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Radio

20th Anniversary Revisited This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
May 22, 2014

On Memorial Day Weekend 1989, Riverwalk Jazz made its national debut. This week, to celebrate over twenty years on the air, we revisit our first national broadcast, a program with piano legend Dick Hyman devoted to Fats Waller. Since that first national broadcast, Dick Hyman has joined us for so many radio shows that we sometimes think of him as the eighth member of The Jim Cullum Jazz Band. Dick is a renowned specialist in historical piano jazz styles; especially ...

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Festival

First Spring Exit 0 Intl Jazz Festival In Historic Oceanside Village Of Cape May, NJ: May 30 - June 1

Source: Claudia Artzer
May 22, 2014

The 3rd Exit 0 International Jazz Festival May 30-June 1, 2014, in Historic Cape May, NJ, Launches Spring Version with An Outdoor Stage Featuring New Jersey Winemakers and Jazz on the Cape May-Lewes Ferry Crossing from Delaware Features Grammy Winners Dee Dee Bridgewater & Roy Hargrove; Dirty Dozen Brass Band & Kermit Ruffins of New Orleans; Fest Party Faves Red Baraat & Matuto; HBO's Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks; Gerald Clayton, Tia Fuller, KellyLee Evans, Daisy Castro + More The charming ...

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TV / Film

Harlem To Hollywood Documentary Focuses On Billy Vera

Source: Tamela D'Amico
May 22, 2014

Filmmakers Alan Swyer and Brad Spurr have begun an Indiegogo.com campaign for their documentary film “Harlem to Hollywood" that focuses on multi-talent Billy Vera; a singer, songwriter, music producer, Grammy winner, voice artist, actor, archivist, and disc jockey. It is a behind the scenes look at what it takes to succeed in the music industry and build a career that spans over five decades. As stated on their Indiegogo campaign, “The film will take us from Vera’s early career in ...

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Event

Hot Guitarist Jacques Lesure Cools Outdoor Los Angeles Audience

Source: Robert J. Carmack
May 22, 2014

Recently with the temperatures topping 90-100 degrees, most Angelenos were seeking some relief from the heat. That came in the form of Jazz Guitarist,Jacques Lesure and his Quartet. The former Detroit native, now L.A. based musician, cooled off the audience with a great play list of originals and standards including a very soothing ,but swinging title track, “When She Smiles” from his current CD on WJ3 Records label. The first set was kicked off with a Road Warrior of a ...

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Performance / Tour

World Jazz Vocalist Allison Adams Tucker Releases New Recording “April In Paris”

Source: Two for the Show Media
May 22, 2014

"With a voice supple, agile, and bright, she executes each song on the tracklist with ease and imagination, creating a serene atmosphere that leaves you smiling." —Eva Simontacchi for Jazzitalia Multi-lingual vocalist Allison Adams Tucker is celebrating the release of her second CD “April in Paris” on June 3, 2014 – Songs of springtime and new beginnings from around the world. The album was recorded in Paris on UNESCO’s 1st International Jazz Day at the end of her last Europe ...

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Website

Jazz Music News Twitter Page Launches

Source: All About Jazz
May 21, 2014

All press releases and news announcements submitted to All About Jazz's Jazz News Central will now appear on the new Jazz Music News Twitter page. If you're jazz news junky, follow us. If you're a publicist and looking to give your announcements a boost in circulation, submit them to here. Though the AAJ news service is free, we do require website registration, you must be approved to post, and we ask that you follow our submission guidelines. If you're already ...

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Recording

New Release By Dave Knife Fabris with Ran Blake

Source: Dave Fabris
May 21, 2014

Lettuce Prey (Great Winds/Musea 3169) is music that is supported equally by the three legs of Rock, Jazz and Classical. It has the guts and glory of rock heroes like Jimi Hendrix (whose tune, Angel, is featured as a guitar solo on this CD). It possesses the surprise and intrigue of Jazz improvisation (like Ornette Coleman's Sadness - presented here in a jazz quintet format). Lastly, it exudes the intricacy and depth of contemporary Classical music - Ives, Prokofiev, and ...

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Recording

Concord Music Group Team Ups With Independent Record Retailers For Collectors' Special

Source: conqueroo
May 21, 2014

Exclusive PEANUTS record player to be sold as perfect companion to 50th-anniversary remastered vinyl of Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Fantasy Records, via Concord Music Group, is pleased to announce a collaboration with select record stores to sell an exclusive accompaniment: a remastered vinyl reissue of Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown featuring the Vince Guaraldi Trio (available separately on May 13, 2014), paired with Crosley’s PEANUTS Cruiser turntable. PEANUTS fans and record ...

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