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All About Jazz Navigation Improvements 2013!

Source: All About Jazz
January 11, 2013

We made several navigation improvements to both All About Jazz and Jazz Near You starting with the header sections at each website. We've made it easier to navigate between the news center, the musician center, and the photo gallery to find content you value most. We also moved your log in and private message links down to the menu bar. Keep an out for which is the universal graphic to update the content on a page. Click it to update ...

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Performance / Tour

New York Pianist/Singer Daryl Sherman In Tokyo Debut

Source: Daryl Sherman
January 11, 2013

Making her Japan debut Daryl Sherman-singer,pianist, internationally heralded recording artist performs nightly at Tableaux Lounge in Tokyo until February 27. Located in chic Daikanyama area, the late night haven presents jazz Monday through Saturday from 8:30 pm -12. Joining her on this special stint is Koji Tetsui, bass and Paul Florea, violin. A Manhattan mainstay, Daryl Sherman has been a regular at the Waldorf Astoria, Algonquin, Dizzy's Coca Cola, countless concert series, tours annually and conducts workshop/master classes. Often compared ...

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Performance / Tour

Santana / Journey Legend Gregg Rolie And His Quartet To Play One World Theatre In Austin, Tx – January 23, 2013

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
January 11, 2013

Austin, TX - Gregg Rolie, co-founder of two multi-platinum super groups, Santana and Journey, will be performing with his quartet at the One World Theatre in Austin, TX on January 23, 2013. Gregg Rolie's performance at the One World Theatre comes on the heels of his recent tour with Ringo Starr's All Star Band. The Gregg Rolie Quartet will be playing selections from Santana and Journey along with songs from his solo career, as well as a couple unreleased new ...

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Recording

Drew Davidsen: Seeing Life Through His Guitar

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
January 11, 2013

Jazz guitarist Drew Davidsen gives radio a “Hi5” prior to releasing “TRUE DREW” on March 5th Towson, MD: A slick, cosmopolitan showcase of a dozen contemporary jazz instrumentals, cool-toned guitarist Drew Davidsen elevates his technical prowess and creative muse while contemplatively chronicling his journey through life on “TRUE DREW,” his fifth album that will be released March 5th on Oznot Records. In addition to his impassioned, fanciful fretwork on electric, acoustic and nylon-stringed guitars, Davidsen wrote or co-wrote seven original ...

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Radio

Jazz In The Ivy League This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
January 10, 2013

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, piano legend Dick Hyman joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to celebrate the legacy of classic jazz in the Ivy League. Host David Holt talks with Jim Hayne, a founding member of the Spring Street Stompers at Williams College and who was a a key figure behind the launch of The Landing jazz club more than 40 years ago. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and ...

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Performance / Tour

Savion Glover: Dance, Jazz And Duke!

Source: Larry Reni Thomas
January 10, 2013

By Larry Reni Thomas Savion Glover, the earthy, energetic, fast-moving, tap dancer, will bring his dance performance program, SoLe Sanctuary: Hoofer’s Meditation On The Art Of Tap!, a tribute to his “teachers and mentors,” to Page Auditorium, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, at 8:00 pm, January 23, 2013. He will be appearing with his long-time partner, the equally-talented, innovative Marshall Davis, Jr. “Every dance I do I pay homage to them,” said Glover, during a telephone interview from the Newark, ...

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Event

Jazz Connect Conference at APAP|NYC 2013 Schedule

Source: All About Jazz
January 9, 2013

Jazz Connect 2013 is free to all attendees. Register here. LOCATION: Hilton New York 1335 Avenue of the Americas at 54th St. New York, NY 10019 THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 9:00 am Workshops 1. Full Stream Ahead: Music Streaming Rights & Issues As music makes continues to make its bumpy transition to digital, new technologies are shaping how artists reach audiences. In the last decade, we've seen downloads make way for streaming, with more and ...

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Event

Stephanie Jordan Pays Tribute To Lena Horne During Southern Mississippi’s Mlk Birthday Celebration

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
January 9, 2013

Ocean Springs, MS - In conjunction with the Committee for Coast-Wide Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration, New Orleans jazz singer Stephanie Jordan is gracing the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center stage, 1600 Government Street in Ocean Springs, Mississippi on Saturday, January 19, at 7:00pm, with a tribute to the fabulous ((Lena Horne}}. Seating is reserved and limited. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased at the Mary C Box Office or online at http://www.themaryc.org/Tickets/Index.html, or by phone at ...

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