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Recording

Eileen Howard Releases "Big City Love"--Schedules Release Party at West End Lounge on April 10

Source: Eileen Howard
March 8, 2016

Critically acclaimed jazz and blues singer/composer Eileen Howard will release her fifth CD, Big City Love, an eclectic musical tribute to love in, and for, the city, on March 31, 2016. The CD Release party will be on Sunday, April 10, from 4:30- 6:30pm at The West End Lounge, 955 West End Avenue (West End & West 107th at Broadway). Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance or at the door. The album may be pre-ordered here and ...

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Performance / Tour

Elio Villafranca at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola on April 16-17 & More!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
March 7, 2016

ELIO VILLAFRANCA UPCOMING PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE Cuban Pianist Presents Cinqué-Suite of the Caribbean April 16 & April 17 (LIVE WEBCAST) Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Cinqué-Suite of the Caribbean debuted in The Appel Room in 2015 and was one of the top concerts of the 2014-15 season. Cuban pianist and composer Elio Villafranca now brings this incredible project to Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Villafranca is known for ambitious projects that fuses the jazz idiom with extensive knowledge of ...

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Book / Magazine

UC Press Publishes "Better Git It in Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus" by Krin Gabbard

Source: All About Jazz
March 7, 2016

“Krin Gabbard is one of the finest stylists writing about jazz today, and Better Git It In Your Soul finds him at the top of his game. The writing is crisp, charming, and funny, a pleasure to read. The author’s love of this immensely rich body of music comes through on every page.” —Thomas Brothers, author of Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism “One of the reasons that the great musician Charles Mingus is not better known is that the raw ...

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TV / Film

Musicians, Music Fans -- Join Us At A Free Screening Of The New Thomas Chapin Film

Source: Stephanie J. Castillo
March 6, 2016

A First Look at THOMAS CHAPIN, NIGHT BIRD SONG A New Music Film ABOUT THE FREE SCREENING New York FREE Screening, SVA Theatre, on Sunday, March 13- 333 West 23 Street, NY, NY 10010. Doors open at 1 p.m.; the film begins 1:30 p.m. RSVPs required here THE FILM Destined to be among the great virtuosos of jazz, Thomas Chapin, an alto sax and flute master, was nearing the pinnacle of his meteoric rise when leukemia took him at the ...

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Performance / Tour

International Gypsy Guitar Master Decends On Le Quecumbar In March

Source: Maroto Lounge
March 6, 2016

The International Gypsy guitar master from Holland, Lollo Meier, finally returns to the UK with two new line ups including clarinet, and for the first time accordion. He'll be performing on Sunday 13th and Monday 14th March at Le QuecumBar, London. The quartet will transport you back to prewar Paris and the nostalgia and melody of the day in Django style and tradition- the greatest Gypsy Swing guitarist of all time, two special nights of lyrical, swinging and melodic seduction. ...

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Recording

Danish pianist Søren Gemmer releases "The Lark" on WhyPlayJazz

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2016

With a series of portraits fleshed out in melodic lines The Lark unites personal experience and collective modern jazz exploration. The second release from pianist and composer, Søren Gemmer, presents an elaboration on the trademark melodicism displayed on the internationally acclaimed debut album. The album is the follow-up release to the highly successful At First that received widespread critical acclaim for its blend of modern jazz and a fascination of late-romantic classical piano music. The Lark features five distinct voices, ...

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Website

Jazz Near You Upgrade Includes International Jazz Festival Calendar, improved Jazz Teacher Finder, improved Spotlight service and more

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2016

Your friends at Jazz Near You continually improve our website, our weekly eblast and our mobile app to better serve jazz communities worldwide. Check out the latest round of upgrades: A festival-only calendar page. It's accessible from the main calendar page and includes every upcoming festival event that has been added to Jazz Near You. Check for festivals in the US, Canada, Europe and beyond. We added the day of the week under the month and day on ...

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Pianist Joel Holmes and The Green House Expansion Fuse Jazz and Hip-Hop with "Take One"

Source: Joel Holmes
March 3, 2016

The Green House Expansion was founded ONE year ago in Neukölln, Berlin. Their name comes from the multi-disciplinary artist studio/residence known as The Green House where the band rehearses and creates its compositions. Lead by Grammy-Nominated pianist, Joel Holmes, the band features the award winning jazz bassist Martin Buhl, critically acclaimed Polish drummer, Kuba Gudz and their MC/DJ, Stimulus. Stimulus is most known for his collaborations with Mark Ronson, Chris Dave & Robert Glasper as well as for being the ...

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