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Festival

Vision 19 Honors A New Generation Of Vision Artists

Source: Chris Rich
June 12, 2014

Honoring a New Generation of Vision Artists. Music and Art calls each generation. The Vision continues with important younger artists like Mary Halvorson and Susan Alcorn and Fay Victor with Tyshawn Sorrey. There are a few excellent young musicians playing with Charles Gayle, like Shayna Dulberger, Ingrid Laubrock and Mazz Swift. Michael Wimberly has put together an eclectic group of younger and older musicians and dancers. On Saturday we are featuring two younger groups, Tarbaby with Nasheet Waits, Eric Revis, ...

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Interview

Interview: Gourmet Duo Plus

Source: Eric Taylor
June 12, 2014

Q: How and when did Gourmet Duo Plus form? A: Gourmet Duo Plus is the extension of the musical group Gourmet Duo. Gourmet Duo was founded in 2010 by pianist and singer Yvetta Uustalu and bassist Tõnis Tüür. Q: What inspired the group's name and why did it change from Gourmet Duo to Gourmet Duo Plus? A: When the name Gourmet Duo was inspired from delicious food in the gourmet restaurant – so our music must be as good as ...

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Festival

Dance At Vision Festival 19

Source: Chris Rich
June 11, 2014

The Vision has included dance from the beginning, because the Music moves us. And bringing the arts together opens us up to hear and think and feel more… June 11: 7:00PM - 8:00PM - Charles Gayle Trio + Dance Miriam Parker will collaborate with the great Charles Gayle. Daniel Carter - reeds Miriam Parker - dance Charles Gayle - bass Michael T.A. Thompson - drum June 12: 7:15PM - 8:00PM - Signs & Rituals ...

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Education

Maryland Summer Jazz Festival Announces Tenth Year Anniversary Season

Source: The Phillips Agency
June 10, 2014

Rockville, MD: For ten years, the Maryland Summer Jazz camp and concerts have been rocking the rafters at St. Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville in late July. Workshops help adult jazz musicians improve their chops and learn performing skills. Public concerts delight area jazz fans and summer tourists. At the heart of the program is the jazz camp, held this year from July 23 - 25. Camp begins with a short lecture and demonstration by eight big-league jazz artists. Then ...

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Festival

Brian Culbertson To Getaway In A Lexus

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
June 10, 2014

The contemporary jazz hitmaker’s third annual Napa Valley Jazz Getaway bolstered by a presenting sponsorship from the luxury automaker Napa, CA: Brian Culbertson’s pursuit of perfection has nabbed a getaway car. The contemporary jazz star’s Napa Valley Jazz Getaway adds luxury automobile manufacturer Lexus as presenting sponsor for the third annual wine and jazz festival luring thousands of enthusiasts from all over the world to idyllic Napa Valley this week (June 11-15) to celebrate the good life. The event features ...

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Performance / Tour

Bernard Purdie & Friends Hit The Stage At The Philadelphia Clef Club Of Jazz & Performing Arts

Source: Vena Jefferson
June 10, 2014

The Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz on the Avenue of the Arts is back and bigger and better than ever for Spring/Summer 2014 with Two Amazing Summer Concert Performances with Bernard Purdie and Joey DeFrancesco. Philadelphia, PA: PCC of Jazz is revving up for the 2014 Spring/Summer Season with two incredible concert performances featuring First, Bernard Purdie,world-renown drummer and one of the most influential musicians and bandleaders of our time will play a special two-night engagement and a one-day drum ...

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Festival

Vision Festival 19: Roy Campbell, Tributes To A Giant

Source: Chris Rich
June 10, 2014

VISION 19 - Studies In Freedom. Wednesday June 11 thru Sunday June 15, 2014 Roy Campbell was deeply grounded in the jazz tradition, and exhibited a working musician’s flexibility, with experiences ranging from R. & B. bands to off-Broadway shows, to reggae to electronics. Like Don Cherry, one of his heroes, Campbell was an omnivorous collaborator, working with hundreds of musicians all around the world. But at his core he was a true New Yorker, representing a particularly rugged and ...

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Performance / Tour

Denis Diblasio & Larry McKenna Together And Free In South Philly On Thursday June 19th!

Source: Jim Miller
June 10, 2014

Jazz Bridge and Friends of Hawthorne Park present baritone saxophonist, flutist and scat singer Denis DiBlasio and tenor saxophone legend Larry McKenna for a free concert on Thursday, June 19th. This is the second in a four-concert Jazz in Hawthorne Park series, each featuring our area’s finest jazz artists. Hawthorne Park is at 12th and Catherine Streets, and performances run from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Further information: jazzbridge.org or hecphilly.org...Bring your lawn chairs! Denis DiBlasio is a multi-faceted performer, improviser, ...

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