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Career

UK Composer Makes "The Marvin Ayres String Orchestra" Available For Musicians Worldwide

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
August 23, 2012

London, UK: Renowned UK composer Marvin Ayres is now offering his talents to music artists worldwide! Musicians everywhere can have their own bespoke string orchestra/quartet/trio/solos played, arranged, scored and produced in one studio, which can fit beautifully into songs and projects. Once provided with the material Marvin creates exciting and versatile string arrangements with real acoustic instruments – an innovative concept in this day of synthetic strings and orchestras! “Real strings by a real human - just a click away!" ...

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Recording

Fantasy Records Readies Vince Guaraldi Trio's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" [2012 Remastered & Expanded Edition]

Source: conqueroo
August 23, 2012

Set for October 9th, 2012 release, new deluxe CD reissue features 24-bit remastering from original stereo masters and three holiday bonus tracks. A green vinyl LP edition will also be issued. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas [2012 Remastered & Expanded Edition] will be released by the Fantasy label in time for the holidays. One of the most popular and beloved holiday albums of all time, the multi- platinum-selling original soundtrack recording was a Library ...

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Event

Legendary "Secret Agent Man" Johnny Rivers Sets First NYC Concert In 25 Years, 9/28 At B.B. King's

Source: Seth Cohen PR
August 22, 2012

Legendary ‘Secret Agent Man’ Johnny Rivers Plans First New York Concert in 25 Years, as Hi-Fidelity Music Presents: JOHNNY RIVERS Comes Home - “A 70th Birthday Celebration" B.B. King Blues Club & Grill September 28, 2012 Backed By An All-Star Band featuring JIMMY VIVINO, WILL LEE + RICH PAGANO from THE FAB FAUX The legendary “Secret Agent Man" Johnny Rivers has confirmed his first New York City Concert in over 25 years, for September 28th at B.B. King Blues Club ...

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Performance / Tour

North Carolina Symphony Celebrates The Music Of Ray Charles, Sept. 28-29

Source: Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
August 22, 2012

RALEIGH, NC: The North Carolina Symphony honors an American original with its season-opening Pops Series concert, “The Music of Ray Charles,” at downtown Raleigh’s Meymandi Concert Hall, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28-29, 8:00 p.m. Charles’s protégé, friend and fellow Georgia native Ellis Hall joins the orchestra and Symphony Resident Conductor William Henry Curry for an evening of R&B and soul classics. Hall, a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, arranger and producer, was appointed by Ray Charles as his R&B heir apparent. He has ...

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Event

Jazz Singer/Flutist Kaylene Peoples Performs At Leimert Park Summer Jazz Series On August 22, 2012

Source: Sean McKenzie
August 22, 2012

Jazz vocalist/flutist Kaylene Peoples performs Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 7:00 PM at the Leimert Park Summer Jazz Concert Series located at 4323 Leimert Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008. Proceeds Benefit the Parkside EDC Scholarship Fund. Electrifying, exact, eclectic, stunning—Kaylene Peoples is the artist who puts it all together as one of America’s most influential jazz vocalists-flutists. Come out and see her perform Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 7:00 PM at The Leimert Park Summer Jazz Concert Series located at 4323 Leimert ...

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Crowdfunding Campaign

Support Edward Simon's "Live in New York" Kickstarter Campaign

Source: Edward Simon
August 20, 2012

Award winning pianist/composer Edward Simon is on a quest to put produce a new live album featuring his trio! Help him achieve his goal by supporting his Kickstarter campaign! The album, which features an all-star line up with John Patitucci on bass and Brian Blade on drums, is a much awaited follow up to the trio's two previous studio recordings, Unicity (CAM Jazz, 2006) and Poesia (CAM Jazz, 2009). Live in New York, scheduled for release in the spring of ...

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Performance / Tour

Painted Bride Fall 2012 Line-up Of Events: Tickets On Sale Now

Source: Michael Ricci
August 21, 2012

Philadelphia, PA: Continuing its role as a presenter of artists from the region and around the globe – Painted Bride Art Center enters its 43rd fall season of events offering audiences unique artistic experiences in music, dance, theater, and the visual arts. FALL 2012 EVENT/BILL LISTINGS Sept 7 – Oct 21 Visual Arts Exhibit: Papeles: Are We What We Sign? Curated by Andreina Castillo; Co-presented with Acción Colombia. First Friday receptions: Sept 7, Oct ...

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Recording

Half Note Announces A New Release From Lee Konitz, Enfants Terribles, Featuring Bill Frisell, Gary Peacock, Joey Baron

Source: Antje Hübner
August 21, 2012

Available In Stores And Online September 25, 2012 Enfants Terribles features four veteran jazzmen whose collective efforts on stage and in the studio span decades. Together they are saxophonist Lee Konitz, guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Joey Baron. Individually, each boasts a distinguished career path and network of associations representing jazzʼs wide range of stylistic directions. (Konitz alone began professionally in 1945.) Recorded live at the Blue Note, Enfants Terribles finds the group surveying tunes well-known to ...

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