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All About Jazz Top 10 MP3 Downloads: June 2017

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2017

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the 30 tracks featured in June, 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 Odd Times 7:00 Errol Rackipov Group From: Distant Dreams Union 08:52 University of Northern ...

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Jazz Near You adds Jazz Gallery and Town Hall (NYC) events to calendar

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2017

Jazz Near You, the Internet's largest aggregator and distributor of jazz event and venue information has collaborated with Etix to provide event and ticketing information for The Jazz Gallery (NYC), The Blue Note Grill (Durham, NC), and Berklee Performance Center (Boston). “Our goal is to present the most comprehensive jazz events calendar and importing Etix events helps us take another step towards reaching that goal," says Jazz Near You founder, Michael Ricci. “We also added The Town Hall (NYC) events ...

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June News: Tags, Professional Toolkit, Teacher Finder, Content Wanted, And New Event Types For Jazz Near You

Source: Michael Ricci
June 26, 2017

Dear AAJ Member, We've made several improvements to both All About Jazz and Jazz Near You over the last two months. Some notables include: Tags It's been a long time coming, so we're thrilled to announce the addition of tags. You can find them on our article and news pages. Learn more about tags here. Toolkit for Pros We updated our professional toolkit page for musicians, publicists/promoters, presenters and record labels. If you're looking to establish a greater presence at ...

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Legendary Violinist Darryl Way To Release New Concept Album/Rock Opera Called Underworld

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
June 25, 2017

Much to the excitement of prog music fans worldwide, legendary Curved Air violinist Darryl Way is releasing a new Concept Album/Rock Opera called Underworld on June 21st. Underworld is released in two versions: Underworld Rock Opera Complete which is the whole show with dialogue and narration and Underworld Rock Opera the Songs which just contains the songs. Says Darryl, “Having touched on Greek mythology in my last album, Myths, Legends and Tales I became fascinated with the idea of writing ...

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Explore All About Jazz from a different angle with tags!

Source: All About Jazz
June 23, 2017

All About Jazz and Jazz Near You is home to nearly one million web pages, and with the addition of tags, we hope to provide our readers with a more granular way to break down our content, provide alternate navigation paths for finding it, and help readers discover content they might not have known existed. Enjoy a new way of exploring AAJ! Example of tags at the bottom of the article text Example of tag cloud at Tag Center page ...

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38th Festival International de Jazz de Montréal - Jazz by Venue

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
June 23, 2017

With 150 indoor concerts, 14 themed series presented in 11 concert venues, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal once again proves it is THE musical rendezvous of the summer! The 38th edition of the Festival, presented by TD Bank Group in collaboration with Rio Tinto from June 28 to July 8, reveals hos wonderfully the Festival wears its years, never ceasing to renew, innovate, enrich, diversify and deepen its offering… And so the curtain rises on a program brimming ...

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New York-based Vocalese Quartet The Royal Bopsters Play Pizza Express, London, July 3

Source: Judith Humenick
June 22, 2017

Check out this fabulous, ever-so-hip, New York-based jazz vocalese quartet as they kick off their summer 2017 European tour with a first-time appearance in London! The Royal Bopsters play PizzaExpress Jazz Club (10 Dean Street, Soho) on July 3 at 8:30 PM. Doors open at 7:00, and tickets are £20. For tickets, visit pizzaexpresslive.com. Comprising four of the New York jazz scene’s most seasoned, incendiary voices, this all-new powerhouse group pays tribute to the iconic founders of jazz vocalese (think ...

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Joe Diorio's "Peaceful Journey" Available Reissued on CD, WAV, FLAC & MP3 From Art Of Life Records

Source: Art of Life Records
June 21, 2017

Purchase CD's, WAV, FLAC or MP3 Digital Downloads via the Art of Life Records web site. Following up on the 2006 CD reissue of Joe Diorio's Solo Guitar (Art of Life, AL1020-2), Art of Life Records is proud to celebrate the 40th anniversary of guitarist Joe Diorio's Peaceful Journey which was originally recorded and released on Spitball Records in 1977. Now available for the first time on CD including the album cover artwork and liner notes from the original LP ...

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