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Interview

Anzic Records Artist Anat Cohen On The Move!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
May 17, 2013

Following her sojourn to Istanbul, Turkey to perform and participate in the International Jazz Day Celebration along with Herbie Hancock, Eddie Palmieri, Esperanza Spalding, and many other celebrated artists, the JJA declared reed virtuoso Anat Cohen “Clarinetist of the Year" for the seventh year in a row, and “Multi-Reeds Player of the Year" for the second consecutive year, and in a major feature in the May 5 Sunday Arts & Leisure Section, The New York Times called her, an “ambassador ...

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Contest

Enter the "Ceramic Dog - Your Turn" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2013

Recording

Etienne Charles’ "Creole Soul" To Be Released July 23 On Culture Shock Music

Source: Sacks and Co.
May 18, 2013

WORLD TOUR BEGINS APRIL 27 “Mr. Charles knows how to make an album more than just a calling card for a small band, and how to sequence it too; he’s an auteur.” —The New York Times Trinidad-born trumpeter Etienne Charles' fourth full-length release, Creole Soul, is due July 23 on Culture Shock Music. An exploration of Charles’ musical roots featuring sounds from the French, Spanish and English speaking Caribbean as well as North America, Creole Soul highlights myriad inspirations from ...

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Music Industry

Verve Jazz Ensemble Takes It International With Japanese Website

Source: GoMedia PR
May 17, 2013

It's About Time may be the Verve Jazz Ensemble's debut album, but the reception that these five players have received since its March release is as impressive as that awarded to the most seasoned jazz groups. Within weeks of being released on radio, It’s About Time soared to the #5 position on the national JazzWeek chart, where it has held strong on the charts for two solid months, four weeks of which have been spent ensconced solidly in the Top ...

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Festival

21st Dusseldorfer Jazz Rally Swings Into Orbit

Source: Phillip Woolever
May 17, 2013

The 21st edition of Dusseldorf’s perennially popular Jazz Rally got a spirited launch Thursday, at a well received new venue by a pair of rollicking acts that set a solid, swinging standard for what promises to be another fine weekend of jazz along the Rhine. Despite poor weather, a larger than recently usual opening “preview” night crowd showed up to cheer the Rally’s inaugural event at Rheinterrasse, an interesting complex with great patio views and a beautiful, adjacent garden park. ...

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Event

Playboy Jazz Festival Presents 1+One, Featuring Patrice Rushen And Ndugu Chancler With Special Guest Paul Jackson Jr. In Free Baldwin Hills Concert Sunday, June 2nd

Source: Nina Gordon Public Relations
May 17, 2013

Let the good times roll... and head over to the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw for a summer afternoon of jazz and entertainment when the Playboy Jazz Festival presents a free community concert on Sunday, June 2nd, at 5:00 p.m. Doors open at 4:00 p.m. The illustrious group, 1+One, featuring Grammy-nominated artists Patrice Rushen and Ndugu Chancler with special guest, Paul Jackson Jr., will headline the show. The Harmony Project, under the direction of Amos Delone, will also perform. Presented by the ...

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Website

All About Jazz Tops 30,000 Twitter Followers

Source: All About Jazz
May 16, 2013

Radio

Riffs And Shouts This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
May 16, 2013

p>This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band uses simple, familiar riffs to build entire arrangements and tunes—from originals like “Keep Off the Grass” to standards like “Dinah.” Special guest Bob Barnard joins the band on trumpet. 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 shows at the Stanford Archive of ...

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