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Recording

Australian Prog Legends Unitopia To Release Highly Anticipated New CD "Covered Mirror"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
September 27, 2012

Australia - Much to the excitement of progressive rock fans around the globe, legendary Australian prog ensemble Unitopia is releasing a new CD of cover songs titled 'Covered Mirror' on October 31, 2012. The most well-known and respected progressive rock band to emerge from Down Under, Unitopia is back with a ground breaking, powerful new release! “Making a covers album is always a challenge,” confesses lead vocalist Mark Trueack, “and reproducing classic songs and making them ours was always going ...

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Radio

Bricktop’s Jazz In 1930s' Montmartre This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
September 27, 2012

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, actors Topsy Chapman and Vernel Bagneris offer narratives drawn from the memoirs of Ada ‘Bricktop’ Smith and Langston Hughes. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and the Hot Club of San Francisco give us a musical tour of Paris in the '30s. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. Bricktop played barkeep to the “Lost Generation" of international ...

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Performance / Tour

The RRazz Room "Legendary Bay Area Giants Of Jazz" Presents The Return Of Acclaimed Vocalist Denise Perrier In Her Show "Both Sides Now" Featuring Symphony & Soul

Source: Miller Wright & Associates
September 26, 2012

The RRazz Room, San Francisco’s premier nightclub, will present a very special night with vocalist DENISE PERRIER on Tuesday, October 2 as part of their “Legendary Bay Area Giants of Jazz” Concert Series. The show “Both Sides Now” will feature two sets, one accompanied by cello and violin with Musical Director Tammy Hall, the second to highlight Ms. Perrier’s soulful side with funky hits of the 1970s and 80s. She will include selections from her latest CD The Second Time ...

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Festival

The 10th Anniversary Of The Festival Of New Trumpet Music Continues, Through October 7

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
September 26, 2012

FONT Music Presents: The 10th Anniversary of The Festival of New Trumpet Music September 8 through October 7, 2012 - in NYC and Brooklyn The Festival of New Trumpet Music, directed by Dave Douglas, presents its 10th Anniversary Festival, a multi-genre, multi-venue celebration of new trumpet music by the instrument's most creative musicians. Hailed as “a grand highlight of the musical season" byThe New Yorker and “a cross-stylistic extravaganza" by The New York Times, FONT Music reaffirms its status as ...

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Website

Advertise at Jazz Near You and All About Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2012

Your banners will now be seen at All About Jazz and Jazz Near You. We have also simplified our advertising rates and options page and added a “terminology" section for first-time web advertisers. “Over the years advertisers were reluctant to purchase ad space at All About Jazz because they saw more non-endemic ads than jazz ads," says Michael Ricci, All About Jazz and Jazz Near You Founder. “But the click-through rate on our jazz banners run anywhere from 4 to ...

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Recording

Saxophonist Tia Fuller Marks Her Evolution On Angelic Warrior

Source: DL Media
September 25, 2012

Tia Fuller's third release on Mack Avenue Records, Angelic Warrior, marks her deep-rooted evolution as an instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. After five years in Beyoncé's band, the pop diva's attention to detail in the studio rubbed off on Fuller. She has since developed a heightened focus in the editing, mixing and mastering process of Angelic Warrior, as the producer. And as the Assistant Musical Director for Esperanza Spalding's Radio Music Society touring band, Fuller applies her pop and jazz chops ...

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Recording

Jonathan Butler Releases New Album, "Grace And Mercy"

Source: DL Media
September 25, 2012

A life well lived is often the best foundation for compelling art and there’s no denying Jonathan Butler has been blessed with a fascinating life. A South African native whose expansive musical gift has earned accolades in the R&B, contemporary jazz and gospel fields, Butler’s new release Grace and Mercy is filled with the soulful sounds and insightful lyrics fans have come to expect from the veteran performer. A key word in Butler’s life is balance and after years of ...

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Event

Aaron Neville & Branford Marsalis Added To NOJO 10 Anniversary At Carnegie Hall

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
September 25, 2012

THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA, FEATURING IRVIN MAYFIELD AND SPECIAL GUESTS AARON NEVILLE, BRANFORD MARSALIS, DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER AND OTHERS CELEBRATES 10 YEARS, ONE NIGHT AT CARNEGIE HALL OCTOBER 8, 8:00 PM This Carnegie Hall debut is part of THE NOJO 10 concert series celebrating the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra’s 10th anniversary with 10 signature Jazz events from September through December, 2012 NEW YORK, NY: New Orleans, the colorful Crescent City, is the birthplace of jazz, and 10 years ago ...

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