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Never-Released Thelonious Monk Concert Film "Paris 1969" Due Out Nov. 26 On Blue Note
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Michael Ricci
BLUE NOTE TO RELEASE THELONIOUS MONK PARIS 1969 NEVER-BEFORE OFFICIALLY RELEASED CONCERT FILM IS A FASCINATING LATE-CAREER DOCUMENT OF THE LEGENDARY JAZZ PIANIST & COMPOSER IN PERFORMANCE WITH HIS QUARTET PLUS SPECIAL GUEST PHILLY JOE JONES PARIS 1969 TO BE RELEASED AS CD/DVD, CD, VINYL, DIGITAL ALBUM & DIGITAL LONG-FORM VIDEO ON NOVEMBER 26 Blue Note Records has announced a November 26 release date for Thelonious Monk Paris 1969, a fascinating and important late-career document of the legendary jazz pianist ...
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Fretless Frailing Brings The Balkans Home on Jeni Jol
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FlipswitchPR, LLC
For Boston-based musician Tev Stevig, an epiphany occurred when he first heard the fretless guitar. For years, Stevig had explored American music from old time folk music to jazz, as well as the sounds of the Balkans and the Middle East. He wanted to bring together all of his musical passions and with this instrument he saw a path to realize his intentions. Today, Stevig introduces his album entitled Jeni Jol (“the New Path”) to the world, the first in ...
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I Am in the World and the World Is in Me; Paula Santoro New Release
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FlipswitchPR, LLC
Celebrated Brazilian Vocal Stylist Paula Santoro Steps Into the International Limelight with Mar do Meu Mundo (The Sea in My World) release: Nov. 19th, a Marriage of Jazz Freedom and Modern Brazilian Sounds Containing an Upbeat, Moving, and Very Personal Vision It’s not often that a new star emerges on the international music scene with a fully formed and very personal vision expressed through contemporary rhythms and musical eloquence, but such is the case with Paula Santoro. A star of ...
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South African Jazz Reawakens: The Recording Debut of Kheswa & Her Martians
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FlipswitchPR, LLC
Nowhere do the parallel cultural identities of South Africa and the United States—nowhere does our parallel racial ethos—speak to us more intriguingly than through jazz. The jazz vernacular has thrived in both countries thanks to a visceral connection to abstract truths and cultural realities owned in common by our two countries. If you are hip to the richness and renaissance of jazz in today's South Africa, or just curious, you will not want to ignore Nonhlanhla Kheswa, an actress and ...
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Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open 2013-2014 Season Opens On October 19 With Bklyn Jazz Underground Ensemble + Works!
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Connection Works, One of the Leaders in the Growing Movement of Artist-run Organizations, Proudly Announces the 2013-14 Season of Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open The distinguished concert, dialogue and workshop series. Now in its seventh season, the series takes place at the Brooklyn Conservatory in Park Slope, Brooklyn Saturday, October 19 @ 8:00 PM WORKS MICHEL GENTILE - flute DANIEL KELLY - piano ROB GARCIA - drums + Brooklyn Jazz Underground Ensemble
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Six Degrees Records Signs Meklit Hadero to World-Wide Record Deal
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Chris M. Slawecki
Six Degrees Records is pleased and excited to announce the world-wide signing of singer/composer, TED Senior Fellow & cultural activist Meklit Hadero. Born in Ethiopia & based in San Francisco for the past nine years, Hadero became a sensation with the release of her debut On a Day Like This. A luminous album featuring original songs and some traditional Amharic music as well, it got rave reviews across the board. NPR called Hadero's sound, “a unique blend of jazz, Ethiopia, ...
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Argentinian "Digital Folklore" Trio Tremor Returns with "Proa"
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Press Junkie PR
Buenos Aires based “digital folklore” trio Tremor return to the forefront of modern South American music with a brand new album on Nickodemus’ Brooklyn based Wonderwheel Recordings. After playing some of the most important festivals and venues worldwide including Roskilde Festival in Denmark and an official WOMEX showcase, the new album entitled Proa continues Tremor’s use of South American folklore traditions and regional instruments to bridge unexpected genres such as Argentine chacarera and Glitch / digital cumbia and electronic. Digging ...
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Italian Jazz Days - Oct 12-22 - New York City To Washington D.C.
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
ITALIAN JAZZ DAYS OCT 12-22, 2013 New York City To Washington DC TwinsMusic Enterprises is proud to announce the annual cultural celebration - Italian Jazz Days 2013 - October 12-22, 2013. Thanks to the involvement of Italian Cultural Institute of New York and the Italian nonprofit organization, C-Jam Music, this year the festival takes place in four New York City venues: Measure Lounge at Langham Place, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, the Jazz Standard and Smalls Jazz Club; ...
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