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Event

Philadelphia Jazz Coalition's Town Hall Meeting Set for July 31st

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2012

You're invited! The Philadelphia Jazz Coalition will present a town hall meeting for jazz on Tuesday, July 31st from 5:30-8:00PM at the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts at Broad and Fitzwater St. Open to the Entire Community - FREE Buffet will be available for about $10 Featuring: panel discussions by noteworthy presenters, organizations, city representatives and members of the jazz community moderated by broadcasting veteran Orien Reid and the unveiling of the April 2012 “Great ...

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Education

First West Coast Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute At UCLA Held August 7-11; Culminates With Wild Up Concert On August 11

Source: Jensen Artists
July 31, 2012

The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University (CJS), in cooperation with The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, and EarShot, the National Orchestra Composition Discovery Network, will present the second Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute (JCOI) from August 7-11, 2012 for the first time on the West Coast at UCLA. JCOI brings together 38 jazz composers at various stages in their careers chosen from a national pool of applicants, to explore the challenges of writing ...

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Recording

New Art Pepper Releases Due Aug. 28 From Widow's Taste, Omnivore Recordings

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
July 31, 2012

Laurie Pepper founded Widow’s Taste Records in 2006 to “introduce unreleased and unheard Art to people who love him as well as to people who don’t yet know him, so they can fill their lives with soulful beauty.” Since then, the label has been releasing prime Pepper recordings on an annual basis. Widow’s Taste’s latest offering, Unreleased Art Pepper, Vol. VII, is a two-CD set recorded in November 1980 in Osaka, Japan. Its August 28 release will coincide with that ...

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Recording

Illness, Recovery & Cole Porter: Bentyne's Joyous New CD With James Moody

Source: Amy Blum
July 31, 2012

Los Angeles, CA—When soprano Cheryl Bentyne was recovering from cancer treatment and starting again to sing, it was to Cole Porter she first turned as her “saving grace.” With his songs fresh in her mind from recently recording Let’s Misbehave—The Cole Porter Songbook—Cheryl connected with Porter’s ability to “cover the human condition,” healing along with the music she calls “perfect, joyous and a thrill to sing!” Now, nearly a year after the diagnosis, followed by surgery and chemo, Cheryl—for 30+ ...

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Performance / Tour

Gregory Porter Sets Out On 13 City U.S. Tour On August 19

Source: GoMedia PR
July 31, 2012

Critically Acclaimed Vocalist Back on the Road in the States After Triumphant European And UK Tour Grammy nominee Gregory Porter, whose most recent release, Be Good (Motema 2012), resulted in a spate of rave reviews from the likes of Downbeat magazine ("A major talent..."), Soul Tracks ("Porter fuses jazz and soul better than anyone working these days....we may have already heard the album of the year."), and the All Music Guide ("...a major heir to Nat King Cole...a major talent."), ...

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Recording

"Ojos de Brujo Reworked" Just Released

Source: Press Junkie PR
July 31, 2012

UrbanWorld Records and Al Lindrum proudly present Ojos de Brujo Reworked, a remix compilation of the music of Grammy award-winning, Spanish flamenco-fusion group, Ojos de Brujo. Throughout the last 10 years, Ojos de Brujo has represented the freshest fusion of flamenco and urban music. By staying true to their Catalan roots, they successfully merge past and present to create a unique sound. It was a difficult job selecting only five tracks from their immense and amazing back-catalog, but we think ...

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Award / Grant

Patrick Lamb to be Inducted Into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 31, 2012

Following his highly successful #5 Billboard Hit Single “Sweet Tea" and his latest chart climbing hit track, “Get Wid It," Funk/Soul/R&B/Jazz musician and song-writer Patrick Lamb was announced by the Oregon Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) as one of the inductees that will be honored at the 6th Annual Oregon Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Concert, to be held Saturday, October 6th at 7pm at the Aladdin Theater. A native Mississippian, Patrick began his career as a teenager ...

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Event

Jambalaya Brass Band To Perform At the "Brooklyn Brass Clash" At Brooklyn Bowl

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
July 31, 2012

New York, NY: Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing in support of their hit CD release It’s a Jungle Out There in the second round, “Midway to Mardi Gras,”of Brooklyn Bowl’s “Brooklyn Brass Clash” on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 9:30 PM. At Brooklyn Bowl, along with tunes from their successful CD It’s a Jungle Out There, Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing other original and traditional favorites. The band’s foundation will be provided by Dorian Parreot on Tuba, Washington ...

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