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Obituary

Pete Douglas, Founder of Half Moon Bay’s Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society Dies at 85

Source: Michael Ricci
July 19, 2014

Legendary Impresario was Inspiration to Local and National Musicians, and Presenters Half Moon Bay, CA: Pete Douglas, founder of the world-renowned music and jazz club, the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society in Half Moon Bay, Calif., died peacefully in Miramar Beach on July 12, 2014 at age 85. Pete Douglas was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1929. He and his family moved to the Los Angeles area in the 1940s after his father died, and his teenage years were spent ...

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Event

Newport Festivals Foundation Kids Concert: Bari Koral + Oran Etkin’s Timbalooloo

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
July 19, 2014

Newport Festivals Foundation Continues Tradition of Bringing Great Music to Generations of Fans at Second Annual Family Concert Wednesday, July 30, 6:00 pm, at Fort Adams State Park FREE TO THE PUBLIC NEWPORT, RI – If you ask the Newport Jazz Festival and Newport Folk Festival staff what they like about the festivals, no doubt each and every one will get around to talking about the excitement of watching young people enjoy, share and eventually grow up to love music. ...

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Radio

Legends At The Landing This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
July 18, 2014

Jazz Appreciation Month brings out our appreciation for three legends of jazz as we welcome our first inductees into the Riverwalk Jazz Hall of Fame. Our Most Valued Players are trumpeter Doc Cheatham, bassist and composer Bob Haggart and vocalist Joe Williams. Adophus “Doc" Cheatham (1905-1997) was a walking encyclopedia of jazz history. He rubbed shoulders in Chicago with King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton||. He played behind blues queens {{Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith and toured with Cab Calloway. ...

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Radio

Soundtraxx With Mark Stanley To Feature New Darryl Alexander CD "Transitions"

Source: Darryl Alexander Sr.
July 18, 2014

Radio personality Mark Stanley of Soundtraxx will feature music from Darryl Alexander's new CD Transitions this weekend on his All Things Jazz program. See the details below. Once again, we're quite jazzed to present an all-new Special Edition SoundTraxx program, for airdates 20 July through 02 August 2014. In this show, we'll spotlight, in our Album Feature, the just-released CD from keyboardist/producer Darryl Alexander, Transitions. Also, we'll enjoy new music from: Dominique Toney The Rippingtons Chris ...

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Performance / Tour

Michelle Walker Sings Live @ The 55 Bar On July 24th 7pm

Source: Michelle Walker
July 18, 2014

New York, NY - Critically acclaimed jazz vocalist Michelle Walker will perform the early set on Thursday July 24, 2014 at one of New York City’s most established and loved music watering-hole stages, The 55 BAR. Her sets will consist of originals, new and old standards with her refreshing and engaging arrangements starting promptly at 7:00pm. NO COVER. Joining her will be Ron Affif, Michael O'Brien and Sean Fitzpatrick. Walker has spent the past few years amassing an impressive musical ...

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Contest

Belts And Whistles Tape Label Launch Ticket Giveaway

Source: Belts and Whistles Tape Label
July 18, 2014

Belts and Whistles hits Cameo Gallery on Wednesday July 23 at 10pm for their joint label launch and album release party. The Brooklyn and NJ based electronic and improvised tape cassette label drops its first album, Emotional Performance Motorcycle, from The Miz'Ries. Electro-kraut digital hardcore supergroup, The Miz'Ries: uber-americo noise nerd Quinn Collins plays broken records on a turntable with crazy effects, mad genius inventor Jeff Snyder plays his own analog synth creation whilst Neuseelander songstress Leila Adu sings and ...

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Recording

CSNY 1974 Debuts at #17, #37, #81 on Billboard Top 200, #1 on Billboard Folk

Source: Michael Ricci
July 17, 2014

CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG’S HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED BOX SET, CSNY 1974, DEBUTS AT #17, #37 and #81 ON BILLBOARD’S TOP 200 CHART, #1 ON BILLBOARD’S FOLK ALBUM CHART THE LONG AWAITED RELEASE INCLUDES 40 LIVE TRACKS, ALL PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED, FROM THEIR HISTORIC 1974 SUMMER TOUR 40 YEARS AGO LOS ANGELES – CSNY 1974, the long awaited boxed set from the historic 1974 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young arena tour, has debuted three (3) times at #17, #37 and #81 on Billboard’s ...

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Obituary

Blues legend Johnny Winter dies in Switzerland

Source: Michael Ricci
July 17, 2014

Guitarist, singer and music producer Johnny Winter has died at age 70. Winter rose to fame in the late 1960s and '70s with his performances and recordings that included producing his childhood hero Muddy Waters. “I love blues. I don't mind a little rock and roll, too, as long as it's blues-based rock and roll," he told Guitar World in 2010. He was the older brother of Edgar Winter — also a music legend. Winter's representative, Carla Parisi, confirmed Thursday ...

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