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TV / Film

Jazz Vocalist PJ Parker's Original Song Included In New Movie

Source: Bill Bowman
April 4, 2013

Asbury Park, NJ: Jazz vocalist PJ Parker's original song, “Dreams Are Meant For Two,” with music written by her late father, jazz pianist Thomas E. Parker, will make its motion picture debut in Joe Basile’s “West End,” screening at the Garden State Film Festival on Saturday, April 6, 2013. The screening takes place at the Paramount Theater in this seaside city. The song, which is also performed by Parker, appears during an opening scene with Eric Roberts (Runaway Train) and ...

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Performance / Tour

The Kevin Brady Trio Featuring Bill Carrothers Live In Dublin Ireland

Source: Kevin Brady
April 3, 2013

The Kevin Brady Trio featuring Bill Carrothers @ JJ Smyth's The band's back together on the 27th of June 2013, for a night of top-class jazz from Kevin Brady, Dave Redmond and Bill Carrothers! Venue: JJ Smyths, Aungier Street Date: Thursday 27th of June Time: 20:30pm €10 Kevin Brady - Drums Dave Redmond - Double Bass Bill Carrothers - Piano After numerous knock-out tours, two hugely successful CD's , Irish ...

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Festival

18th Annual Jazz On Fourth Street Festival Lineup Announced

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
April 2, 2013

Presented by Fourth Street Merchants, KCSM/Jazz 91, and Berkeleyside, the 18th Annual Jazz on Fourth Street Festival will take place Sunday, May 19, from Noon – 5:00pm in Berkeley, CA on Fourth Street between Hearst and Virginia. For more information, visit fourthstreet.com or call the hot line at (510) 526-6294. This free outdoor music festival, benefiting the jazz programs at Berkeley High School, will feature the Dixieland sounds of famed radio host and trombonist Mal Sharpe’s Big Money in Jazz ...

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Recording

"Melba!," A Tribute To Melba Liston By Saxophonist/Composer Geof Bradfield, To Be Released By Origin Records April 16

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
April 2, 2013

Saxophonist/composer Geof Bradfield’s new CD Melba!, which Origin Records will release on April 16, has been a long time coming. Bradfield’s suite for jazz septet, a tribute to the great yet underheralded arranger/trombonist Melba Liston (1926-1999), received its premiere performances last summer in Chicago and other Midwest cities. It was supported by a commission from Chamber Music America’s 2011 New Jazz Works program (with funding by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation), allowing Bradfield to research the rich Liston trove at ...

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Award / Grant

Jim Miller Honored as "Jazz Hero" on April 15th at LaRose Jazz Restaurant

Source: Michael Ricci
April 2, 2013

Jim Miller—Philadelphia jazz percussionist, composer, recording artist, music journalist, and jazz educator—will be named a “Jazz Hero” by the Jazz Journalists Association on April 15th. The ceremony honoring this jazz icon will take place at LaRose Supper Club, 5531 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, during an evening’s performance by saxophonist Tony Williams, from 6 to 9 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337. Each year, the Jazz Journalists Association gives its “Jazz Hero” awards to those whose “exemplary work" keeps Jazz alive and well in ...

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Recording

April Showers Bring "Summer Rain"

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
April 2, 2013

Saxophonist Jeanette Harris’ fourth album warmly received by radio programmers and reviewers Fresno, CA: Spring has just sprung yet “Summer Rain” has arrived. The soulful urban-jazz album written and produced by saxwoman Jeanette Harris was released today by J&M Records and is winning new fans through growing radio airplay, including Sirius XM Satellite Radio, and enthusiastic reviews. With a fast-filling concert calendar, the “Rain” will be flowing spring, summer and fall as Harris has gigs booked April through October’s Catalina ...

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Recording

The Le Boeuf Brothers Release - Le Boeuf Brothers Remixed - Available: April 30 On Nineteen-Eight Records

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
April 2, 2013

Featuring new remixes by Remy & Pascal Le Boeuf, David Binney, Tim Lefebvre, “Wolff Parkinson White" (AKA: Jochen Rueckert), Kissy Girls, Lucky Luke & Armand Hirsch The Le Boeuf Brothers will be appearing at: Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola on April 3 and The 55 Bar on April 7! “This group has an impressively self-assured new album, “House Without a Door" which reaches for the gleaming cosmopolitanism of our present era." - The New York Times “A rich brand of modern jazz, ...

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Event

From Germany, Max Raabe Orchestra to Appear at L.A.' s Disney Hall on April 8

Source: All About Jazz
April 2, 2013

By Larry Taylor Max Raabe & Palast Orchester from Germany make its Walt Disney Concert Hall debut on Wednesday evening, April 10, performing songs from and in the style of the 1920s and 1930s. With debonair charm and wit, Raabe and his orchestra unveil a brand new program, I WON'T DANCE, which includes classics from the Great American Songbook that Raabe uncovered during a recent trip to Chicago. As well, there will be riginal arrangements of hits, dance hall songs ...

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