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Performance / Tour

A Jazz Concert Celebrating The CD Releases Of Kaylene Peoples And Bunny Brunel – A Magical, Musical Event Producing Real Results For Women Composers!

Source: Sean McKenzie
April 18, 2015

It was a magical, unforgettable night of fusion and acoustic jazz on April 8, 2015, at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood. Celebrating the dual CD release for Kaylene Peoples and Bunny Brunel (MY MAN and INVENT YOUR FUTURE); together the two jazz musicians put on a show to let the world know their respective albums were available—but they also did a marvelous thing for the classical music community, and specifically that community’s newest charity called Bella Composers. The ...

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Event

"Remembering Joe Sample” At The Berks Jazz Festival

Source: Sean McKenzie
April 17, 2015

One of the featured attractions at this year’s Berks Jazz Festival (its 25th anniversary show) will be a special performance on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Reading, PA called “Remembering Joe Sample.” This special tribute to the world renowned pianist and composer who passed away last September was organized by musical director Bobby Lyle and festival promoter John Ernesto; and will feature a stellar lineup of artists—many of whom performed and/or recorded with Sample. It ...

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Event

Upcoming Music Events At Harlem Stage (marcus Strickland, José James, Nona Hendryx, More)

Source: Matt Gross
April 17, 2015

WHEN THE MOON TURNS GREEN: THE MYTH AND MUSIC OF BILLIE HOLIDAY Harlem Stage Gatehouse Tuesday, April 28 Time: 7:30pm Free with RSVP Join us as Dr. Robert O’Meally, author of Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday, Dr. Farah Jasmin Griffin, author of If You Can’t Be Free, Be A Mystery and Dr. John Szwed, author of the forthcoming Billie Holiday: A Musical Biography, explore the mythand music of the ...

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Performance / Tour

Turaco Artists Appear At Derry Jazz Festival

Source: Ian Dale
April 17, 2015

First festival appearance for this unique project, from Tom Harrison exploring the key moments of cinema and TV through their music. Everybody loves film! And behind every definitive scene, underpinning every actor’s move is music. Whether it’s Ennio Morricone’s famous theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, or John Williams’ iconic theme from ET, incredible music gives weight to the defining moments of cinema. The Film Music Project is a celebration of the work of the great composers ...

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Award / Grant

2015 Jazz Palette Composition Contest Winners Announced

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
April 17, 2015

The American Jazz Museum is proud to present the winning compositions from our Jazz Palette composition contest in a special performance by the Hermon Mehari Quintet in the Blue Room, Monday, April 20, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. “The opportunity to combine another public program such as this type of event with our current exhibition in the Changing Gallery, entitled Jazz Then And Now, is always great. It is also another true representation of the diversity of generations creating the music," ...

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Event

Benjamin Clementine Announces BRIC House Performance In Brooklyn, April 29

Source: Matt Gross
April 17, 2015

BRIC PRESENTS ACCLAIMED ENGLISH SINGER/SONGWRITER BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE, APRIL 29 Benjamin Clementine Wednesday, April 29 at 7:30pm BRIC House Ballroom $15, General Admission – Seated Show BRIC is pleased to welcome acclaimed English singer/songwriter Benjamin Clementine to BRIC House, where he will be performing selections from his long-awaited debut album At Least For Now (January 2015). Influenced by the likes of Nina Simone and Leonard Cohen, he’s been highly praised for his distinctive ...

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Website

All About Jazz's Big Bopper Banner Service Improves

Source: All About Jazz
April 16, 2015

Advocacy

Jazz Bridge Opens "Kwame Hall Fund" For Saxophonist With Brain Tumor

Source: Suzanne Cloud
April 16, 2015

Starting today, Jazz Bridge opens the tax-deductible “Kwame Hall Fund" for Kwame Hall, an alto saxophonist and composer born and raised in Philadelphia who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. Tomorrow is a big day for Hall. He'll undergo a 12-hour surgical intervention at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania for a condition only diagnosed two months ago when he started having hearing and balance problems. Son of drummer George Hall, young Kwame studied piano at the Settlement Music ...

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