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All About Jazz Launches New Musician and News Sections

Source: All About Jazz
August 15, 2012

All About Jazz further refines its platform launching two newly revised sections: musicians.allaboutjazz.com and news.allaboutjazz.com. Michael Ricci, All About Jazz's founder discusses the upgrade: “We're simplifying how we present our content by breaking AAJ up into a handful of smaller and more focused websites. Starting with the musician and news sections, we've created musicians.allaboutjazz.com and news.allaboutjazz.com so they can function as independent websites. They are fully integrated with the main website, but they can exist on their own. We made ...

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Event

Fela NYC: Fresh From Africa at British Film Institute

Source: Chris May
August 15, 2012

New Nigerian Cinema and African Odsseys are screening Fela NYC: Fresh From Africa at the British Film Institute on London's Southbank at 2pm on Saturday 18 August. The 90-minute Fela Kuti documentary, directed by Edward Jaheed Ashley, is a mixture of interview, reportage and performance footage, shot in New York in 1986. All About Jazz's Chris May, the first overseas journalist to interview Kuti following the destruction of his Kalakuta Republic HQ by the Nigerian army in February 1977, will ...

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Event

Grammy Winning Guitarist Trevor Rabin Hosts Workshop at Guitar Center's August 17, 2012

Source: Costa Communications
August 15, 2012

Meet-and-Greet & Signing of latest album, Jacaranda at 6:30PM Workshop at 7:00pm Hollywood, CA: South African born Grammy winner, Trevor Rabin, will be conducting a workshop and album signing at Guitar Center on August 17th, 2012. The event will take place at 14209 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 beginning at 7pm. The platinum selling guitarist will be discussing his multi-faceted career, compositional process and distinctive production techniques to create his chart topping hits. Rabin is also a world premier ...

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Obituary

NEA Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 15, 2012

NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman's Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman “On behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, it is with great sadness that I acknowledge the passing of 2012 NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman. An extraordinary saxophonist with a sound all his own, Von Freeman's contributions to jazz – and specifically Chicago's jazz history – are numerous. We join many others in the jazz community and beyond in mourning his death while celebrating his ...

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Video / DVD

Glen Campbell/Jimmy Webb In Session CD/DVD Coming on Fantasy Records

Source: conqueroo
August 15, 2012

Glen Campbell’s recordings of Jimmy Webb’s songs have resulted in timeless, chart-topping hits like “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston,” and “Where’s the Playground Susie,” among others. The two have performed countless times together over the years, though recordings of their live appearances have been a scarcity — until now, with the release of this two-disc In Session CD/DVD on the Fantasy Records label, scheduled for September 25, 2012. In Session was taped in 1983 in ...

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Recording

"Tomorrow" Arrives Today For The Aleks Girshevich Trio

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
August 15, 2012

Gifted jazz combo fronted by a prodigious 11-year-old drummer garners airplay and positive reviews Oakland, CA: Already nearly 50 radio stations are playing tracks from the promising debut disc, “Tomorrow,” by the Aleks Girshevich Trio, which was released today by Dapper Music and welcomed with critical praise along with airplay on 16 new radio stations including Santa Monica’s influential NPR broadcaster KCRW. There are two unique elements that make the Aleks Girshevich Trio intriguing. A glimpse at the artsy black ...

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Recording

Hot Club Of Detroit Adds Avant-Garde, Pop And Groove Based Elements To The Django Reinhardt Resurgence On New Mack Avenue Records Release, Junction, Available August 14

Source: Mack Avenue Music Group
August 14, 2012

Following up It's About That Time, Night Town and the eponymous 2006 debut Hot Club of Detroit - Hot Club of Detroit expands its sonic and compositional horizons with Junction. Retaining its original lineup of reeds, two guitars, accordion, upright bass and no drums, this is the band's fourth release for Mack Avenue Records. There are personnel changes, however, and for the first time, the Hot Club of Detroit is joined (on three tracks) by a vocalist: French musician Cyrille ...

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Performance / Tour

Four-time Grammy Nominee Karrin Allyson Sets New U.S. Tour Dates, Including Multiple Nights In Los Angeles, San Francisco

Source: Seth Cohen PR
August 14, 2012

Four-Time Grammy Nominee Karrin Allyson Sets New U.S. Tour Dates, Including Multiple Nights in Los Angeles, San Francisco NY Times’ Stephen Holden: “Her show, whose selections change with every set, is a celebration of a 13-album career that is one of the most stable in jazz. She has an easy mastery of bebop, bossa nova, chanson and soft rock, to name four of the many styles in which she is comfortable.” Four-time Grammy nominee Karrin Allyson has confirmed a series ...

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