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Recording

Trumpeter/Composer John Raymond Takes a New Look At Jazz Tradition On "Foreign Territory"

Source: All About Jazz
April 11, 2015

Raymond's Second CD, out April 28 via Fresh Sound/New Talent, features pianist Dan Tepfer, bassist Joe Martin, and legendary drummer Billy Hart Inspiration doesn’t have to come from reshaping the ground beneath one’s feet; the creative spark can also be ignited by exploring well-trod terrain with fresh eyes. On his sophomore CD, Brooklyn-based trumpeter/composer John Raymond ventures into Foreign Territory, taking a refreshing and exciting look at the jazz tradition with a set of original music that retains the music’s ...

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Recording

Kevin Eubanks & Stanley Jordan Release "Duets" on Mack Avenue Records

Source: DL Media
April 10, 2015

Multifaceted guitar heroes Kevin Eubanks and Stanley Jordan recording a Duets album: an idea that as soon as you hear it, you wonder why nobody, including you, thought of it until now. Eubanks, the Philadelphia native who took New York by storm starting out in straight ahead jazz clubs then progressive albums for contemporary jazz giant GRP Records and legendary Blue Note Records, frequent collaborations with cutting-edge bassist Dave Holland, then 18 years in Jay Leno’s The Tonight Show Band ...

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Festival

12 Points Returns With Best Of New European Jazz, Dublin, April 15-18

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2015

12 Points returns to his spiritual home of Dublin at the Project Arts Centre from April 15-18 for 4 days of exciting young jazz acts from across Europe, with daytime ‘Jazz Futures’ seminar and after-hours jam sessions. Festival Pass €50 / Daily Tickets €15/12 “The freshest, hottest sounds in jazz and contemporary experimental music” —The Irish Times 4 days, 12 young cutting-edge acts from 12 different European countries with widely diverse sounds; rebelling and reinterpreting any fixed notions of ‘jazz’. ...

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Event

Jim Caruso & Billy Stritch Return To Bemelmans Bar At The Carlyle

Source: Matt Gross
April 10, 2015

Performances Will Take Place April 12, 19, 26; June 7, 14, 21, 28 Caruso & Stritch’s Shows at Bemelmans, Favorites of Fellow Artists, Have Featured Sit-Ins by Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, Bono, Marilyn Maye, Jane Monheit, Linda Lavin and Others The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel, is pleased to welcome Jim Caruso & Billy Stritch back to Bemelmans Bar for an extended Sunday night residency. The upcoming performances will build upon their recent run of shows in the intimate, storied New ...

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Performance / Tour

Danny Bacher - Debut CD & Performance Schedule

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
April 10, 2015

Danny Bacher! Upcoming Debut CD “Swing That Music!" Advance EP features: Warren Vache, Bill Goodwin, Ray Drummond, Howard Alden, Houston Person & Cyrille Aimee! “Newcomer, singer/saxophonist Danny Bacher is getting ready to launch his debut album, Swing That Music! The disc features an impressive array of jazz luminaries: Ray Drummond, Warren Vaché, Howard Alden, Bill Goodwin, Houston Person, and rising vocal star, Cyrille Aimée. Rounding out this dream team is Executive Producer Suzi Reynolds and Grammy-nominated Producer Roseanna Vitro." -JAZZed ...

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Event

Jerald Miller Leading Jazz Digital Thought Leader Announces Session At Jazzahead In Bremen, Germany On Creating A Stronger Digital Business Model In Jazz

Source: Nu Jazz Publicity
April 9, 2015

New York, NY – Nu Jazz Agency has just announced that founder & Managing Director Jerald Miller will be leading and moderating a discussion entitled: Creating a Stronger Digital Business Model in Jazz on Friday, April 24th, 2015 for the Jazzahead! music conference to be held in Bremen, Germany at the Bremen Exhibition Center, as part of the (three) European Jazz Expo. The discussion, will primarily focus on how to strengthen digital business practices in jazz, and share some of ...

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Event

1st International Jarek Smietana Jazz Guitar Competition - Closing Date For Applications 15 April

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2015

My Polish Heart Foundation is proud to announce the inaugural International Jarek Śmietana Jazz Guitar Competition, which will be held in Cracow from 1-4 July, 2015. The International Jarek Śmietana Jazz Guitar Competition is in honor of Jarek Śmietana, one of the most significant figures in Polish jazz for over four decades, who passed away on 2 September 2013 after a long fight with a brain tumor. The competition is open to guitarists form any country up to the age ...

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Recording

Drummer Dan Brubeck Honors His Parents' Music With "Celebrating The Music And Lyrics Of Dave & Iola Brubeck," Due April 28

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
April 9, 2015

On his brilliantly realized new album Celebrating the Music and Lyrics of Dave & Iola Brubeck, drummer Dan Brubeck introduces his parents’ remarkable and surprisingly little-known songbook. The second youngest of Dave and Iola Brubeck’s six children, Dan has an extensive history of performing and recording alongside his famous pianist father Dave Brubeck and had long wanted to explore some of the songs and textual settings that his parents collaborated on over the years. The 2-CD set, which happens to ...

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