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Performance / Tour

Edgardo Cintron In Willingboro NJ On Thurs. Oct. 16th!

Source: Jim Miller
September 4, 2014

Jazz Bridge Third Thursday Concert Series in Willingboro, NJ presents Latin percussion master Edgardo Cintron at the Willingboro Library, 220 Willingboro Way in Willingboro Township, on Thursday, October 16th. Tickets are $10, $5 for students and show time is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. Percussionist Edgardo Cintron is a second-generation Puerto Rican and a second generation musician, who began studying music (first on French horn and guitar) at the age of five. By he age of 12 ...

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Performance / Tour

Dave Posmontier In Center City Concert Wed. Oct. 8th!

Source: Jim Miller
September 4, 2014

Jazz Bridge Second Wednesdays Concert Series in Center City presents pianist Dave Postmontier at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, 2110 Chestnut Street on Wednesday, October 8th. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. Information: 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. It’s hard to remember a time when pianist / arranger / composer and educator Dave Posmontier wasn’t a vital part of the Philadelphia jazz landscape. He’s been at it ...

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Performance / Tour

Denis Diblasio Quartet In Collingswood Thurs. Oct. 2nd!

Source: Jim Miller
September 4, 2014

Jazz Bridge First Thursdays Neighborhood Concert Series in Collingswood, NJ presents baritone saxophonist/flutist Denis DiBlasio and his Quartet on Thursday, October 2nd at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 East Collings Avenue. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and show time is 7:30 p.m. Information: 856-858-8914, 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. Denis DiBlasio represents a rarity in jazz: An artist acclaimed by both the critics and the general public. He spent five years with the legendary orchestra of Maynard Ferguson as ...

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Performance / Tour

Butch Reed Group In Cheltenham Wed. Oct. 1st!

Source: Jim Miller
September 4, 2014

Jazz Bridge First Wednesday Neighborhood Concert Series in Cheltenham presents drummer Harry Butch Reed and his group at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Road, on Wednesday, October 1st. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and show time is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. “Butch Reed is a prime example of a talented musician who’s worked to hone his craft over time, and has all the attributes of an exceptional drummer," wrote musicologist Mark F. ...

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Recording

Culbertson To Capture The Moment In Concert

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
September 4, 2014

The energetic keyboardist will record his first live album, releases the meditative “Breathe” Los Angeles, CA: Contemporary jazz luminary Brian Culbertson continues to commemorate his 20th anniversary as a recording artist in a prolific way with two vastly different projects: his first live album, which will be recorded during a four-night stand (September 11-14) at Yoshi’s Oakland, and the release of a 31-minute solo piano piece entitled “Breathe,” created as therapeutic accompaniment for relaxation, massage, yoga and meditation. Last February, ...

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Award / Grant

Saying Goodbye to John Blake Jr.

Source: Michael Ricci
September 3, 2014

By Suzanne Cloud Sharon Baptist Church boasts a congregation that harkens back to 1934, many years before the church finally found an expansive resting space in West Philadelphia. It's a very big church, but John’s family and friends needed a big one to say goodbye and to wish him well on his journey home. John Blake Jr. was an accomplished musician who started early in his life loving sound, thanks to his mother, a pianist herself. But what he was ...

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Recording

Vocalist Roseanna Vitro Follows Up Her 2011 Grammy-nominated Randy Newman CD With "Clarity: Music Of Clare Fischer," Due Sept. 30

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
September 3, 2014

The richly harmonic, deeply melodic music of pianist and composer/arranger Clare Fischer (1928-2012) has proven to be fertile terrain for many jazz and pop artists over the last half-century. Vocalist Roseanna Vitro puts her passionate stamp on nine of Fischer’s compositions (and a favorite of his by Ary Barroso) on her gorgeous new CD Clarity: Music of Clare Fischer, which will be released September 30 by Random Act Records. As on her 2011 Grammy-nominated disc, The Music of Randy Newman, ...

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Recording

Avant-Garde Icon Wadada Leo Smith Joins Forces With Jamie Saft, Joe Morris, Balazs Pandi On Startling RareNoise Release Red Hill

Source: hubtone PR
September 3, 2014

There’s a sense of mystery, majesty and daring surrounding this remarkably deep studio session, the first of its kind for the adventurous renegade label RareNoiseRecords. Each piece resounds with such compelling, conversational, in-the-moment playing that it sets a new standard in collective improvisation. “I believe it raises the bar for what improvised music can achieve on record,” says pianist Jamie Saft of Red Hill, the group’s mesmerizing debut on the RareNoise label.Fueled by the urgent high note blasts and expressive ...

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