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Indepth Jazz Clinic - The Music Of Herbie Hancock
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The Phillips Agency
An “In-Depth Jazz Clinic" for adults and older teens will be held on Saturday November 16th from 1pm to 5pm at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd, North Bethesda, MD 20852. The clinic will focus on Herbie Hancock's 1965 Blue Note Album, Maiden Voyage. It will cover the five tunes: “Maiden Voyage," “Dolphin Dance," “Eye of the Hurricane," “Little One," and “Survival of the Fittest." Clinic coaches include Jeff Antoniuk, saxophone; Allyn Johnson, piano; Kenny Rittenhouse, trumpet; Mike ...
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Oakland-Based Vocalist Suzanna Smith Debuts Nov. 19 With "Halfway Between Heaven & Love"
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Suzanna Smith has been a creative force on the rich Bay Area jazz vocal scene since 2005—as a performer and songwriter as well as founder/producer of San Francisco’s long-standing Savanna Jazz vocal jam session and co-founder of the nonprofit Bay Area Jazz & Arts, Inc. Her constant efforts to nurture local jazz have redounded to the benefit of many artists, including Smith herself. With Halfway Between Heaven & Love, to be released by the singer’s Ink Pen Records on November ...
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Blue Note / ArtistShare Launches Fabian Almazan's Fan-Funded Rhizome CD Project
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Brian Camelio
BLUE NOTE/ARTISTSHARE LAUNCHES FABIAN ALMAZAN’S “RHIZOME” CD PROJECT - THE FIRST FAN-FUNDED RECORDING PROJECT FROM THE NEW BLUE NOTE/ARTISTSHARE LABEL THE VERY FIRST ALBUM TO BE RELEASED UNDER THE HISTORIC NEW JOINT LABEL BLUE NOTE/ARTISTSHARE WILL FEATURE YOUNG PIANIST/COMPOSER FABIAN ALMAZAN’S FAN-FUNDED “RHIZOME” CD Almazan is joined by Linda Oh on bass; Henry Cole on drums; singer/guitarist Camila Meza; Sara Caswell and Tomoko Omura on violin; Karen Waltuch on viola; and Noah Hoffeld on cello Cuban-born American pianist/composer Fabian Almazan ...
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Songwriting Bandleaders Of The Swing Era This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, vocalist and Arbors recording artist Rebecca Kilgore joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to celebrate Songwriting Bandleaders of the Swing Era with music by Ray Noble, Isham Jones, Artie Shaw and Duke Ellington. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded ...
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Jazzical Fusion Plays Birdland
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Reed Hadley
By Reed I. Hadley The audience at NYC's legendary jazz spot Birdland were pleasantly surprised to experience the music of Jazzical Fusion, a new collective of jazz and classically-trained musicians featuring bandleader Maestro Martin Piecuch (woodwinds), Regan Ryzuk (piano) and Ron Murray on 7-string guitar, along with special guest Artie Dixon (drums). The trio/quartet performance mixes classical music, modern jazz, and the ancient folk music of Europe and the Americas to create a unique experience that has been called “a ...
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Prog Super-Group Transatlantic Reveal New Studio Album Kaleidoscope And 2014 World Tour
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Los Angeles, CA - Progressive-rock super-group Transatlantic, featuring Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Roine Stolt and Pete Trewavas will release their brand new fourth studio album ‘Kaleidoscope’ on the 27th January 2014. Says Neal Morse, “We are all completely excited about the 'Kaleidoscope' album and our upcoming tour! This will be a mind blowing experience for us and the audience for sure. We've never taken on a tour of this scope before and the album is crazy good so we are ...
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Jazz Near You Calendar Expands Event Options Beyond Concert Performances
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All About Jazz
The Jazz Near You calendar now supports events beyond concert performances to include the following types: Art exhibition Award show Book signing Concert performance Conference (e.g. Jazz Education Network, SF Music Tech, etc.) Jam session Lecture Master class Social gathering (e.g. a listening party) Just select the appropriate event type on the submission form. Submitting events Users can submit single and recurring events via our submission form. Users can upload several events at once via our .csv upload ...
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Award Winning Actress/Singer Eileen Howard Now Appearing In New York
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Eileen Howard
Jazz/blues singer and actor Eileen Howard will appear with The Daniel Bennett Group at Tomi Jazz, 39 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022 on Saturday, October 26, from 8:00 – 10:30pm. Howard is a relative newcomer to New York, having relocated this year from Columbus Ohio. This will mark her third collaboration with the highly creative and talented Daniel Bennett, composer and woodwinds player. An established performer in Central Ohio, Howard relocated when her husband was unexpectedly offered a ...
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