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Performance / Tour

Guitar Duo From Montnegro In Carnegie Hall on October 18th

Source: Danijela Milic/LeitmotivArts
October 14, 2016

Guitar duo Bulatović-Nikčević from Montenegro will have its Carnegie Hall debut on October 18th, presented by LeitmotivArts Renowned guitarists from Montenegro, Srjdan Bulatović and Darko Nikčević will have their New York debut at world famous Carnegie Hall on October 18, 2016, in a concert organized by LeitmotivArts . They will perform original compositions from their new album “The Best of Montenegro", compositions inspired by traditional Montenegrin music and recorded by Radio Montenegro. The duo Bulatović-Nikčević has performed for both national ...

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Event

jazzahead! 2017: Early-Bird rate for professional participants expires Today

Source: All About Jazz
October 14, 2016

Early-bird rate for professional participants expires on October 14th, 2016 Attention professional participants: Our early bird rate for professional participants is available until 14th October, 2016 for just 135 € plus 19% VAT for all days of jazzahead! After that the rate will be 160€ + 19% VAT. Please note that co-exhibitors and exhibitors have a different price structure. In order to make your online registration for 2017, you need to create a user account first or login with an ...

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Recording

Acclaimed Jazz Guitarist Nick Russo Reimagines "Hot Jazz Jumpers" As "Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches"

Source: 1888 Media
October 13, 2016

New Group Infuses Elements of Gullah-Geechee Culture With Folk Traditions, New Orleans Influences and Music of the 1920s 10-Track Very Next Thing Includes High-Spirited Renditions of Classics by Elizabeth Cotton, Harry Dixon, Fats Waller, Clarence Williams and James “Sugar Boy” Crawford. Instrumentation Includes Voice, Banjo, Resonator, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Harmonica, Trumpet, Trombone, Clarinet & Piano Special Guests Include Trumpeter, Gordon Au, Pianist, Air Hirahara and Bassists, Essiet Essiet, Mamadou Ba & Nathan Peck New York City’s Banjo Nickaru & Western ...

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Event

Jazz Student Competition - Enroll now at a chance to win 7000 Euros - Deadline: October 25

Source: Valerio Pappi
October 13, 2016

Submit your video up until October 25th. The FIRST GLOBAL ONLINE JAZZ CONTEST is a competition organized by the 7 Virtual Jazz Club which takes place on the official website of the club GOAL OF THE CONTEST Confront jazz players from different countries, discover new talents and get young people closer to jazz music PRIZE 1st Place: 4000 euros (4500 dollars) + advertising 2nd Place: 2000 euros (2300 dollars)+ advertising 3rd Place: 1000 euros (1200 dollars) ...

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Performance / Tour

Brazil’s Michel Nirenberg Announces Fall Tour Dates In Mid-Atlantic

Source: The Phillips Agency
October 11, 2016

Saxophone master and composer Michel Nirenberg returns to the United States for his 2016 fall tour. In October and November, he’ll share the vibrant melodies and rhythms of his native Brazil with world music and jazz fans in the Maryland cities of Laurel, Baltimore and Annapolis and in Washington, D.C. In recent months, Nirenberg has been making music in his hometown, Rio de Janeiro, collaborating with friends and performing tunes from his 2015 debut album, Retrato/Portrait. First released in the ...

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Recording

"Art Pepper & Warne Marsh," Vol. 9 Of The Critically Acclaimed "Unreleased Art" Series, To Be Released By Laurie Pepper's Widow's Taste Label On November 11

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
October 10, 2016

On April 26, 1974, two wildly gifted and very different artists, Art Pepper and Warne Marsh, met again, for the first time in 17 years, by accident, on the stage at Donte’s in North Hollywood, because Jack Sheldon had to cancel. It must have made for an unforgettable night for those who found themselves sitting in the legendary club and listening to two cult heroes, two profoundly great musicians, playing for the audience and each other—out of the lives they’d ...

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Recording

Sun Ra Tribute "Message From Saturn" by Eli Yamin - Available on October 10th

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
October 8, 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 Liner notes from Message From Saturn A Space Odyssey of three young people on a galactic adventure to learn the healing power of The Blues. The Jazz Drama Program is a non-profit organization that helps youth ...

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Book / Magazine

Woodstock To Bali - "Guitarlo" Shares 29 True Stories

Source: Arlo Hennings
October 8, 2016

Guitarlo is Arlo Hennings' compelling, and to the heart honest, memoir that takes readers on a decades journey from his challenging childhood, blossoming as a poet, song writer, musician, agent, husband, father... to his current life in Indonesia where he continues to promote and create music. The inspiration that brought him to Bali began at an Occupy protest where he was clubbed and arrested, having lost his job, home, marriage. A dramatic, and very real, event, as are many events ...

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