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Performance / Tour

Tommy Vig Celebrating The Release Of "Welcome To Hungary!"

Source: Tommy Vig
June 25, 2012

Brand New CD by Tommy Vig: Welcome to Hungary! The Tommy Vig Orchestra 2012 Featuring David Murray Tommy Vig (2011) Klasszikus Jazz Label, Budapest Upcoming Performances Budapest, Hungary Tommy Vig 74th Birthday Concert Saturday, July 14, 2012 @ 7:00PM Jazz Cafe - Restaurant Ráday utca 19 Phone: (36 1) 299 0694 Gyula, Hungary Tommy Vig Quintet Saturday, July 21, 2012 @ 9:00PM Gyula Castle ...

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Contest

Enter the "Pat Metheny - Unity Band" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2012

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Nonesuch Records “Pat Metheny - Unity Band“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on July 22nd. Click here to enter the contest (Following Pat Metheny at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Nonesuch Records About Unity Band For the first time since his 1980 release 80/81, Metheny has recorded with a band that features tenor saxophone. Unity ...

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Education

Piano Teacher Gives Away 342 Page Bestselling Book

Source: Edward Weiss
June 24, 2012

Who says you have to be a gifted genius to create your own unique piano compositions? Not Edward Weiss, educator, author and composer who’s just completed his first full length book on doing just that – turning anyone into a “virtual virtuoso” in as little as 30 days – even if they’ve never touched a musical keyboard in their life. Edward’s approach is unusual, in that he tosses the so-called rule book out the window. Gone are the endless “do ...

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Recording

Rico Belled's "XR7" Now Available at ITunes, Amazon and CD Baby!

Source: Rico Belled
June 23, 2012

Back Scratch Music is pleased to announce the release of Rippingtons bassist Rico Belled's sophomore album called XR7. Featuring Chris Coleman, Jeff Kashiwa, Dave Karasony, Andy Langham, Jonathan Dresel, Katisse Buckingham, Ronnie Gutierrez, Bill Heller, Scheila Gonzalez and many more fantastic musicians, XR7 is bursting with energy. Ten original compositions take the listener from 70ies Funk to modern Jazz, through richly orchestrated soundscapes that only modern recording systems can provide. XR7 is an album about the relationship between man and ...

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Recording

Keyboardist Derek Turner Keeps Smooth Jazz Alive On Debut CD

Source: Lauren Rogers
June 23, 2012

The debut album from keyboardist Derek Turner, Sharing the Groove, was a quarter-century in the making. However, that doesn’t mean Turner spent each day for 25 years crafting the album. Rather, a household with a devout spiritual background wasn’t exactly accepting of secular music. “I spent the majority of my time playing Gospel music,” Turner revealed. “Growing up in a Christian home, there was a stigma playing music other than Gospel. When I finally broke away and decided to explore ...

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Recording

Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfege’s "Million Download Campaign" Excedes 50k Dowloads With Innovative Open Source Music Business Model

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
June 23, 2012

New York, NY: Since its inception in January, Ghana-born Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège’s Million Download Campaign (MDC) has generated over 50,000 downloads from more than 50 countries and had blogs translated into ten different languages, using an “open-source” approach to music promotion and distribution. The MDC’s mission is to offer a million free downloads of songs and remixes from Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège’s recently released and highly successful CD, AFropolitan, by Christmas of 2012. In a recent interview ...

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Performance / Tour

Stephanie Jordan Makes Her Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro Debut Saturday, June 30

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
June 22, 2012

"Every so often a new voice stands up and proclaims itself, but few do so with such supreme depth and understated soul." – Jazz Critic Ted Panken NEW ORLEANS – Internationally acclaimed New Orleans’ jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan makes her Snug Harbor debut on Saturday, June 30, 2012 for two shows at 8:00 pm & 10:00 pm. The Stephanie Jordan Jazz Ensemble will perform tunes from her recently released CD on her Vige Music label, “Stephanie Jordan Sings a Tribute ...

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Performance / Tour

Marilyn McCoo And Billy Davis, Jr., Former Lead Singers Of The 5th Dimension, Visit Their Jazz And Blues Roots At Yoshi’s Oakland June 29 - July 1

Source: Diane Hadley
June 22, 2012

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., former lead singers of the internationally renowned, six-time Grammy-winning super group, The 5th Dimension, and later a Grammy winning duo, are looking forward to exploring their jazz and blues roots at Yoshi’s Oakland, June 29 – July 1. In addition, the audience can expect to be entertained by many of their 5th Dimension classic hits including “Up, Up & Away,” “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” “Wedding Bell Blues,” “One Less Bell to Answer” and “Stoned ...

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