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Performance / Tour

Petra Haller Presents: 'Orbit – On The Wings Of Freedom' – Live Recording on November 11, 2024

Source: Petra Haller
October 26, 2024

In an exciting new chapter for contemporary improvisation, tap dancer and artist Petra Haller announces On the Wings of Freedom, the first of three live recording sessions from her latest project, ORBIT. This special performance will take place on November 11 at the iconic Vortex Jazz Club in London, and is dedicated to the spirit of the Freedom of Art improvisation sessions, where Haller first developed her improvisational voice. The concert will be held on the second Monday of November ...

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Performance / Tour

New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra, Ken Schaphorst Big Band At Regattabar In Cambridge on November 6, 2024

Source: Ann Braithwaite
October 25, 2024

The 17-member NEC Jazz Orchestra makes an off-campus appearance on Wednesday, November 6 at the Charles Hotel’s Regattabar (1 Bennett St., Cambridge). The orchestra is the opening act for the Ken Schaphorst Big Band, the 17-piece ensemble of acclaimed composer, performer and Jazz Studies Co-Chair Schaphorst. The performance starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20-$30. For information visit regattabarjazz.com. The NEC Jazz Orchestra performance celebrates the 150th birthday of revered composer Charles Ives by performing Schaphorst’s new arrangements of some of ...

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Festival

Rochester International Jazz Fest Club Passes On Sale Friday, October 25 At Early Bird Prices

Source: Dalmath Associates Inc.
October 24, 2024

Club Passes for the 2025 Rochester International Jazz Festival 22nd Edition, June 20 to 28, go on sale at the lowest prices this Friday, October 25, at 10 a.m. only at rochesterjazz.com. The Club Pass is the Festival's popular and unique value pass to discovery, giving patrons unlimited access to up to 171 Club Pass shows at 10 Club Pass venues – at significant savings over individual show tickets. This year, the price of a 9-Day Club Pass is $50 ...

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Education

Mwalim Daphunkee Professor: A Legacy Of Black Arts, Innovation, And Community-building

Source: Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor
October 24, 2024

The Rebirth of Oversoul Theatre Collective and New Opportunities on Cape Cod and New Bedford Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor (born, Morgan James Peters), a multi-talented musician, playwright, educator, and cultural advocate, has dedicated his career to elevating the arts within historically underrepresented communities. As a founding member and Artistic Director of the Oversoul Theatre Collective, Inc. (OTC), Mwalim’s work over the last 30 years has been pivotal in creating spaces for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) artists to thrive, ...

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Recording

Caz Plak To Release Don Cherry & Okay Temiz's Music For Turkish Theatre On Vinyl

Source: Matthew Hutchison
October 23, 2024

The fourth chapter in the partnership between Turkish jazz percussionist Okay Temiz and Istanbul-based record label Caz Plak is a special release that is seeing light 54 years after its inception. Music For Turkish Theatre, the soundtrack composed by Don Cherry and Temiz and commissioned by the revered novelist and civil rights activist James Baldwin for his and renowned Turkish stage actor/director Engin Cezzar's adaptation of John Herbert's play Fortune And Men's Eyes, will be released by the forefronting jazz ...

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Music Industry

Muralist Paints Tubaist

Source: Ralph Hepola
October 17, 2024

Nationally-recognized muralist Roberto Regalado has created a portrait of tuba soloist Ralph Hepola. The painting has been accepted into the juried “Pure Enjoyment” art exhibit at Springfield Regional Arts Council in Missouri. Pure Enjoyment “celebrates the freedom, beauty and harmony of the natural world.” Regalado featured the sun prominently in this 50 x 50-inch work, which he painted from a photo he took of Hepola performing as direct sunlight blazed off his tuba. The opening reception is part of the ...

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Recording

Flutist Contemplatively Melds Latin American Folk Sensibilities With Modern Jazz Aesthetics On 'Strange Times'

Source: Outside in Music
October 15, 2024

The past four years have seen dramatic crests and troughs within society, from the dark lows at the heart of the global pandemic to the renewed sense of vigor and joy that has blossomed following the extinguishing of that crisis. Throughout these four years, musicians in particular have adapted and expressed themselves in newfound and creative ways, oftentimes speaking for broader groups by means of their personal experiences. Flutist Yulia Musayelyan is one such musician who, in the midst of ...

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Contest

Announcing Top Five Finalists Of The 13th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition

Source: AMT Public Relations
October 11, 2024

Tickets are now on sale. Sunday, Nov 24 @ NJPAC, 1 Center Street, Newark, NJ. Reserve online at SarahVaughanCompetition.com or by calling 888.466.5722. The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) today announced the top five finalists of the 13th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Pulled from 220+ entrants from 21 different countries, these gifted young singers represent the next generation of great jazz vocalists. The top five finalists are: Amira B. (New York City), Georgia Heers (New York ...

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