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Music Industry

Montreal Jazz Community Gives Us "Conduit"

Source: Randy Cole
August 8, 2014

Montreal's storied Jazz community gives us Conduit, a risky live recording set in a former church. American sax legend Azar Lawrence (McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Miles Davis) teams up with Canadian tenor-man Al McLean. The pair is recorded in one take, within a strikingly beautiful museum - La Musée des Maîtres et Artisans du Québec. The master craftsmen fit well in the reclaimed church, surrounded by exquisite artifacts. The chemistry that ensues is magic. Conduit sounds downright iconic, and remains ...

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Recording

Sultry Vocalist Kathy Sanborn Joins #1 Billboard Artist Ricky Kej In “fantasy”

Source: Kathy Sanborn
August 8, 2014

Velvet-voiced singer/composer Kathy Sanborn and award-winning recording artist and producer Ricky Kej combine their considerable musical talents in the brand new single, “Fantasy.” Releasing August 12, “Fantasy” will be available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, and other select retailers. Jazz meets New Age to produce the song that captures the passion of romance. Sung in Spanish, the composition showcases Sanborn's renowned sultry vocals and signature jazzy style. Kej adds his own unparalleled skills in production and instrumentation to invite the ...

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Website

All About Jazz Introduces Discographies!

Source: All About Jazz
August 7, 2014

All About Jazz creates musician discographies from their deep archive of album reviews and the Discogs.com API—nearly 100,000 records seed database All About Jazz has developed a musician discography feature that allows musicians to document and promote their body of recorded work to jazz fans worldwide. “This project was part of a larger effort to help musicians promote their music beyond their latest release, and by repurposing information from our album reviews and by importing album information from Discog.com, we ...

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Festival

City Parks Foundation Presents The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, August 23-24, 2014

Source: Michael Ricci
August 7, 2014

New York, NY: City Parks Foundation is proud to announce the 22nd edition of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. Founded in memoriam of beloved jazz musician Charlie Parker, this festival annually attracts thousands of fans to two historic parks in Manhattan. The festival will kick off in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, blocks from the famous jazz clubs where Parker graced the stage, and move to Tompkins Square Park in the East Village on Sunday, just across the street from ...

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Recording

The impulse! Renaissance Presents: Charlie Haden-Jim Hall

Source: Michael Ricci
August 7, 2014

Stunning Previously-Unreleased 1990 Recording Captures Two Masters In Performance At Montreal Jazz Festival On September 30, the newly reactivated impulse! label will release Charlie Haden-Jim Hall, a previously-unreleased recording of a stunning duo performance by these two recently departed masters at the 1990 Montreal International Jazz Festival. impulse! is a division of Universal Music France which is distributed by Blue Note Records in the U.S. “This album documents a rarified journey,” writes pianist Ethan Iverson in the album's liner notes. ...

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Book / Magazine

For the Artists: Critical Writing, Volume 2, a new book by Greg Masters

Source: Michael Ricci
August 7, 2014

NEW YORK, NY – Crony Books is pleased to announce the publication of a new book, For the Artists: Critical Writing, Volume 2, by Greg Masters. While For the Artists: Critical Writing, Volume 1, issued earlier this year, focused on Masters' collected writings on the visual arts, this new volume gathers reviews of music and books, including critical essays and interviews with musicians. Perhaps most prominent are a series of essays on the electric period of Miles Davis. In-depth reviews ...

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Obituary

Idris Muhammad, legendary New Orleans drummer, is dead at 74

Source: Michael Ricci
August 6, 2014

Idris Muhammad, whose drumming crossed over several musical styles including funk, jazz, and rhythm and blues, died Tuesday (July 29). He was 74. Muhammad's death was confirmed by close friend Dan Williams, who got to know Muhammad through Williams' Jazz Journey concert series sponsored by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. Williams learned of Muhammad's death through family members in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A converted Muslim, Muhammad was immediately buried in accordance with the traditions of Islam, Williams said. ...

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Event

MCG Jazz Presents Diverse Talent In The First Part Of The 28th Season

Source: Renée J. Govanucci
August 6, 2014

MCG Jazz is thrilled to present hugely diverse line up of talent between late September and early November. The 28th season opens on September 27 with the spectacular Patti Austin in her debut at MCG Jazz. Grammy winner Patti Austin crosses all musical genres, has made 17 solo albums, and has performed her award-nominated hit songs on the GRAMMYS and the Oscars. As a performer, songwriter and vocalist she has had a star-studded career that began at the age of ...

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