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All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: November 2023
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the songs featured in November, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! Top Songs La Flor de la Canela Edward Simon From: Femininas 3:46 Never Let Me Go Javon Jackson From: With Peter Bradley 6:32 ...
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Bonzo Squad Smashes The Norm With New Christmas Album
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Andrew Vogt
An annual tradition that started seven years ago as a gift to the band, bassist Andrew Vogt arranged a batch of Christmas songs for the group to play, fitted snugly on top of existing Bonzo Squad music. This February, they took that music into Rax Trax Studios and recorded it for future holidays, when they are all too fat and lazy to fit into their elf costumes. The result was A Very Bonzo Christmas an eight-track album chock-full of holiday ...
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The first names for jazzahead! 2024 are announced: Maite Hontelé (and mambo!) at the Gala Concert
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Michael Ricci
Let there be joy... and energy... and mambo! The 2024 jazz trade fair and festival will take place from April 11 to 13. jazzahead! goes mambo- and presents the first names for its next edition in 2024. Dutch trumpet star Maite Hontelé and the internationally renowned Dutch youth jazz orchestra NJJO (Nationaal Jeugd Jazz Orkest) – and more guests still to be announced – are booked for the Gala Concert, which will take place on Saturday, 13 April 2024 at ...
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The New Jersey Performing Arts Center Announces 2024 Winter Jazz Performances Including Max Roach Centennial Celebrations, All-Star Musical Exploration Of Peggy Lee-frank Sinatra, And More
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AMT Public Relations
Thursday, January 18 at 7:00 p.m. Max Roach Centennial: The Drum Also Waltzes Documentary Film Screening + Panel Discussion Celebrate Max Roach’s centennial with a screening of the new documentary Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes at The Newark Museum of Art. Afterwards, a panel discussion will include Max’s son Raoul Roach and the film’s director / producers Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro. Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes explores the life and music of the legendary drummer, composer, bandleader ...
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Keying Up The City: World-class Jazz Pianists To Illuminate Manhattan At The Second Annual NY Jazz Piano Festival!
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Decibel
The pulse of jazz will reverberate through the city that never sleeps as the Second Annual New York Jazz Piano Festival takes center stage from January 12 to 16, 2024. This much-anticipated event will showcase an exceptional array of world-class jazz pianists at iconic Manhattan venues. Organized by the visionary talents of Jim Luce and Charles Carlini, this year's festival promises an unforgettable celebration of jazz, uniting renowned musicians, jazz enthusiasts, and the city's vibrant cultural scene. Over four days, ...
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Italian Prog Legends Syndone To Release New Concept Album 'Dirtythirty'
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Sit down, make yourself comfortable. This is the story of an artistic journey, a 30-year parable. Listen. Immerse yourself. Eliminate all distractions; let the music speak to you, like it used to do. DirtyThirty is the culmination of a class struggle, of the utopian ideal of those who stubbornly cling to a model of the world that still embraces thought, wonder and the courage of art. Syndone is a vision, a nine-album journey, the desire to make a mark in ...
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Jazz Detective Launches Never Before Released Cal Tjader Live Sets Recorded In The 1960s At The Penthouse Jazz Club In Seattle
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
THIS IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL RELEASE OF PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED LIVE CAL TJADER MUSIC IN NEARLY 20 YEARS! Transferred from the original tape reels and mastered for vinyl by Bernie Grundman, Cal Tjader: Catch The Groove – Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 is presented as a 180-gram vinyl limited edition 3-LP SET and will also be available as a Deluxe 2-CD set and as a digital download. LP Release Date: November 24th CD Release Date: December 1st The deluxe package includes ...
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Tyreek McDole Wins 12th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition
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AMT Public Relations
As part of NJPAC’s TD James Moody Jazz Festival and Year-Round Centennial Celebrations Honoring Sarah Vaughan As part of NJPAC’s TD James Moody Jazz Festival, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) today announced Tyreek McDole as the winner of the annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. This marks the second time a male vocalist won in the contest’s 12-year history. Hosted by WBGO Radio’s Pat Prescott, Sunday’s“The SASSY Awards” presented the Top Five Finalists on the iconic NJPAC ...
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