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Performance / Tour

Harlem Hieroglyphs - A Jazz, Blues, And Ballads Concert With The Jay Hoggard Quartet On Saturday, November 19 At Fieldston School Student-Faculty Lounge (Bronx, NY)

Source: Bronx Arts
October 28, 2016

Jay Hoggard and his quartet will perform ballads, bop, and blues, and music that blends jazz and gospel roots with African Marimba rhythms on Saturday, November 19 at 8:00pm at Fieldston School Student-Faculty Lounge, 3901 Fieldston Road in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. Music for the concert, written by Hoggard, is on his newest two-disk CD, Harlem Hieroglyphs, and includes 11 tunes such as: “Harlem Jazzbirds," “Swingin’ and Swayin’," “Let Me Make It Clear," “Piety and “Redemption, Disposable Consumption," ...

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Music Industry

Blue Note Records, Blue Note Jazz Club & Entertainment Cruise Productions Enter Into A Five Year Partnership Deal For The Contemporary Jazz Cruise

Source: All About Jazz
October 28, 2016

Newest Cruise Outing, Which Features Six Blue Note Artists, Will Be Re-branded as Blue Note at Sea As the excitement continues to build around Entertainment Cruise Productions' inaugural sailing of The Contemporary Jazz Cruise, Don Was of Blue Note Records and Steven Bensusan of Blue Note Jazz Club today announced a five year partnership with ECP for that cruise. The partnership will result in a re-branding of the cruise as Blue Note at Sea. With seven Blue Note artists among ...

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Recording

David S. Ware & Matthew Shipp Duo Recording To Be Released October 28, 2016

Source: Steven Joerg
October 28, 2016

On October 28, AUM Fidelity will release Live in Sant’Anna Arresi, 2004, the second volume in its David S. Ware Archive Series, and first release of the saxophone master in rare duo performance with fellow master of music, pianist Matthew Shipp. Though they shared 17 years together in the legendary David S. Ware Quartet (along with bassist William Parker and a series of drummers), Shipp recalls that he and Ware performed duo concerts perhaps six times at most during that ...

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Website

All About Jazz and ArtistShare Partner to Promote Launchpad--A platform to bring fans and creators together and new ideas to life

Source: All About Jazz
October 27, 2016

For more than 13 years, ArtistShare has pioneered the industry of fan-funding and today is the most respected brand in artist career development through fan engagement. After 29 Grammy nominations and 10 Grammy winning fan-funded projects, ArtistShare has extended their expertise and innovative spirit to the global creative community with the announcement of Launchpad. Launchpad offers artists a platform to fund creative projects while actively engaging with and acquiring new fans. By allowing artists to raise funds while sharing their ...

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Recording

Billie Davies - A Nu Experience - A New Direction In New Orleans

Source: Cobra Basement
October 26, 2016

After 20 years of playing, producing and releasing instrumental jazz, Billie Davies is turning a page and is bringing us a Nu Vocal and Electric Experience, On Hollywood Boulevard. Billie Davies' 2012 release of All About Love solidified her position as a professional jazz musician. This recording of standards and original music, charted #1 in CMJ Jazz College Radio Charts for ‘top jazz add’ in new albums and went on to stay in the top 20 for 4 weeks. “all ...

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Award / Grant

World Of Guitar Trio Nominated In The 15th Independent Music Awards

Source: Roman Miroshnichenko
October 25, 2016

Guitar-virtuosos Roman Miroshnichenko, José A. Rodríguez & Henrik Andersen (World Of Guitar Trio) were named by Music Resource Group (MRG) as a Nominees of The 15th Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), the prestigious awards program for independent artists and releases. More than 400 innovative self-released and indie label projects culled from thousands of submissions worldwide, were nominated by fans and industry in more than 80 Album, Song, EP, Music Producer, Music Video and Design categories. The album, Perfect Strangers by ...

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Music Industry

SFJAZZ Unveils Jim Marshall Photography Installation in San Francisco Unified School District Building Windows Across Street From SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
October 25, 2016

Photographs will be exhibited from September 8, 2016 to May 2017 SFJAZZ announces the unveiling of a new photography installation from legendary photographer and longtime San Francisco resident Jim Marshall in the windows of the vacant San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) building across the street from the SFJAZZ Center on Franklin Street at Fell Street in the city’s Hayes Valley neighborhood. The installation will be unveiled at dusk on Thursday, September 8, 2016 to coincide with the organization’s Fifth ...

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Event

Imagining The Guitar: An Interactive Workshop Weekend With David Torn

Source: Michael Birnbaum
October 24, 2016

Woodstock Sessions Announces Imagining the Guitar: An Interactive Workshop Weekend with David Torn, December 10 & 11 Gear Provided by Fryette and Sound City Amplification Woodstock Sessions today announced a special interactive workshop weekend led by guitar prodigy, David Torn, December 10 & 11. This intimate workshop at Applehead Studios in idyllic Woodstock, NY will present possibilities for participating guitarists to develop their 21st century approach to use of the guitar along orchestrational lines. The workshop will be rooted in ...

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