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John McLaughlin And Zakir Hussain's Groundbreaking Shakti Gets A Grammy Nomination For 'This Moment'
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MAD Ink PR
Shakti, the recently reconvened global fusion trailblazers, have been nominated for the 2024 GRAMMY Award for Best Global Music Album for This Moment—the group’s first new studio album in more than 45 years, released on June 30, 2023, on the Abstract Logix label. “After our most successful tour ever of three continents, Shakti gets a GRAMMY nomination for our album This Moment…” reacted to co-founding guitarist and composer John McLaughlin. “We are thrilled and delighted beyond words.” “Our 2023 world ...
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Showcase acts for jazzahead! 2024 announced with the Netherlands as partner country
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Michael Ricci
The selection process for showcase acts is now complete: from a total of around 800 applications, five international juries bringing a high level of expertise have made their decisions. The 40 acts who will be performing at the showcase concerts for jazzahead! 2024 are announced today. jazzahead! 2024 is an event produced by MESSE BREMEN. It combines a festival and a trade fair, and will take place from 11 to 13 April 2024. This year's partner country is the Netherlands. ...
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Laufey To Headline At Rochester International Jazz Festival June 26
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Dalmath Associates Inc.
The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival, one of the world's leading jazz festivals, is proud to present Laufey, at the Festival's nine-day 21st Edition on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. Tickets go on sale Friday, December 15 at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time only at rochesterjazz.com or by phone at (585) 454-2060. Tickets are $73/63/53/33 plus service charge. Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) is a phenomenal young artist who crosses boundaries and meshes the old with the ...
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Single Review: Jazz Singer Alexia Gardner Offers One Of The Best Interpretations Of ‘Stand By Me’ We’ve Heard In A Long Time
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All About Jazz
The British Jamaican singer is in fine form on her new album, Feeling the Love, Songs of My Mother, Songs of My Father. She pulls out all the stops and delivers inspired interpretations of songs throughout music history. Acclaimed singer Alexia Gardner and band featuring Hyuna Park on piano, Martin Pizzarelli on bass, George Gray on drums, and Linus Wyrsch on tenor saxophone, share their latest album, Feeling the Love, Songs of My Mother, Songs of My Father, which features ...
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Guitar Legend Scott Henderson To Release New Album 'Karnevel!,' Announces Forthcoming European Tour
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Scott Henderson will be releasing his highly anticipated new album Karnevel! on February 2, 2024! Scott’s previous album People Mover was voted best fusion album of 2019 by Jazz Times magazine, and he won both Best Guitarist and Best Electric/Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Group in JazzTimes Readers Poll. Karnevel! features a diverse set of beautiful compositions, and demonstrates Scott's striking ability to combine elements of jazz, rock, funk and blues in an authentic, seamless and musical way. After 35 years as a bandleader, ...
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Samara Joy And Lee Ritenour Are First Two Headliners Announced For Rochester International Jazz Festival In June 2024
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Dalmath Associates Inc.
CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival producers Marc Iacona and John Nugent today announced the first two headliners for the 21st Edition June 21 to June 29, 2024. The Festival is one of the world's leading jazz festivals, presenting 1750 artists from around the world at 20 venues over nine days. Tickets for both shows go on sale this Friday, December 8th at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time only at rochesterjazz.com or call (585) 454-2060. 2023 GRAMMY-winning Artist of the Year, ...
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Modern Beat Combo's 'Soul-Jazz Reflections' Not To Be Missed, An Album To Look Out For!
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Dave Good
UK-based jazz group The Modern Beat Combo have released their latest album on Bandcamp. It’s called Soul-Jazz Reflections. Short excerpts from each song can be heard on Youtube to give a quick taste of the album. Better still, listen on their Bandcamp page. There is a strong influence of chromaticism and colour, which relates to jazz and blues inflections including bebop. This group provides something for everyone with a variety of influences including: modal, fusion, world music, spiritual, bebop, modern ...
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Sean Noonan Releases Pavees Dance 'Slide Gate': An Epic Journey Of Transformation And Conflict Through Experimental Jazz Rock
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GoMedia PR
Drummer and composer Sean Noonan, celebrated as a “Rhythmic Storyteller,” unveils his latest release, Slide Gate, marking the third installment from the jazz-rock ensemble Pavees Dance. On the new album, Noonan is once again joined by the original Can vocalist, Malcolm Mooney, the legendary bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma (Ornette Coleman's Prime Time), and the guitarist Ava Mendoza (Unnatural Ways). Comprised of ten tracks, Slide Gate embarks on a storytelling adventure which revolves around an android's quest to reclaim its humanity. Within ...
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