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Contest

1st International Online Jazz Contest Open To Musicians Of Every Age - Prize fund ‎€ 7,000

Source: Valerio Pappi
May 1, 2016

7 Virtual Jazz Club begins search for undiscovered jazz talents from all walks of life. A € 4,000 prize will be awarded to the talented winner The 7 Virtual Jazz Club has began a worldwide search for emerging musical talent from all ages and backgrounds. The winner will be rewarded with a ‎€ 4,000 prize. Second place will receive ‎€ 2,000 and third place will be paid ‎€ 1,000. To enter the contest, soloists and groups will pay a small ...

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Performance / Tour

May 11: New England Conservatory Youth Jazz Orchestra In Music Of Jimmy Giuffre And Mary Lou Williams

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
April 30, 2016

The New England Conservatory Youth Jazz Orchestra conducted by Bob Nieske, features the music of Jimmy Giuffre and Mary Lou Williams in a free concert at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11 at NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. The NEC Youth Jazz Orchestra is comprised of extraordinary middle and high school students from across the region. For more information, log on to NEC Youth Jazz or call 617-585-1260. The program for the evening includes Giuffre’s “Four Brothers,” “River ...

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Recording

Jazz-Rock Renegade Dean Brown Unleashes Expansive, All-Star Roller Coaster "ROLAJAFUFU"

Source: Dean Brown
April 29, 2016

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 the fact that this album was funded by his denizens of fans worldwide via PledgeMusic. It’s Brown’s first self-released album, after four celebrated previous discs on the ...

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Event

Tickets Moving Fast For May 14 Memorial Concert For Phil Woods In Pittsfield, Mass.

Source: Ed Bride Associates
April 28, 2016

Tribute in Pittsfield, Mass., to Feature the Jazz Master’s Protégé Grace Kelly With Brian Lynch, Bill Mays, Steve Gilmore and Bill Goodwin Berkshires Jazz, Inc. has announced that tickets are on sale, and moving briskly, for the May 14 memorial concert in honor of the late alto saxophonist Phil Woods. To take place at Barrington Stage, in Pittsfield, Mass., the tribute will be performed by a gathering of the NEA Jazz Master’s quintet, with Brian Lynch (trumpet), Bill Mays (piano), ...

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Event

Vadim Neselovskyi Headlines Art Boutiki In San Jose During Ridgeway Arts Educational Series

Source: Dan Vado
April 28, 2016

Pianist, composer, Berklee College of Music professor and former Gary Burton sideman Vadim Neselovskyi kicks off the Ridgeway Presents series with a stellar trio performance featuring new compositions, original arrangements and select solo piano pieces. A Ukrainian-born pianist, Vadim was classically trained at conservatories in his native Odessa and in Germany; honed his jazz chops on German jazz stages and at Berklee College of Music; and undertook his apprenticeship around the world as a member of master vibraphonist Gary Burton’s ...

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Event

Internationally Acclaimed Israeli Saxophonist Eli Degibri To Perform At The White House

Source: Greg Pasenko
April 28, 2016

Internationally acclaimed Israeli jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader, Eli Degbiri, will be performing at the 2016 International Jazz Day Global Concert, hosted by President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at The White House. The concert will be broadcast nationally on ABC on April 30th—International Jazz Day—and streamed across the globe by the United Nations and UNESCO. A remarkable list of artists and living legends will take the stage along with Degibri, including Chick Corea, Sting, Pat Metheny, Aretha Franklin, ...

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Recording

Hot Tone Music To Release New CDs By Bassist Mimi Jones & Pianist Luis Perdomo, May 13

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
April 27, 2016

Hot Tone Music, the artist-run label founded by bassist /composer Mimi Jones in 2009, announces the simultaneous release on May 13 of new CDs by Jones (Feet in the Mud) and pianist/composer Luis Perdomo (Montage). Perdomo’s Montage is his eighth album as a leader but the first solo piano recording in his distinguished career. After he’d begun playing solo concerts three years ago, this ever-evolving artist reached out to his pianist friend Fred Hersch “to fine-tune some aspects of my ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Lions, The Bosman Twins, Roar At The Velvet Note on May 8th

Source: Dwayne Bosman
April 27, 2016

The Bosman Twins at the The Velvet Note in Atlanta on May 8th Whether it’s the Bosman Twins’ longevity as jazz masters, classically trained musicians, or their charismatic and engaging entertaining style, The Bosman Twins always leave their fans wanting more. The multi award winning brothers are nationally and internationally renowned at high profile private events, to fun at festivals, they put the “B” back in BeBop and Big Band Sounds. If you are “a head nodding” jazz lover; “a ...

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