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Recording

Armen Nalbandian To Release New Solo Piano Album, Alis Grave Nil, On July 23rd

Source: Blacksmith Brother
June 25, 2014

On July 23rd, 2014, pianist/composer Armen Nalbandian will release Alis Grave Nil (Blacksmith Brother Music), his tenth album as a leader and second solo piano album. Alis Grave Nil is the follow-up to Nalbandian's newly released Time Waits from earlier this year, and features original compositions by Nalbandian, Charlie Chaplin, Eubie Blake, Kendrick Lamar and more! About Armen Nalbandian Armen Nalbandian (b. 1978 in Manchester, England) is a jazz pianist, composer and humanitarian. In addition to the piano, he has ...

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Recording

Guitarist Marty Walsh Releases New CD Featuring Guest Appearances By Members Of Yes, Rufus And A Host Of La Studio Legends

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
June 25, 2014

Boston, MA – Much to the excitement of guitar aficionados across the globe, celebrated guitarist Marty Walsh released his eagerly awaited debut instrumental solo album 'The Total Plan' on June 16th 2014! Making the release even more thrilling is the array of guest artists appearing on the release – Billy Sherwood (YES/CIRCA:), John “JR” Robinson (Rufus, Eric Clapton, Mike Oldfield/Steve Winwood) and a multitude of LA Studio Legends. Says Marty, “Everyone on the album are musicians that I have close ...

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Performance / Tour

Marc Hoffman Returns To Tega Cay on June 29th

Source: Marble Arch PR
June 25, 2014

CHARLOTTE, NC – Virillion Music recording artist Marc Hoffman will perform Sunday, June 29th from 6:00 to to 9:00 p.m. at Casual Water in Tega Cay, SC as part of their summer jazz series. Hoffman, a NC native will include original instrumental and vocal jazz in his performance, as well as standards and pop. “I’m really excited to be back this year at Tega Cay for the summer jazz series,” Hoffman said. “Casual Water is a beautiful and fun venue ...

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Performance / Tour

Guitarist/Composer Roni Ben-Hur Celebrates 30 Years On The NYC Jazz Scene With Two Nights At The Kitano!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
June 25, 2014

RONI BEN-HUR CELEBRATES 30 YEARS ON THE NYC JAZZ SCENE WITH TWO NIGHTS AT THE KITANO, NYC FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JULY 11 & 12 Showtimes are 8 & 10 PM On Friday & Saturday, July 11 & 12 at The Kitano, guitarist/composer/bandleader Roni Ben-Hur celebrates 30 years on the New York City jazz scene with two trios that reflect his career. During his three decades here, audiences could always find him naturally placing one foot in Brazil/Latin America, ...

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Radio

Palo! Fever Is Spreading Across The Nation As New CD, Palo! Live, Gains Airplay

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
June 25, 2014

MIAMI, FL – PALO! Live, the sophomore CD by Miami’s award-winning Afro-Cuban Funk band, PALO!, debuted at #20 on the CMJ World Music Chart. Recorded live in front of a standing room only crowd last August in Miami, the CD is now reaping airplay in the band’s hometown as well as across the country. Among the cities catching Palo! Fever are Burlington, VT (WRUV); Boulder, CO (KVCU); Traverse City, MI (WNMC); Lexington, KY (WRFL); Poughkeepsie, NY (WVKR), Grand Junction, CO ...

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Website

Attn: Musicians - ArtistData sourced events removed from Jazz Near You Newsletter

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2014

Due to the high level of user complaints, we will no longer include ArtistData-sourced events in the weekly Jazz Near You newsletter. Jazz Near You joined the ArtistData network as a courtesy to musicians, but the data that originates from AD is unreliable (lacking validation and naming standards) making venue name matches difficult for Jazz Near You. And without a venue name match, there is no reliable way to present these events by location, which leads to erroneous listings. If ...

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Festival

Las Vegas Jazz Festival Lineup A Guaranteed Winner

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
June 24, 2014

Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Cameo, Keith Sweat, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Eric Benét, Anthony Hamilton, Ledisi, Will Downing, Brian Culbertson, Euge Groove and more will put the soul into the September 19-21, 2014 music festival. Phoenix, Arizona: Since the roots of jazz are in rhythm and blues, it should be no surprise that a stellar cast of Grammy-winning and chart-topping R&B and funk artists have been booked to perform at the Las Vegas Jazz Festival slated for September 19-21, 2014 outdoors ...

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Performance / Tour

Resonance Jazz Summer Heat At Old First Concert Series and Live On KPFA

Source: Allison Bliss
June 24, 2014

Resonance Jazz, a one-of-a-kind Bay Area jazz octet, performs at the “Old First Concert Series” in San Francisco for a 4:00pm performance on Sunday July 27, 2014. Performances offer a rich composite of original standards from Duke Ellington to George Gershwin and Keith Jarrett, marrying the sounds of this unusual orchestration with violin, viola, flute/vocals, cello, sax, double bass, drums and piano. Bandleader Steve McQuarry introduces his new jazz originals and arrangements of tunes by Brubeck, Gershwin, and pop tunes ...

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