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Recording

Fez Dispenser: Live without a publicist.

Source: All About Jazz

Fez Dispenser's self titled debut CD is not for everyone. That's the good news. Fez Dispenser is a prime example of what one forward thinking musician can accomplish when he's not beholden to anyone. California based producer Matt A Thorne has never had it any other way. “Music is communication. The subtext of music made under the old system was 'please buy my T shirt! I owe these lawyers a lot of money'. I can't imagine trying to make a ...

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Book / Magazine

Signal to Noise #25 now available!

Source: All About Jazz

SIGNAL to NOISE #25 is now available!

What happens when musical words collide? Ecstatic jazz pianist MATTHEW SHIPP encounters DJ SPOOKY THAT SUBLIMINAL KID in a freewheeling and wide-ranging conversation. Photos by Michael Galinsky

With field recordings, freeform jazz and oddball humor, REVEREND DWIGHT FRIZZELL bridges the disparate worlds of Sun Ra, Harry Smith and Harry S. Truman. Dan Warburton tells the definitive story of Missouri's foremost avant-gardist.

Drummerless minimalists TOWN & COUNTRY, PILLOW and TERMINAL 4 constitute the quieter, ...

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Performance / Tour

Kokopelli Latin Jazz Ensemble Performs at Pacific Beach Block Party

Source: All About Jazz

Festival

Mammoth Lakes Jazz Jubilee Sounds Off July 11

Source: All About Jazz

Radio

BBC Radio Announces Second Annual Jazz Awards

Source: All About Jazz

Following the success of the first BBC Radio Jazz Awards, BBC Radios 2 and 3 are jointly to stage the second annual BBC Radio Jazz Awards. This unique BBC Radio collaboration takes place on Wednesday July 31st at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

Last year’s successful event, hosted by Humphrey Lyttelton and Jools Holland combined awards and performances from the complete spectrum of ‘jazz’. Popular awards included Rising Star for pianist Alex Wilson and the BBC Lifetime Achievement Award for ...

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Event

Producer David Foster And Jazz Vocalist Shirley Horn To Be Honored At Berklee Commencement

Source: All About Jazz

BOSTON, April 12, 2002 -- Two musicians who have made indelible contributions to the field of popular music will receive honorary Doctor of Music degrees from Berklee College of Music. Hit record producer David Foster and legendary jazz vocalist Shirley Horn will be honored at Berklee’s 2002 Commencement, Saturday, May 11, at the Reggie Lewis Track Center in Boston. Foster will deliver the Commencement Address to approximately 600 graduates and 3,000 guests.

The evening before commencement, students will present a ...

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Festival

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Source: All About Jazz

Festival

7th Annual Vision Festival: A Vision Against Violence, The AvantJazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz

New York, NY -- Operating within a vast ocean of mediocrity, a culture of sameness and tired conventions, Arts for Art presents New York's world renowned, avantjazz festival, the Seventh Annual Vision Festival; a first rate festival which maintains its sense of community. The Vision Festival, now in its seventh year, has become the jazz event of the season, with 17 days of performances featuring avantjazz music, dance, poetry, and visual arts presentations and will include over 300 leading avantjazz ...

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