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Highlights In Jazz - 45th Anniversary Gala in New York City
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Announcing a lineup update: Vocalist Allan Harris tapped for opening concert, following the passing of the great Kevin Mahogany The Highlights In Jazz 45th Anniversary Gala launches the 46th season, Thursday, February 22, 2018, at 8 P.M., featuring the Bucky Pizzarelli Trio with guitarist Russell Malone, and bassist Martin Pizzarelli. Acclaimed singer Allan Harris just added to the gala lineup! Only at BMCC TRIBECA Performing Arts Center Borough of Manhattan Community College 199 Chambers Street
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2017 All About Jazz / Jazz Near You Website Achievements
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Michael Ricci
2017 was an exciting year for both All About Jazz and Jazz Near You as our vision for the future came into greater focus and was reflected in our various achievements. We continued to explore new technologies, establish partnerships with industry leaders, and improve what has become the most advanced technical platform in jazz. Most of our accomplishments were a direct result of the support we received from our members through our ongoing fund drive. Your generous contributions made it ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 MP3 Downloads: December 2017
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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 December, these ten represent our personal favorites. We also included the top ten reader favorites as indicated by total downloads. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! EDITOR'S PICKS Raining In Bristol 04:51 Andy Nowak From: Sorrow And The Phoenix Oh, What A Beautiful Morning ...
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Award Winning Musician And Bandleader Tatsuya “Tat” Yoshinaga Performs At Les Zygomates In Boston With The XTY Jazz Trio
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Tat Yoshinaga
Multi-Instrumentalist, bandleader, and award-winning drummer Tatsuya “Tat” Yoshinaga, will be performing at Les Zygomates in Boston featuring the XTY Jazz Trio. They will perform on January 3, 2018, from 8:00-11:00 PM at the Les Zygomates, 129 South St., Boston, MA. The XTY Jazz group is an exciting new collaboration between some of Boston's finest jazz musicians. Their classic jazz and blues sound has fresh energy and familiar authenticity that is capturing the attention of listeners, jazz critics and others who ...
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Leonardo Pavkovic's MoonJune Records Keeps Progressive Jazz & Fusion Alive
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
As legendary composer/musician Frank Zappa once said, “Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny.” That statement could still describe much of the “jazz” music being released today. However, it definitely does not apply to MoonJune Records! Brutally independent MoonJune Records, operated by no more and no less than one person only- multilingual globetrotter and renaissance man Leonardo Pavkovic (whose main activity consists in USA and international booking of artists not on MoonJune Records, in the genres of jazz, fusion, ...
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"Moving Day," 2nd CD By Bassist/Composer Mark Wade & His Trio, Set For February 2nd Release
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Terri Hinte Publicity
On their 2015 debut, Event Horizon, bassist/composer Mark Wade and his trio displayed an uncanny empathy and earned a warm reception from press, radio, and fans. Moving Day, his sophomore recording which will be released February 2 by his label Mark Wade Music, showcases the evolution of the trio’s tight, seemingly telepathic interplay. “We’ve had a chance to develop a sound and identity and an understanding of one another as an ensemble. We had some of that with the first ...
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Member Page vs Musician Page: What's the Difference?
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All About Jazz
If it has been a while since you last updated your musician page, you may find the All About Jazz member page and musician page relationship confusing. We're here to help. To clarify, everyone signs up at All About Jazz and creates a member account. Musicians take an extra step and create their professional (musician) page. We email you the how-to instructions when you sign up. Some of the information associated with your member account is similar to your professional ...
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Warren Benbow's New Book, "A Drummer's Story" Now Available!
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Warren Benbow
A Drummer’s Story by Warren Benbow is now available. Jazz is one of the major forms of musical expression. In the 1970s, jazz was moving away from strict acoustic instruments and was adding electric instruments— turning its style toward rock music. Warren Benbow, who has been playing drums since he was young, details the changes jazz music underwent in his artistic memoir, A Drummer’s Story. After attending the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, Warren Benbow started ...
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