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TV / Film

"Blue Gold" Documentary Featuring Icons Of Music And Fashion Screens At The Hollywood Film Festival

Source: Cynthia "c." Basinet
October 16, 2014

Hollywood, CA - Blue Gold is documentary film highlighting icons of music and fashion screens at the Hollywood Film Festival this Friday, October 18th. “BLUE GOLD" is a feature documentary years in the making about the global, cultural impact of American blue jeans. From fashion history and subculture aspiration to the lost tradition of American manufacturing, Blue Gold explores Americana in our globalized world, where cultural exchange and social responsibility demand greater transparency and inspire innovation. Narrated by Ed Burns ...

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Recording

BJURecords Releases New Recordings From: Nathan Parker Smith Large Ensemble, Sketches & Owen Howard!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
October 15, 2014

CD Release Celebrations! Sketches: Saturday, October 25 @ An Die Musik, Baltimore, MD Tuesday, November 4 @ Korzo (Konceptions), Brooklyn, NY Wednesday, November 19 @ The Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC Owen Howard: November 7 @ The Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records, which was launched in January of 2008, and now boasts a catalog of more than forty-five recordings, proudly releases the newest wave of recordings on the label; Not Dark Yet, the debut ...

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Recording

Bassist/Composer Omer Avital Delves Into The Culture Of His Homeland Through Jazz On His New Recording, New Song, Available On Motema Music - November 4, 2014

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
October 15, 2014

NYC CD Release Celebration! January 13 & 14, 2015 @ The Jazz Standard Omer Avital went on to cast a wide net of influence in NYC and beyond with a consistently creative and prolific output (releasing nine albums of original music since 2001, and at least eight others as a co-leader), and a steady stream of influential live performances at the finest jazz venues and festivals around the world. Avital also recorded and toured with Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Garrett, Brian ...

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Festival

Zoot Fest 2014

Source: Ted Ricci
October 15, 2014

Jazz enthusiasts, get ready for a day of listening pleasure! Tickets are now on sale for East Stroudsburg University's fourth annual Zoot Fest, a day of jazz music honoring legends Al Cohn and Zoot Sims. Zoot Fest will take place from noon to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at the Innovation Center, located at 562 Independence Road in East Stroudsburg, with proceeds to benefit the university's Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection (ACMJC) as well as other initiatives to ...

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Award / Grant

Joanne Brackeen Receives BNY Mellon Jazz 2014 Living Legacy Award

Source: Ted Ricci
October 15, 2014

Jazz pianist, educator, and composer Joanne Brackeen was honored with the BNY Mellon Jazz 2014 Living Legacy Award in a special ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, October 10, 2014. The Living Legacy Award honors jazz masters from the mid-Atlantic region who have achieved distinction in jazz performance and education. Guests enjoyed a gala reception in the Kennedy Center Atrium including music by the Blues Alley Youth Orchestra Combo. In honor of the ...

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Award / Grant

Chamber Music America Extends Presenter Consortium For Jazz Application Deadline To 10/31/14

Source: Susan Dadian
October 15, 2014

Chamber Music America is accepting applications for the 2015 Presenter Consortium for Jazz . Extended Deadline: Friday, October 31, 2014, 5:00 P.M. ET. The Presenter Consortium for Jazz provides support to consortiums of three U. S. presenters that collectively engage up to three professional U.S. jazz ensembles (consisting of 2-10 musicians each) to perform at each presenter’s venue. Additional incentives are available to each consortium that invites one of the 179 CMA New Jazz Works grantee ensembles to perform its ...

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Recording

David Bowie to release new "Jazz-Oriented" single

Source: Michael Ricci
October 14, 2014

Bowie has teamed up with the Maria Schneider Orchestra to release his first new material since 2013 comeback album The Next Day David Bowie has revealed he has teamed up with a leading jazz orchestra for his new single. The track, called “Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)," is under wraps until it is premiered this weekend but is said to be “jazz-oriented". The song—also to feature on a forthcoming collection drawn from across his half century recording career—was ...

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Recording

District 97 Featuring Legendary King Crimson Vocalist John Wetton Release One More Red Night: Live In Chicago CD

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
October 14, 2014

London, UK – Prog fans rejoice! A new live CD capturing a set of King Crimson songs performed by District 97 and former King Crimson lead singer John Wetton has been released on Primary Purpose via Cherry Red Records. 'One More Red Night: Live In Chicago' includes three songs from the iconic landmark album 'Red’; which inspired many musicians including Kurt Cobain. This CD also captures several other well- known songs from the three King Crimson studio albums John Wetton ...

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