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Quincy Jones Presents Young Jazz Talent at The Broad Stage, Santa Monica
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Chris M. Slawecki
As part of The Broad Stage’s Jazz Council Initiative, the Quincy Jones Presents series kicks off this fall with an astonishing array of musical talent. The series starts with a concert with Justin Kauflin on November 22nd. Kauflin, a talented young pianist who lost his sight due to a rare eye disease at 11, will be the subject of Academy-Award winning producer Paula Dupre Pesmen’s upcoming documentary, Keep on Keepin' On. The series continues into 2014 with performances by Singapore-born ...
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Vocal Icon Janis Siegel Releases First Solo Album in Seven Years: "NightSongs"
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Chris M. Slawecki
Over the past four decades, the voice of Janis Siegel, a nine-time Grammy winner and a seventeen-time Grammy nominee, has been an undeniable force in music; a founding member of The Manhattan Transfer, solo artist, producer and arranger, Janis is “about as eclectic in her musical tastes as a pop singer can get,” writes The New York Times. “She has shown an especially sharp eye for sophisticated high-quality pop-jazz songs.” For NightSongs (Palmetto), her first solo album in seven years, ...
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Newport Jazz Festival Flex Tickets Are Back; Available At Visitor Info Center
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Newport Jazz Festival Flexible Discount Tickets Are Back Tickets Available October 24 at 10:00 am at Newport Visitor Information Center NEWPORT, RI: The Newport Jazz Festival 60th Anniversary is set for August 1-3, 2014 and the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. is already celebrating. Jazz fans can stake their claim in the history of jazz by purchasing flexible discount tickets while supplies last at the Newport Visitor Information Center, 23 America’s Cup Avenue, beginning October 24 at 10:00 am. The $55 ...
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"Another Long Night" Of Success
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Brian Culbertson’s first crowd-funded album surpasses fundraising goal weeks ahead of schedule. Los Angeles, CA: Fervent interest from Brian Culbertson’s international legion of fans powered the contemporary jazz star past his fundraising goal two weeks ahead of the close of the Indiegogo campaign launched to help bring his passion project to fruition: re-recording his entire debut album, “Long Night Out,” as “Another Long Night Out,” which will be released in February 2014 in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the ...
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Emil Viklicky "The Janacek Of Jazz" Plays Rare London Gig At Spice Of Life October 31
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All About Jazz
Czech jazz pianist Emil Viklicky returns to the UK to play a rare, one-off gig at the Spice of Life, in Soho, London on Thursday, October 31st. Appearing in his favorite setting of a trio, Viklicky is joined by double bassist Petre Dvorsky and drummer Tomas Hobzek. Often described as “the Janacek of jazz”, Viklicky has spent a lifetime exploring the music of Czech composer Leos Janacek (1854 to 1928), weaving his timeless Moravian folk melodies into the jazz idiom, ...
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"Another Kind Of Funky Drummer", A Tribute To Ronald Shannon Jackson On WPFW This Friday Night
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Chris Rich
Tune in to WPFW radio’s Overnight Jazz Part I, this Friday beginning at 12AM (midnight) for “Another Kind of Funky Drummer”, a tribute to Ronald Shannon Jackson, who passed into ancestry this past weekend. In addition to the varied Jackson music to be heard as presented by program host Bobby Hill, the program will also feature a rare, never before heard 1983 interview with the gifted drummer, as conducted by university professor, archivist, and legacy WPFW programmer Art Cromwell. Art’s ...
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Jazz Bassist Eddie Gomez Awarded First Honorary Doctorate At Berklee In Valencia, Spain
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Berklee Media Relations
Legendary jazz bassist and Grammy Award-winner Eddie Gómez was awarded an honorary doctor of music degree by Berklee College of Music in Valencia. Gomez is a native of Puerto Rico who was raised in New York City. This was the first-ever honorary doctorate granted at the college’s new international campus in Spain. The award was presented by Larry Simpson, Berklee senior vice president for academic affairs, at a celebratory concert at the Teatro Martin i Soler in the Palau de ...
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Maiden Voyage - The Music Of Herbie Hancock - At Twins Jazz
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The Phillips Agency
Concerts Friday Nov. 15th and Saturday Nov. 16th, 2013, will feature the music from Herbie Hancock's 1965 Blue Note Album, Maiden Voyage Performances are at Twins Jazz (1344 U Street NW Washington, D.C 20009) Shows are at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Admission is $20. Make reservations from twinsjazz.com A concept album relating to the sea and its inhabitants, Maiden Voyage became one of the most important jazz albums of the last century. Many of its musicians became modern jazz ...
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