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Van Morrison Moondance Deluxe Five Disc & Expanded Two Disc Editions Available October 22 From Warner Bros. Records
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1888 Media
Moondance Shines Brighter Van Morrison’s Classic Revisited With Five-Disc Deluxe Edition Loaded With Unreleased Takes From The Sessions, Including The Lost Track “I Shall Sing” The Newly Remastered Album Also Available As Single Disc And As Double Disc Featuring 11 Unreleased Tracks All Three Available October 22 From Warner Bros. Records LOS ANGELES, CA – In the fall of 1969, Van Morrison entered the studio to record MOONDANCE, the album that would soon become his commercial breakthrough and one of ...
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William Parker Launches New Monday Jazz Series At Quinn's, New Music Venue In Beacon, NY On October 7 at 8 Pm
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James Keepnews
The new Beacon, NY music venue, Quinn's, is proud to announce a new series of jazz sessions taking place every Monday night beginning in October. Hosted and curated by local musician James Keepnews, this series will present the finest and most cutting- edge artists at work in the music today, both regionally and internationally. For these Monday night jazz performances at Quinn's there will be no cover charge, though donations for the artists will be requested and gratefully accepted. Each ...
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World Music Artist Marcus Corbett Releases Highly Anticipated Debut Album Strung Deep
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
London, UK: Much to the excitement of music enthusiasts worldwide, Folk-World music artist Marcus Corbett has released his highly anticipated debut album Strung Deep. Based between Marlborough and Oxford in the UK and Pune in India, and having gigged the length and breadth of the UK and on the western coast of India, Marcus has quietly been gaining an esteemed reputation for his esoteric, unique blend of Indian classical music and British folk. Says Marcus, “I have studied Indian Classical ...
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Oud Awakening: Nashaz Furthers the Tradition of Blending of Jazz and Arabic Music
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rock paper scissors, inc.
A puzzling and intriguing challenge from an Egyptian cab driver in New Orleans inspires an impulse purchase of an alluring album in a used CD store. The album inspires a search for a difficult to find instrument, which in turn takes a jazz player to a radically different approach. This unlikely turn of events ultimately led jazz guitarist Brian Prunka to switch gears, obsessively learn as much about Arabic music as he possibly can, and begin down two paths: a ...
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Jazz Arts Group Presents Hot Club Of Detroit Featuring Cyrille Aimee - Sat. Oct. 12
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Scott Vezdos
Columbus, OH: The Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series continues to heat up the Lincoln Theatre stage on Saturday, October 12 with the gypsy jazz of Hot Club of Detroit featuring the unique vocal stylings of French artist Cyrille Aimée. More than seven decades after the innovations of the Quintette du Hot Club de France, featuring guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt, combos called Hot Clubs carry on the gypsy jazz sound around the globe – in Tokyo, San Francisco, Seattle, Sweden, ...
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Jazz Crooner Ken Slavin To Make New York Debut At Metropolitan Room On October 31
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Ken Slavin
SAN ANTONIO, TX - The number-one male jazz singer in the home of the Alamo has been entertaining South Texas audiences and recording critically acclaimed CDs for more than 23 years. Now Ken Slavin will bring his unique sound to the Big Apple when he makes his New York City jazz cabaret debut on Thursday, October 31, at the world-famous Metropolitan Room, 34 W. 22nd Street. Show time is 7 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The show will be ...
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Jessy J Inspires With Second Chances, Her Debut Album For Shanachie Entertainment, Releasing September 10, 2013
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1888 Media
Second Chances Features Jeff Lorber, Norman Brown, Jimmy Haslip and Johnny Britt. Album Includes Renditions of Classics by Roberta Flack & Sérgio Mendes Tour Dates, September 10 - December 6, 2013, Include A Show With George Benson and A Show With Sheila E Los Angeles, CA: Jessy J burst onto the contemporary jazz scene in 2008, blending her love for Latin rhythms and jazz on her chart-topping, award-winning debut album Tequila Moon. Jessy earned the Radio & Records' ‘Debut Artist ...
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Stephanie Jordan To Perform At Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Gala In D.c.
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Sylvain Music Notes
Saturday, September 21, 2013 - Washington Convention Center NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan has been selected for a return performance at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's (CBCF) 43rd Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) Phoenix Awards Dinner Gala at the Washington Convention Center in the nation’s capital on Saturday, September 21, 2013 starting at 6:00 p.m. The CBCF event is the premier conference on legislative and policy issues impacting the African-American community. Stephanie Jordan who performed at the ...
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