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Performance / Tour

Poncho Sanchez: Heating up Lincoln

Source: Michael Ricci
January 20, 2015

By Gabriel Medina Arenas Nebraska's coldest month is usually January and in 2015 that didn't seem to be an exception. That is, until Poncho Sanchez's hot salsa and Latin jazz melted the ice, bringing “gozadera" and joy to The Midwest. This is not just a metaphor, since the weather did get warmer on Thursday, January 15th, the day Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band played at The Lied Center in Lincoln, the state capital. Two days ...

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Event

Ernie Watts, Chuck Rainey, Liane Carroll, Impossible Gentlemen For Sligo Jazz Project 2015

Source: Sligo Jazz Project
January 19, 2015

Sligo Jazz Project is now taking bookings for its 10th Anniversary summer school and festival event, 21-26 July 2015. Its stellar 2015 15-tutor faculty, which includes Grammy winning US saxophone legend Ernie Watts, award winning UK vocalist Liane Carroll, Band-in-Residence The Impossible Gentlemen and recording legend Chuck Rainey (Steely Dan/ Aretha Franklin, etc.), will preside over an intense but inspiring week of workshops, masterclasses, concerts and jam sessions. All tutors will perform concerts at Sligo's unique jazz festival. The faculty ...

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Website

News Returns to All About Jazz Home Page

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2015

All About Jazz has added a news section to its home page to highlight the most recent industry announcements and press releases. Located below the “Articles" box, readers can quickly scan headlines and access recent, popular and website-related news without visiting news.allaboutjazz.com. Publicist? News maker? Submit your press release or news announcement to All About Jazz. Though the service is free, users must register and receive permission to post. AAJ news will transition to a pay service in early 2015. ...

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Education

San Jose Jazz: Making kids smarter through music

Source: Michael Ricci
January 18, 2015

By Joe Rodriguez “I liked the way the trombone sounded," said Ayoko, who is now 12. His friend Jaime, 11, had hoped for a saxophone but settled for a clarinet. “They said it was free, so why not?" The musical notes that day in Santee Elementary School's echo-prone, combined cafeteria and auditorium penetrated deep enough to capture the interest of the two boys at the high-poverty school, and dozens more students like them at the forefront of a revival in ...

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Performance / Tour

Music preview: Saxophone and trumpet duo travel beyond the jazz code

Source: Michael Ricci
January 18, 2015

By Manny Theiner Chicago saxophonist Ken Vandermark is one of the most persuasive, personified arguments for why every state’s liquor laws should be amended to allow minors to attend concerts if accompanied by a parent or guardian. While still in his tweens, Ken was enjoying jazz clubs in his hometown of Boston at the side of his father Stu, who wrote for jazz/improv bible Cadence Magazine. “I was out three nights a week at hundreds of shows like Art Blakey ...

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Recording

Three Swinging Singers - Amy Cervini, Hilary Gardner & Melissa Stylianou - Make Their Trio Debut As Duchess

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
January 17, 2015

The new jazz vocal trio - whose first album arrives from Anzic Records on Feb. 17, 2015 - bottles an irresistibly fizzing style, inspired by the pioneering harmonies of the Boswell Sisters Duchess - backed by an ace band including drummer Matt Wilson - plays its album release show at New York City's Jazz Standard on March 3, 2015 “This threesome devises original arrangements of mostly vintage songs, both familiar and offbeat. They understand that swinging music goes hand in ...

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Recording

Duane Eubanks' "Things Of That Particular Nature" Available January 2015!

Source: Sunnyside Records
January 17, 2015

The great trumpeter Duane Eubanks will release his new recording—Things of That Particular Nature—on January 20, 2015 Sometimes all one needs to move along is a little prompting. With a bit of discipline, motivation and, maybe, a little help from the Universe, opportunities will arise and lead the willing to his goal. Philadelphia trumpeter, Duane Eubanks is thankful for the motivation the Universe has provided him with and dedicates his new recording—Things of that Particular Nature—to his main influences and ...

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Recording

Lawson Rollins: Have Guitar, Will Travel

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
January 16, 2015

Lawson Rollins is a virtuosic tour guide on a musical exploration around the globe on his fifth album, Traveler, which will be released February 17. San Francisco, CA: Many people travel from an encapsulated distance, staying at posh brand name hotels and dining under the golden arches while others prefer to explore by blending amongst the natives for a more immersive and organic experience of the actual sights and sounds of a culture. Award-winning guitarist Lawson Rollins lives by the ...

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