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Performance / Tour

Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials Celebrate New Release in Philadelphia

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 26, 2012

Alligator recording artists Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials will celebrate the release of their new Alligator CD, Jump Start, with a live performance at The Twisted Tail in Philadelphia on Thursday, August 9, 2012. Mixing smoking slide guitar boogies and raw-boned Chicago shuffles with the deepest slow-burners, Lil' Ed Williams and his rip-roaring Blues Imperials — bassist James “Pookie" Young, guitarist Mike Garrett and drummer Kelly Littleton — deliver gloriously riotous, rollicking and intensely emotional blues. Currently celebrating 24 ...

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Event

Fred Frith & Friends Play Gravity

Source: Dominique Leone
July 26, 2012

FRED FRITH & Friends play GRAVITY Saturday, Aug. 25 @ SLIM'S 333 11th St, San Francisco, CA (415) 255-0333 Doors 8:00 pm, Music 9:00 pm PRICE: $20 (Dinner and admission: $44.95) Imagine a world where dance, rock, punk and DIY music, experimental classical, prog and free improvisation mix like rogue strains of cultural DNA. Think of an environment where anything is game for musical consumption, and musicians and listeners cross paths in ...

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Award / Grant

Six Emmy Nominations for "George Harrison: Living in the Material World"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 26, 2012

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced its nominees for the 2012 Emmy Awards, honoring Martin Scorsese’s film George Harrison: Living in the Material World with a remarkable total of six nominations. The film was nominated for Outstanding Nonfiction Special, Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming, Outstanding Directing For Nonfiction Programming (Martin Scorsese), Outstanding Picture Editing For Nonfiction Programming, Outstanding Sound Editing For Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) and Outstanding Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming. The 64th Annual Primetime Emmy ...

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Recording

Sean Noonan's A Gambler's Hand Is A Further Step Forward In His Evolving Blend Of Music And Narrative

Source: GoMedia PR
July 26, 2012

Drummer's Latest, Along With Oudist Gordon Grdina's Her Eyes Illuminate, Will Be Released by Songlines on August 14 Songlines Recordings will once again traverse musical boundaries and challenge genre specificity with its two August releases: Sean Noonan's A Gambler's Hand and Gordon Grdina's Haram's Her Eyes Illuminate. While Noonan's last release for Songlines, Boxing Dreams (2008), featured such unlikely combinations as Irish and West African vocalists singing simultaneously in Gaelic and Bambara against raucous guitar and hyperactive drums, A Gambler's ...

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Performance / Tour

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad Nyc Cruise

Source: Curtis Bergesen
July 26, 2012

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad returns to New York City on Friday, July 27 for a Rocks Off Concert Cruise aboard The Jewel. The Rochester, NY-based quintet is touring in support of their new studio album “In These Times," released April 10th. Over the past six years, GPGDS has performed 800 shows, put out a collection of live albums, and released a roots Americana record titled “Country" (January 2012). “The band's five masterful musicians weave layers of complex music within ...

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Recording

Award Winning Pianist/Composer Kevin Toney And His New Trio Kevin Toney 3 Releases New American Suite On July 24

Source: Inque Public Relations
July 26, 2012

Founding Member of the Jazz/R&B Group The Blackbyrds Blends Traditional Jazz and Classical Music To Create A Musical Mosaic Which Pays Homage to America the Beautiful” In recent years America has seen a paradigm shift toward the manifestation of real, forward thinking change – especially in the minds of people of faith. On July 24th, award-winning keyboardist/composer/author Kevin Toney released an inspired project that blends traditional acoustic jazz trio music with the compositional expanse of classical movements. Titled New American ...

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Recording

Blue Note Releases Six Jazz Classics In High Definition Audio For The First Time On HDTracks

Source: Michael Ricci
July 26, 2012

Albums by John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, and Larry Young Digitally Remastered from Original Analog Masters New York, NY: Blue Note/EMI is pleased to announce today’s high definition, master-quality audio release of six classics from the label’s legendary catalog on HDtracks. John Coltrane’s Blue Train, Eric Dolphy’s Out To Lunch, Herbie Hancock’s Maiden Voyage, Wayne Shorter’s Speak No Evil, Horace Silver’s Song for My Father, and Larry Young’s Unity have been digitally remastered for the ...

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Recording

Want Some New Music To Chill By? Vocalist Kathy Sanborn To Release Six Degrees Of Cool

Source: Kathy Sanborn
July 26, 2012

Six Degrees of Cool, the latest jazz project from singer, pianist, and composer Kathy Sanborn, will release late August 2012 through the Pacific Coast Jazz label. Drawing from renowned influences such as Cool Jazz giants Miles Davis, Chet Baker, and Anita O’Day, Sanborn’s new album brings Cool Jazz into today’s contemporary scene. Sanborn says her latest release, Six Degrees of Cool, will remind you of the “West Coast Jazz” phenomenon of the 50s and 60s, complete with cool trumpet and ...

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