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Sol Roots Trio Performs As Part Of The DC Jazz Festival
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9th Floor Music
With more than 125 performances in dozens of venues across the city, the DC Jazz Festival is the largest music festival in Washington, DC and one of the most highly anticipated cultural events in the nation. Artists performing as part of the DC Jazz Festival include: John McLaughlin, Pharoah Sanders, Lionel Loueke, Lonnie Liston Smith, Johnny Artis, Sol Roots, Brandee Younger, Will Rast, Hot 8 Brass Band and many more! Full information can be found be visiting the website DC ...
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Songstress Shelea Announces The Release Of Her Debut Album, Love Fell On Me, Available June 18, 2013
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Kelly Krueger
SONGSTRESS SHELEA ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF HER DEBUT ALBUM, LOVE FELL ON ME, AVAILABLE JUNE 18, 2013 Love Fell On Me Features Brian McKnight, Stevie Wonder and A Collaboration with Narada Michael Walden Vocalist Sheléa (shuh-LAY-uh) announces the release of her debut album, Love Fell On Me to be released on June 18 with Breath of Life Records via CEN/RED Distribution, a division of Sony Music. One of the first singles, “Love The Way You Love Me” is a soulful ...
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Jean Bach, Jazz Documentarian and Fan, Dies at 94
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Michael Ricci
Jean Bach, a lifelong jazz zealot whose fascination with a photograph of the titans of jazz gathered in front of a Harlem brownstone in 1958 led her to make a prizewinning movie about that moment, “A Great Day in Harlem,” 36 years later, died on Monday at her home in Manhattan. She was 94. The photographer Carol Friedman, a friend, announced the death. A print of that black-and-white photograph—one of the most famous in jazz history—had for years hung in ...
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Swinging On The South Side: The Heartbeat Of Chicago Jazz This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, vocalists Topsy Chapman and Vernel Bagneris, trumpeter Duke Heitger and pianist Dick Hyman join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band—club-hopping on the South Side of Chicago from the “black and tans" of the ’20s to the grand ballrooms of the ’30s. 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 ...
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WBGO Jazz 88.3 Wins 3 NY Association Of Black Journalist Awards
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
WBGO JAZZ 88.3 RECEIVES THREE AWARDS FROM NEW YORK ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS AT 25TH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARDS BANQUET NEWARK, NJ: The New York Association of Black Journalists (NYABJ) recognized the work of area journalists, including the presentations of three honors to WBGO Jazz 88.3, at its 25th Annual Scholarship and Awards Banquet, which took place May 14 at Time-Life in New York City. WBGO took home three of the four awards presented in the Radio category. Assistant News ...
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The Wee Trio Live At Subculture On Thursday, June 6!
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
James Westfall (vibes), Dan Loomis (bass), Jared Schonig (drums) SubCulture is located at 45 Bleecker Street, NYC, doors 6:30 show 7:30, $12-15 For more info & TKTS call 212 533 5470 The Wee Trio will perform music from their critically acclaimed discography: Capitol Diner Vol. 1, Capitol Diner Vol. 2 - Animal Style, Ashes to Ashes - A David Bowie Intraspective. The Wee Trio will be appearing at SubCulture NYC on June 6, kicking off a busy second half of ...
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Mulgrew Miller, Dynamic Jazz Pianist, Dies at 57
Source:
Michael Ricci
Mulgrew Miller, a jazz pianist whose soulful erudition, clarity of touch and rhythmic aplomb made him a fixture in the post-bop mainstream for more than 30 years, died on Wednesday in Allentown, Pa. He was 57. Mr. Miller developed his voice in the 1970s, combining the bright precision of bebop, as exemplified by Bud Powell and Oscar Peterson, with the clattering intrigue of modal jazz, especially as defined by McCoy Tyner. His balanced but assertive style was a model of ...
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Matt Glaser Wins Prestigious American String Teachers Association Award
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Berklee Media Relations
The American String Teachers Association (ASTA) awarded Berklee's Matt Glaser the prestigious Artist Teacher Award at its annual convention, held this year in Providence, RI. Glaser is the first non-classical string teacher to win the award, which is considered the ASTA's highest honor. Past recipients include Joseph Szigeti, Pablo Casals, Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuhin, Dorothy DeLay, and Ivan Galamian. “Although I certainly do not deserve this, I am very happy to accept it metonymically on behalf of this incredible community ...
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