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Recording

David Ryshpan & Gitanjali Jain Serrano Launch Alicuanta On Nov 27, 2014

Source: David Ryshpan
November 10, 2014

Alicuanta: signifying a quantity or part that does not fit into its larger whole evenly or equally. Alicuanta is a staged song cycle set to the texts of Mexican poet Francisco Serrano, co-composed by pianist David Ryshpan and vocalist Gitanjali Jain Serrano. Through poetry, music, dance and visual elements, Alicuanta is an examination of the memory of an ancestor; an attempt to find peace within the tumultuous history of 1920s Mexico. The legacy explored is that of the General Francisco ...

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Recording

"Souling" Songs From Allison Crowe

Source: Adrian du Plessis
November 10, 2014

Allison Crowe’s gorgeous voice brings tidings of comfort and joy with Souling—her 11th full album release. The artist, one of our greatest living musicians, singer-songwriters and performers, has always created authentic music. With this newest song set her voice is heard wholly a cappella. The songs themselves have a purity of expression—a 21st century take on music of faith and spirit—sounds and themes aired by carollers and soulers of old. The genesis of Souling is found in the bond Allison ...

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Recording

Sparks & Shadows To Release The C.O.W.L. Sessions Featuring Original Music Composed By Joe Clark

Source: CineMedia Promotions
November 10, 2014

“American history gets overhauled in C.O.W.L., a new series about the superhero labor union of 1960s Chicago that’s been described as Mad Men meets Avengers.” – The Hollywood Reporter Culver City, CA: Sparks & Shadows announces the release of The C.O.W.L. Sessions soundtrack digitally on October 28, 2014. The C.O.W.L. Sessions is the audio companion to the first five issues of the hit comic book series C.O.W.L., created by Kyle Higgins & Alec Siegel, with art by Rod Reis (who ...

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TV / Film

Low Down - Opens Friday 11/14 Ritz At The Bourse Theatre in Philadelphia

Source: Donna Baum
November 9, 2014

Low Down stars John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Lena Headley, Caleb Landry Jones and Flea. Opens: Friday November 14 Ritz at the Bourse Theatre 400 Ranstead St Philadelphia, PA 19106 Low Down, based on Amy-Jo Albany’s powerful memoir of growing up in the care of her gifted, tormented and frequently absent musician father, the bebop jazz pianist Joe Albany, focuses on the years 1964 to 1974, when Amy (Elle Fanning) had ...

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Festival

Jazztopad Hosts Wadada Leo Smith, Pharoah Sanders And Mulatu Astatke, 13 - 23 November

Source: All About Jazz
November 8, 2014

Jazztopad, the internationally renowned Polish jazz festival held in Wroclaw, returns for its 11th edition from 13 – 23 November 2014. This year promises to be a tremendously exciting festival, with the usual mixture of jazz legends, up-and-coming talent, World Premieres, international showcases and much more besides. Trumpeter Nate Wooley gets the festival underway on the 13th with the premiere of his work Psalms from Hell, featuring the ever-adventurous soprano Megan Schubert and the Festival Cello Ensemble. The second half ...

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Recording

New Album By Port Mone Was Recorded In The Forest

Source: Aleksey Vanchuk
November 8, 2014

Album Thou by Port Mone from Belarus was released this autumn by a large European label Hevhetia (Slovakia) specializing in neoclassical, jazz, and avant-garde releases. The album is available on Amazon, iTunes and the official site of the label. The new program was presented at the international festivals, such as Umeå Jazz Festival (SE), Hevhetia festival (SK), Integrations-Meditations Festival (PL), Echo Festival (BY), Drewniane Ucho Festival (PL), XV Trialoh / Krynki 2014 (PL), and received wide acclaim of the European ...

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Event

Charles Lloyd New Quartet Plays National Concert Hall, Dublin, 18 November

Source: All About Jazz
November 7, 2014

TEDDY D PROMOTIONS ARE PROUD TO PRESENT THE CHARLES LLOYD NEW QUARTET: NATIONAL CONCERTY HALL DUBLIN, 18 NOVEMBER, 2014 Charles Lloyd - Sax / Flute, Gerald Clayton – Piano, Joe Sanders – Bass, Eric Harland – Drums The critical consensus is that Charles Lloyd has never sounded better. As he enters his 75th year, the depth of his expression reflects a lifetime of experience. Lloyd has a legendary history in the music world, and could certainly be in a position ...

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Award / Grant

Grant Presentation Video Helps Jazz Artists & Causes Obtain Vital Funding!

Source: Rick DellaRatta
November 6, 2014

NEW YORK, NY - The Jazz for Peace Foundation Empowerment Grant Program rose from the ashes of the horrifying tragedy of 9/11 starting with a poem that was written witnessing those very events on a rooftop less than a quarter of a mile away from Ground Zero on that fateful morning. Since then they have set a Philanthropic Record that is sure to stand for many years to come by providing a Helpful Step Forward to over 850 Outstanding Causes ...

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