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Recording

Fifth Release By Jazz/world Fusion Artist Gino Foti On Net Dot Music

Source: Gino Foti
March 22, 2013

Xenosonic Journeys, the fifth album by jazz/world fusion bassist & keyboardist Gino Foti, has just been released by Net Dot Music, Inc. A terminal point for the previous four albums, his musical compass points in all directions of the globe, with the arrangements both charted and improvised. For this release, genres & styles like: ambient, downtempo, electronica, techno, trance, et al. are incorporated into his unique fusion of jazz, rock, and world music to navigate through exotic domains, and explore ...

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Radio

Barbary Coast This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
March 21, 2013

This week on Riverwalk Jazz we hear rare recordings of Sid LeProtti playing piano and actor Vernel Bagneris bringing LeProtti’s words to life. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band plays classic tunes that might have been danced to in the night spots of Pacific Street. 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 ...

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Education

Jazz At Lincoln Center's Swing University Spring 2013 Course Schedule

Source: Michael Ricci
March 20, 2013

Guitarist Vincent Pelote, Pianist Connie Crothers, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Trombonist Vincent Gardner, Jazz Historians Phil Schaap, Terry Waldo, and Ben Young to Lead Jazz Education Courses Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) continues the 25th anniversary education season with the Spring Term of Swing University. This term marks the return of old favorites such as Ragtime led by leading ragtime scholar Terry Waldo ; Free Jazz led by jazz historian and WKCR's Ben Young ; the popular Jazz 101 ...

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Festival

Newport Jazz Festival Swings With The Ages

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
March 19, 2013

From Emerging Geniuses to Established Giants The Newport Jazz Festival Swings with the Ages Newport, RI: Jazz, like life, begins at 40! That is around the age when jazz musicians sift through their early impressionable years; when they go through the necessary period of trying to emulate their heroes, and eventually sound like themselves – singing and swinging with their own unique voices. The Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management, which itself turns 60 next year, has ...

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Event

New England Conservatory Presents "African Rhythms" - Rare Boston-Area Performance By Legendary Pianist/Composer Randy Weston

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
March 18, 2013

In Concert with the NEC Jazz Orchestra Under the Direction of Ken Schaphorst on Thursday, April 18 in NEC's Jordan Hall Randy Weston will return to New England Conservatory in May to receive an honorary Doctor of Music degree. “(one) of the most powerful, percussive pianists alive…and also one of the most joyous.” —Lloyd Sachs, Chicago Sun Times “Weston has the biggest sound of any jazz pianist since Ellington and Monk, as well as the richest most inventive beat... but ...

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Event

A Jazz Piano Celebration, April 4, 2013: Alan Broadbent, Ayako Shirasaki, Boris Netsvetaev, Wolfgang Schlüter Quartet, Hammer Klavier Trio

Source: Jan Matthies Music Management
March 18, 2013

Jan Matthies Music Management is celebrating its 5th birthday, dedicating the evening to Solo Jazz Piano and Trio. The artists of Jan Matthies Music Management all come together at the prestigious Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Germany. 20.00 – 20.30 Alan Broadbent, solo & trio “one of the greatest living jazz pianists" – The Los Angeles Times about the 2-time Grammy winner. In 2010 he received another Grammy nomination alongside Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis und Hank Jones for »Best Improvised ...

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Event

Columbus Jazz Orchestra Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month With "piano Men: The Music Of Billy Joel, Elton John & Stevie Wonder"

Source: Scott Vezdos
March 18, 2013

Columbus, OH – In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) returns to the historic Southern Theatre to pay tribute to your favorite keyboard legends in “Piano Men: The Music of Billy Joel, Elton John & Stevie Wonder," April 11 - 14. The powerful vocals of Chester Gregory and keyboard wizardry of Dave Powers join Bobby Floyd and the CJO on timeless classics like “Piano Man," “Just the Way You Are," “Your Song," “Rocket Man," ...

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Performance / Tour

Dee Dee Bridgewater To Star In Lady Day The Musical

Source: Muse Media
March 18, 2013

The Billie Holiday Musical Previews Begin September 12th Opening slated for September 26th Little Shubert Theatre New York, NY: Tony and multiple Grammy Award-winner Dee Dee Bridgewater will star as one of the world’s incomparable and legendary jazz artists —- Billie Holiday, in the celebrated musical “Lady Day” opening Thursday, September 26th (6:30PM) at Times Square’s Little Shubert Theatre (422 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues). Written and directed by Stephen Stahl, ...

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