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Book / Magazine

Playboy Swings: How Hugh Hefner And Playboy Changed The Face Of Music

Source: Nina Gordon Public Relations
July 22, 2015

Since the launch of Playboy magazine in 1953, two elements have been remarkably consistent: the first is the celebration of the world’s most beautiful & desirable women and the second is its involvement with music. The Playboy experience was never just about sex—it was about lifestyle. And music—particularly the finest jazz, a personal passion of Hefner’s—has always been an essential component of that lifestyle. While many books have been written about the Playboy organization and the ultimate playboy himself, Hugh ...

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Recording

Harris Eisenstadt's "Canada Day IV" Will Be Released On September 4

Source: GoMedia PR
July 21, 2015

Drummer/Composer's Quintet Features Nate Wooley on Trumpet, Matt Bauder on Tenor Saxophone, Chris Dingman on Vibraphone and New Member Pascal Niggenkemper on Bass Canada Day III made many Best of 2012 lists. In the meantime, award-winning drummer Harris Eisenstadt launched a new group, Golden State (with two releases on Songlines). Now Canada Day, his his longest-running band, returns with its most accomplished album yet, a thoroughly entertaining, provocative program of original compositions that blends swinging modern jazz and spikier, off- ...

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Recording

Blue Engine Records' Debut Album Release: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra  with Wynton Marsalis' " Live in Cuba" streets on August 21, 2015 

Source: Michael Ricci
July 20, 2015

Available now for pre-order on iTunes and Amazon Blue Engine Records, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new platform that makes its vast archive of recorded concerts available to jazz audiences everywhere, releases its debut title, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis' Live in Cuba, on August 21, 2015. The album featuring the world-renowned big band performing at the historic Mella Theater in Havana, Cuba is available now for pre-order on Amazon and iTunes. Live in Cuba captures the dazzling ...

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Performance / Tour

Monty Alexander: Remembering Nat "King" Cole - At Scullers On July 25!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
July 18, 2015

SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB ONE NIGHT ONLY! JULY 25 With Special Guest Vocalists Allan Harris & Caterina Zappponi MONTY ALEXANDER: REMEMBERING NAT “KING" COLE: with special guest vocalists Allan Harris and Caterina Zapponi, plus Hassan Shakur (bass), Obed Calvaire (drums) and Randy Napoleon (guitar). Master pianist Monty Alexander leads a heartfelt exploration of one of his musical hero, Nat “King" Cole. As a boy in his native Jamaica, Monty listened to his parent's Nat King ...

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Recording

Jazz Guitar Icon Larry Coryell Shows His Multifaceted Talents On A New 3-CD Box Of Live Recordings

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
July 17, 2015

One of the most respected and celebrated jazz fusion guitarists of his generation, Larry Coryell presents a brand new triple disc box set of unreleased live performances. Titled Aurora Coryellis, this captivating collection highlights Coryell’s prodigious talents in a multitude of settings, from a full band performance in 1972 at the Jazz Wokshop in Boston to a solo acoustic show in 1976 at Clark University (Worchester, MA) plus a more recent appearance in 2002 at the San Jose Jazz Fest ...

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Crowdfunding Campaign

Throw Away Your Real Book: Tonic Wants You To Lose The Baggage And Improvise Like A Child Again

Source: Scott Hughes
July 17, 2015

"Tonic", a card game that helps all musicians learn to improvise without theory or advanced training, is now available on Kickstarter. Designed to teach students and seasoned players how to relax and improvise freely and naturally, Tonic is an unconventional approach rooted in the free jazz and modern classical movements. It takes the form of a card and dice game that requires no theory or prior experience to play. Instead, each card has a prompt that challenges players to create ...

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Book / Magazine

Jive-Colored Glasses: A Memoir That Tells How A Jazz Critic Got That Way

Source: John Goodman
July 16, 2015

A jazz memoir combined with personal stories, Jive-Colored Glasses tells how critic John Goodman came to jazz as a child from a privileged background and how jazz radically changed his life. Jive-Colored Glasses was published July 8 on Amazon in paperback and ebook versions. It jumped to #5 in Amazon's Best Seller List (for Jazz Musician Biographies). Sales continue strong. See the reviews at the book's Amazon page. One reviewer called John “a perennial freelancer, partly because he's too much ...

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Subscribe to the All About Jazz News Feed or Add value to your blog with the Jazz News Widget

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2015

All About Jazz offers both a jazz news widget and a jazz news RSS feed so web publishers can place up-to-the-minute jazz headlines on their website or blog. To add the widget, simply copy and paste this code—the process is as simple as embedding a YouTube video or a Soundcloud player. And the jazz news widget fits comfortably in the right column of most websites and blogs. You can also subscribe to our RSS news feed. It's located here and ...

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