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Music Industry

Austin Jazz Trumpeter Jeff Lofton Featured In Macy's American Icons Campaign

Source: Jeff Lofton
May 16, 2015

Austin-based jazz trumpeter and composer Jeff Lofton is featured in Macy's American Icons summer fashion campaign celebrating American landscapes and people. In addition to photos in the print campaign and an interview online, the campaign features video of the Jeff Lofton Trio at their long- running residency in the lounge at Ruth's Chris Steak House at 6th & Congress, in Austin. Lofton has led the Thursday happy hour residency, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. weekly, for over five years and ...

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Award / Grant

2015 JJA Jazz Awards Honor Musical Excellence Randy Weston Praised For Lifetime Achievement

Source: Michael Ricci
May 16, 2015

NEW YORK – The Jazz Journalists Association has announced winners of its 2015 JJA Jazz Awards for musical excellence in calendar year 2014 (see winners below), and released details about its annual public Jazz Awards party, at the Blue Note Jazz Club, 131 W. 3rd St., NYC, on June 16, from 3 pm to 5:30 pm. Tickets are available here. The 19th annual JJA Jazz Awards celebrates Randy Weston, 89-year-old pianist, composer, lecturer, and Brooklyn-born Africanist with its top honor, ...

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Website

Jazz Near You Across Portugal: Faro Added!

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2015

Jazz Near You has added Faro as its third website in Portugal. If you live in the Algarve region and use Jazz Near You, please spread the word to the musician and presenter community about our free event listing and distribution service. Thanks much! Faro faro.jazznearyou.com Lisbon lisbon.jazznearyou.com Porto porto.jazznearyou.com With the addition of Faro, Jazz Near You now provides jazz event and jazz venue listings for 259 cities worldwide. If you have an ...

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Recording

Grammy-Winning Producer Ricky Kej Joins Singer-songwriter Kathy Sanborn In Lights Of Laniakea

Source: Kathy Sanborn
May 15, 2015

Teaming with GRAMMY-winning producer Ricky Kej, recording artist Kathy Sanborn combines her trademark silky vocals and heartfelt compositions with Kej's consummate production skills for her seventh album, Lights of Laniakea, to be released worldwide August 14, 2015. Sanborn says, “Lights of Laniakea is packed with cheerful songs and positive energy. Always an optimist, I wanted to share my upbeat vision for the world in Lights of Laniakea, and Ricky Kej was the ideal producer to bring my compositions to life.” ...

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Performance / Tour

Dynamic Singer / Songwriter / Keyboardist Frank McComb Brings His Unique Brand Of Soul-jazz To Rams Head In Annapolis On Sunday, July 19th

Source: Inque Public Relations
May 15, 2015

Featuring Special Guests Jazz Singer / Keyboardist Aziza Miller & BET’s 'Sunday Best' Season One Winner Gospel Singer Crystal Aikin Frank McComb, the former MoJazz and Columbia Records singer who is now among the most successful independent artists in Urban Adult/Contemporary Jazz, is on a hot streak in 2015 with SRO performances in Europe, South Africa and Australia all the way to New York’s legendary The Bitter End Club and Studio City in California where he just played for the ...

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Website

Still having trouble accessing All About Jazz or Jazz Near You?

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2015

We apologize for the protracted outage yesterday that ran from 1:30am ET to 2:30pm ET. Both websites were fully restored by 2:30pm, but if you are still seeing the InMotion Hosting splash page, we suggest deleting your browser's cache or history and try again. For me, all pages loaded except philadelphia.jazznearyou.com in Firefox. I could access all other pages in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. It wasn't until I deleted Firefox's browser history that was I able to access philadelphia.jazznearyou.com. TIP: ...

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Performance / Tour

Aimée Allen: New CD with Romero Lubambo - Release Gig at Cutting Room on June 16

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
May 14, 2015

Aimée Allen New CD “Matter of Time" with Special Guest Romero Lubambo CD Release Gig: June 16, 2015 The Cutting Room Aimée Allen Upcoming Dates Friday, May 15, 2015, 8:00pm Café du Soleil 2723 Broadway New York, NY 10025 Thursday, May 21, 2015, 6:00pm Aimée Allen / François Moutin Duo La Caye 35 LaFayette Ave Brooklyn, NY 11217 Friday, May 22, 2015, 6:00pm

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Performance / Tour

Randy Weston & Billy Harper Appearing At Highlights In Jazz

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
May 14, 2015

Jack Kleinsinger’s Highlights In Jazz—New York’s Longest Running Jazz Concert Series—concludes its 43rd Season with Jazz, Past & Present, a historic double bill featuring NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston with Billy Harper performing The Roots of the Blues and Highlights In Jazz New Stars Benny Benack, Steven Frieder, Dylan Meek, Devin Starks & Kosta Galanopoulos plus a very special surprise guest. Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 8 pm at Tribeca Performing Arts Center of Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 ...

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