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Jazz FM Awards 2013 Nominees Announced

Source: All About Jazz
January 19, 2013

And the Nominees are... Jamie Cullum, Sonny Rollins and Roller Trio up for the Inaugural Jazz FM Awards 2013 With three months to go until the first Jazz FM Awards Powered by Klipsch, the nominations have been announced today, revealing that 2013 see’s Jamie Cullum up for UK Jazz Artist of the Year and Sonny Rollins up for International Artist of the Year. Gregory Porter and Robert Glasper will go head to head in the Album ...

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Performance / Tour

The Cookers, Acclaimed Jazz Veterans, Unite To Ignite The Bride In Philly Debut Painted Bride Continues To Present World-Class Jazz First

Source: Painted Bride Art Center
January 19, 2013

Saturday, February 16th at 8:00pm Billy Harper Tenor Sax Eddie Henderson Trumpet David Weiss Trumpet Craig Handy Alto Sax Orrin Evans Piano Cecil McBee Bass Billy Hart Drums Philadelphia, PA: Painted Bride Art Center is pleased to present The Cookers in their Philadelphia debut on February 16th at 8 p.m., continuing its longstanding tradition to showcase world-class jazz first. The Cookers, a septet of jazz veterans who joined forces just five years ago, is blanketed with greats like tenor saxophonist ...

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Festival

The City Of Miami Beach Presents The Food Truck And Music Fest Featuring Franklin's Wheel

Source: Kimberly C Chmura
January 19, 2013

Miami Beach's monthly Food Truck and Music Festival will be January 23 at the North Beach Bandshell, Collins Ave and 73rd Street. Music, provided by KCC Productions, features Franklin's Wheel from 6-9 PM. Franklin’s Wheel creates music that takes you on a journey, through various moods, sounds and textures—from soothing ambiance to dynamic crescendos and percussive, upbeat grooves. The music created by Franklin's Wheel is filtered through influences that include Miles Davis, Steely Dan, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, and Santana. ...

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Radio

WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM Broadcasts SFJAZZ Center Opening Concert, 1/23, 11PM

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
January 19, 2013

REMINDER! NPR MUSIC, WBGO AND WWOZ BROADCAST SFJAZZ CENTER OPENING NIGHT CONCERT, JANUARY 23 AT 8PM (PT) WATCH LIVE AT NPR.ORG/MUSIC AND IN NPR MUSIC APPS; LISTEN ON-AIR AT WWOZ 90.7FM NEW ORLEANS, WBGO 88.3FM NEWARK AND OTHER PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS January 18, 2013 – The opening of the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco will bring the country its first free-standing building for jazz and an exciting night for music fans on Wednesday, January 23, at 8 pm (PT). NPR ...

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Event

NPR Music And WBGO FM Present The Checkout – Live At Berklee With Jaleel Shaw

Source: Berklee Media Relations
January 18, 2013

The Checkout – Live at Berklee, which brings critically acclaimed, New York-based Berklee alumni back to their alma mater for concerts in The Red Room at Cafe 939, continues on Thursday, February 7 with rising alto and soprano saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, a 2000 Berklee graduate. Shaw will be performing with alumnus pianist Lawrence Fields, bassist Boris Kozlov, and drummer Johnathan Blake. Presented by NPR Music and WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM, the shows will be webcast live worldwide in high definition ...

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Website

All About Jazz Upgrades to DISQUS Comments

Source: All About Jazz
January 17, 2013

AAJ has replaced its custom comments functionality with DISQUS comments. DISQUS is one the world's premiere discussion platforms and it brings tremendous value to All About Jazz and Jazz Near You. We're talking a massive leap forward in reader engagement and a much improved end user experience resulting in what we hope are more natural conversations about jazz. Start discussions, track discussions, share discussions and make AAJ a more enjoyable place courtesy of DISQUS. Dig! Michael Ricci Founder ...

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Radio

This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: The Saxophone In Early New Orleans Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
January 17, 2013

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band joins forces with saxophonists Kim Cusack, Vince Giordano, Brian Ogilvie and others to explore the music of early jazz saxophone masters. Our own Ron Hockett shows off his saxophone chops while his clarinet duties are covered by Allan Vaché and Evan Christopher. Bass saxophonist Vince Giordano recalls Adrian Rollini’s pivotal role in the Jazz Age sound of Bix Beiderbecke’s classic recordings. The late clarinet legend Kenny Davern and late former ...

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Recording

Singer/composer Molly Holm Debuts With "Permission," Feb. 19

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
January 16, 2013

Molly Holm has been a visionary presence on the Bay Area music scene—as an original member of Bobby McFerrin’s Voicestra, as a featured singer with Terry Riley and Zakir Hussain, as a Mills College adjunct faculty member—for more than three decades. Her far-ranging artistic pursuits, however, have not included recording an album of her own—until now. Holm’s overdue and highly anticipated debut, Permission, showcases her unique, fully-formed jazz vocal artistry. The CD will be released February 19 on her Rinny ...

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