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Performance / Tour

Grace Note Productions Presents Amina Claudine Myers In Concert in Manassas, VA on June 3

Source: Cynthia Cotton
June 2, 2017

Grace Note Productions is pleased to announce that they are sponsoring jazz pianist and vocalist, Amina Claudine Myers in Concert on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 3 PM at the Wyndham Garden Manassas Hotel in Manassas, VA. Accompanying Amina will be Alto Saxophonist Antonio Parker, Bassist James King, and Drummer Nasar Abadey. Also, to open the concert will be The Cristian Perez Trio, featuring Jazz Guitarist Cristian Perez, Flutist Yana Hristova, and Bassist Dan Brown. “Jazz is America’s only indigenous ...

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Music Industry

Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture Acquires Jazz Legend Sonny Rollins's Personal Archive

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
June 1, 2017

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at The New York Public Library today announced the acquisition of American tenor saxophonist and jazz legend Sonny Rollins’s personal archive. The robust collection includes more than 150 linear feet of material that document Rollins’s life and career from the 1950s to the present. This acquisition also marks the Harlem native’s “return” to the neighborhood of his youth. Rollins was profoundly influenced and inspired by the sights and sounds of the Harlem ...

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Website

All About Jazz Top 10 MP3 Downloads: May 2017

Source: All About Jazz
June 1, 2017

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the 30 tracks featured in May, 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 Don't Destroy The Funk 06:08 Phat Phunktion From: Live at the High Noon Onward 5:16

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Event

Brownie Speaks At Burlington Discover Jazz Festival!

Source: Don Glanden
May 31, 2017

Brownie Speaks: A Video Documentary will be presented at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival on Sunday, June 4 beginning at 3 PM. The 90 minute screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director Don Glanden. The event will take place at: The BCA Center, 135 Church Street, Burlington, VT. The event is free and open to the public. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown made an outstanding and influential contribution to music. In an era ...

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Event

University Of The Arts - Graduate Jazz Ensemble To Perform At Burlington Discover Jazz Festival

Source: Don Glanden
May 31, 2017

The University of the Arts Graduate Jazz Ensemble will be featured at this year’s Burlington Discover Jazz Festival in Burlington, Vermont. They will present a two-hour set on Sunday, June 4 beginning at 5 PM on City Hall Stage. Admission is free. Hailed as one of the premier jazz programs in the United States, the University of the Arts, School of Music is currently celebrating 140 years of excellence in music education. Its long list of distinguished alumni include Vincent ...

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Award / Grant

Guitar Virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil Wins First Place In Instrumental Category For 2016 International Songwriting Competition (ISC)

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
May 30, 2017

Guitar virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil song “Gee,” from his critically acclaimed new album Chromatic Dialogues, has won First Place in the Instrumental category for the 2016 International Songwriting Competition (ISC)! There were over 16,000 entries from 137 countries! Says Gustavo, “I'm very honored and thrilled to accept this award, and this prize serves as a confirmation that I might be in the right artistic path. I heard the main groove of the song 'Gee' in my head while I was driving ...

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Performance / Tour

To Commemorate Keystone Korner's 45th Anniversary, Producer Todd Barkan Hosts 3 All-star Bay Area Shows July 7-8

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
May 27, 2017

The great pianist/composer Mary Lou Williams referred to Keystone Korner as “the Birdland of the Seventies.” Art Blakey, Miles Davis, and Stan Getz all agreed that Keystone Korner was “the best jazz club in the world.” Producer and former Keystone proprietor Todd Barkan feels strongly that “the club most definitely had a transformational effect on the jazz scene of its day. The consistent inspiration and intensity of the classic live recordings made there continue to provide a living legacy we ...

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Performance / Tour

Texas Jazz Crooner Ken Slavin Makes Don’t Tell Mama Debut With Acclaimed Saloon Show, “Shaken, Not Stirred”

Source: Ken Slavin
May 26, 2017

The number-one male jazz singer in the home of the Alamo makes his Don’t Tell Mama debut during Tony Award Weekend with “Shaken, Not Stirred – With A Tony Twist!” Slavin’s first engagement at the legendary cabaret at 343 W. 46th Street in the heart of the Theater District will feature two shows: Friday, June 9 at 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, June 10 at 8 p.m. $20 plus a two-drink minimum. And there is a $5 discount for MAC members. ...

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