz theory and technique from innovative Canadian jazz musicians and international guests, in a relaxed and supportive environment. It's an intensive, adult-focused learning experience where participants of all levels can ...
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Drummer Warren Benbow's New Book, "A Drummers Story" Now Available
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Warren Benbow
Like many drummers I started out early, and by the time I was sixteen and a half I began playing my first professional gigs. It seemed to me that I was born a drummer. Here is a little about me: I've been fortunate to have performed and or recorded with artists like: Whitney Houston, Nina Simone, LL Cool J, Betty Carter, Michal Urbaniak with Ursula Dudziak, Teruo Nakamura and Super Friends, Mary J. Blige, Nancy Wilson, Brian McKnight, James “Blood” ...
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