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7 Virtual Jazz Club Announces The Beginning Of The Live Round That Will Take Place In The 7 Virtual Rooms
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Valerio Pappi
The competition takes place on the 7 Virtual Jazz Club website. The competition among the best musicians who passed the pre-selection process has started and jazz lovers worldwide can vote for their favorites, by liking them on YouTube Channel. Your evaluation will help an international public discover new jazz talents and help them advance to the finals where they can compete for the Web Community Prize (1000 Euros). Voting deadline: February 28, 2018 CAST YOUR VOTE 7 Virtual Jazz Club ...
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Virtuoso Flutist Lori Bell Celebrates 10th Studio Album CD Release Concert On February 25, 2018 at A Frame Jazz
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Lori Bell
blue(s) includes three originals plus renditions of classics by Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Oliver Nelson, Joni Mitchell and Miles Davis. Nine-track opus features vocalizations and accompaniment from guitarist Ron Satterfield. Record release show June 25 at Museum of Making Music (MoMM) in Carlsbad, CA. On February 25th 2018 virtuoso flutist, composer/arranger, and educator, Lori Bell will perform a CD release concert of blue(s), a 9-track opus including straight ahead blues and songs with ‘blue’ in the titles highlighting its rich ...
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Pianist/Vocalist - Loston Harris - From The Bejing Blue Note To Bemelmans!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Loston Harris Trio: Upcoming Performances 2018 February 2-3: Blue Note (Bejing, China) February 14: Black Rock Center (Maryland) February 16: San Jose Jazz (California) February 17-18: SFJAZZ (California) March 14: Broward Center for the Performing Arts (Florida) April 17- June 30: Bemelmans Bar at The Carlyle (NYC) “The innate and dazzling talent of Loston is a beacon of quality in a cacophonous world. He is contemporary, stylish, joyful, playful, powerful, ...
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Chicago Vocalist And Trumpeter Andrew Distel Releases "It Only Takes Time," January 20, 2018 On Jerujazz Records
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Mouthpiece Music
There’s something of a tradition of trumpet players who are also singers. Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Till Brönner and Jack Sheldon are certainly among the best known of the lot, but there are quite a few others, including Andrew Distel, a mainstay on the Chicago jazz scene. The multi-talented singer, trumpet player, composer, and arranger releases his second CD, It Only Takes Time. Although Distel plays trumpet on several tunes, the CD is a showcase for his modern vocal stylings. ...
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Jazz Near You Relaunches - Spectacular New Design with More Features
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Michael Ricci
On the heels of Wednesday's Jazz House Concerts website launch (at houseconcerts.jazznearyou.com) comes the relaunching of Jazz Near You with a sparkling new design and several new features. In addition to a spacious new look and brand new pages, the website is easier to navigate and administer, and boasts new features that enhance event pages and help users finds events they value most. We encourage you to visit our new website and if you are not already using Jazz Near ...
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New Book Assembles International Collection Of The Avant-Garde
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All About Jazz
BADD PRESS announces the launch of The Moderns, a book dedicated to the world’s great avant-garde artists. Featuring more than 100 reviews, profiles and interviews and authored by music journalist Kevin Press, the book introduces readers to established and emerging music leaders from around the world. “This is a golden era for the avant-garde,” says Press. “But it’s a difficult thing to navigate. As music has become increasingly easy to access, the best–truly innovative–work has become more difficult than ever ...
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All About Jazz and Gupshup Launch Bix... the Jazz Bot
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All About Jazz
A jazz bot you say? Isn't that an oxymoron? Please explain. We will. All About Jazz and Gupshup—the leading bot developer—have created a nimble bot that doubles as All About Jazz's friendly concierge to help you find jazz content you value most. It also learns from your interactions with it and refines its recommendations until you are simpatico with “Bix." Yes, “Bix the bot" is highly intelligent, adapts to your needs, and maintains a 24-7 work schedule to provide prompt ...
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Photographer Jimmy Katz Announces Giant Step Arts, Artist-focused Non-profit Supporting Modern Jazz Innovators
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
“[Katz] has developed an exceptional body of work in the jazz field, covering the elder statesmen, the icons, the mainstream and the young lions. In the process, he has developed his own style with the camera that is as identifiable as Armstrong’s tone on trumpet or Coltrane’s sound on tenor sax.”—Michael Cuscuna, producer, Blue Note Records For nearly 30 years, photographer Jimmy Katz has documented the world of jazz—crafting iconic portraits of legendary artists, capturing historic moments in the recording ...
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