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Performance / Tour

Outlaw UK Folk Singer Beans On Toast And Jeshua Marshall, Of Larry And His Flask, Embark On Co-headline US Tour, September 26 - October 20, 2024

Source: 1888 Media
September 26, 2024

Outlaw UK folk singer Beans on Toast and American roots rocker Jeshua Marshall (of Larry and His Flask acclaim) have announced a 4-week coast-to-coast co-headlining trek that sees them on the road from September 26 to October 20. Building on a successful handful of U.S. shows last fall, the like-minded cohorts will play twenty shows in total, canvassing every time zone. It’s a camaraderie that developed quickly. An instant connection as if rediscovering an eons-old friend. Beginning at revered haunt ...

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Recording

Jhelisa Celebrates 30th Anniversary Of Genre-bending Debut Album 'Galactica Rush'

Source: Peter Quinn
September 26, 2024

Celebrating exactly 30 years to the date today since the release of her acclaimed debut album Galactica Rush, Jhelisa has released a newly remastered version of the full record for the momentous anniversary. Hailed as “a potent brew of jazz, funk and soul, with style and substance” by i-D Magazine when it first arrived, the genre-bending album quickly became an acclaimed underground sensation and was cemented as a highly influential work within the London music scene and beyond. Listen to ...

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Recording

Presenting The New Album 'Penuka' From Ivan Mazuze: A Contemporary Jazz Exploration Of Arab And Indian Cultures And Its Influences On African Traditional Music

Source: Vivo Musique Internationale
September 25, 2024

And Official Penuka Album Release Celebration & Launch Concert At the Renowned Cosmopolite Scene in Oslo, Norway on 11th October 2024. The acclaimed Mozambican, Norway-based saxophonist and composer Ivan Mazuze breaks new ground with his latest album Penuka, where he delves into the profound influence of Arab and Indian cultures on African traditional music presented through a contemporary jazz lens. The music is a testament to the centuries-old cultural exchanges facilitated by trade routes across the African continent. Mazuze’s deep ...

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Performance / Tour

Quatuor Hot Club De Suisse! - Pierre Omer's Swing Revue Announce Spanish Tour Dates And More

Source: Matthew Hutchison
September 25, 2024

Pierre Omer’s Swing Revue, the Genevese troupe of exotica, lounge-trash specialists, heads to Spain in October with their blend of gypsy jazz and garage swing in tow as they continue a European tour to promote their latest album, Tropical Breakdown on Voodoo Rhythm Records. This week-long string of shows marks The Swing Revue’s first time touring the country, where the quintet will debut in the Cantabria region and conclude in the capital city of Madrid. Confirmed dates 10/10—Secret Place (Montpellier, ...

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Mothers Of Invention Keyboard & Synthesizer Legend Don Preston Embarks On First European Solo Tour September 2024

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
September 20, 2024

Pianist & synthesizer legend Don Preston will be touring Europe starting in September (tour dates below). Don Preston leads a life filled with music, innovation, and experimentation in acoustic and electronic music. “Groundbreaking” is a phrase that is clearly overused. With Don it rings true. One of the first performers to drag a pile of oscillators and filters onstage, he brought his classical training to the avant-garde. In the early '60s Frank Zappa would come to see Don’s “electronic music ...

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Performance / Tour

hudson hall Announces A Semi-staged Musical Drama Based On The Life Of Frederick Douglass no Cowards In Our Band, November 2, With Musical Arrangement By Orrin Evans

Source: AMT Public Relations
September 18, 2024

Concept and Libretto: Anthony Knight, Jr. Musical Arrangement: Orrin Evans Director: Michael Hofmann Masud Olufani, Frederick Douglass Nia Drummond, soprano Edward Washington II, tenor Gregory Sheppard, bass Orrin Evans, piano Saturday, November 2, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. Hudson Hall Hudson Opera House 327 Warren Street Hudson, NY 12534 Tickets on sale now. Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House announces No Cowards in Our Band, a powerful musical drama ...

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Event

From Tokyo To Times Square: New Concert Series Showcases Japan’s Top Female Jazz Pianists

Source: Decibel
September 17, 2024

Decibel, a leading nonprofit arts presenter, proudly announces an exciting new concert series that spotlights the talents of some of Japan's finest female jazz pianists. Titled From Tokyo to Times Square, the series will bring together an exceptional lineup of all-female pianists, including Kyoko Oyobe, Yayoi Ikawa, Miho Nobuzane, Miki Hayama, Eri Yamamoto, Martha Kato, and Rina Yamazaki. A Cultural and Musical Exchange Set to launch in November, From Tokyo to Times Square will run for seven months, offering New ...

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Recording

Drummer-composer Devin Gray Presents Melt All The Guns II, The Second Release By His Melt All The Guns Trio, Featuring Trumpet Ace Ralph Alessi And French Pianist Myslaure Augustin

Source: Devin Gray
September 16, 2024

Drummer-Composer Devin Gray Presents Melt All the Guns II, the Second Release by his Melt All the Guns Trio, Featuring Trumpet Ace Ralph Alessi and, New to the Band, French Pianist Myslaure Augustin Melt All the Guns II—to be released digitally and on CD via Gray’s Rataplan Records on October 4, 2024—features 11 rhythmically intricate, melodically charged compositions by the drummer-leader, brought to vivid life by this trio of top-flight improvisers Gray, Alessi & Augustin will perform material from Melt ...

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