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Enter the "Takuya Kuroda - Rising Son" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Blue Note Records “Takuya Kuroda - Rising Son“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on March 19th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Takuya Kuroda at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Blue Note Records About Rising Son Rising Son makes for the perfect title for the Blue Note debut from ...
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Jazz study shows link between music and language
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Michael Ricci
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jazz musicians are famous for their musical conversations - one improvises a few bars and another plays an answer. Now research shows some of the brain's language regions enable that musical back-and-forth much like a spoken conversation. It gives new meaning to the idea of music as a universal language. The finding, published Wednesday in the journal PLoS One, is the latest in the growing field of musical neuroscience: Researchers are using how we play and hear ...
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Sonny Rollins And Doxy Records Sign Distribution Agreement With Sony Music Masterworks/OKeh
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins has signed a distribution agreement with Sony Music Masterworks and its jazz imprint OKeh Records for the release of his new Doxy Records album, Road Shows, vol. 3. A street date of May 6 is planned. Over the span of his storied and still-unfolding 65-year career, Rollins has established himself as one of the giants of jazz—a towering influence, a trailblazer, a powerfully creative force in the music. From his earliest masterpieces, such as Saxophone Colossus ...
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Jaco Pastorius Has Vinyl LP, Official Documentary For Record Store Day
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conqueroo
Limited-issue releases available in brick-and-mortar record stores on Record Store Day, April 19, 2014. Get in line now! Jaco Pastorius documentary, Jaco, is the official Record Store Day film for 2014 LOS ANGELES, CA: If only every day could be like Record Store Day . On a mid-April Saturday, the hearty breed of surviving disc emporiums teem with music fans and crate diggers — all hoping to get their hands on the many limited-edition vinyl records issued by the labels. ...
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Return Engagement For "Last Call At The Downbeat" In April!
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Jim Miller
In November 1942, 25-year-old trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie is in Philadelphia leading his own quartet for a 7-week engagement at the Downbeat Club. He’s just been fired by Lucky Millinder after a stint at the famed Earle Theatre at 11th and Market Streets—right around the corner. It’s war time, and big band swing is still the rage, but Gillespie has been experimenting with a new approach to music, something most people don’t even know about yet... something we now call call ...
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Jazz Bridge Annual Spring Fundraising Concert With Pat Martino!
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Jim Miller
Boardmember and Fundraising Committee Chair, vocalist Rhenda Fearrington is throwing the Jazz Bridge 10th-year anniversary party with guitarist Pat Martino. The annual Jazz Bridge Spring fundraiser will be held at The New Leaf in Rosemont, PA on Friday, April 25th from 8:00 – 10:00 PM. The world-renowned master guitarist is bringing his trio with B3 Organist Pat Bianchi and drummer Carmen Intorre Jr. Advance tickets available now, on two levels: Choose $35.00 for general admission; Premium $100.00 ticket(s) entitle you ...
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Wine And Jazz Fans Can Getaway For The Day
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Single-day tickets for June’s Napa Valley Jazz Getaway are now on sale. Los Angeles, CA: Single-day tickets went on sale today for the star-studded concerts taking place June 12-15, 2014 as part of the third annual Napa Valley Jazz Getaway, a wine and jazz festival set in scenic California Wine Country. Available at TicketFly, tickets are priced at $99 apiece except for the June 13 show, which cost $129 each and includes entry to an exclusive The GRAMMY Foundation benefit ...
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LA Philharmonic Presents 36th Playboy Jazz Festival At The Hollywood Bowl
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Muse Media
SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2014 and SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2014 PERFORMERS INCLUDE CELEBRATED ICONS OF THE GENRE, EMERGING ARTISTS AND A TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDARY GEORGE DUKE Single Tickets available Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Los Angeles, CA: The Los Angeles Philharmonic today announced the line-up for the 36th annual Playboy Jazz Festival to be held Saturday, June 14, and Sunday, June 15, at the Hollywood Bowl. An internationally-acclaimed event, the Playboy Jazz Festival is one of the premiere jazz festivals in ...
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