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Advocacy

Please Help Julian Priester

Source: All About Jazz
February 9, 2013

Julian Priester, the well-known trombonist who has, in a career now well into its sixth decade, played with everyone from Duke Ellington, Max Roach, Dinah Washington and Booker Little to Herbie Hancock, Sun Ra, Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy and John Coltrane —not to mention a small but superb discography as a leader that includes Love, Love (ECM, 1974) and Hints on Light and Shadow (Postcards, 1997)—needs your help. Recently retired from a longtime position on the Cornish College of the ...

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Event

FELA! comes to Chicago

Source: Chris May
February 9, 2013

The award-winning Broadway musical FELA! – which is bringing the life and music of Nigerian icon and Afrobeat originator Fela Anikulapo-Kuti to the world stage - will play Chicago’s Arie Crown Theater February 19 – 23. An all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza in the best Broadway tradition, in other respects FELA! transcends musical theater convention. Escapism is replaced by gritty realism, compromise by authenticity. Kuti’s revolutionary politics are sympathetically presented, and his heroic story – marked by decades of brutal repression by ...

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Recording

Armen Nalbandian To Release 8th Album: Surrounded By Snakes

Source: Blacksmith Brother
February 9, 2013

After weeks of speculation, Pianist/composer Armen Nalbandian announced via his twitter (@armennalbandian) on Friday afternoon that he would be releasing his 8th album entitled, Surrounded by Snakes, “very soon." Nalbandian’s record label, Blacksmith Brother, recently tweeted the vague “Beware the Ides of March” in late January, possibly hinting at a potential release date. Nalbandian's most recent albums, Quiet, as it's Kept featured Eric Revis and Nasheet Waits and Coup de Grace featured drummer Han Bennink. Nalbandian's most notable recent performances ...

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Recording

Prog-Folk Legend Judy Dyble Releases The Third Masterpiece Of Her Career In The USA

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
February 8, 2013

London, UK – Judy Dyble's career has seen her move on from being one of the original founding members of the legendary UK folk rock band Fairport Convention after the first and 'rockiest' album release to join with fellow London based musician, and later founding member of Foreigner, Ian McDonald. Advertising in Melody Maker with the simple words “Judy Dyble requires brilliant and creative bass guitarist/vocalist and lead guitarist/vocalist – Musicians Only” resulted in a collaboration with the musicians who ...

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Radio

This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Crescent City Stomp: A Mardi Gras Celebration

Source: Don Mopsick
February 7, 2013

Crescent City Stomp: A Mardi Gras Celebration This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band teams up with New Orleans natives Topsy Chapman and Vernel Bagneris to celebrate the roots of New Orleans Jazz. 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 at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. They ...

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Obituary

"Unchain My Heart" Songwriter Bobby Sharp Dies At Age 88

Source: Natasha Miller
February 6, 2013

Bobby Sharp, 88, of Alameda, passed away on Monday, January 28. His passing marked the end of a life filled with generosity toward friends, colorful storytelling about mid-century times in Los Angeles, New York, and California, and a long songwriting career highlighted by his 1961 hit, “Unchain My Heart." Bobby was born in 1924 in Topeka, Kansas, and after spending his early years in Lawrence, Kansas, moved to Los Angeles to live with his grandparents. His parents, Louis and Eva, ...

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Performance / Tour

Classic Rock Legends Wishbone Ash Set 2013 North America Spring Tour

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
February 6, 2013

Danbury, CT - Wishbone Ash, one of the most influential guitar bands in the history of rock, kicks off the North American leg of their 2013 tour on February 28. The group returns to these shores following a successful spring tour last year to celebrate the release of their highly acclaimed studio album, 'Elegant Stealth', and on the heels of the 'RoadWorks 3' release, a collection of live performances. During the Elegant Stealth Tour of 2012, Wishbone Ash played to ...

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Recording

Pianist Miguel Rodríguez Presents Debut Album

Source: Dox Amsterdam
February 6, 2013

Influenced by the vast range of musical styles arising out of his hometown of Madrid, pianist Miguel Rodríguez has come up with his own style. This distinct mix of improvisation, flamenco and Latin is apparent on the self-titled debut Miguel Rodríguez recorded with his band. The album will be released in digital format on 22 February. After his piano studies at the Rotterdam and Amsterdam conservatories, Miguel Rodríguez saw no reason to return to his native Spain since he considered ...

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