Jazz News

This Week At The Cornelia Street Cafe, June 19-26

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

The Cornelia Street Café, which celebrates its 35th Anniversary this July, is a true New York City landmark, an epicurean destination, an artist's café that cultivates and inspires, and one of the few remaining Greenwich Village bastions for creative music, spoken word, art, theatre, cabaret and much more This Week at The Cafe, June 19-26: TONIGHT - Tuesday, June 19, 8:30 PM ARTHUR KELL QUARTET +1, CD RELEASE: JESTER Michael Blake, tenor sax; Loren Stillman, alto ...

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Randy Brecker, Bobby Watson, Jane Monheit, Many More Perform At Usdan Center Beginning June 25

Source: Reva Cooper
June 19, 2012

Private On-Site Educational Performances at the Center’s 45TH Season Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the Long Island summer arts day camp once again included as a “Best Camp” for 2012 by TimeOutNY/Kids, announces its Festival Concerts lineup for its 45th season. These are a special feature of the Center: private, on-site daily educational performances by distinguished artists for students in Usdan’s 1,000-seat McKinley Amphitheater. Many of the artists will also teach workshops and master classes during the ...

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International Jazz Workshop Germany August 9-14, 2012

Source: Stephen Keogh
June 19, 2012

Jazz and world music have rediscovered for our culture what is in fact at the heart of all music making: expressing and communicating our own humanity in terms of music, developing and exchanging creativity with others. This event is a 6 day study and experience course. It is open to musicians of all ages who would like to acquire, develop and improve their musicianship, improvisation skills and learn about other art forms. Bobby Watson, USA Saxophones Bruce Barth, ...

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Pre-teen Prodigy Bodes To Be A Jazz Legend "Tomorrow"

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

The astonishing and astute Aleks Girshevich Trio to release an evocative debut album August 14th Oakland, CA: Before you dismiss the Aleks Girshevich Trio simply because the jazz combo is named after its prodigious 11-year-old Russian-American drummer-percussionist, Aleks Girshevich, listen to the scholarly piano etchings vividly composed by his father, Vlad Girshevich. Masters have been bewildered by the cerebral beats and Cuban and Brazilian-influenced rhythms deftly dispensed by Aleks. Produced by the chamber jazz outfit’s award-winning double bassist David Arend, ...

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Read Counts, Page Views and Download Counts Now Visible at All About Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2012

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All About Jazz MP3 of the Day and Video of the Day improvements

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2012

We added a new and very cool feature to our MP3 of the Day and Video of the Day pages! Look for a tabbed box in the right side panel that shows recent, popular, and random MP3s or videos along with a new auto-complete search box. Try hitting the random button a few times and discover a hidden gem! Enjoy!

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Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2012

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Interview: Crooner Mark Shelton

Source: Lauren Rogers
June 18, 2012

Q: When did you decide to become a singer? A: I sang in school and church choirs as a kid, and grew up through the music of the '60s and '70s. I listened to a lot of the early era of rock & roll as my dad had a massive collection of 45s from the '50s and '60s, along with LPs of show tunes and movies. But the story about when I truly decided to be a singer starts when ...

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