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Monday Night Jazz Sessions @ Quinn’s In Beacon, NY Announces Its Schedule For 2014
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James Keepnews
The Monday night jazz sessions that began this past October at the new Beacon, NY venue Quinn's have been enormously well-received both by audiences (many of whom by no means jazz fans) and musicians, locally and worldwide. By showcasing some of the most acclaimed, uncompromising artists covering a very wide spectrum of the music in a relaxed, supportive, listener-friendly environment — one that has already been recognized in a very short period of time as a great hang with excellent ...
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Grant Geissman's New Book Feldstein: The Mad Life And Fantastic Art Of Al Feldstein
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
In the opinion of many comic book aficionados, the greatest comics ever created were those published in the 1950s by Bill Gaines at EC Comics. Gaines’s creative right-hand man at EC was Al Feldstein, a triple threat artist/writer/editor. And after EC was forced by various guardians of morality to drop their comics in the mid-1950s, Feldstein shepherded MAD Magazine into a cultural icon. Here is the entire life and career of this amazing creator, with insightful biographical text by EC ...
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The First Biography Of Cal Tjader Is Now Available!
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All About Jazz
The contributions of this late pioneering jazz vibraphonist—composer, arranger and bandleader Cal Tjader have largely been undervalued. This book is a major corrective. The greater part covers the Grammy winner's 40-year professional life, and his explorations of both Latin and jazz music. His personal life is remembered by those who knew Cal best. The extensive research going into this book features many interviews with family, friends and colleagues both in the Bay Area and elsewhere; all the liner notes throughout ...
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Enter the "Mauricio de Souza - Different Directions" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Mauricio de Souza - Different Directions“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on January 10th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Mauricio de Souza at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! About Different Directions In Different Directions, I used the same approach as in my previous album, Here. There.... I recorded ten tracks of Jazz and ...
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Motema Music And Rondi Charleston Celebrate The Season Of Giving To Support The Jazz Drama Program
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GoMedia PR
Clicks on YouTube to View New Video from 2013 Yoshi’s Performance Will Result in Contributions to Jazz Drama Program In August of 2013, vocalist Rondi Charleston, who was recently lauded as one of Entertainment Tonight’s “Artists to Watch” on ET.com, performed with her All Star Band at Yoshi’s in San Francisco. The performances have been captured in a series of three videos that will debut on YouTube on December 13, and that will launch a special holiday promotion to benefit ...
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Thy Will Be Done Original Gospel Soundtrack To Be Released Dec. 31, 2013
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Studio City, CA - Lightyear Entertainment has announced the release of a new gospel musical film, Thy Will Be Done, an inspirational and uplifting film for the whole family, with an extraordinary original gospel soundtrack. The film stars Kathy Bowman, Darcel Blue, and Al Garrison, along with a talented group of quickly rising gospel recording artists. In the film, an ex-pastor, whose church was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina, loses his faith and becomes a homeless wanderer. After surviving a near ...
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Gonzo Multimedia To Release Rare CDs By UK Prog-fusion Legends Brand X And Bass Icon Percy Jones
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
London, UK - Although typically considered an off-shoot band for Genesis legend Phil Collins, UK prog-fusion group Brand X was much more than that. Featuring several virtuosic musicians (as well as Collins), Brand X took the genre of fusion to a whole new level of expertise. Along with Collins on drums, the band featured Percy Jones (bass), John Goodsall (guitar) Robin Lumley (keyboards), and Morris Pert (percussion), with sometimes Mike Clark, Kenward Dennard (drums), and John Giblin (bass). Active from ...
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Christian Hymns Set To Jazz Impacts Lives
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DeBlaze & Associates
“Energized Music Transcends Worship and Ethnicity" Pennington, NJ – Critically acclaimed recording artist, composer / arranger, and jazz saxophonist Jack Furlong will release Charity—his fourth album and first project of jazz improvisation over Christian hymns—on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 in mid New Jersey near Pennsylvania. Coincidentally — not unlike John Coltrane 50 years ago—the songs are linked to a spiritual journey that transcends worship and ethnicity. “There was a different message that fueled us. We knew we were doing something ...
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