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Trumpeter/Composer/Arranger/Big Band Leader Bill Warfield Pays Tribute To His Late Mentor, Colleague, & Friend, Trumpeter Lew Soloff," On "For Lew," Due Out March 9
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Bill Warfield’s career as a trumpeter was launched the moment he heard Lew Soloff’s immortal solo on the Blood, Sweat & Tears hit “Spinning Wheel.” “It just completely knocked me out,” says Warfield, who was 18 at the time and gigging as a pianist, having given up hope of earning a living as a horn player due to dental problems. “I’d never heard anything like it. I decided at that point that I wanted to play the trumpet again.” Eventually, ...
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Miles Davis is not Mozart: The brains of jazz and classical pianists work differently
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All About Jazz
This article first appeared on The Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences website. A musician’s brain is different to that of a non-musician. Making music requires a complex interplay of various abilities which are also reflected in more strongly developed brain structures. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig have recently discovered that these capabilities are embedded in a much more finely-tuned way than previously assumed—and even differ ...
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All About Jazz & Jazz Near You Promotional Solutions for 2018
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All About Jazz
2017 was a productive year for both All About Jazz and Jazz Near You as we explored new technologies, established partnerships with industry leaders, and significantly improved what has become the most sophisticated publishing platform in jazz. Website traffic and outbound clicks continued their upward trend as we enhanced our suite of promotional services to more effectively reach the largest collection of jazz enthusiasts and jazz professionals online. Whether it's a run-of-site or a geo-targeted advertisement, All About Jazz and ...
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All About Jazz Relaunches with Splashy New Design
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All About Jazz
With the recent relaunch of Jazz Near You, we turned our attention to All About Jazz, transforming hundreds of pages to a modern design with larger photos and improved typography. In addition to a spacious new look and brand new pages, the website is easier to navigate and administer, and boasts new features including the placement of a local events calendar (powered by Jazz Near You) on the All About Jazz home page. We encourage you to explore the new ...
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Tony Adamo Singer/Spoken Word Artist Signs With Ropeadope Records
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Louis Marks CEO at Ropeadope Records signs singer/songwriter/spoken word artist Tony Adamo. Tony Adamo's music producer Mike Clark has also been signed to Ropeadope Records. Mike Clark is of Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters fame. Tony Adamo's first CD release on Ropeadope will be on October 19th, 2018. Jazz and the spoken word have always had a symbiotic relationship. Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti pioneered the beat poet landscape of the ‘50s and ‘60s. But what of modern ...
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Jump City Music Announces the New Album "Toot Suite" from Trumpeter Bob Wagner
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All About Jazz
Jump City Music is thrilled to announce the release of the debut solo album from trumpeter Bob Wagner. Toot Suite will be available from bwtpt.com in January as well as on all major musical distribution platforms (iTunes, Amazon, etc) shortly thereafter. Toot Suite, written by composer/pianist Claude Bolling, combines creative improvisations, jazzy syncopations and beautiful melodies into six separate, but musically related movements. Originally recorded in 1980 by Bolling and virtuoso trumpeter Maurice André, Toot Suite's opening lines will be ...
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Scholar And Drum Legend Bill Bruford Authors New Book, "Uncharted: Creativity And The Expert Drummer"
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Scholar and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Bill Bruford, best known for his work with Yes, King Crimson, Genesis and his prolific solo career, has authored a new book, to be Published by the University of Michigan Press on January 28th. Pre-orders are now being taken. What’s it about? The book is an exploration of the creativity involved in the way drummers make things work, make things matter, and make sense of both. It draws on interviews with ...
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Mark Cherrie Quartet: Joining The Dots
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Dynamic Agency
‘"A great musician in his own right and a great steel pannist." –Jazz FM From the artist himself: “My earliest memories of the steel pan were watching my father playing with the Russ Henderson Trio. Russ and my father (Ralph Cherrie) had arrived in the UK from Trinidad in the mid 1950's and quickly found that they could make a good living playing the steel pan over here. They were both accomplished musicians; Russ was a well knownpiano player in ...
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