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Recording

Prog Legends Gong To Release New Studio Album "Rejoice! I'm Dead!"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
September 17, 2016

Some say it couldn't, or shouldn't, be done. How could Gong exist without Daevid Allen? A few minutes into listening to the title track of their brand new album, Rejoice!, aspersions will be cast aside. It is undeniably Gong Gong have had many, many line-ups. Formed when Australian beatnik/freak Daevid Allen quit The Soft Machine and moved to France at the tail end of the '60s, before debuting in 1970 with Magick Brother, the band have remained fluid, even playing ...

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Robert Rodriguez "Melodies And Fantasies" Available on September 23

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
September 16, 2016

Debut Trio Recording: Featuring Hans Glawischnig & Marcus Gilmore Born in New York City and raised in Miami, Grammy Nominated pianist and composer Robert Rodriguez returned to NYC in 2000. Since his arrival in NYC, Robert had the opportunity to perform, collaborate and record with many legendary Jazz musicians including Arturo Sandoval, Ray Barretto, Roy Haynes, Charlie Haden, David Sanchez, Paquito D'Rivera and Richard Bona. His work with brother Trumpeter Michael Rodriguez earned Robert a 2016 Grammy Nomination for The ...

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Performance / Tour

Multiple Juno Award Winner Jane Bunnett Featuring Maqueque To Release "Oddara" On October 14 - Touring!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
September 16, 2016

MULTIPLE JUNO AWARD WINNER JANE BUNNETT FEATURING MAQUEQUE TO RELEASE “ODDARA" ON OCTOBER 14 New North American Dates Added! EXTRAORDINARY ALL-FEMALE CUBAN SEXTET TWO TIME GRAMMY NOMINEE OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF CANADA LISTEN TO AND SHARE THE FIRST SINGLE “DREAM “ VIA YOUTUBE OR SOUNDCLOUD PRE-ORDER ODDARA VIA ITUNES, AMAZON OR LINUS LABEL STORE “Jane Bunnett and Maqueque... utterly shatters the glass ceiling of Afro Cuban Jazz"—Boston Globe “If they are ...

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Recording

Jennifer Gasoi Releases The Storybook-Music CD "Blue And Red Make Purple" On October 1, 2016

Source: Roland Stringer
September 15, 2016

This new book with CD, published by The Secret Mountain, offers young listeners a musical journey through the different colors of Jennifer Gasoi’s multi-layered and playful jazz-infused music. The colorful picture book, featuring original illustrations by Steve Adams, highlights the history, instruments and unique characteristics of each musical genre along with listening suggestions accompanying each song. Along the way, Gasoi offers readers a chance to create their own sounds, and discover more about the songwriting process itself. Full lyrics are ...

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TV / Film

Brownie Speaks Screening At The Monterey Jazz Festival on September 17

Source: Don Glanden
September 11, 2016

Brownie Speaks: A Video Documentary about jazz legend Clifford Brown will be screened at the Monterey Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 5:30 PM. The event, which will include a Q&A with producer/director Don Glanden, will take place at the Jazz Theater. The film has received rave reviews and numerous accolades in the jazz community since its release in August 2014. Sonny Rollins has called it “a great film about a great man!” Jazz Journal’s Bob Weir praised ...

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Book / Magazine

"Jim Marshall: Jazz Festival" Now Available from Reel Art Press

Source: All About Jazz
September 11, 2016

Published by Reel Art Press Edited by Amelia Davis, Tony Nourmand. Introduction by Nat Hentoff. Foreword by President Bill Clinton. Designed by Graham Marsh. From Thelonius Monk to John Coltrane, Miles Davis to Nina Simone, Jim Marshall's defining photographs of the 1960s jazz scene Jim Marshall is known as the defining father of music photography and his intimate photographs of the greats of rock & roll, country, folk, blues and jazz are ...

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Website

All About Jazz Fund Drive Dollars at Work, Part 2

Source: Michael Ricci
September 8, 2016

All About Jazz's fund drive continues—readers receive a Google ad-free experience and help fuel website growth for a contribution starting at $20/year Our first round of completed projects can be viewed here. Since then, we've actively built every aspect of All About Jazz, with a focus on producing top-quality content, aggregating events for Jazz Near You, developing partnerships, improving website navigation, and building the foundation to support our growing musician and member communities. What's new: “Anatomy of a Standard," a ...

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Recording

"Modern Jacobite" - History, Art And Identity Entwine With A New Symphonic Work By Tommy Smith

Source: Michael S. Clark
September 7, 2016

Many jazz composers and musicians now work comfortably across lines of demarcation between classical music and jazz forms. The outcome over the years has largely been a victory of good sense over tender sensibilities, with much fulfilling music to enjoy. Now, Scots tenor saxophonist Tommy Smith, with the 80-piece BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, offer music lovers a full-bodied listening experience on 'Modern Jacobite'. Modern Jacobite (released in the USA 2nd September 2016) opens with Tommy Smith’s personal interpretation of Rachmaninov’s ...

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