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Recording

Guitarist Ben Tyree Catches Fire On First Live CD

Source: Ben Tyree
June 9, 2014

Burn It! LIVE captures the infectious grooves and adventurous virtuosity of the Brooklyn guitarist’s BT3 trio Release Date: SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 Whether it refers to a raging inferno or a long, slow smolder, Burn It! not only serves as the title for guitar wizard Ben Tyree’s first live album but as a mantra for his blistering BT3 trio. Recorded in 2010 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s prestigious BAMcafé Live series, the scintillating date finds Tyree, his bandmates and a ...

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Contest

Enter the "Abdullah Ibrahim - Mukashi (Once Upon a Time)" Giveaway!

Source: All About Jazz
June 8, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Sunnyside Records “Abdullah Ibrahim - Mukashi (Once Upon a Time)“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on July 7th. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Abdullah Ibrahim at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Sunnyside Records About Mukashi (Once Upon a Time) Establishing a distinctive sound on an instrument is a truly demanding task. ...

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Event

The Fifth Annual Ocean City Beach (NC) Jazz Festival

Source: Larry Reni Thomas
June 8, 2014

By Larry Reni Thomas The Fifth Annual Ocean City Beach (NC) Jazz Festival will be held on Friday, July 4, 2014, and Saturday, July 5. 2014. from 5 pm until 8 pm, both days. Scheduled performers on Friday, are Lin Rountree with special guest Nicholas Cole, The Ira Wiggins Quartet, and vocalist Yolanda Rubin. Saturday's scheduled line up is The John Brown Quartet, vocalist Lois Deloatch with The Scott Sawyer Trio and pianist Cyrus Chestnut.Doors open at 4 pm. The ...

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Recording

Distributor/Music Store Squidco.com Adds Allen Weber "Hot Shock" Album To Library

Source: Allen Weber
June 7, 2014

From the desk and studio of Allen Weber Jacksonville, FL: The momentum is building around Jacksonville musician Allen Weber and his release of the Allen Weber Hot Shock album (CD and digital album) with it now in rotation on several UK radio stations, radio stations in the USA picking it up, and Allen Weber having just completed an interview with Christopher Bowie for his jazz radio show on WVUM (90.5 fm) in Miami. Now, Allen Weber has just signed a ...

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Recording

Al Jarreau To Honor The Legacy Of His Dear Friend George Duke

Source: Muse Media
June 7, 2014

MY OLD FRIEND: CELEBRATING GEORGE DUKE Domestic Release Scheduled for August 5, 2014 Includes Guest Artists Gerald Albright, Dianne Reeves, Marcus Miller, Lalah Hathaway, Jeffrey Osborne, Kelly Price, Dr. John and More Plus a special performance by George Duke Los Angeles, CA: The world of music was forever changed in 2013 with the passing of legendary keyboardist, composer and producer George Duke. This year, Al Jarreau, famed vocalist and long-time friend of Duke, re-interprets some of Duke’s renowned catalog of ...

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Festival

Xerox Rochester International Jazz Fest's 13th Edition Starts June 20th 9 Days, 1500+ Artists, 325+ Concerts, 75+ Free Shows, 20 Venues

Source: Dalmath Associates Inc.
June 7, 2014

ROCHESTER, NY - One of the nation's biggest music events begins in just two weeks. The 13th Edition of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) will deliver nine days of exceptional creative improvised music at more than 325 concerts with 1500+ artists from around the world June 20-28. Headlining at this year's festival are Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell (two shows both sold out), Earth, Wind and Fire (sold out), Janelle Monáe, Fourplay, Michael ...

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Event

Wayne Shorter Quartet Plays National Concert Hall, Dublin, June 14

Source: All About Jazz
June 7, 2014

The Wayne Shorter Quartet gig at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, Saturday June 14, is an unmissable, possibly never to be repeated event. At eighty, Shorter commands the sort of respect and devotion reserved for very few living jazz musicians. Perhaps only tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins enjoys the same degree of adulation in jazz circles, but no band, arguably in any genre of music, burns with quite the improvisational intensity of Shorter’s quartet of nearly fifteen years standing. “A band ...

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TV / Film

A Film on Bill Frisell by Emma Franz

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2014

A new film is being made on guitarist Bill Frisell. As one of the most influential and creative musicians of our time, a film about Frisell seems somewhat overdue. Filmed with unique access over three years, this documentary will be an intimate, behind-the scenes portrait. The film has been shot, directed and produced to date by independent filmmaker and musician Emma Franz, whose last film project was the award-winning feature music film, Intangible Asset Number 82. Franz filmed in the ...

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