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Chamber Music America's 2017 New Jazz Works Program

Source: CMA Communications
February 13, 2017

Do you need funding for your new jazz composition? Chamber Music America has funded nearly 200 jazz commissions since 2000. CMA’s New Jazz Works grant provides up to $34,000 in funding for U.S.-based jazz ensembles to create, perform, and record new compositions. APPLY NOW DEADLINE: March 5, 2017, at 12 midnight EST To learn more about the program guidelines and the simple application process, sign up for a grant application workshop on Wednesday, February 15 or Thursday, February 23. For ...

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Grammy Winners 2017 - Jazz List

Source: All About Jazz
February 13, 2017

And the winners of the 59th Annual Grammy Awards are... JAZZ Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Culcha Vulcha Snarky Puppy (Ground Up Music) Human Nature — Herb Alpert (Herb Alpert Presents) When You Wish Upon A Star — Bill Frisell (Okeh Records) Way Back Home: Live From Rochester, NY— Steve Gadd (BFM Jazz) Unspoken — Chuck Loeb (Shanachie Entertainment) Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” John Scofield ...

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Performance / Tour

Washington D.C.'s Premiere All-Woman Jazz Orchestra Shannon Gunn And The Bullettes To Perform At Republic Restoratives As Part Of The 2017 Washington Women In Jazz Festival

Source: Jazz Beyond Borders
February 12, 2017

Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes, the premiere all-women jazz orchestra in the Washington, D.C., area will perform for the 2017 Washington Women in Jazz Festival at Republic Restoratives Distillery and Craft Cocktail Bar on Thursday, March 2 from 7:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m. Republic Restoratives is the largest female-owned crowd-funded distillery in the world, and the March 2 concert in Ivy City marks the first time a big band will make use of the beautiful industrial distillery space in the back room. ...

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Recording

Summit Records Releases Donny Most's "Mostly Swinging"

Source: All About Jazz
February 10, 2017

Donny Most, probably best known as “Ralph Malph” on the hit TV show Happy Days, returns to his first love... music. Donny has always sung and appreciated the swing and big band style of music and now he has finally recorded his incredible talent. He is currently delighting audiences with a unique show that fuses the swing era with 50’s cool jazz—He sounds spectacular LIVE. Yes, it’s true. Don truly has vocal chops and he has a wonderful way of ...

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Event

The Dechamplain Trio Performs “10 Flavours Of Jazz” on Feb. 25 Return To Pittsfield

Source: Edward Bride
February 9, 2017

Jazz comes in many flavors, and Berkshires Jazz, Inc. will be exploring ten of them in a special program on Feb. 25, in conjunction with Pittsfield’s annual 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival. In “Ten Flavours of Jazz" (at Flavours of Malaysia, 8pm), the Matt DeChamplain Trio will present ten different instrumental and vocal stylings, the latter featuring Atla DeChamplain. The musical menu includes New Orleans/traditional; swing; Brazilian/bossa nova; stride; Kansas City/blues; west coast/cool; and even contemporary. Tickets are $25 in advance, ...

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Video / DVD

Richard Niles' Bandzilla To Release Two New Videos In Support Of Critically Acclaimed New Album

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
February 9, 2017

Composer Richard Niles has released the highly acclaimed album BANDZILLA RISES!!! Jazz Weekly says “BANDZILLA is hip to the bone!” while Music Street Journal says BANDZILLA “is killer jazz fusion that just plain rocks!… incredibly strange but also very cool.” Cherry Pop calls it “one of the most adventurous albums I have ever heard,” while Midwest Record says, “thinking man’s pop that also provides heat for the feet… killer stuff throughout!” Now Niles has released two new videos from the ...

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Performance / Tour

Elsa Nilsson CD Release Party at Rockwood Music Hall on March 26 - Video Premiere on February 18 - Exclusively On All About Jazz!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
February 8, 2017

New Video Premiere February 18. Exclusively at All About Jazz! “I feel it is my responsibility as an artist to be open, vulnerable and honest—in hopes of creating a space that allows the listener to do the same."—Elsa Nilsson February 18, 2017- New Video Premiere: “Someone for Something" off of Elsa Nilsson's new album Salt Wind is a composition depicting the sensation of New York City's ability to derail thoughts. A recurring idea is interspersed between a long flowing melody ...

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Website

All About Jazz Improves Website Navigation with Powerful New Search

Source: All About Jazz
February 7, 2017

All About Jazz and Jazz Near You, home to nearly one million web pages, has expanded its search capabilities to improve web site navigation, promote music discovery, and help readers find pages they value most. Navigation Bar Changes Clicking “all about jazz" returns you to the homepage; The search button was moved from the far left to the far right; The navigation bar locks in place when scrolling down. If signed in, members will see a gear icon to the ...

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