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Basie Summer Jazz Fest 2018 Set For June 2-3 In Red Bank, NJ
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All About Jazz
The historic Count Basie Theatre, the state’s top-selling performing arts theater and the namesake of jazz great William J. “Count” Basie, has announced its second-ever Basie Summer Jazz Fest, starring Michael Franks, Lee Ritenour + Dave Grusin, Bob James Trio and Lizz Wright on Saturday, June 2, plus Snarky Puppy, Esperanza Spalding and Moonchild on Sunday, June 3. Tickets for these performances, starting at $40, are on sale now through theBASIE.org, phone charge at 732.842.9000 and the Basie box office, ...
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Boss Tenors Series A Regular Feature At New York’s Zinc Jazz Club
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Decibel
This spring and summer, In Touch Entertainment’s Boss Tenors series will feature world-class saxophone players in a legendary New York jazz venue, Zinc. Boss Tenors is part of In Touch’s music series which also includes Vocal Mania and Dangerous Rhythms launched earlier this spring. The latter program focuses on Latin jazz and is curated by bestselling author and jazz aficionado, T.J. English. Boss Tenors May programs will feature the Eric Alexander Quartet on the 9th, followed by Jerry Bergonzi Quartet ...
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Guitarist/Producer Mark Haskins Releases "African Heartbeat" On MIH Music
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Mark Haskins
Passion is something that some would argue is ingrained in us from those around us. That could very well be the truth when speaking about Mark Haskins and music. Encouraged by his late father who was a violinist, he was inspired by the sounds of Wes Montgomery and Miles Davis. At the tender age of seven; he became a pint-sized piano man. Mark, who after graduating as an electronics engineer, went on to further his music studies (jazz), at the ...
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Escape To The Alluring Sounds Of Vintage Exotica On "Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights" On May 25
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conqueroo
In the late ’50s to the mid-’60s, somewhere between Elvis’ last Ed Sullivan Show appearance and the Beatles’ U.S. invasion, a strange musical movement surfaced in America seemingly from some fantasy island in the South Pacific. Known as Exotica, the music blended together wildly disparate musical styles—easy listening and lounge; jazz and surf—to concoct a fizzy colorful sound that felt both marvelously mysterious and delightfully fun. While originally a rather short-lived phenomenon, Exotica (and its stars, such as Martin Denny, ...
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2018 Ballard Jazz Festival in Seattle
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All About Jazz
The Ballard Jazz Festival returns with its 16th edition, May 16-19, in Seattle's historic Ballard neighborhood. Clarence Penn & Penn Station, a New York ensemble that includes pianist Geoffrey Keezer, saxophonist Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, and bassist Yasushi Nakamura, will headline the festival's Mainstage Concert. Swedish trumpeter Oskar Stenmark will open the concert, which in turn celebrates the Grand Opening of the brand new Nordic Museum Auditorium. Penn Station explores the eclectic world of the compositions of the great Thelonious Monk, with ...
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Vivi Hu Becomes New Creation On New EP
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All About Jazz
Don’t tell singer, songwriter, and bandleader Vivi Hu that fairy tales never come true. Once upon a time, a young girl was born in Xiamen, China, where she grew up studying traditional Chinese music, along with vocals and flute. After her first exposure to jazz at a festival in Shanghai, she ambitiously determined to infuse jazz into traditional Chinese music. This determination led her to study in New York City, where she earned a master’s in music with a focus ...
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The Music Of Nina, Miriam & Great Ladies Of Piano Featuring Robbi Kumalo at Rockwood Music Hall on May 20
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Robbi Hall Kumalo
Jazz has not one Great Lady, but a few including impassioned performance artist Robbi Hall Kumalo who pays homage to many of them in “Ladies of Piano: My Great African-American Songbook.” Kumalo includes Miriam Makeba with her clicking tongue & breathy syncopations, rocked our world with ancient rhythms & stories of South Africa. Kumalo connects to the spirit of Nina Simone who lit the world on fire with a vibrato that stirred souls and moved mountains. Experience the African-American Songbook's ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 Tracks: April 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 April, 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! EDITOR'S PICKS IMA IMA (feat. Tom Harrell) Meg Okura From: IMA IMA (feat. Tom Harrell) 06:10 Mysterious Maze ...
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