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Miles Smiles Concert And Clinic at An die Musik Live on January 24
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Baltimore Jazz Alliance
InDepth Jazz Clinics and Concerts opens its 2014 season by presenting music from the formidable album Miles Smiles, recorded by iconic trumpeter Miles Davis in 1967. The recording features fabulous compositions and group interplay and had a far-reaching effect on the jazz idiom. On January 24, 2014 all six tunes from the album will be performed in concert in popular Baltimore listening room, An die Musik Live. Featured performers are top-call musicians with impeccable technique, deep pockets of jazz wisdom, ...
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Josh Deutsch's Pannonia To Release Debut CD "Another Time, Another Place"
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MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates
TRUMPETER/COMPOSER JOSH DEUTSCH & HIS BAND PANNONIA TO RELEASE DEBUT RECORDING ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE 02/04/14 Album To Be Showcased @ CD Release Gig @ Korzo Brooklyn on 02/11/14 Formed in 2011, trumpeter/composer Josh Deutsch’s Pannonia plays “traditional folk music from an imaginary place.” The band features the unusual frontline of trumpet, trombone and violin, creates a distinctive sound that blends the improvised spontaneity of jazz with forms and textures characteristic of early 20th-century classical chamber music and the infectious ...
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Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra To Appear At Bohemian Caverns
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Baltimore Jazz Alliance
The Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra formed 10 years ago by bass clarinetist Todd Marcus, features outstanding musicians from many states. Its rich sound incorporates straight-ahead jazz with other influences from classical to Middle-Eastern. The orchestra explores a range of moods while swinging hard and showcasing the individual talents of each ensemble artist. The group’s Bohemian Caverns program on January 19 will pay special tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. Jazz critics give enthusiastic kudos to Marcus: “An explosion of straight-ahead ...
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Don Drummond: The Genius And Tragedy Of The World’s Greatest Trombonist By Heather Augustyn With Foreword By Delfeayo Marsalis Released
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Heather Augustyn
Don Drummond: The Genius and Tragedy of the World’s Greatest Trombonist by Heather Augustyn has been published by McFarland Publishing and is now available. The book is a comprehensive biography of a brilliant musician and his lover who forever shaped the course of ska, reggae, and popular music worldwide despite poverty, class separation, mental illness, racial politics, exploitation, and sexism that resulted in murder. The foreword is written by trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis, member of the legendary jazz family. Through the ...
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Enter the "Shlomi Cohen - Breather" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Shlomi Cohen - Breather“ download giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on February 4th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Shlomi Cohen at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! About Shlomi Cohen Grammy-nominated saxophonist Shlomi Cohen, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, has had a multicultural musical education, based in part on his surroundings both in Tel ...
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Stream The Best Jazz Of 2013 On AccuJazz.com
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Lucas Gillan
Jazz fans spent much of the past month poring over dozens of “Best of 2013” lists, left only to wonder what the vaunted music actually sounded like. To satisfy curious listeners and highlight the excellent music, AccuJazz Internet radio has created a “Best Jazz of 2013” channel playing the most critically-acclaimed jazz albums released last year. The streaming channel is free to listen to and available 24 hours a day at AccuJazz.com. The channel’s programming is based on Francis Davis’ ...
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Baritone Saxophonist, B.J. Jansen Releases, "Ronin, The Masterless Samurai"
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JM Creative
His first new release in nearly two years, B.J. Jansen returns with a new quartet album Ronin. Ronin hits the streets March 4th, 2014 and features; Mamiko Watanabe on piano, Mike Boone on bass, Amanda Ruzza on bass, Chris Beck on drums and Dorota Piotrowska on drums. During the feudal period in Japan (1185-1868), a Ronin was a samurai (knight) with no lord or master. A samurai could become masterless from the death or political fall of his master, or ...
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Marcus Hampton Releases Debut On ARC
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Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
Veteran trumpet player and composer Marcus Hampton, who is a nephew of Slide Hampton and a cousin of Lionel Hampton, has just released his debut recording that features 12 of his jazz originals. The title of his release is Hampton House of Jazz (ARC-2543). The title comes from the jazz club that Hampton and his family had opened and operated for a time in Florida before relocating to the Denver area. Featuring top players: Keith Oxman, Tom Ball, Pat Bianchi, ...
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