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Recording

Jazz Legends Michael Wolff And Mike Clark To Release "Wolff & Clark Expedition" Debut CD

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
January 28, 2013

Available February 19 on RANDOM ACT RECORDS New York, NY – When two of the best musicians on the planet decide to combine their estimable talents to create a band without boundaries, the result is the WOLFF & CLARK EXPEDITION. Dizzy Gillespie famously said that jazz must have “one foot in the past and one in the future.” With the Wolff & Clark Expedition, the music embraces the past, ventures into the future, but remains rooted in the improvisatory present. ...

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Interview

Interview: Americana Band Run 8 Rider Drives Through Various Influences On New Record

Source: Eric Taylor
January 28, 2013

When Run 8 Rider aren't busy rebuilding Devo's New Wave one-hit wonder “Whip It" into a Hee Haw hoedown, they are producing some of the most authentic and robust country rock around, which can be heard on their new album, Tenderfoot. For an Americana act, Run 8 Rider are decidedly less rooted in tradition; at the same time, they refuse to adapt to contemporary Nashville cheesiness, too. Q: Have you always been country music fans? What are the group's musical ...

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Event

Jazz Master Benny Golson And Double Grammy Nominated Bobby Sanabria Kick Off New Series In Harlem

Source: Greg Thomas
January 28, 2013

NEW YORK, NY: During Black History Month, the sister venue of Marcus Samuelsson’s Red Rooster restaurant—Ginny’s Supper Club (310 Lenox Avenue, between 125th and 126th)—premieres two jazz series that evoke Harlem’s storied past and reflects its diverse present. From February 21-23, the internationally renowned jazz composer and tenor saxophonist Benny Golson returns to Harlem with his quartet for “The Jazz Masters Series.” Latin Jazz percussionist and multi- Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria leads Quarteto Aché for the “JazzPlus” series on Feb. ...

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Recording

"Standards" by Paul Bura 4tet

Source: Noromusic
January 30, 2013

Paul Bura - Violin Robert Lakatos - Piano Krisztian “Pecek" Lakatos - Bass Andras Mohay - Drums Featuring: Lajos “Kathy" Horvath's Jr. String 4tet Paul Bura started his musical studies in Amsterdam based Sweelinck Conservatory. Graduated in Brussels Royal Academy of Music, Igor Oistrakh student. In Belgium the BRTN Symphony soloist, and later in the Netherlands, Hilversum Metropol Orkest soloist. Active jazz musician in many European jazz festivals and jazz clubs. Robert Lakatos: His ...

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Website

"My" menu item added to All About Jazz and Jazz Near You navigation bar

Source: All About Jazz
January 27, 2013

Festival

Monterey Jazz Festival 55th Anniversary Celebration Comes to the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
January 27, 2013

Monterey Jazz Festival, world-renowned for its artistic excellence, sophisticated informality, and longstanding mission to create and support year-round jazz education and performance programs in local, regional, national, and international venues, continues this commitment in 2013 with its third North American Tour, featuring critically-acclaimed, GRAMMY®-winning jazz artists. The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th Anniversary Celebration features vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, bassist and musical director Christian McBride, pianist Benny Green, drummer Lewis Nash, saxophonist Chris Potter, and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. They ...

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Book / Magazine

Saxaphone Legend Maceo Parker Releases Autobiography

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
January 27, 2013

“Maceo, I want you to blow!” cried James Brown and the name of one the world’s greatest living saxophonists was written into musical history. Maceo Parker recounts his warm and astonishing story in his new autobiography 98% Funky Stuff: My Life in Music (Chicago Review Press, February 2013). Maceo has had an unequaled career playing for hundreds of thousands of adoring fans all over the world and his motto of “2% jazz, 98% funky stuff” has never been more evident ...

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Award / Grant

Wayne Sulc Nominated For Urban Contemporary Instrumentalist By The Washington Area Music Association

Source: Tim Cutrona
January 27, 2013

Saxman Wayne Sulc was nominated for URBAN CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTALIST by the Washington Area Music Association, “WAMA”. The 27th Annual Wammies are to be presented on Sunday February 17th at the State Theater in Falls Church Virgina at 8:00 PM. WAMA is an umbrella organization of Washington area musicians, concert promoters, lawyers, recording engineers, managers, graphic artists, and related businesses working together to address areas of common concern. Wayne is a well known Washington D.C. Woodwind artist has played with many ...

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