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Recording

Guitar Virtuoso Peppino D'Agostino To Release Highly Anticipated New CD Penumbra

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
August 6, 2014

San Francisco, CA - Much to the excitement of guitar players worldwide, acoustic guitar virtuoso Peppino D'Agostino will be releasing his eagerly awaited new album 'Penumbra' on Mesa/Bluemoon on August 5, 2014. Along with original material, the new CD features work by Roland Dyens, Maurizio Colonna, and two compositions written especially for D'Agostino by Latin Grammy award-winning Brazilian guitarist Sergio Assad. Peppino D'Agostino doesn’t just play the guitar. He composes, arranges, collaborates, improvises and has even been known to sing ...

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Website

All About Jazz Launches SoundCloud Player of the Week Promotional Service

Source: Michael Ricci
August 5, 2014

All About Jazz's adds Soundcloud Player of the Week to its increasing list of advertising options Home page exposure. Tremendous value! Presented just below the featured stories box on the All About Jazz home page and running for a full week, a sponsors SoundCloud player will appear on both the All About Jazz Facebook page (50,000 likes) and the All About Jazz Twitter page (50,000 followers). Showcase and banner advertisers receive a $50 discount on the SoundCloud Player of the ...

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Award / Grant

Shunzo Ohno, Trumpeter Wins Grand Prize: International Songwriting Competition

Source: Sura Spiegel
August 5, 2014

First time in the history of the International Songwriting Competitions Jazz Artist wins Grand Prize Shunzo Ohno Is Awarded Overall Grand Prize With The Song “Musashi” ISC’s highest distinction, the overall Grand Prize, is awarded to trumpeter Shunzo Ohno for his song “Musashi,” entered in the Jazz category. This is the first time in the history of ISC that the Grand Prize has been awarded to a an artist from Japan. It is also the first time that the prize ...

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Recording

Wil Blades To Release "Field Notes" On Royal Potato Family

Source: Calabro Music
August 5, 2014

No less a jazz organ authority than the legendary Dr. Lonnie Smith has called Wil Blades “the future," anointing him the heir apparent “to carry on the legend [and] the legacy of the organ, of the B-3." Blades shoulders that responsibility with nonchalant virtuosity and infectious groove on his forthcoming studio album, Field Notes, out August 19 from Royal Potato Family. The nine songs report back from the rich incubator that is the road, with pieces written from snippets recorded ...

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Contest

Enter the "Sheryl Bailey - A Meeting of Minds" Giveaway!

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Cellar Live “Sheryl Bailey - A Meeting of Minds“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on September 2nd. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Sheryl Bailey at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Cellar Live About Sheryl Bailey There's no description more apt for Sheryl Bailey than “a sizzling guitar goddess," coined by Elliot ...

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Event

August Is Vocalists Month At The Sunday Renaissance Jazz Brunch In Harlem

Source: Greg Thomas
August 2, 2014

Vocals Month at Harlem's Renaissance Jazz Brunch The weekly Harlem brunch that has a reputation for fantastic food and top notch music, the Renaissance Jazz Brunch, features a month of singers: Tony Jefferson, Lainie Cooke, Whitney Marchelle, Nat Adderley Jr. (and a special Motown Revue), and Dennis Jeter. For reservations: 866-317-1152. TONY JEFFERSON AUGUST 3 As a drummer, Tony has performed and recorded with many jazz artists including Lonnie Smith, John Abercrombie, Lou Donaldson, Frank Wess, Eddie Harris, Don Friedman, ...

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Performance / Tour

Noted Jazz Flutist Peter H. Bloom To Perform With Guitarist Mark Leighton In Maine, August 2014

Source: Rebecca DeLamotte
August 3, 2014

Flutist Peter H. Bloom and guitarist Mark Leighton, acclaimed for their virtuosity and versatility, will perform up-tempo jazz standards by Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael and other legendary tunesmiths in Islesboro (August 14 at 7:30 pm), West Kennebunk (August 17 at 3:00 pm) and Old York Harbor Maine (August 17 at 7:30 pm). The duo will also perform chamber music by Franz Schubert, Mauro Giuliani, Jacques Ibert and Heitor Villa-Lobos. The festive and eclectic show will take ...

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Victoria Blythe Releases James Brown's I Feel Good On New Five-song Ep

Source: Victoria Blythe
August 1, 2014

On August 1, Universal Pictures released the James Brown biopic “Get on Up.” In recognition of this event and for airplay in connection with it, acclaimed SF Bay Area singer Victoria Blythe released her new cover of James Brown's “I Got You (I Feel Good)”. Blythe slows down and heats up Brown's classic track with just her sultry, nimble voice, dressed in nothing but a stand-up bass. Blythe is releasing the track as a download only, as part of a ...

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