Jazz News

Jazz Near You's 'Change Cities' Feature Improved!

Source: All About Jazz
September 1, 2013

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Jazz Bridge (Philadelphia) Presents Free Workshop for the Affordable Care Act

Source: Michael Ricci
September 1, 2013

So you're all confused about how to sign up for health insurance via the Affordable Health Care Act? Well, Jazz Bridge to the rescue! On Sunday September 29th from 2-4 pm, Jazz Bridge is sponsoring a free workshop and the State Rep. for Enroll America, Bill England, will be on hand to show musicians (and any other folks who would like to attend) how to sign up for Obamacare. Also, three of Philly's finest photographers (Anthony Dean Sr., Howard Pitkow ...

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All About Jazz Improves Wallpaper Advertising Service -- Introduces New 300x100 Pixel Banner

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2013

Wallpaper Improvements All About Jazz improved its wallpaper advertising service by adding the wallpaper to Jazz Near You and locking the wallpaper in place so the reader continues to see the ad as they scroll down the page. Click the image below to view the actual size of the wallpaper ad as it appears on the All About Jazz home page:

Wallpaper design specifications

All About Jazz Forum Status

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2013

Updated on 14-September-2013 — See comments section below for status Dear fellow All About Jazz forum members: We're currently in the process of upgrading our vBulletin software—we're also evaluating new hosting services for the forum's new home. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we ask for your patience while we upgrade to v5, customize the software, and move. It's a project that will require a commitment in time and expense, but the end result will in the latest version of ...

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Guy Hatton Solo EP "Daylight" Released On Bandcamp

Source: Guy Hatton
August 31, 2013

Guy Hatton’s solo EP Daylight is now available to download from Bandcamp for your listening pleasure! Three brand-new tracks hot off the presses, as they used to say in the pre- digital world. Hear it here, and grab yourself a copy. We’re doing this on an “honesty box” system – you pay us what you think it’s worth. If you really, really have to have it free, that’s OK, but if you like it, please send us a contribution. Guy ...

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"Pacific Premieres: New Works By California Composers," New CD From Quartet San Francisco

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
August 30, 2013

Quartet San Francisco, the acclaimed cross-genre string quartet, received Grammy nominations for their 2006 Látigo, 2007 Whirled Chamber Music, and 2009 QSF Plays Brubeck. Now they are preparing to release a dazzling new CD, Pacific Premieres: New Works by California Composers, on ViolinJazz Recordings. The disc, due out September 24, delivers a program featuring two swinging new suites by noted jazz big band leader, composer, and arranger Gordon Goodwin; a breathtaking three-movement string quartet by conductor, arranger, and composer Vince ...

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WBGO Launches Ad Campaign And Social Media Contest #makejazz In NJ & NY

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
August 30, 2013

WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM Launches Media Campaign with Billboards and Kiosks in New Jersey and New York Varick Street Billboard Sparks Friendly Controversy and Host-An-Hour Social Media Contest NEWARK, NJ: Do you want to be a guest DJ on WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM? Here’s how: Find WBGO ads on telephone kiosks, street pole banners, billboards and digital billboards located throughout New Jersey and in Manhattan and Brooklyn, including by the entrance to the Holland Tunnel. Before midnight on September 9, ...

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Catherine Russell And Dick Hyman In Riverwalk Jazz Jam Session

Source: Don Mopsick
August 30, 2013

For this week’s Riverwalk Jazz radio show, bandleader Jim Cullum welcomes two guest artists. One is piano master and old friend Dick Hyman, a guest on our first radio show in 1989. The second is a new friend, making her Riverwalk Jazz debut in 2010—jazz singer Catherine Russell. 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 ...

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