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Performance / Tour

Drummer Alan Nelson @ Arch St. Friends Phila. Thursday March 21st!

Source: Jim Miller
March 1, 2013

Jazz Bridge in Old City Philadelphia! presents drummer Alan Nelson at Arch Street Friends Meeting House — 4th and Arch Street in Philadelphia — on Thursday, March 21st. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. Information: 215-517-8337. It’s for good reason that Alan Nelson is often referred to as a master drummer. As a child, he began as a tap dancer, progressed to African dance, graduated to hand drums, and ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Great Greets Fox Cities

Source: Connie Fellman
March 1, 2013

If the name Clay Jenkins doesn’t ring a bell, perhaps you’ve heard of his touring groups, namely Harry James, Buddy Rich and the County Basie Orchestra. Anyone familiar with these legendary big bands will appreciate the prestige this extraordinary jazz trumpeter brings to Appleton this weekend. One of the most sought after jazz performers and instructors in the nation, Jenkins veered off his global performing course for a few days to stop at Lawrence University. The esteemed professor of jazz ...

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Recording

With Love In Every Shade From Paris Combo

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
March 1, 2013

Eclectic global jazz quintet returns March 12th with their aptly titled fifth studio album, “5,” that will be supported with a U.S. concert tour New York, NY: Love is a universal language and Paris Combo confirms that music is as well. The five-piece French band that has garnered global acclaim and an immense following for its unique mélange of colorful cabaret, elegant jazz, multicultural world music and sassy alterna-pop will release their fifth studio album, the appropriately titled “5,” on ...

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Event

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: World Premiere Of "Boston JazzScape" on March 8, 2013

Source: Mary Curtin Productions
March 1, 2013

Friday, March 8, 2013 at 7:30 pm Museum of Fine Arts Remis Auditorium 465 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA Admission: $20 members, seniors and students $25 non-members Reservations: 800-440-6975 The internationally acclaimed Aardvark Jazz Orchestra marks the high point of its historic 40th season with the world premiere of music director Mark Harvey’s epic new work, Boston JazzScape. Expect an exuberant display of Aardvark’s “awe-inspiring audience fascination” (Downbeat), as ...

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Recording

Return Of The Del-Lords: The "Elvis Club" Is Open For Business Again

Source: conqueroo
March 1, 2013

Fabled New York rockers the Del-Lords return with their first new album in more than two decades NEW YORK, NY: ”We didn’t start with any agenda, other than to make a great record,” Scott Kempner says of the Del-Lords’ unexpected return to action following a two-decade layoff, which has yielded Elvis Club, the band’s first new album since 1990. The album is set for release on May 14, 2013 on GB Music through RED Distribution. Elvis Club finds the New ...

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Recording

Indonesian Guitar Legend Dewa Budjana Releases "Dawai In Paradise" on MoonJune Records

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
February 28, 2013

MoonJune Records is proud and pleased to present the incredible artistry of legendary world-class guitarist, Dewa Budjana. Renowned throughout his native Indonesia, his status as a maestro is well-deserved and immediately apparent. Dewa's fifth solo album, Dawai In Paradise, explores his vast, diverse array of guitar stylings in a host of fresh, powerful, intriguing musical settings. A showcase of astounding, brilliant music is performed by a host of great musicians — including Grammy-winning artists drummer Peter Erskine (Weather Report; Steps ...

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Recording

Agogo Records Announces Mop Mop "Isle Of Magic"

Source: Press Junkie PR
February 28, 2013

Anyone familiar with Mop Mop will already know that their refined style has already lend them a unique place somewhere between the worlds of jazz, funk, Latin and the Italian Postmodern style allowed the band to enter the international film business as part of Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love movie soundtrack. But with this latest LP Isle Of Magic, Mop Mop digs even deeper to bring us one of their most engaging and organic records yet. Mop Mop’s fourth ...

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Performance / Tour

Charles Lloyd 75th Birthday Concerts at the Met Museum and Kennedy Center

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
February 28, 2013

Tenor saxophone titan Charles Lloyd has been hailed as one of the most restlessly inventive musicians in jazz history. His current quartet - with Jason Moran, piano; Reuben Rogers, bass; and Eric Harland, drums - was honored as the 2011 “#1 Acoustic Group" by the JazzTimes critics poll. “Follow the career of Charles Lloyd," said The New York Times, “and you see a map of great jazz across half a century." In celebration of his 75th birthday - on the ...

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