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Education

National Guitar Workshop Closes Its Doors; Litchfield Jazz Camp Offers Places At 50% Off.

Source: Lindsey Turner
July 20, 2012

Kent. CT: On Monday, July 9 Litchfield Jazz Camp learned of the impending bankruptcy of the National Guitar Workshop, a three-decades-old program that at the height of its activities served up to 6000 students annually, according to David Smolover, its owner and founder. Litchfield Jazz Camp’s artistic director, Don Braden, and its founder and executive director, Vita Muir, met with Smolover on Monday and offered their help so some of the 400+ students who found themselves out their tuition and ...

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Recording

Alvin Lee still on the Road to Freedom

Source: conqueroo
July 19, 2012

More than four decades have passed since Alvin Lee stood front and center at the famed Woodstock festival with his band Ten Years After and told half million or so fans, “I’m Going Home . . . by helicopter.” Forty-three years later, Alvin Lee hasn’t arrived at his destination yet, as the title of his new solo album, Still on the Road to Freedom, available August 27, 2012 on Rainman Records, will attest. “I don’t think I ever will,” he ...

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Interview

Ty's Take: Book Of Gaia

Source: C. L. Burnett, American Jazz Museum
July 19, 2012

“We think of ourselves as the three diva-goddesses.” —Nedra Dixon, a member of Book of Gaia. Motherhood, spirituality, education, these are some of the words that should cross your mind when you hear the name Book of Gaia. That was the purpose when Angela Hagenbach, Nedra Dixon, and Pamela Baskin-Watson formed this trio last July, after stellar solo careers in their own rights. Hagenbach is a retired fashion model, record label owner, and has several solo albums under her belt. ...

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Recording

Neil Cowley Trio - The Face Of Mount Molehill

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
July 19, 2012

Cementing his position as a dazzling composer of extraordinary talent, Cowley and his trio scale the gargantuan face of Mount Molehill where they explore the heights of everyday trivia, and score it to a soaring overture of epic proportions On Tour in the States in October 2012. “Nothing but thrills and excitement . . . we're finally experiencing a worthwhile British Invasion (of modern jazz). Check them out." —Magnet Magazine (on the band's performance at the 2012 Montreal Jazz Festival) ...

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Recording

Guitar Legend Alvin Lee Still On The Road To Freedom With New Solo Album

Source: Brian O'Neal
July 19, 2012

Performance / Tour

Cuneiform Artists On Tour: August 2012

Source: Steve Feigenbaum
July 19, 2012

Not even the broiling heat can stop them. A surprising amount of stuff happening in the heat of summer, and for folks who can swing it, the Sonic Circuits Festival (DC) (featuring Janel & Anthony, Ergo, Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores) and NYX : New York Experimental and Prog Music Festival (NYC) (featuring Afuche) both look like total winners! There's some rare chances to see the Sao Paulo Underground in the USA in September (we only know one date, ...

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Recording

St. Helena by Tim Kuhl Now Available

Source: Tim Kuhl
July 19, 2012

St. Helena is the fourth release, on eleven2eleven records, by Percussionist and Composer, Tim Kuhl. This seven song collection work organically as one composition. An experience that value deeply in something subtle and even cinematic. This release expands on the sonic possibility's from Kuhl's previous efforts including Ghost, King, and Doomsayer. The album feature musicians in Brooklyn based bands Minerva Lions, Knights on Earth, and also have performed with the likes of Tim Berne, Michael Formanek, Gerald Cleaver, Yuka Honda, ...

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Recording

Giving Praise Through Jazz: Bassist Sean O'Bryan Smith’s “Reflection” Is A Diverse Inspirational Offering

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
July 19, 2012

Nashville, TN: A first-call sideman who has played with an array of headliners steps out on faith as a frontman on “Reflection,” the second solo set by bassist Sean O’Bryan Smith that was released today on Groove Therapy Records. The 12-song mix of church evergreens and gospel hits along with a few well-crafted originals spotlights fine musicianship from legends and hit-makers that present the material produced and arranged by Smith as contemporary jazz instrumentals, funky R&B grooves and enlightened pop ...

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