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Jazz Near You App v2.0 is now available at Google Play!

Source: All About Jazz
August 24, 2015

Attention Android users! That Jazz Near You app is now available for download at the Google Play store. About the app Never miss another jazz show again! Jazz Near You is a simple yet powerful way for fans to discover who is playing where and when. View local jazz events by date, by venue or by musician; map to venues, share events on Facebook and Twitter, and get detailed information about musicians. Jazz Near You is your complete guide to ...

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Education

Berklee Students Bring Music Therapy And Jazz Workshops To Panama And Perform With Wayne Shorter

Source: Margot Edwards
August 23, 2015

Danilo Perez, president of the Danilo Pérez Foundation and artistic director of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI), and Patricia Zarate, executive director of Panama Jazz Productions and founder of the Latin American Music Therapy Symposium, are bringing students from the BGJI and Berklee’s music therapy program to Panama City, Panama, to work with the Foundation and other local organizations, August 17-21. Through a series of workshops, clinics and music therapy services, the students aim to empower the community to ...

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Recording

Storybook - Music CD Release: Dreams Are Made For Children

Source: Roland Stringer
August 22, 2015

Sometimes, a little jazz is all you need for a good night’s rest! Adding to their growing catalog of award-winning storybooks with CDs for children, The Secret Mountain will release Dreams Are Made for Children on October 1, 2015. It features twelve popular standards from the golden age of jazz recorded by singing legends Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan and Chet Baker, amongst others. The music was selected by Misja Fitzgerald Michel, a Paris-based jazz musician, ...

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Performance / Tour

Danny Bacher's "Swing That Music" All-Stars at the Metropolitan Room on August 25!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
August 21, 2015

Danny Bacher and his Swing That Music All-Stars are back by popular demand at Manhattan's Metropolitan Room with special guest vocalist Charenee Wade on August 25! Make your reservations now! Metropolitan Room 34 W. 22nd St. New York, NY 10010 Phone: 212-206-0440 Tuesday, August 25, 2015 7:00-8:15PM Danny Bacher/Vocals, Soprano Sax Allen Farnham/Piano Elias Bailey/Bass Steve Johns/Drums Warren Vache/Cornet Jay ...

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Recording

"Cheerin' Up The Universe," New CD By Trumpeter/Vocalist Bob Merrill, Due For Sept. 4 Release By Accurate Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
August 20, 2015

Trumpeter/vocalist Bob Merrill has had an amazingly varied career in and around music—mentored by his late father-in-law Joe Bushkin, Jaki Byard, and Red Rodney; starting and operating Hip Pocket Recording Studios in New York City; and recording as a leader himself. Cheerin’ Up the Universe, his new CD and fourth to date, is being released September 4 by Accurate Records, which has also reissued two of Merrill’s earlier albums (Catch As Catch Can, Got a Bran’ New Suit). In the ...

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Festival

JAZZ AT IJAMS: Swing Jazz Festival In Knoxville on October 18

Source: Christian Lange
August 19, 2015

JAZZ AT IJAMS is a monthly concert series during the Spring, Summer, and Fall which features gypsy jazz and swing bands in an ampitheatre-park setting at Ijams Nature Center, a 300 acre urban greenspace in Knoxville, Tennessee. Organized as a pic-nic showcasing the food of countries near and far, the event includes art exhibits, swing dancing, yoga, and the flow arts (hooping, spinning, and juggling). An extension of the gypsy jazz revival we're seeing all over the world, this festival ...

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Crowdfunding Campaign

Spanish Jazz Guitar Master Biel Ballester Puts His Balls On The Line! Have A Song Composed Just For You!

Source: Maroto Lounge
August 18, 2015

All About Jazz has previously reported Le QuecumBar's crowd-funding plight, and here’s an update with some exciting news but support is still needed—time limited for responses. The (sweet and) lowdown of our crowdfunding efforts: Already we’ve raised over £11,000! Great support has been received from All About Jazz readers but we’ve got two weeks to raise a further £24,000... For as little as a tenner you can become an indelible part of Le Q; EVERY pledge earns you a place ...

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Recording

Music Icons Jon Anderson & Jean Luc Ponty To Release New CD/DVD "Better Late Than Never"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
August 18, 2015

One of the most eagerly awaited releases of 2015 by the AndersonPonty Band, featuring music icons Jon Anderson and Jean Luc Ponty, is scheduled to hit the streets early Fall 2015! The new CD/DVD titled Better Late Than Never features outstanding performances by the band from September 2014 at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colorado, as well as some innovative production. The AndersonPonty Band has created some breathtaking new musical compositions. Better Late Than Never also showcases rearrangements of ...

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