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All About Jazz and Jazz Near You: We're moving and improving!

Source: All About Jazz
February 23, 2016

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Jazz Near You Tickets Events Through Ticketfly Affiliation

Source: All About Jazz
February 21, 2016

Jazz Near You, the Internet's largest aggregator and distributor of jazz event and venue information has joined the Ticketfly affiliate network, a progressive ticketing company that makes it easy to discover events, buy tickets, and share events with your friends. “Our goal is to present the most comprehensive jazz events calendar and importing Ticketfly events helps us take another step towards reaching that goal," says Jazz Near You founder, Michael Ricci. “We now present all events from Dazzle Jazz in ...

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Learn Jazz Piano Online With PianoGroove’s Innovative Tuition Platform

Source: Hayden Hill
February 21, 2016

2016 has marked the launch of online jazz piano tuition platform PianoGroove. The company, created by Nottingham Business School graduate Hayden Hill, provides jazz piano tuition for amateur pianists using a three-part video layout that combines an overhead camera shot, a synchronised light-up keyboard and in-video notation. “My aim is to make high-quality jazz piano tuition accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world,” comments PianoGroove’s Founder Hayden Hill. “I took an interest in jazz as a teenager but couldn't find ...

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The Best 2016 Jazz Summer Program: 12 Workshops + 24 Teachers + 120 Musicians + 42 Days Of Music; It's All Happening At The New York Jazz Workshop

Source: Marco Chelo
February 20, 2016

From July 18th to August 28th, in the heart of Times Square, the New York Jazz Workshop's 8th summer series will feature the whos who of jazz music with Alan Ferber , Amina Figarova, Ari Hoenig, Chris Washburne, Dan Weiss, Dave Liebman, Dave Scott, Fay Victor, Frank Kimbrough, Jacob Sacks, Jocelyn Medina, John O’Gallagher, Kenny Wessel, Marc Mommaas, Olivia Foschi, Richard Boukas, Ron Horton, Scott Robinson, Tim Horner, Tony Moreno, Vic Juris and many more. “Yeah, we feel pretty good ...

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Kimmel Center Announces Jazz Residency Artists For 2015–16 Season

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2016

NEW WORK BY KOREY RIKER AND A COLLABORATION BETWEEN KENDRAH BUTLER AND SHAMIKA BYRD WILL BOTH PREMIERE IN JUNE 2016 The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts has announced the 2015–16 Season Jazz Residency Artists; individuals whose involvement in this prestigious program will result in World Premieres in June 2016 at the Kimmel Center’s SEI Innovation Studio. An esteemed panel of jazz experts reviewed 25 project applications and selected the following artists for this season’s residency: Kendrah Butler, composer and ...

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Grammy Winners 2016 - The Jazz List

Source: All About Jazz
February 17, 2016

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards have named their jazz list of 2016 Grammy winners. Improvised Jazz Solo WINNER: “Cherokee," Christian McBride “Giant Steps," Joey Alexander “Arbiters if Evolution," Donny McCaslin “Friend or Foe," Joshua Redman “Past Present," John Scofield Jazz Vocal Album WINNER: For One to Love, Cécile McLorin Salvant Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein, Karrin Allyson Find a Heart, Denise Donatelli Flirting With Disaster, ...

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About the All About Jazz Featured Visual Artist Program

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2016

Professional photographers, painters, illustrators, and graphic artists are encouraged to participate. All About Jazz features a new visual artist at our gallery every month. If you're a professional and looking for increased exposure within the All About Jazz and Jazz Near You community, follow these simple steps for consideration: Create or complete your member page. Make sure it includes a profile photo, your bio, and links; Upload a minimum of 12 new images; Contact us when you are done.

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I Give You Give - Using Music To Fundraise For A Charity

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2016

I Give You Give is a new website designed by musicians for musicians. It has been developed by drum and bass artist Foreign Concept to make it as easy as possible for artists to gift a track to a charity or a cause and ask fans to donate to download. I Give You Give do not take a cut or charge any fees so all the donated money goes to the charity. UK saxophonist Gilad Atzmon is the first jazz ...

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