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New England Conservatory Prep Presents The NEC Youth Jazz Orchestra Conducted By Ken Schaphorst
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Wednesday, December 11 in NEC’s Brown Hall New England Conservatory Prep presents the NEC Youth Jazz Orchestra conducted by Ken Schaphorst in a concert featuring the music of Duke Ellington, Gerald Wilson, Sun Ra, Imogen Heap, John Klenner, Joe Henderson,
Harold Arlen, and Thad Jones all performed by middle and high school students in the NEC Youth Jazz Orchestra. The free concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 11 at NEC’s Brown Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. For more ...
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Arturo Sandoval: Medal Of Freedom Wednesday; Latin Grammy On Thursday!
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Presidential Medal of Freedom Honoree Arturo Sandoval Wins Latin Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Album LOS ANGELES, CA – Just one day after President Barack Obama placed the Presidential Medal of Freedom around Arturo Sandoval’s neck at the White House on November 20, the jazz trumpeter received a Latin Grammy for the Best Traditional Tropical Album for his May 2013 release, Un Siglo De Pasión (E35 Music). Although he was unable to accept the Grammy due to traveling for a ...
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CMA Announces Presenter Consortium For Jazz Grant Opportunity
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Susan Dadian
This season, Chamber Music America pilots a new grant opportunity, Presenter Consortium for Jazz, in direct response to presenters’ recommendations gathered during CMA’s National Conversations. This replaces Presenting Jazz, a CMA program from 2009-13 that granted over $500,000 to 64 presenting organizations for chamber jazz concerts. Presenter Consortium for Jazz provides support to consortiums of three U. S. presenters that collectively engage up to three professional U.S. jazz ensembles (consisting of 2-10 musicians each) to perform at each presenter’s venue. ...
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New Short Film "Trane and Miles" Celebrates Jazz Music Legends
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Michael Ricci
Take a journey to 1959 and walk the miles with two of the most iconic jazz musicians of all time, men whose work became the soundtrack of an era. Writer-director Scott Essman of Visionary Cinema captures the brilliant, untold story of John Coltrane and Miles Davis, starring Ricco Ross as Coltrane and Travis Hinson as Davis. Their impact came at the outset of significant changes in all things America. Los Angeles, CA — Visionary Cinema presents the new short film ...
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Enter the "Abbey Rader - Reach for the Skies" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ABRAY Productions “Abbey Rader Quartet - Reach for the Skies“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on December 23rd. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Abbey Rader at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at ABRAY Productions About Reach for the Skies Reach for the Skies is the second album from the ...
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Erik Truffaz & Amina Agossi Jazz Up The Lao People's Democratic Republic
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All About Jazz
Jazz gigs are nothing like buses in Lao, as two buses never come along at the same time in the capital city, Vientiane. Nevertheless, jazz fans can look forward to the dizzying prospect of two jazz gigs on consecutive nights in the Lao National Culture Hall on the 26th and 27th of November. Swiss-French trumpeter Erik Truffaz on Wednesday 26th and French-Beninoise singer Mina Agossi on Thursday 27th will give audiences two very different takes on modern jazz. Truffaz has ...
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Holiday Magic Comes To Baltimore With The Tim Warfield Septet
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The Phillips Agency
With help from a band of bona fide jazz stars, saxophonist Tim Warfield brings holiday magic to Baltimore with a concert at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson on December 22. (Shows at 4:00 and 6:30 p.m will allow Ravens fans time to attend before the big game). The stellar ensemble includes Cyrus Chestnut (piano), Stefon Harris (vibraphone), Clarence Penn (drums), Terell Stafford (trumpet), Rodney Whitaker (bass), and Joanna Pascale (vocals). It’s rare to see so many big names in ...
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81-year Mississippi blues/gospel singer makes debut album: Leo Welch
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conqueroo
BRUCE, Miss. (Population: 2,097) — The phone rings at the Oxford, Miss.-based label Big Legal Mess. An intern tells the caller, “Oh, we don’t really do blues here anymore.” One of the company’s principals overhears this and grabs the phone. On the other end of the line is one 81-year-old Leo “Bud” Welch from Mississippi’s Calhoun County. He’d heard about the label that brought you Junior Kimbrough’s First Recordings, Jack Oblivian, Reverend John Wilkins, Water Lairs and Bishop Manning and ...
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