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Performance / Tour

Guitar Legend Shuggie Otis Hits The Road For An Extended Summer Tour

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
May 28, 2015

Los Angeles, CA - After the recent release of his first-ever live album, Live In Williamsburg (available on CD, vinyl and DVD), R&B legend Shuggie Otis is once again bringing his talents to the stage for a 20+ date, coast-to-coast tour starting July 5th. Nobody brings as much soul, style, and swagger to a live performance as Shug with his signature red Gibson SG, and fans who have followed this multi-talented performer’s tumultuous career know that a Shuggie Otis concert ...

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Obituary

Famed Detroit jazz trumpeter Marcus Belgrave dies at 78

Source: Michael Ricci
May 27, 2015

By Associated Press Marcus Belgrave, a jazz trumpeter who graced stages and studios with Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Cocker and Motown artists galore, died Sunday. He was 78. Belgrave died at an Ann Arbor care facility and the cause of death was heart failure, said Hazelette Crosby-Robinson, a cousin of Belgrave's wife Joan. Belgrave remained active on the Detroit and international jazz scenes up until his death. Born into a family of musicians in Chester, Pennsylvania, he ...

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Event

Musicians Join Together To Honor Lew Soloff

Source: Michael Ricci
May 27, 2015

A prestigious group of the jazz world's finest players will pay tribute to their colleague, legendary trumpet player Lew Soloff (Feb. 20, 1944-Mar 8, 2015) on Monday, June 8, 2015 at the John C. Borden Auditorium, located at the Manhattan School of Music (MSM). This event is free to the public and begins at 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:15pm. MSM and the Borden Auditorium are located at 120 Claremont Avenue (entrance on West 122nd Street, just steps West of ...

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Advocacy

Support Jazz in Philadelphia... Win a Tablet!

Source: All About Jazz
May 27, 2015

Since the Fall of 2014, Philadelphia Jazz Project and our partner, Jazz Near You / All About Jazz have been engaged in a campaign to remind Jazz fans of the vibrancy of the music, as well as introduce new audience members to the wonders of Jazz & Grown Folks Music. Our goal is to develop a mailing list of 100,000 people. We’ve been facilitating a monthly raffle of a digital tablet. You know, an iPad or a WinBook or some ...

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Event

Linwood Taylor And Sol Roots Perform At Bethesda Blues And Jazz Supper Club

Source: 9th Floor Music
May 27, 2015

Bourbon, BBQ, and Blues. World class performers Linwood Taylor and Sol Roots join forces for an incredible night of blues, southern soul, funk, rock and more at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club. Come out for a Bourbon tasting, southern barbecue, and a special concert with Linwood Taylor and Sol Roots on Thursday May 28 at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club in Bethesda MD. “Linwood Taylor has one of the most highly respected names in the blues community with ...

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Obituary

John T. "Bunky" deVecchis, 78, photographed jazz musicians

Source: Michael Ricci
May 27, 2015

Bunky deVecchis would go into a dimly lit nightclub with a camera without a flash and capture jazz musicians in full cry in whatever light was available. He didn't like flash photography, and his subjects were appreciative. Nothing like working to nurse notes out of your instrument with a flash going off in your face. Ambient light worked just fine for Bunky, and many of his images of jazz musicians, most of them caught performing at Philadelphia venues, have been ...

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Award / Grant

Moers Festival Celebrates The EJN Award 2015 For Adventurous Programming

Source: Stefano Zucchiatti
May 26, 2015

The EJN Award 2015 for Adventurous Programming was celebrated today during Moers Festival, winner of this year’s Award. The Award Ceremony took place during the reception of the City Mayor in the Festival Hall. Ros Rigby, President of EJN, and Piotr Turkiewicz, EJN Vice President, congratulated the Festival team and the Artistic Director Reiner Michalke for the incredible work done in all these years in organsing a Festival that produces some of the most innovative music in the field of ...

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Performance / Tour

Polly Gibbons at Birdland on July 2

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
May 24, 2015

Resonance Records presents Polly Gibbons Many Faces of Love - One Show Only - 6:00pm on July 2nd at Birdland Resonance Records will present Polly Gibbons in her triumphant New York City return on Thursday, July 2, at 6:00pm at Birdland. She will be showcasing her debut release on Resonance Records, Many Faces of Love. Polly Gibbons - Vocals Shelly Berg - Piano Marco Panascia - Bass Tim Horner - Drums Polly Gibbons is ...

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