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Festival

Newport Jazz Festival 2012: A Celebration of Diversity

Source: Watch Jazz Happen by Dan Kassell
July 26, 2012

Tickets are selling briskly for the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival! To everyone’s surprise last year, the festivals ended with a surplus of several hundred thousand dollars, after the Newport Festivals Foundation invested $3 million in both festivals, the Associated Press reported. What was the impetus for setting up a nonprofit foundation? In a phone interview prior to last years' jazz festival George Wein explained, “The only way to get help is to go not-for-profit. I'm working pro-bono, it has nothing ...

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Performance / Tour

She’s Not Billie, Not Sarah, Not Ella. It’s Cynthia Holiday

Source: Watch Jazz Happen by Dan Kassell
July 25, 2012

BIRDLAND Showcase Thursday, July 26, 2012 Dinner from 5:00pm Showcase 6:00pm-7:00pm $20.00 Cynthia Holiday always gets asked two questions about her name: Is Holiday a stage name? “My maiden name is Cynthia Holiday,” and, are you related to Billie Holiday? “I find it flattering and always say, We are sisters in the name of song." “My family name is Cynthia Joyce Holiday, born to Johnnie and Betty Holiday in Newark, NJ.” Song ...

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Event

Jambalaya Brass Band To Perform Live At D.B.A. New Orleans

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
July 25, 2012

New York, NY: In support of their highly successful CD release, It’s a Jungle Out There, Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing two live sets at D.B.A. in New Orleans on Thursday, August 2, 2012, starting at 10:00 PM. At D.B.A., along with tunes from their popular CD, Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing other original and traditional favorites. The band at D.B.A., native New Orleans players that also appear on It’s a Jungle Out There, will feature the foundation ...

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Performance / Tour

Yoshi's Jazz Club Presents Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña

Source: Kimberly C Chmura
July 25, 2012

Enjoy a night of hot salsa by one of Miami’s best musicians at one of San Francisco’s most famous jazz clubs, Yoshi’s. On Wednesday, August 15, Marlow Rosado and his band, “La Riqueña,” will be performing at the club beginning at 8 PM. From salsa to rock, from merengue to hip-hop, from bachata to reggaeton, producer / composer / pianist Marlow Rosado has had his musical hand in all of it. A native of Puerto Rico, he is a salsero at heart, but has ...

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Book / Magazine

Classic Jazz Artists In New Book By Renown Photographer Bob Willoughby

Source: Steve Roth
July 24, 2012

Bob Willoughby was one of the great photographers of classic Hollywood and its stars; his photos throughout the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s were seen in Look, Life, and Harper’s Bazaar. Willoughby was also a jazz lover who took hundreds of photos of the burgeoning California Jazz scene and its most pivotal and innovative magicians. For the first time these amazing photos documenting his passion for the music are lovingly chronicled in Jazz: Body and Soul published this week in the ...

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Recording

Mosaic Records Limited Edition Box Set: Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2012

“Almost all of the recordings Hawkins made throughout a 45 year period were outstanding examples of improvisation, but among them were masterpieces by which all jazz tenor saxophone solos will forever be judged.” —John Chilton, The Song Of The Hawk Limited Edition: 5,000 copies 8 CDs - $136.00 The Coleman Hawkins Set You’ve Been Waiting For The saxophone was patented more than a half century before jazz developed but their affinity for each other might be nearly perfect. ...

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Performance / Tour

This Week At The Cornelia Street Cafe - July 24-31

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
July 24, 2012

Tuesday, July 24, 10:00 PM ARYEH KOBRINSKY'S BRINSK Jeremy Viner, sax; Adam Dotson, euphonium; Nate Radley, guitar; Aryeh Kobrinsky, bass; Devin Gray, drums Wednesday, July 25, 8:30 PM WATER SIGN Sam Trapchak, bass; Tom Chang, guitar; Quinsin Nachoff, tenor sax; Kenneth Salters, drums Thursday, July 26, 8:30 PM MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING Peter Evans, trumpet; Jon Irabagon, saxophone; Kevin Shea, drums; Moppa Elliott, bass Friday, July ...

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Recording

New CD From Original Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Jeremy Spencer To Be Released Worldwide On August 28, 2012

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
July 24, 2012

San Francisco, CA: On April 21st, legendary guitarist Jeremy Spencer, an original member of Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and featured artist on Propelz, released a limited edition double vinyl album titled 'Bend In The Road' for International Record Store Day. The release packs a “vintage vibe” by way of Jeremy’s handmade touch, fusing his artistry as a consummate slide guitarist, singer/songwriter, interpreter, and illustrator. His evocative watercolor graces the timeless gatefold ...

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