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Dee Bell & Marcos Silva Release "Silva • Bell • Elation" January 21 (Laser Records)
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
“Silver Bells” was the Bell Family signature Christmas song. It was a tradition in our family holiday jam sessions. Because of this, the merging of the two names Marcos Silva and Dee Bell seemed tunefully obvious. Elation was the result of the Silva Bell musical partnership. From the first recording with Stan Getz to the present, the rhythms and music of Brazil have infused new tonal colors and energy into the music that enlivens my spirit. Stan and Eddie Duran ...
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Nu Jazz Entertainment Announces The Presentation Of The Only Jazz & Classical Panels At Midem In 2014!
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Nu Jazz Entertainment
Nu Jazz Entertainment has just announced that Managing Director Jerald Miller will be leading the only (two) panels at the MIDEM 2014 (Cannes, France) to deal with Classical, Jazz, World Music & Catalog content. The first panel “The Future of Classical & Jazz” will take place on February 2, 2014 in the “Brands & Fans”central. From product development to social media, from physical and digital distribution to tour marketing the panel seeks to challenge all attendees to bring their best ...
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Jack Gates: Voyage Of The Troubadour
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Jack Gates & Sharyl Gates
Original music by Jack Gates (acoustic and electric guitar), Sharyl Gates (voice, lyrics), Phil Thompson (drums) and Dean Muench (bass). Plus one added Carlos Antonio Jobim, tune, So Danco Samba. JACK GATES VOYAGE OF THE TROUBADOUR In days gone by a musician leaves San Francisco Bay on a sailing ship that travels south around Cape Horn and along the coast of South America—Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela—and through the West Indies to Cuba. At every stop along the way he performs ...
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Enter the "B.J. Jansen - Ronin" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Artists Recording Collective “B.J. Jansen - Ronin“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on March 1st. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of B.J. Jansen at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Artists Recording Collective About B.J. Jansen B.J. Jansen, born January 3rd 1981 in Cincinnati (now residing in New York City), ...
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NEC Presents Third Stream Headwaters Thursday, February 13 At NEC’s Jordan Hall
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
NEC’s Charles Peltz Conducts Program Including World Premiere Performances of Gunther Schuller’s From Here to There commissioned by NEC and Charles Mingus’ Half-Mast Inhibition in its original orchestration Join Charles Peltz, Director of New England Conservatory’s Wind Ensemble activities, as he conducts Third Stream Headwaters, a program in which he traces the history of NEC's unique Contemporary Improvisation program (originally Third Stream) and the extraordinary music it has unleashed. The concert takes place on Thursday, February 13 at 7 p.m. ...
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First Names For Brecon Jazz 30th Pay Tribute To Origins
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All About Jazz
Brecon Jazz 2014 is the 30th anniversary year of the world-famous festival, and in tribute, the organizer Orchard has announced the first few names for August 8-10, with appearances by trumpeter Warren Vaché and renowned local band Mike Harries and the Root Doctors who both played at the first ever Brecon Jazz in 1984, a reunited Loose Tubes who took to the Brecon stage a year later, plus one of the major music successes of 2013, Laura Mvula It is ...
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"Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings" By Steve Sullivan
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Steve Sullivan
From John Philip Sousa to Green Day, from Scott Joplin to Kanye West, from Stephen Foster to Coldplay, The Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings covers the vast scope of its subject with virtually unprecedented breadth and depth. Approximately 1,000 key song recordings from 1889 to the present are explored in full, unveiling the stories behind the songs, the recordings, the performers, and the songwriters. Beginning the journey in the era of Victorian parlor balladry, brass bands, and ragtime with ...
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NEC Presents A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall Tuesday, February 18 At NEC’s Jordan Hall
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Original Works and Recompositions Offering a Kaleidoscopic Perspective on Protest Music and Social Change Throughout History NEC Faculty Eden MacAdam-Somer, Anthony Coleman Tanya Kalmanovitch plus student pieces include Soldiers Joy which explores the dual reality of soldiers lives in the field and when they come home; a reflection on the Persian Gulf War; a piece inspired by Gandhi’s non-violent protest, and much more Join NEC’s Eden MacAdam-Somer and Contemporary Improvisation department students and faculty in a concert featuring original works ...
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