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Expanded All About Jazz and Jazz Near You Advertising Options for 2013
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All About Jazz
Whether it's a run-of-site or geo-targeted advertisement, All About Jazz and Jazz Near You offer several options to greatly elevate the awareness of your music, your event, or your service. Leverage the web's leading readership of All About Jazz with the local capabilities of Jazz Near You to reach the largest collection of jazz enthusiasts and jazz professionals online. We've expanded our promotional services to included the following: Web banners Newsletter Sponsorship Wallpaper Section Sponsorship (new!) New Album Showcase Interactive ...
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Dex @ 90: Celebrating the Legacy of Dexter Gordon
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Michael Ricci
2013 Dexter @ 90 Schedule The Dexter Gordon Society which was formed to honor and preserve the legacy of Dexter Gordon will be launched on February 27, 2013. Thursday, February 7 and Friday, February 8, 2013, University of Hartford. Screening of Round Midnight and a discussion by Maxine Gordon and Rene McLean on the relationship between Dexter Gordon and Jackie McLean. Tuesday, February 26, 2013 and Wednesday, February 27, 2013, Two nights at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, NYC. Featuring George Cables ...
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Juilliard Jazz Presents "An Evening with Wycliffe Gordon" on Monday February 4
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Chris M. Slawecki
Juilliard Jazz presents “An Evening with Wycliffe Gordon” on Monday, February 4 at 8 PM in Juilliard’s Paul Hall. Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon is artist-in-residence this season at Juilliard Jazz and performs with Juilliard Jazz Ensembles. The program features arrangements by Wycliffe Gordon, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and James Brown. The two Juilliard Ensembles performing on the February 4th concert have been coached by Juilliard faculty members Frank Kimbrough and Xavier Davis. Xavier Davis’ ensemble features Gabriel Medd (trumpet), ...
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Dom La Nena's "Ela" Out Now To Rave Reviews
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Chris M. Slawecki
With the release of her US debut Ela (Six Degrees), Brazilian born vocalist and cellist Dom La Nena “joins the sorority of whisperers that includes singers like Juana Molina, Hope Sandoval and Jane Birkin." (Jon Pareles, The New York Times) Ela was recently featured on PopDose.com, where Keith Creighton raved, “If Cat Power had a lost sister in the Southern Hemisphere, her name would be Dom La Nena." Jim Fusilli of The Wall Street Journal says of Ela, “At times, ...
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Otis Redding's 'Lonely & Blue' on Stax Collects Soul Ballads, out March 5
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conqueroo
Otis Redding’s Lonely & Blue: The Deepest Soul of Otis Redding could pass for a title Stax/Volt might have released in the late ’60s. The look of the album reflects Stax’s design themes of the era. But in fact it’s a collection that never existed, until now, that homes in on one mood and one theme — heartbreaking, yearning ballads — of which Redding had many. The album will be released as a CD and blue vinyl LP on March ...
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Fundraising Campaign Launched To Support New Documentary On The NY Art Quartet
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alan roth
Alan Roth, filmmaker and director of the new documentary about the New York Art Quartet, has just launched a final fundraising campaign on Kickstarter to complete this feature-length documentary. The film is entitled: The Breath Courses Through Us. Roth explained: “I believe this is one of the more important documentaries on jazz musicians, especially the under-represented history of the early 60’s jazz avant-garde. And this film is a more personal look at five great artists, the late John Tchicai (saxophone), ...
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New York Actress/Singer Eileen Howard Returns To Short North Stage For CD Release Party “Blues In The Green Room"
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Eileen Howard
Award winning professional actress/singer Eileen Howard will return from New York for a CD release party in the Green Room at the Garden Theater. The CD, entitled “Blues in the Green Room” is a live recording of her previously sold-out blues show this past April in the same venue. As part of Short North Stage’s Cabernet Cabaret Series, she will perform on February 1st and 2nd, with shows at 8:00 pm each evening, in two sets. In addition to her ...
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Borneo Jazz Organised T-Shirt Design Contest
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Gustino Basuan
T-Shirt design contest for the annual Borneo Jazz held in Sarawak, eastern state of Malaysia is still open until January 31, 2013. So far the entries are very much encouraging. Competition is open among International Universities and Colleges student and the artwork to be submitted to the organiser, Sarawak Tourism Board before the closing date. The selected design entries will be open for exhibition and public votes on February 22-24 to determine the first three winners. The winning design will ...
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