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Education

Berklee Celebrate Its New Campus In Valencia, Spain, With The Launch Of The College’s First-ever Master’s Degrees

Source: Berklee Media Relations
September 13, 2012

On September 17, Berklee College of Music president Roger H. Brown will give the welcome speech at the college's new campus in Valencia, Spain, to launch Berklee’s first-ever graduate programs, offering degrees in Contemporary Performance; Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games; and Global Entertainment and Music Business. This event represents the successful culmination of an ambitious and challenging project, and confirms the commitment the college made to launch a new international campus with its own curriculum. The master’s programs ...

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Event

Columbus Jazz Orchestra Kicks Off 40th Anniversary Season With Doc Severinsen

Source: Scott Vezdos
September 13, 2012

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is proud to present the 40th anniversary season of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) under the direction of world-renowned bandleader and trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling. Helping to kick off the ruby season of the CJO is none other than legendary Tonight Show bandleader and Grammy Award-winner Doc Severinsen in “40 Years with Jazz Arts Group" (Sept. 28-29, 2012 at the Southern Theatre). This exclusive two-night performance will also feature one ...

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Performance / Tour

Shepley Metcalf Sings Laura Nyro At New York's Metropolitan Room

Source: Shepley Metcalf
September 13, 2012

Boston’s acclaimed cabaret and jazz singer Shepley Metcalf brings her new show “Can You Surry? The Songs of Laura Nyro" to New York's Metropolitan Room for two nights in November. Known for her spirited and thoughtful delivery, Metcalf will explore the Nyro songbook from the mega hits (Stoned Soul Picnic, And When I Die, Wedding Bell Blues) to the rarely-covered gems (Billy’s Blues, Luckie, Emmie). Metcalf debuted her Nyro show in May to a sold-out room at Boston’s top jazz ...

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Technology

Blue Note Records Launches Innovative New Spotify App

Source: Michael Ricci
September 12, 2012

EMI Music’s legendary Blue Note Records has announced the launch today of an innovative new app within the popular online music streaming service Spotify. The Blue Note app provides a rich user experience by creating a space to explore and discover music spanning the entire history of the label from 1939 to present. The app traces the label’s evolution from the early jazz of Sidney Bechet to the trailblazing bebop of Thelonious Monk, from Art Blakey’s quintessential hard bop thru ...

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Recording

Guitarist/Composer Eric Divito Debuts With "Breaking The Ice," October 2

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
September 12, 2012

In the midst of a busy career as working musician and educator, New York guitarist/composer Eric DiVito has finally carved out the time to make his recording debut as a leader. Breaking the Ice, a quartet date co-produced by DiVito with Portland pianist/arranger Ezra Weiss and veteran jazz producer/promoter Todd Barkan, will be released on the Canadian Pioneer Jazz Collective (PJC) label on October 2. “One of the most totally unexpected and pleasant surprises of my last 30 years of ...

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Recording

Avant-Garde Saxophonist Charles Gayle Makes ESP-Disk' Debut With "Look Up", September 25 Release

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
September 12, 2012

Charles Gayle’s first release for ESP-Disk (distributed by Naxos of America) is a high-energy performance recorded live in Santa Barbara, California in 1994 − total fire music. The unique complementary nuance of the group brings forth five incredible performances. Featuring: Charles Gayle (tenor sax, bass clarinet, vocals) Michael Bisio (bass) Michael Wimberly (drums) The following is an edited version of the LOOK UP liner notes Once commonly disparaged as “the devil’s music”, jazz’s spiritual ...

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Recording

Cuneiform Records Announces Its Fall, 2012 Releases

Source: Steve Feigenbaum
September 12, 2012

The eclectic Cuneiform label announces its six fall releases Our latest batch includes jazz, rock, electronic and experimental artists: AHLEUCHATISTAS “Heads Full of Poison" Ahleuchatistas combine wicked precision with intense abandon, droll humor with analytical construction, and a sly gregariousness with uncompromising vision. This pair interweaves elements of punk rock, jazz, classical music, speed metal, grindcore, progressive rock, noise, folk musics from Asia and North Africa, electronic music, and ambient aesthetics, along with volatile, unpredictable improvisation, flowing organically in a ...

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Festival

Rhythm & Ribs Jazz And Blues Festival Artists Announced

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
September 11, 2012

Festival organizers and producers have officially announced the complete line up of artists who will be performing at the 2012 Rhythm & Ribs Jazz and Blues Festival in Kansas City on Saturday, October 13. Festival Artists Following is the complete listing of festival performers by venue. Individual performance times will be posted over the coming days for this engaging and diverse roster of talent for the festival. Please not that many of these artists have excellent content online that provides ...

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