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Award / Grant

Yes Legend Jon Anderson To Receive Prog God Award From Progressive Music Awards

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
July 21, 2016

Music legend Jon Anderson will be presented with the Prog God award at this year's Progressive Music Awards, in association with currencies.co.uk, which will be held at London’s Underglobe on September 1, 2016! This very special honor is awarded to musical innovators within the world of progressive rock music and sees Anderson joining such music luminaries as Rick Wakeman, Ian Anderson, Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks, in collecting the prestigious award. Says Jon “After all these years, it’s just wonderful ...

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Recording

Saxophonist Tom Harrison Celebrates Ellington and Strayhorn with "Unfolding In Tempo" Featuring Cleveland Watkiss - Available in October

Source: Tom Harrison
July 21, 2016

Rising star saxophonist Tom Harrison unveils his hotly anticipated second release Unfolding in Tempo on October 14th 2016. The long-awaited live album will be released on Lyte Records in October 2016 in the esteemed company of releases by jazz stars Ari Hoenig, Jean Toussaint, Jason Rebello and David Lyttle. The album documents two nights of Harrison’s hugely successful national tour of February 2016 which received high praise from the media, including features on BBC1, in Time Out and Jazzwise Magazine. ...

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Website

Jazz Near You NYC Tops 1,000 active events -- 36 in one day!

Source: All About Jazz
July 18, 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 1,000 active events in July, JNY NYC aggregates events from TicketFly, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NY metro venues, musicians, and other sources to present a comprehensive guide that's cleaner, smarter, and more portable than any printed guide. Ink free... save a ...

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Performance / Tour

Miami's Jazz Roots Concert Series with New Artistic Advisor Shelly Berg

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2016

November 4, 2016 through April 7, 2017 The JAZZ ROOTS annual six-part concert series held at the Adrienne Arsht Center for The Performing Arts, has become a musical institution in the jazz world often credited with helping to revitalize, nurture and spur the expansion of Jazz music in the south Florida area and beyond. Created in 2008 by the Center and co-founder Larry Rosen, musician, producer and industry entrepreneur, who passed away in 2015, the series is known ...

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Recording

Ricardo Bacelar’s new CD, "Concerto para Moviola," captures an exciting live performance by the dynamic Brazilian Pianist/Composer/Arranger

Source: All About Jazz
July 15, 2016

Concerto para Moviola, the new CD from Brazilian pianist, composer, and arranger Ricardo Bacelar, puts jazz fusion of the 1970s and 1980s in the spotlight with tunes by Weather Report, Pat Metheny, Yellowjackets, Antonio Carlos Jobim and other greats. The new recording documents a performance specially produced for the traditional Guaramiranga Jazz and Blues Festival, held annually in Guaramiranga, Brazil, during the renowned Carnival celebration. Recorded at the Via Sul Theatre, Concerto para Moviola showcases Bacelar’s deep fascination with ’70s ...

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Crowdfunding Campaign

Grammy Winner, Arturo O'Farrill Launches "The Cornel West Concerto" Project On FanFunded

Source: Brian Camelio
July 15, 2016

FanFunded is proud to announce Arturo O’Farrill’s new project, The Cornell West Concerto. The project is a result of the collaborative efforts of four-time Grammy winner, Arturo O’Farrill, and award-winning author and Grammy nominee Dr. Cornel West. The piece was commissioned by the Apollo Theater in May 2016. The Cornell West Concerto is a tour-de-force musical and oratorical plea for justice, love, and respect... with text by Dr. Cornel West- based on questions proposed by W.E.B. Dubois at the turn ...

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Event

The Great Migration Centennial Tribute To The Musicians Of Captain Walter H. Dyett on July 23

Source: Kay McCrimon
July 14, 2016

The Great Migration Centennial Tribute July 23, 2016 • VIP Reception 7-8PM & Concert 8-11PM DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th Place, Chicago The Great Migration, A “Centennial Tribute" To the Illustrious career of Captain Walter H. Dyett, a true pioneer and mentor to over 20,000 Chicago musicians. For History’s Sake Productions presents “The Great Migration: A Centennial Tribute to the Musicians of Captain Walter H. Dyett” a musical tribute to one of ...

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Recording

Matt Slocum Presents "Trio Pacific, Vol. 1" Featuring Dayna Stephens, Steve Cardenas, and Matt Slocum

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
July 13, 2016

Available October 7, 2016 on Chandra Records U.S. Tour Dates: October 18 through November 9 “Slocum served the music with a focus on dynamic micro-detail, which in turn allowed his musicians to say even more. It’s a cerebral concept, one that comes to fruition on Black Elk’s Dream… Like Wayne Shorter’s classic Blue Note albums, Black Elk’s Dream seems to ask questions, leaving the answers open to individual interpretation.”—DownBeat Magazine “Matt Slocum has emerged as one of the ...

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