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Technology

Blue Note Records Launches New Blue Note 75 App For iPad

Source: Michael Ricci
July 22, 2014

Blue Note Records proudly presents the Blue Note 75 app – a ground-breaking new app available exclusively for iPad that celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the legendary jazz label which has represented The Finest In Jazz Since 1939. Now available exclusively on the App Store, the app presents a new digital format – developed in partnership with the London-based digital music and creative technology agency playDEF music – which allows users to play owned Blue Note music in-app or directly ...

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Event

Patterson Blues Festival On Sat July 26 Showcases Regional And Local Talent

Source: 9th Floor Music
July 22, 2014

The annual Patterson Blues Festival features some of the best in southern blues, soul, and r&b acts locally from Tennessee as well as regional southeast acts. The 2014 festival features headliner touring act Sol Roots, Tennessee's r&b act Al Rich, harmonica master James Eddie, and more. The Patterson Blues Festival showcases fantastic music, soul food, and a down home old school party atmosphere. The festival site is located close by the Nashville and Murfreesboro TN areas, in the beautiful country ...

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Performance / Tour

NEC’s Jazz Studies & Contemporary Improvisation Departments Present Nearly 100 Free Performances For 2014-2015 Season

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
July 22, 2014

Plus Residencies with World-Renowned Performers September 2, 2014 — May 19, 2015 Highlights include: The Music of John Zorn: A 35-Year Retrospective; Order of the Virtues a re-interpretation of Hildegarde Von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum; The Music of Ken Schaphorst and John Medeski; Workshops/masterclasses with Lake Street Dive, Jason Moran/Vijay Iyer, Evan Parker, Fred Hersch, John Hollenbeck and the Claudia Quintet; In the Mix – 72 one-hour concerts by exceptional student ensembles New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Jazz Studies and Contemporary ...

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Contest

Enter the "Peter Lerner - Continuation" Giveaway!

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Origin Records “Peter Lerner - Continuation“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on August 20th. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Peter Lerner at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Origin Records About Continuation Long-inspired to record with an early mentor, the great Chicago pianist Willie Pickens, guitarist Peter Lerner formed a quartet with ...

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Recording

Chris Greco - Standards, Vol. 1 - 2014 CD Release

Source: Kari-On Productions
July 21, 2014

As a saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist Chris Greco free lanced, recorded, explored small, medium, and large group formats and was a significant contributor to the jazz culture of Los Angeles during the 80's and 90's. His Los Angeles jazz projects can be found on the gwsfourwinds records label. Standards, Vol. 1, a knockout disc played by supreme multi-instrumentalist Chris Greco together with a tight three-man backing group is a sublime slice of different facets of jazz. They range from numbers ...

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Interview

Interview With Don Howatt Of The Apostle Fractal: Progressive Rock Lives On

Source: Eric Taylor
July 19, 2014

Q: Pardon my ignorance, but what does the Apostle Fractal mean? A: The short answer is The APOSTLE Fractal is just the name of our band. The long answer is a bit more complicated. “APOSTLE” was a name I had in mind for a band for a long time. As a young boy I would draw fantasy album covers in my notebooks during class instead of paying attention. When the band was founded in 1978, the original name of the ...

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Festival

Kevin Mahogany Headlines South Bend Jazz Festvial August 16th

Source: Lampkin Publicity Service
July 20, 2014

We are proud to announce the 3rd annual South Bend Jazz Festival, Saturday, August 16th from 4:00 p.m till 11:00 p.m; in front of the Morris Performing Arts Center. Free to the Public! Featuring Six international acts from a Variety of Jazz genre. Performing are Headliner Kevin Mahogany; Turkish guitar sensation Ondor Facon with strings; Broadway singer/actress Ntom'khona Dliami, South African bassist and composer Jimmy Mngwandi and saxophonist Danny Lerman; Multi-instrumentalist/singer Darryl Buchanan; Twin Cities-South Bend Jazz Festival Big Band ...

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Website

All About Jazz Launches Video of the Day Promotional Service

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2014

All About Jazz's adds Video of the Day to its increasing list of advertising options Tremendous exposure. Tremendous value! Presented at the very top of media.allaboutjazz.com (and stretching 1,000 pixels wide—see sample screen), an advertiser's video is featured for one day on the media home page, on the All About Jazz home page (to the right of the Featured Stories box), on our landing pages (accessible from the top navigation bar on every page), accessed permanently from the video of ...

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