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All About Jazz Top 10 MP3 Downloads: November 2016

Source: All About Jazz
December 1, 2016

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 Solstice 8:13 Frank Kimbrough From: Solstice Blues For Q 7:52 Erik Jekabson ...

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Find Out Who is Playing Where and When with Jazz Near You

Source: All About Jazz
November 30, 2016

What is Jazz Near You? Jazz Near You is an event discovery and event distribution platform consisting of a website, an app, a weekly eblast, and a series of RSS feeds and widgets, and is designed to help jazz presenters and musicians promote their shows while alerting concert goers to events near them. Building Partnerships Jazz Near You has partnered with a growing list of venues, presenters, event aggregators, and ticketing organizations resulting in the largest database of jazz events ...

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Crowdfunding Campaign

"Anatomy Of Vince Guaraldi" Documentary Re-Discovers Long-Lost Jazz Treasures

Source: Andrew Thomas
November 27, 2016

More than 50 years ago, noted music critic Ralph J. Gleason took movie cameras into jazz legend Vince Guaraldi’s studio to capture the recording of “Cast Your Fate To The Wind” and the album Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus. These original films, forgotten in the Gleason family’s attic for decades, have been restored in high definition and are featured in The Anatomy Of Vince Guaraldi—an award-winning feature documentary coming to home video for the 2016 holiday season. “Seeing Vince on ...

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Bassist John Gray And The Jazz Thieves "Brooklyn Elegy" Strike Again With New Video!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
November 24, 2016

New music video supporting their latest release Brooklyn Elegy. The Jazz Thieves, through personal and evocative lyrics, passionate and soulful improvisation, and thoughtful, wide-ranging originals revitalize jazz by reconnecting it to its roots. Inspired by their heroes Duke Ellington, Tom Waits, Bill Withers and Ray Charles, they “steal" the feel, fire and fervor of 70's soul, 50's R&B, church gospel, and Mississippi Delta blues, uniting it with jazz improvisation and imagination. Their music is a modern exploration of the many ...

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Advocacy

Path Ventures And George Kahn 11th Annual Jazz & Blues Revue Fundraiser For The Homeless Raises Over $54,000

Source: Imaginary Friends
November 24, 2016

On Thursday, November 10th, 2016 PATH Ventures hosted their 11th Annual Holiday Jazz Revue, an unforgettable evening of dinner, music, and fun at the classic Catalina Bar and Grill in Hollywood, CA. The event featured Jazz Pianist and Composer, George Kahn with an all-star band of L.A. studio artists. With the help of a sold-out crowd, plus generous corporate sponsors including City National Bank, over $54,000 was donated to directly support affordable housing developments across Southern California. There are over ...

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NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston To Release New 2-CD Set, "The African Nubian Suite," On His African Rhythms Label, Jan. 20

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
November 23, 2016

NEA Jazz Master, iconic pianist/composer, and still-vital jazz elder Randy Weston, at 90, remains a powerful force in jazz. Currently serving as artist-in-residence at Medgar Evers College at the City University of New York; celebrated earlier this month at Harvard University, which has acquired his archive; and named a United States Artists (USA) Fellow last week, Weston is now preparing to release a new recording on his African Rhythms label. The 2-CD set, The African Nubian Suite, captures a concert ...

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Jazz Fusion Orchestra Bandzilla Feat. Guest Appearances By Randy Brecker & Leo Sayer To Release Long-awaited Second Album "Bandzilla Rises!!!"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
November 22, 2016

What happens when a group of top studio musicians get together in their free time? A unique mixture of sophisticated composition, passionate improvisation, scathing social commentary and biting humor, BANDZILLA play furious funk, sleazy soul, punk jazz and heartfelt ballads. Led by acclaimed composer/arranger/guitarist Richard Niles, the 25-piece jazz-fusion orchestra was originally formed in the studio to play on the seminal Grace Jones track “Slave To The Rhythm." Since then, Niles & BANDZILLA have performed and recorded with Paul McCartney, ...

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Saxophonist Ayumi Ishito Releases Debut Album, "View From A Little Cave"

Source: Ayumi Ishito
November 22, 2016

On Friday, December 16, the saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Ayumi Ishito will release her debut studio endeavor, an album entitled View From A Little Cave. The new collection of songs, entirely composed by Ishito, will be available on all major digital music platforms. Furthermore, a record release show is tentatively scheduled for New York City in February of 2017. Ishito has been an active member of the music community in New York since 2010, following her jazz studies at the ...

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