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Get Your Jazz To Go with AAJ Mobile

Source: All About Jazz
February 12, 2013

Access All About Jazz from your mobile phone. Readers now enjoy daily All About Jazz content direct from their phones with our new and improved mobile interface. Download a free MP3 of the day, access reviews, articles, interviews, news, musician profiles, and more. All About Jazz Mobile is the perfect companion to the website and allows readers to access content in a phone-friendly format. A streamlined version of the website, All About Jazz Mobile loads fast and updates every 15 ...

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Grammy Winners 2013: Jazz List

Source: Michael Ricci
February 12, 2013

Best Improvised Jazz Solo “Hot House" Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists Track from: Hot House Concord Jazz Best Jazz Vocal Album Radio Music Society Esperanza Spalding Heads Up International Best Jazz Instrumental Album Unity Band Pat Metheny Unity Band Nonesuch Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) Arturo Sandoval ...

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Paulette Dozier Sings On WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat, 2/15/13

Source: Ed Bell
February 12, 2013

Please join our audience for another great musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat, Friday, February 15th, 2013 Featuring PAULETTE DOZIER This renowned Jazz vocalist and stage actor has received acclaim for her recordings and live performances from New York to Italy and South Florida. She has received rave reviews of her stage presentations of Lanie Robertson’s “Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill” which will re-open at The Byron Carlyle Theatre 500 71st Street, Miami, March 8th though ...

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Caswell Sisters' "Alive In The Singing Air," Featuring Fred Hersch, Due 3/5

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
February 12, 2013

After establishing thriving careers under their own names over the last ten years, sisters Rachel and Sara Caswell have increasingly turned their attention to the musical bond they’d shared since childhood. Vocalist Rachel and violinist Sara first approached Fred Hersch back in 2008 about working with them on a joint project as pianist and co-producer. The results of their collaboration may be heard on Alive in the Singing Air, a breathtaking collection of songs featuring Hersch, one of jazz’s most ...

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Columbus Jazz Orchestra Takes On Broadway With Tony Award Winner Debbie Gravitte, March 14-17

Source: Scott Vezdos
February 12, 2013

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) returns to the historic Southern Theatre in a night of Broadway magic as the Columbus Jazz Orchestra puts a jazzy twist on your favorite classic show tunes. Tony Award-winning vocalist Debbie Gravitte joins the CJO on this trip down the great white way, March 14 – 17, in “Big Band on Broadway." Debbie Gravitte has had a varied career that has taken her from Broadway to Symphony Hall stages and ...

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Usdan, with Expanded Jazz Program, Holds Open Houses 2/20 and 2/24; Jane Monheit to be Visiting Faculty for 2013 Season

Source: Reva Cooper
February 12, 2013

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the renowned summer arts day camp with an expanded Jazz Dept. for 2013, will hold free Open Houses on Wednesday February 20 and Sunday February 24, each from 11 AM to 2 PM. Attended annually by more than 1500 students ages 6-18 from New York City and throughout the Tri-State Area, transported by air-conditioned buses, Usdan is located on a magnificent 200-acre woodland campus in the Huntington area of Long Island. About ...

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KCC Productions Presents Jowee Omicil And The Core At The Metropolitan Room (NYC) Saturday, February 23 At 11:30 PM

Source: Kimberly C Chmura
February 11, 2013

This is a show you don't want to miss. Saxophone and winds master Jowee Omicil is in possession of what is simply one of the most soothing, soulful and spiritual sounds that his instruments of choice have ever rendered. The Montreal-born musician of Haitian descent had the distinct honor of being invited to perform for the White House’s inaugural observation of Haitian Flag Day on May 18, sharing the enveloping sound of his alto and soprano saxophones and clarinet for ...

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Enter the “Ernest Dawkins - Afro Straight” Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
February 9, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Delmark Records “Ernest Dawkins - Afro Straight“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on March 10th. Click here to enter the contest

(Becoming a fan of Ernest Dawkins at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Delmark Records About Ernest Dawkins

One of the life goals of Ernest Dawkins is for his music and compositions to ...

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