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Actress, Singer Cynthia Basinet Releases Her New Music Video Of "Santa Baby" Tributing Eartha Kitt
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Cynthia "c." Basinet
New York- Cynthia Basinet releases her new music video of “Santa Baby" with a tribute to Eartha Kitt, the song's original siren on the 60th anniversary. “I thought it was a perfect time to give tribute to the singer that had inspired me not only vocally but with her joie de vivre." said Miss Basinet. Long considered “one of the most sultry and seductive voices around", Cynthia felt it important to pay tribute to Eartha because Cynthia's version is often ...
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Molly Ringwald Joins The Columbus Jazz Orchestra In "Don't You Forget About Me" (feb. 6-9)
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Scott Vezdos
Columbus, OH: Under the direction of world-renowned band leader and trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) continues to break new ground while honoring the rich heritage of America’s classical music – jazz. In “Don’t You Forget About Me” (February 6-9 at the Southern Theatre), everyone’s favorite former teenager joins the CJO in a salute to the Great American Songbook. From the big screen to the stage, Molly Ringwald has done it all. Making a name for herself ...
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Herbie Hancock Appointed 2014 Norton Professor Of Poetry At Harvard
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Muse Media
“I’ve uncovered practical lessons and learned that the essential values in jazz and the values of Buddhism are harmonious and apply to my life on every level. Throughout my lectures, I will be interweaving and connecting these ideas.” — Herbie Hancock Los Angeles, California and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Always at the forefront of world culture, technology, business and music, legendary pianist and composer Herbie Hancock has been named the 2014 Charles Eliot Norton Professor Of Poetry at Harvard University. Hancock will ...
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Hit Like A Girl Contest 2014 Site Launched: Entry Begins January 24, 2014
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Phil Hood
Hit Like A Girl * Contest Launches 2014 Website. HitLikeAGirlContest.com Features New Videos, Judges, Sponsors And Free Play-Along Tracks With the official, January 24th start of the 2014 Hit Like A Girl female drumming contest just days away, drummers, fans and the general public can now visit hitlikeagirlcontest.com to view videos of past winners and learn about this year’s sponsors, prizes and celebrity judges as well as how to participate in the popular, international drumming contest for women and girls. ...
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French-Brazilian Guitar Virtuoso Marcelo Paganini To Release Two Behind The Scenes Videos Featuring Jazz Legends Deodato And Gary Husband In Support Of Forthcoming CD
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Paris, France - It took 35 years to finally make the album French- Brazilian guitar virtuoso Marcelo Paganini dreamed about in 1979, when he wrote the song “Lost Secrets”. The album 2012 Space Traffic Jam, which will be released on January 25, 2014, was written in the stars and had to happen, no matter how impossible it seemed to be. To make the impossible possible is Marcelo Paganini's full time job. He was called a crazy man, a fool, a ...
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Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia "Comin' Home" Event at Kimmel Center set for January 7th!
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All About Jazz
Terell Stafford, Artistic Director With Wynton Marsalis, Jimmy Heath, Kenny Barron, Randy Brecker, Bill Cosby and more Verizon Hall Tuesday, January 7, 7:30pm The Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia (JOP) is rousing in the new year with its Grand Gala Fund Raising Concert. JOP is dedicated to honoring, presenting and continuing Philadelphia's unparalleled jazz legacy through performance and education. Under the artistic direction of renowned trumpet player and Director of Jazz and Instrumental Studies at Temple University, Terell Stafford, JOP will ...
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Michael Janisch With Special Concert Dates In US Midwest Set For January 2014
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Michael Janisch
Whirlwind Recordings label boss and internationally-acclaimed bassist and producer Michael Janisch will be performing a series of special concerts in Midwest America in late January this year with a stellar cast of musicians from NYC in Patrick Cornelius, Philip Dizack, Matthew Stevens and Clarence Penn. On the 23rd, a Whirlwind Recordings Showcase Event for Janisch’s performance in St. Paul will take place where he’ll be performing at Studio Z, and anyone who pre-books tickets will be sent a Free 22-track ...
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Blue Note Entertainment Group Celebrates New Orleans With First-Annual New York Brass And Heritage Festival
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Karen Tzeiler
New Orleans Comes to New York this January with performances from renowned artists at venues throughout New York City, including Blue Note Jazz Club, B.B. King Blues Club and Grill, The Highline Ballroom New York, NY — Blue Note Entertainment Group is pleased to announce its first-annual NEW YORK BRASS AND HERITAGE FESTIVAL, a celebration of New Orleans music and culture January 7-12, 2014. Artists including THE REBIRTH BRASS BAND, THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, THE DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND, ...
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