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Performance / Tour

Russia Welcomes Sun Ra - November 19 With The Jazz Drama Program Presentation Of "Message From Saturn"

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
November 1, 2016

Sun Ra Heads To Russia! Euro-Asian Premiere November 19, 2016 “Saxophonist Knoel Scott told me Sun Ra came into rehearsal and said, 'I just got a message from Saturn. We are not playing enough blues!' I thought about this for ten years, then joined up with Clifford Carlson to write this story." —Eli Yamin Eli Yamin and friends bring the Blues to Russia for the Euro-Asian premiere of Message From Saturn in Yekaterinburg on November 19! ...

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Video / DVD

Philadelphia Jazz Label Dreambox Media To Celebrate Thirtieth Anniversary With Final DVD "Flicks Sticks & Tones"

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2016

Dreambox Media will issue its last release by the end of 2016, coinciding with the Jazz label’s 30th anniversary. Originally Encounter Records solely to promote his band Reverie, founder and drummer Jim Miller considers 1986 the year the label officially started, as the September 1999 Jazz Times pointed out, “because it was then that vocalist / educator Suzanne Cloud…had similar frustrations and came to him to release her recording; she then began to spread the word to other musicians” (note: ...

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Recording

Nu Jazz Entertainment/ELM Records Announces The Vinyl Release Of An 80th Birthday Celebration! From NEA Jazz Master Ellis Marsalis In Celebration Of His 82nd Birthday For A Limited Time!

Source: Nu Jazz Publicity
October 31, 2016

Nu Jazz Entertainment/ELM Records—two long time producers of high quality audio and video content in the genre of jazz—announced the November 2016 release of a vinyl album, Ellis Marsalis: An 80th Birthday Celebration (Limited Edition), from the NEA Jazz Master. The double disc vinyl album will be released through the Pledge Music distribution platform with a plethora of bonus options and extras designed to allow music fans a deeper and richer experience. About An 80th Birthday Celebration Album In celebration ...

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Recording

For Your Grammy Consideration - Dean Brown's "ROLAJAFUFU"

Source: Dean Brown
October 31, 2016

Contemporary Instrumental Album: ROLAJAFUFU Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “PHILLY MAN" Best Instrumental Arrangement: “AND SO IT GOES" Best Instrumental Composition: “OLD SOLDIERS" Guitarist and composer Dean Brown has always done things his way. Nowhere is that in greater evidence than on ROLAJAFUFU, his fifth album as a leader. The title is a playful acronym that encompasses rock-Latin-jazz-funk-fusion, the universes Brown explores on this diverse, kinetic recording. Brown’s fiercely independent streak is also exemplified by ...

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Website

Jazz Near You Collaborates with Blue Note Jazz Club (NYC)

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2016

Jazz Near You, the world's leading jazz event aggregator, has collaborated with Blue Note New York to collect and distribute all jazz events presented at New York's premier jazz club and one of the most recognized jazz venues in the world. Jazz Near You continues to build on what is already the most comprehensive New York area jazz events calendar. In addition to the Blue Note, Jazz Near You is also home to events presented at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, ...

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Website

Jazz Near You NYC Tops 1,600 active events -- 52 in one day!

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2016

Jazz Near You has quietly become the most comprehensive jazz events calendar in the world and is now home to the most active jazz calendar in New York City. Loaded with events... accessible in an instant Listing well over 1,600 active events in July, JNY NYC aggregates events from TicketFly, Instant Seats, Brown Paper Tickets, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC metro venues, musicians, and other sources to present a comprehensive calendar that's cleaner, smarter, and more ...

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Event

Cristina Morrison--Singer-Actor-Producer--Nominated In Two Categories--The 15th Independent Music Awards

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
October 29, 2016

Winners Announced November 12 at Lincoln Center—FREE! Cristina Morrison has been making waves since her release last year of Baronesa on Jazzheads. This year she's a double nominee for the Independent Music Awards in the categories of Jazz With Vocals and for her song “The Sky Is In Your Eyes." “I'm honored, inspired and thankful. I truly didn't expect this nomination so it has a been very moving to me and it came as the best birthday surprise gift ever. ...

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Recording

Legendary Bollywood Composer Bappi Lahiri Issues Career Defining Album

Source: 1888 Media
October 27, 2016

Known as the “Disco King" of India, Lahiri Has Composed 5,000 Songs for Over 500 movies. Hollywood Films Include “Eyewitness to Murder" and “Divine Lovers." Indian Melody Draws from Sufi, Bangla, Bhajan, & Ghazal and Features Vocalist Smita Guha A career-defining achievement in World Music, Indian Melody is the acclaimed new collaboration between legendary Indian music icon Bappi Lahiri and vocalist Smita Guha. Drawing from the rich heritage of Sufi, Bangla, Bhajan, and Ghazal, and adding flourishes of Classical, Disco ...

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