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Performance / Tour

Critically Acclaimed Vocalist Michelle Walker At The Sidedoor Jazz Club (CT) August 8, 2014 8:30 PM

Source: Michelle Walker
July 1, 2014

JGP Recording Artist Michelle Walker will Perform Tracks from her upcoming CD “Love Misery” New York, NY – Gearing up for the release of her next studio album, jazz vocalist Michelle Walker and her band will be performing live at The Sidedoor Jazz Club in Old Lyme, CT on Friday August 8, 2014 performing a special pre-release concert showcasing tracks from her upcoming release, “Love Misery”, to be released in Fall / Winter 2014. Joining Michelle will be Ron Affif ...

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Advocacy

Jazz Town: Kansas City jazz community looks for ways to improve the scene

Source: Michael Ricci
June 30, 2014

They come into jazz with impressive skills and big dreams. But what happens to young musicians when reality catches up to them? There are so many good young players and singers who want to perform jazz, with more coming in all the time. And the veteran performers still need their hard-earned pieces of the pie. As a result, there’s not enough room on the scene—in Kansas City or elsewhere—for all of them to get paid doing it. (That’s just talking ...

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Advocacy

Kansas City’s jazz community works to hook the next generation

Source: Michael Ricci
June 30, 2014

A steady thump of bass quiets the wiggling toddlers and preschoolers gathered in the atrium of the American Jazz Museum. Two-year-old Isaac Newcomer, who’s here from Overland Park with his mom, settles his little legs, too. From up front, close to the upright bass and drums, jazz singer and storyteller Lisa Henry scans the crowd. “Raise your hand if it’s your first time,” she says. “Well, here’s what we do... We move and we groove and we scat and we ...

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Event

Horace Silver Memorial Service Set For Monday, July 7, 2014 At St. Augustine Of Hippo, Episcopal Church (NYC)

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2014

Blue Note Records is deeply saddened by the passing of Horace Silver (1928-2014), the great pianist and composer whose contribution to the Blue Note legacy is immeasurable. Horace passed June 18 at 85 years of age. A pioneer of hard bop and original founder of The Jazz Messengers, Horace tempered bebop with elements of gospel, blues and R&B to create a soulful modern jazz concept that came to identify the “Blue Note Sound.” Horace recorded his first album as a ...

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Recording

New Bob Stewart Release On Sunnyside Records!

Source: Bret Sjerven
June 30, 2014

Bob Stewart's Connections – Mind The Gap will be released on Sunnyside Records on August 5th! Master tuba player and educator Bob Stewart recognizes how fortunate he has been to be affiliated with musical legends and peers who have displayed generosity in allowing him to present his unique conception of tuba playing to receptive audiences. His new recording – Connections – Mind The Gap (to be released on Aug. 5, 2014) – is at once a tribute to those artists ...

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Award / Grant

NEA Jazz Masters 2015 Class

Source: Michael Ricci
June 29, 2014

Initiated in 1982, the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship is the nation’s highest honor given to those who have devoted their lives and careers to jazz, an art form uniquely rooted in American history and culture. Described by The New York Times as a “rare public accolade for jazz”, the recipients represent a wide variety of musical distinction, from singers and percussionists, to vibraphonists and saxophonists—all of whom have shaped and advanced the jazz art form through their lifelong commitment. With ...

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Contest

Enter the "Paul Bley - Play Blue: Oslo Concert" Giveaway!

Source: All About Jazz
June 29, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ECM Records “Paul Bley - Play Blue: Oslo Concert“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on July 28th. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Paul Bley at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at ECM Records About Play Blue: Oslo Concert A rare solo performance by one of jazz’s great originals, Canadian pianist Paul Bley, ...

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Recording

Bay Area Vocalist Sherie Julianne To Release Debut CD "10 Degrees South" July 29

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
June 27, 2014

Sherie Julianne’s path to singing Brazilian music took many unexpected turns—from a musical childhood in Miami to studying and teaching dance in San Francisco to working over the last decade with her mentor Marcos Silva at the Jazzschool in Berkeley. Silva, a native of Rio de Janeiro, is also Julianne’s collaborator on the singer’s ravishing debut, 10 Degrees South. The CD will be released by her Azul do Mar label on July 29. “I can’t explain exactly what it was ...

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