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Recording

Pianist/Producer Tyler Greenfield Releases "Sunday Bolero"

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
December 31, 2015

Following a love for Latin music, Tyler Greenfield connected with an array of Cuban musicians in New York, including the acclaimed Cuban singer Xiomara Laugart. The album features Laugart on classic boleros including “Nosotros" and “Sabor a Mi". Xiomara was a vocalist in the Grammy-nominated group Yerba Buena. Aside from Laugart's presence, Sunday Bolero provides the masterful rhythms of percussionist Gabriel “Chinchilita" Machado and bassist Jorge Bringas. The talented Cuban trumpeter Kalí Rodríguez-Peña is a welcomed guest and brings a ...

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Music Industry

Nu Jazz Agency’s Managing Director, Jerald Miller To Keynote Jazz Industry/Music Business Symposium At JEN's 2016 Conference & The Chamber Music Of America National Conference In January 2016

Source: Nu Jazz Publicity
December 29, 2015

The Nu Jazz Agency has announced that Managing Director Jerald Miller, will lead two Keynote sessions at separate Jazz industry related music conferences in the second week of January 2016. Named by the 118 year old Musical America Worldwide Magazine as the only Jazz Industry professional to their Top 30 Influencers in the Arts category, Jerald Miller’s sessions are not to be missed. Jerald Miller will Keynote a session entitle The Business of Jazz in the 21st Century on Wednesday, ...

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Recording

Vocalist / Guitarist / Composer Camila Meza Takes Flight With New Album, "Traces," On Sunnyside Records

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
December 24, 2015

Available on February 26, 2016 Featuring Camila Meza (guitar & vocals), Sachal Vasandani (vocals on “Away"), Shai Maestro (piano, Rhodes, wurlitzer, mellotron, pump organ, ampli-celeste), Matt Penman (bass), Kendrick Scott (drums), Bashiri Johnson (percussion), Jody Redhage (cello), Matt Pierson (producer). CD Release Celebration February 24, 2016 @ The Jazz Standard January 15, 2016 at The NYC Winter JazzFest (Django at The Roxy Hotel) Vocalist/guitarist/composer CAMILA MEZA is a rarity, a glorious triptych of an artist. She possesses a ...

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Event

Anat Cohen To Kick Off NPR's Toast Of The Nation Broadcast

Source: Margot Edwards
December 23, 2015

Clarinetist and Berklee alumna Anat Cohen will kick off National Public Radio’s Toast of the Nation annual coast-to-coast radio broadcast this New Year's Eve, December 31, 2015. Cohen’s concert—a rebroadcast of her acclaimed 2009 New Year’s Eve performance at the Berklee Performance Center—will begin the evening’s festivities at 9:00 pm Eastern time. Heard New Year’s Eve on more than 200 NPR affiliate stations, NPR Worldwide, Sirius XM Radio, and streamed on wbgo.org, Toast of the Nation begins with Cohen’s quartet, ...

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Website

Top Ten MP3 Downloads in 2015

Source: All About Jazz
December 22, 2015

Congratulations to the musicians whose tracks generated the most downloads in 2015! 1. Astrologic (5:48)By: Ernesto Aurignac From: UNO (Self Produced) 2. The Nearness of You (05:07)By: Dennis DeMille From: Sonority (Sonority Records) 3. Think of One (05:53)By: Alex Conde From: Descarga for Monk (Zoho Music) 4. Other Minds (5:20)By: Mario Dueñas From: Beliefs (Self Produced) 5. Intervalo em Ponte de Sôr (06:23)By: Nuno Guedes Campos

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Event

Ancient Future Concerts Celebrating Matthew Montfort's New Custom Scalloped Fretboard Guitar

Source: Matthew Montfort
December 21, 2015

Ancient Future Bay Area Concerts Debut Performances with Matthew Montfort's New Scalloped Fretboard Guitar Featuring World Guitar Pioneer Matthew Montfort, Tabla Virtuoso Vishal Nagar and Special Guest Composer/Santurist Mariah Parker One of the program variations of the trailblazing world fusion music ensemble, Ancient Future, this improvisatory ensemble features world guitar pioneer Matthew Montfort accompanied by renowned Indian tabla virtuoso Vishal Nagar and composer/santurist Mariah Parker. Blending flamenco, raga, rock, Celtic, jazz and Asian music, they will perform music from Ancient ...

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Performance / Tour

Vocalist Allison Adams Tucker Performs At The Blue Note Sunday Brunch January 17, 2016 In Connection With JazzConnect & APAP Conferences In New York

Source: Mouthpiece Music
December 20, 2015

Allison Adams Tucker, the California-based multi-lingual jazz vocalist, will perform at the Blue Note Sunday Brunch in New York City on January 17, 2016 for two sets at 11:30am & 1:30pm. Tucker will be previewing selections from her upcoming album WANDERlust, as well as presenting a program of Brazilian-infused jazz tunes that she sings in six different languages. Her New York appearance is timed to coincide with the annual JazzConnect and APAP Conferences that week as she showcases her music ...

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Vocalist / Violinist Anna Nash Releases "Anna 2.0"

Source: Plaza Mayor Company ltd
December 20, 2015

Anna Nash and the Rondo Veneziano Group revisit Pop and Traditional Italians songs Anna Nash is a singer and violinist with artistic skills that range from the classical repertoire to opera to pure jazz culminating in a multi-faceted performer who can present a varied set of classical and modern selections. Always in search of new sounds, Nash has undertaken a new adventure with Anna 2.0 covering both jazz to pop. Track Listing Fly 1214 Puccini Meets Lounge Coralli Adagio in ...

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