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Recording

Firebird (Single Release) By Kansas City-Based Saxophonist/Composer Christopher Burnett

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
September 2, 2014

Kansas City, MO: BurnettMusic.com and the Artists Recording Collective LLC are pleased to present “Firebird" (single release) ARC-2581 from the forthcoming album by Christopher L. Burnett, BMI. “Firebird”, the first single, was released on Monday, September 1st exclusively at iTunes, Amazon Music, Google Play and CD Baby. The CD Baby download features the highly recommended MP3 320 and FLAC lossless audio file formats for discriminating listners. Featuring: Christopher Burnett: alto saxophone/composition; Roger Wilder: piano; Jeff Harshbarger: bass; Clarence Smith: drums; ...

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Performance / Tour

Jeff Beck Soldiers On!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
September 1, 2014

Jeff Beck is 70 years old. Most people that age are in a nursing home... Jeff is center stage with a white Stratocaster ripping through yet another tour de force of rock royalty. Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut (August 31, 2014) provided the battleground for perhaps the greatest living rock guitarist on this planet. The tour was to include ZZ Top, but they cancelled as bassist Dusty Hill injured his hip on the tour bus a couple of days earlier. ...

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Recording

Paul "The Headhunter" Jackson Is Back Big With New Album "Groove Or Die" on November 3

Source: Michael Janisch
August 31, 2014

“This is the first recording of the Paul Jackson Trio; it is something old and something new, and everything that I love to play. I’m playing with excellent musicians that are like my family and I hope everyone can enjoy this music as much as I do playing it. Love to you all!” —Paul Jackson Whirlwind Recordings announces the signing of legendary bassist, vocalist, composer & arranger Paul Jackson and his new trio featuring Xantonè Blacq (keys, vocals, percussions), and ...

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Recording

Betty Moon Releases New Digital Single “time To Move On”

Source: Bob Bradley
August 29, 2014

LOS ANGELES, CA - LA and Canadian rock veteran Betty Moon has digitally released her new song “Time To Move On” through online retailers. The track is the 2nd single from her 2014 new album Amourphous, which is currently available. A music video for the song was shot last week and will be released in mid-September. “Time To Move On On is a very personal song and the lyrics are something I hold close to my heart. The song is ...

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Event

Dan White Sextet Kicks Off Jazz Arts Group's 2014-15 Inside Track Season With Your Song - Sept. 12

Source: Scott Vezdos
August 29, 2014

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group’s Inside Track series opens its 2014-15 season on Friday, September 12 at the historic Lincoln Theatre with the avant-garde funk jazz of the Brooklyn/Columbus musician collective dw6 (Dan White Sextet) in the premiere performance and CD release of “Your Song.” What originated as a JAG-commissioned educational project through the Jazz in Schools program, “Your Song” began with a two-week roadtrip in which the founding members of dw6 (Dan White, Chris Ott & Jon ...

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Performance / Tour

Legendary Jazz Influencers Reign in the 2014-15 Season with Jazz at the Kimmel Ticketed and Free Events

Source: Michael Ricci
August 28, 2014

ALL STAR SITTIN’ IN JAM SESSION Kicks off the Jazz Season with Ticketed Performance Featuring Trombone Legend JEFF BRADSHAW, Jazz Vocalist LAURIN TALESE, Spoken Word Star URSULA RUCKER, Singer Songwriter SOMI, Hip-Hop Producer Kokayi, and Electro-Pop Chanteuse KATE FAUST Season Long Celebration of Jazz Features Kurt Elling, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis with Special Guest Vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant, Maceo Parker, Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, and Jason Moran and the Bandwagon Multi-Show Packages ...

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Crowdfunding Campaign

Kickstarter Campaign for Leo "Bud" Welch, Blues Discovery of the Decade

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 28, 2014

Leo Bud Welch is an 82-year old Mississippi-based Blues and Gospel musician who released his debut record earlier this year, taking the blues world by storm. After decades of hard work in the cotton fields and the woods, missed opportunities and gigs in local Juke Joints and churches, Leo’s very late international success is a story that needs to be told. Our goal is to make a feature documentary called I don’t know what you’ve come to do – The ...

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Performance / Tour

Roulette Announces Details Of Fall 2014 Performance Season

Source: Michael Ricci
August 28, 2014

Thirty-Four Experimental Music, Dance and Intermedia Performances in the Fall 2014 Season Season Highlights To Include: THE SUN RA ARKESTRA directed by Marshall Allen 29 SpaceTime: Julia Heyward and Perry Hoberman [DANCEROULETTE] Sally Silvers: Actual Size John Zorn’s Cobra! Henry Threadgill Annie Gosfield / JACK Quartet: Signal Jamming and Random Interference. A world premiere for string quartet and jammed radio signals Pauline Oliveros Brooklyn, NY: Roulette presents a ...

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