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Greek saxophonist and composer Konstantinos Papachristou Launches Indiegogo Campaign for Contemporary Jazz Album
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Konstantinos Papachristou
Greek saxophonist and composer Konstantinos Papachristou has launched an Indiegogo campaign to help fund his first contemporary jazz album The Darkness of a Fairy Tale. Papachristou, from Athens, has had several recordings of his performances featured both on CD and Greek television. His latest album is firmly rooted in the ECM style. View his promotional video (below) and support his fundraising campaign if you enjoy his music. The official album release date is set for March 2018. DONATE NOW You ...
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"Lights Out At The Moulin Rouge" - New Book Remembers 1955 Las Vegas Performers
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Charm Baker
A new novel about the controversial 1955 Moulin Rouge casino couldn’t have come at a better time. The 15-acre Las Vegas property located at 900 West Bonanza Road was just in the news last month, and will be again in the upcoming year. It seems that the site of the former 1955 Moulin Rouge Casino and Hotel is up for grabs again. Many Las Vegas residents made their voices heard at a public meeting concerning the historic landmark. Locals made ...
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz has ambitious expansion plans for 2018, but we need your help and we have a deal. With a contribution of $20 (or more), we'll hide the six Google ads that appear on our website pages for a full year. In addition to a Google ad-free experience, we'll also present convenient access to exclusive content and allow you to read articles with future publish dates. All About Jazz celebrated its 22nd anniversary in 2017 and we set the ...
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Bill Nelson's Dreamy Screens: Soundtracks From Echo Observatory 3-Disc Boxed Set Available December 1, 2017
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Esoteric Recordings' imprint Cocteau Discs, dedicated to the work of Bill Nelson, are proud to announce the release of a deluxe 3 disc clamshell boxed set limited edition collection titled Dreamy Screens: Soundtracks from the Echo Observatory. The set features three albums, all recorded at Bill Nelson's Yorkshire home studio, the Echo Observatory, in 1981 and 1982—Sounding the Ritual Echo (originally issued as a limited edition bonus LP with Bill's 1981 album Quit Dreaming and Get On the Beam), Das ...
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Trumpeter/ Vocalist Benny Benack III Debuts With Irrepressibly Swinging “One Of A Kind”
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Two for the Show Media
Benack performs original songs and richly inventive arrangements with Emmet Cohen (piano), Alex Claffy (bass), Ulysses Owens, Jr. (drums), also guests Joel Frahm (tenor/soprano sax), Yotam Silberstein (guitar) Benny Benack III, a young and multi-talented Pittsburgh native and denizen of the New York jazz scene, is never one to limit himself. He is both an affable and expressive jazz singer and a formidable, modern-minded trumpeter, and these elements of his musical self are deeply and effortlessly intertwined. On One of ...
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Trumpeter/Composer Wayne Tucker to release new epic recording “Wake Up and See the Sun” (One Trick Dog Records)
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Two for the Show Media
The new release from trumpeter/composer Wayne Tucker titled Wake Up and See the Sun (One Trick Dog Records – November 3rd, 2017) is the type of recording that is larger-than-life from blank staff paper to the masterful music that makes it to the final recording. Joined by some of the finest musicians in today’s music scene such as Jason Marshall, Sullivan Fortner, Yasushi Nakamura and Cyrille Aimee among others, Wayne Tucker just plain gets it. If you love live music ...
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You're invited to the Philadelphia Jazz Professionals Meetup on December 12th (4-7pm) at South Kitchen & Jazz Parlor
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All About Jazz
Dear Fellow Jazz Professional or Arts Patron, You’re invited to the Philadelphia Jazz Professionals Meetup (#phillyjazzmeetup) at SOUTH Restaurant on 600 N Broad Street in Philadelphia on Tuesday, December 12th between 4-7pm. It's an exciting time for Philadelphia jazz and it’s my hope to continue to bring us together biannually to network, discuss new ideas and potential collaborations with the goal of developing a deeper level of cohesiveness in our community. We all share similar goals so let’s reconnect and ...
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All About Jazz Top 10 MP3 Downloads: November 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 November, 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 Shimshon 09:56 Itamar Borochov From: Boomerang Lateef Suite 12:00 Lena Bloch From: ...
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