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Improved and Streamlined All About Jazz Advertising Services

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2014

All About Jazz has introduced an eye-grabbing 2000x600 pixel advertising option and has greatly improved its existing banner and Showcase services to coincide with its website relaunch. New! Big Bopper The equivalent of a full page print ad, the big bopper is a fixed location, persistent display ad sized at a whopping 2,000 pixels wide by 600 pixels high. It anchors most pages, and rates vary depending on page location. The ad is currently available on All About Jazz and ...

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Festival

Vision Festival 19 Has The Matthew Shipp Trio In The Thick Of It

Source: Chris Rich
June 14, 2014

In many ways, Saturday is a miniature of the entire guiding outlook and purpose of this annual love labor from Arts For Art. All elements, discussion, youth support, poetry and a well sequenced array of distinct and personal performance statements are present and the stalwart Matthew Shipp Trio speaks to the element of continuity. A FUTURE OF VISION (Honoring the Next Generation) 12:30 Forum on : The legacy of Improvised Music Featuring Dave Sewelson, Connie Crothers, Michael T.A. Thompson, Lisa ...

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TV / Film

Don Cheadle pays tribute to jazz hero with "Miles Ahead"

Source: Michael Ricci
June 14, 2014

Using crowdfunding site Indiegogo, Don Cheadle announces he'll pay homage to hero and jazz legend Miles Davis. Don Cheadle is making a movie about Miles Davis, but he's quick to stress: It's not a biopic. “Standard biopics touch all the standard benchmarks for five seconds, then move on," Cheadle says. “They don't tell you a full story." So Cheadle decided to tell a full story about a few days in the life of the famed jazz trumpeter/bandleader/composer. Miles Ahead, which ...

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TV / Film

Cincinnati music history fits Miles Davis film

Source: Michael Ricci
June 14, 2014

Actor Don Cheadle has filmed movies around the world, so he's not totally surprised to be preparing to shoot his Miles Davis feature in Cincinnati. “You have architecture and the look here that can approximate the era that we're shooting in Manhattan, which Manhattan doesn't really have a lot of anymore," said Cheadle in the “Miles Ahead" Downtown production office Wednesday. “Cincinnati is built on a grid; that helps. It has the support network, the crew. The incentives here are ...

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Video / DVD

Jazz Singer Sarah Fenwick Releases New Video Clip "Black Orpheus"

Source: Sarah Fenwick
June 14, 2014

Gifted jazz singer Sarah Fenwick and brilliant guitarist Marinos Neophytou have released a stunning music video for the classic Jazz tune “Black Orpheus" (A Day in the Life of a Fool), composed by Brazilian guitarist Luiz Bonfa. The video is produced by Jazz Arts & Communications and beautifully directed by Savvas Hadjigeorgiou. The house that time forgot – Nicosia, Cyprus' rich history showcased. “Black Orpheus" is one of the songs from the duet’s new, self-produced CD Jazz Way, available here. ...

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Jazz Near You Adds Four More Cities: Pensacola, Columbia, Flagstaff and Des Moines

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2014

Jazz Near You now services 250 cities worldwide with the additions of Pensacola (FL), Columbia (MO), Flagstaff (AZ) and Des Moines (IA). If your city has an active jazz scene and isn't represented at Jazz Near You, please let us know and we'll add it. About Jazz Near You The web's leading jazz event discovery platform, Jazz Near You is a simple yet powerful way for fans to discover who is playing where and when. It's also a free opportunity ...

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Award / Grant

2014 JJA Jazz Awards for Journalism and Media

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2014

Winners in the following categories were announced at the JJA Jazz Awards Party on June 11, 2014 at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism W. Royal Stokes Website of the Year All About Jazz Print Periodical of the Year Jazz Times Blog of the Year Do the Math (Ethan Iverson) Book of the Year Learning to Listen: The Jazz Journey of Gary ...

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Festival

Vision Festival 19 Welcomes Whit Dickey And James Blood Ulmer

Source: Chris Rich
June 13, 2014

In addition to celebrations of Roy Campbell and Amiri Baraka, the creators of Vision Festival love to support under appreciated masters such as Whit Dickey. And they craft special gatherings such as a revisit of a ground breaking James Blood Ulmer unit called The Music Revelation Ensemble. Whit Dickey will lead his quartet in the opening performance and the Music Revelation Ensemble will close out the night. 7:00 Whit Dickey Quartet Whit Dickey – drums Mat Maneri – ...

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