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Unreleased Live Album By Jazz Drum Legend Buddy Rich, Birdland, As Seen In Award Winning Film Whiplash To Be Released May 26, 2015

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
April 9, 2015

Studio City, CA - Lightyear Entertainment and Lobitos Creek Ranch, in association with Scabeba Entertainment and the Buddy Rich Estate, have announced the release of a new live album featuring Buddy Rich and his Killer Force Band at the peak of their performing years. This rare, previously unreleased, and all original production was recorded with Buddy’s permission by band mate Alan Gauvin, who has also now mixed and edited the project together. The album was mastered by Tom Swift, and ...

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Award / Grant

Former New England Conservatory President Gunther Schuller To Receive 2015 Edward MacDowell Medal

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
April 9, 2015

NEC to honor Schuller’s 90th birthday with activities & Jordan Hall Concert on November 19 Former New England Conservatory President, composer, conductor, author, publisher, historian, record producer, virtuoso hornist, educator and polymath, Gunther Schuller has been selected to receive the 2015 Edward MacDowell Medal. Schuller will receive the medal on Sunday, August 9th at The MacDowell Colony grounds in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The MacDowell Colony has awarded the medal every year since 1960 “to an individual artist who has made ...

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Dan Papirany Release A New Album Titled "2015"

Source: Dan Papirany
April 9, 2015

Pianist Dan Papirany's new album entitled 2015 was recorded in Queensland Australia. It features Papirany on piano playing mostly standards and one original tune. The music has a mix of swing and Latin. 2015 was recorded over several days in the beginning of April 2015 and is now available via digital downloads through cdbaby.com. Dan's approach to in his recent three albums has been described as “Simple, spacious and sonorous. Soft Skin". Some of the songs which can be found ...

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Wes Montgomery "In The Beginning" Is 26-Track, 2-CD Rarity Collection 1949-58 On Resonance

Source: conqueroo
April 8, 2015

RESONANCE RECORDS PRESENTS IN THE BEGINNING BY JAZZ GUITAR ICON WES MONTGOMERY, A 26-TRACK COLLECTION OF RARE AND NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED TRACKS SPANNING 1949-1958 ONLY THE THIRD ISSUE OF PREDOMINANTLY UNHEARD MONTGOMERY MATERIAL SINCE HIS PASSING IN 1968; INCLUDES COMPLETE, NEWLY DISCOVERED 1955 RECORDING SESSION FOR EPIC RECORDS PRODUCED BY QUINCY JONES In the Beginning due out May 12, 2015 in two-CD deluxe digi-pack and separate three-LP set; features booklet with previously unpublished photos, plus essays and recollections from Quincy Jones, Pete ...

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Event

The Outsiders Improvised & Creative Music Pop-Up Festival

Source: Jamaaladeen Tacuma
April 8, 2015

The Outsiders Improvised & Creative Music Pop-Up Festival – April 24, 2015 A celebration of creative, progressive music in honor of Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month, curated by Jamaaladeen Tacuma and presented in collaboration with The Producer’s Guild. Philadelphia, PA – Internationally renowned bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma and The Producer’s Guild of Philadelphia are pleased to present The Outsiders Improvised & Creative Music Pop-Up Festival, a celebration of creative, progressive jazz music. The concert takes place Friday, April 24, 2015 at 8pm ...

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Legendary Multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan Pays Homage To Former Bandmate And Trumpet Great Red Rodney

Source: Decibel
April 8, 2015

New York, NY – Legendary multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan will make a rare appearance next month (April 22-23) at New York’s Zinc Bar (82 West 3rd Street) to celebrate the life of the late jazz trumpet great Red Rodney. Sullivan, who turns 84 in May, was a longtime colleague of Red's since the early 50s and co-led the Red Rodney/Ira Sullivan Quintet during the 80s recording a handful of critically acclaimed records while touring extensively throughout the US and abroad. Beside ...

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Performance / Tour

American Jazz Museum To Participate In National Chamber Music Month

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
April 8, 2015

The American Jazz Museum will join thousands of musicians and hundreds of concert presenters across the country this May in celebrating National Chamber Music Month. The American Jazz Museum’s presentation of a monthlong calendar in the Blue Room jazz club that features Charlotte Embry and Soigné on Friday, May 1st; the Dino Massa / Chris Burnett Group on Friday, May 8th; and, the Jazz Disciples with vocalist, Lisa Henry and poet, Glenn North, is part of a nationwide initiative to ...

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Composer-Arranger Oded Lev-Ari - Producer Of Anat Cohen, Marty Ehrlich, Duchess And More - Makes Leader Debut With Inspired Chamber Jazz Of Threading

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
April 8, 2015

Threading - to be released via Anzic Records on April 28, 2015 - presents Lev-Ari's instrumental and vocal works played by an all-star 11-piece band including Anat Cohen and Matt Wilson Composer-arranger-producer Oded Lev-Ari has crafted acclaimed albums by the likes of hit band 3 Cohens, clarinet icon Anat Cohen and woodwind sage Marty Ehrlich, as well as rising-star singers Amy Cervini, Melissa Stylianou and vocal trio Duchess. Now the Tel Aviv-born, New York-based Lev-Ari steps out with the first ...

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