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Jazz Vocal Veteran Lenora Zenzalai Helm Launches Web Programs "Vocal Jazz Online" And "The Vocal Musicianship Academy" For Serious Singers In Search Of A Career In Music
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Inque Public Relations
Former U.S. Jazz Ambassador and Berklee College of Music Grad Shares Her Passion of Singing with Up and Coming Artists “Lenora Zenzalai Helm possesses an astonishing voice…she improvises harmonic changes with undeniable ingenuity..." —Geoffrey Himes, the Washington Post Lenora Zenzalai Helm is making it possible for people that say they want to be a “singer” to take a giant step further and become a Vocal Musician through two accessible and affordable on-line programs: Vocal Jazz Online and its offshoot The ...
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Austin-based Jazz Trumpeter Jeff Lofton Releases Single "Compared To What" From Upcoming Album "Jericho"
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Jeff Lofton
A new single produced and arranged by Austin-based jazz trumpeter Jeff Lofton from his new album Jericho releasing in 2014. A remake of the Les McCann / Eddie Harris hit “Compared to What" by Gene McDaniels. Featuring vocals and guitar by Carolyn Wonderland; piano and organ by the legendary Dr. James Polk; with Ryan Bowman on bass and Terrence McDaniel on drums Engineered by Michael Rey de Leon For consideration for the 56th GRAMMY awards Artists comments Jeff ...
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New England Conservatory Hosts Legendary Songwriter Elvis Costello Friday, October 25 In Public Talk At Jordan Hall
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Costello to Receive Honorary Doctor of Music Degree from NEC New England Conservatory welcomes legendary songwriter Elvis Costello to campus on Friday, October 25, 2013. After a morning of working in the classroom with songwriters enrolled in NEC’s Contemporary Improvisation program, Costello talks about his genre-spanning career in a public forum, moderated by Boston Globe pop music critic Sarah Rodman, at 2 p.m. in Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA. The talk is free and open to the public. ...
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Chico Hamilton's Euphoria Performs At Drom
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AMT Public Relations
CELEBRATING THE LIFE & MUSIC OF LEGENDARY DRUMMER CHICO HAMILTON Monthly Concert Series Featuring EUPHORIA EUPHORIA Presents Celebrating the Life & Music of Foreststorn “Chico" Hamilton, featuring Chico's longstanding Euphoria ensemble with Paul Ramsey (bass), Evan Schwam (flute + reeds), Jeremy Carlstedt (drums + percussion), Mayu Saeki (flute) & Nick Demopolous (guitar). In honor of the 92 year-old percussionist and band leader, his long-time working group Euphoria continues his legacy with a monthly concert series at DROM starting Sunday, November ...
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Usdan Center with full Jazz Program, Open House For 2014 Season
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Reva Cooper
Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), the nationally acclaimed Long Island summer arts day camp which has just finished its 46th successful season, announces the first of its Open Houses for the 2014 season. It will take place on Sunday October 27 from 11AM to 2PM. Usdan is attended by students ages 6 to 18 from New York City and throughout the Tri-State area, transported by air-conditioned buses. About a third of students attend on scholarship. Usdan's ...
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AccuJazz Internet Radio Featuring Melissa Aldana, Other Recent Monk Contest Champs
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Lucas Gillan
AccuJazz Internet Radio is now featuring the music of Melissa Aldana along with other recent winners and finalists of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition on its Emerging Voices channel. The channel has always exclusively played music by the younger generation of musicians, so it is a perfect fit to feature musicians awarded in the contest, which is the jazz world’s highest honor for young jazz artists. As with all AccuJazz Internet Radio channels, Emerging Voices is free to ...
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Vocalist Miss Justine In Collingswood, New Jersey Thursday, Nov. 7th!
Source:
Jim Miller
The Jazz Bridge first Thursdays Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 West Collings Avenue in Collingswood, NJ—presents singer Miss Justine on Thursday, November 7th. Downbeat is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 856-858-8914, 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. Miss Justine has long personified just what Jazz singing is all about, and remains one of the singular interpreters of song and an inspiration to many vocalists in the ...
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Jazz Dancer Pam Heatherington Performs Wed. Nov. 6th In Cheltenham PA!
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Jim Miller
The Jazz Bridge first Wednesdays Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Road in Cheltenham, PA, presents dancer Pamela Hetherington on Wednesday, November 6th. Show time is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. Pamela Hetherington, accompanied on this performance by pianist/vocalist Dena Underwood, bassist Nicholas Krolak and saxophonist Johnathan Katz, has updated and reinvented what legends like Baby Laurence and ...
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