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Recording

Stevie Holland Releases "Life Goes On"

Source: Michael Ricci
July 9, 2015

"A graceful, silken voice..." —THE NEW YORK TIMES “Virtually every important jazz singer to emerge in the past two decades has had to find a way to expand the familiar repertoire of golden-age standards. Stevie covers the waterfront. Effortless swing, and a radiant wit…a self-possessed tour de force” —Gary Giddins Stevie Holland returns to the recording studio with Life Goes On, a collection of Holland’s trademark picks of lesser-known gems and classics from the contemporary pop world and American Songbook. ...

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Event

Brownie Speaks At Newport! A Special Night Of Film And Music

Source: Don Glanden
July 9, 2015

Brownie Speaks at Newport: July 30, 2015, 7:30pm (Eve of the Newport Jazz Festival) at the Jane Pickens Theater and Event Center (49 Touro Street Street, Newport, Rhode Island 02840). Free and open to the public. “Now it’s our pleasure to present a young man who has astounded the jazz world with his amazing talent in the last two years. His name is Clifford Brown. And here is his interpretation of I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with ...

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Recording

JMood Records Is Pleased To Announce The New CD Release Of The Roberto Magris Trio Entitled "Enigmatix"

Source: Paul Collins
July 9, 2015

JMood Records is pleased to announce the release of the “New” Roberto Magris Trio CD entitled Enigmatix. Enigmatix captures the global effects of our music as it is seen now and in this new century. “Roberto and I have not, until now, expressed this global effect in our music as a whole or in part in this particular jazz genre”, says Paul Collins, impresario JMood Records. “We observe that “straight jazz” music is evolving more and more and looking into ...

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Video / DVD

Jon Armstrong Jazz Orchestra, An Ensemble Linked To LA’s Burgeoning Jazz Scene, Are Set To Release A Cinematic Music Video

Source: lorena endara
July 8, 2015

Twenty two piece ensemble, Jon Armstrong Jazz Orchestra will release their first music video. “The gifted Los Angeles tenor saxophonist,” (The Sydney Morning Herald) teamed up with Los Angeles based multimedia company Producciones Con Sal to produce and direct the music video for “Dream Has No Friend” off their debut album Farewell. The cinematic Jazz music video is set to premiere this July 10th at ArtShare LA in Downtown Los Angeles. “Dream Has No Friend” was composed by Jon Armstrong ...

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Performance / Tour

New York Musicians United In "Arts For Sports Benefit" To Help Chicago Youth

Source: Danijela Milic/LeitmotivArts
July 7, 2015

"ARTS for SPORTS" benefit orgnaized by LeitmotivArts to raise funds for the Basketball Peace Ambassadors program was held on June 26th at Gallery MC in New York. Basketball Peace Ambassadors initiative is headed by coach Vlado Jaksic from Chicago who is utilizing basketball as a vehicle to teach cultural sensitivity and awareness, while teaching life skills. A great feature of this program is the travel abroad program where Balkan diaspora and inner city Chicago youth get to travel to Serbia ...

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Performance / Tour

Chris Washburne & SYOTOS CD Celebration Tour Begins July 29 At Smoke!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
July 3, 2015

Chris Washburne & SYOTOS kick off their CD Celebration Tour with special guest Brazilian piano virtuoso Andre Mehmari on July 29 at Smoke Jazz & Supper Club. July 29 at 7:00pm Smoke Jazz & Supper Club CD Release Gig! 2751 Broadway, NYC 10025 Additional Dates Thursday, July 30 The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College - Spiegeltent 2015, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York, 8PM. Friday, July 31 The Catskill Jazz Factory ...

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Event

San Jose Comics Shop Host Erik Deutsch And The Jazz Outlaws on July 14 at 7:30pm

Source: Dan Vado
July 2, 2015

Erik Deutsch and the Jazz Outlaws will be making San Jose's The Art Boutiki a stop on their current west cost tour, bringing their brand of country influenced jazz into one of the most unique venues in the country. Having first come to prominence as a member of the funk-jazz collective Fat Mama, Brooklyn-based pianist Erik Deutsch has taken his talents across the globe to play with some of the finest musicians alive. Born in Washington D.C., Erik exists in ...

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Performance / Tour

The Rodriguez Brothers CD Release Event On August 5-6 At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
July 1, 2015

The Rodriguez Brothers New Release Impromptu CD Release Gig! August 5-6 (7:30pm & 9:30pm) at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola The Rodriguez Brothers have been burnin' up the New York City jazz scene since 2002 with their passionate performance and engaging compositions. Their brand new 2015 release Impromptu (Criss Cross Jazz) is gaining international airplay and critical acclaim. Seeing is believing. Come experience the excitement with their CD release gig on August 5-6 at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Michael Rodriguez - trumpet, flugelhorn, ...

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