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Recording

Released Today: "Circuit Rider" Feat. Ron Miles, Bill Frisell And Brian Blade

Source: AMT Public Relations
October 14, 2014

Master Cornetist RON MILES Releases Circuit Rider, his Second Album featuring Bill Frisell and Brian Blade New York, NY —- Cornetist Ron Miles leads guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Brian Blade in Circuit Rider, the group’s second album. A logical evolution from the Trio’s debut album Quiver (2012), Circuit Rider epitomizes Miles’ signature lyricism, deceptively simple yet fiendishly difficult to play and spiritually aware compositions. The scope of the album spans American folk traditions and vibrant gospel hope infused with ...

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Event

When Haiku Inspires Music: Bobby Zankel Ensemble Performs Original Composition Celebrating Peace

Source: Victor L. Schermer
October 14, 2014

Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane inspired saxophonist and composer Bobby Zankel is usually heard with his Warriors of the Wonderful Sound big band performing large-scale compositions such as his recent re-setting of Coltrane’s A Love Supreme. Here, on the occasion of a celebration of mural art, which has turned numerous outside walls of Philadelphia buildings into high art, Zankel was inspired to produce a more compact piece for six instrumentalists and singer. The stimulus for the composition was a wall ...

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Education

Wynton Marsalis Leads Juilliard’s Jazz Program

Source: Michael Ricci
October 13, 2014

By Peter Monaghan Wynton Marsalis, the trumpeter, has a new role that is likely to expand his influence on the direction and public perception of jazz: director of the jazz-studies program at Juilliard School of Music. In July Mr. Marsalis replaced Carl Allen, a drummer, as leader of the program at his alma mater. His appointment marked the fruition of a long association, says Joseph W. Polisi, Juilliard's president since 1984. He says that he and Mr. Marsalis, “one of ...

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Event

Jazz Standard Youth Orchestra Kicks Off Its "Jazz For Kids" Program on October 19th

Source: AMT Public Relations
October 13, 2014

JAZZ FOR KIDS Ongoing, every Sunday Oct 19-May 17 (except for 12/21, 12/28 + 2/1). Doors open at 1:00pm; show from 2:00pm to 3:00pm. Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street (between Park & Lexington); Train 6 to 28th/Lex. FREE! In lieu of a cover charge, guests may give a $5 donation that benefits the Jazz Standard Discovery Program. Jazz Standard donates $1 from each kid's menu sold to Spoons Across America, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating children, teachers, and ...

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Contest

Enter the "Mark Elf - Mark Elf Returns 2014" Giveaway!

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Jen Bay Records “Mark Elf - Mark Elf Returns 2014“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on November 11th. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Mark Elf at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Jen Bay Records About Mark Elf Mark Elf has been on the Jazz scene for over 40 years. He was ...

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Festival

The 12th Biggest Jazz Party In The Himalayas Kicks Off On 16th October 2014

Source: Jazzmandu Reporter
October 11, 2014

2014 marks the 12th edition of Jazzmandu, a week-long international Jazz extravaganza in Nepal’s capital. This year, the “biggest jazz party in the Himalayas” brings together a a refreshingly diverse and powerful line-up that will make the Kathmandu valley vibrate with jazz from 16 to 22 October. This year will feature acclaimed international musicians from various cultural and musical backgrounds: Kristian Persson Elements (Sweden), K.J. Denhert (USA), Ange Takats (Australia) Pity Cabrera Trio (Cuba/France), Eduardo Mendonça (Brazil), Tropic Green (Singapore) ...

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Music Industry

Stan Kenton Legacy Band Emanates From Kenton Alumni Band

Source: Ed Bride Associates
October 11, 2014

PRESCOTT, AZ — After a storied 23-year history of performances, tours, and educational clinics, The Stan Kenton Alumni Band will now be known as The Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra. Acknowledging the passage of time, the new name better reflects the band’s desire to continue the musical and educational legacy that Stan Kenton worked so hard to present, while striving to reach younger audiences as well as older fans. When Kenton died in 1979, his will prohibited the establishment of a ...

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Music Industry

ArtistShare Founder And CEO Speaks At George Mason University Intellectual Property Conference

Source: Prawit Austin Siriwat
October 11, 2014

George Mason University's Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) Conference, Common Ground: How Intellectual Property United Creators and Innovators explored the relationship between creative and innovative industries. Camelio spoke on panel entitled Creative Upstarts and Start-Up Firms: Sources of New Innovation and Creative Works with, Ron Katznelson, President of Bi-Level Technologies, Prof. Sean O’Connor, University of Washington School of Law, Prof. Sean Pager, Michigan State University School of Law, and moderator Matthew Barblan, George Mason University School of ...

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