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Event

Jazz @ Two Steps Down (Brooklyn) with the Steve Cromity Trio on June 10th

Source: Steve Cromity
June 8, 2012

Jazz @ Two Steps Down is a monthly event that features vocalist Steve Cromity and his trio: Marcus Persiani (keyboards), Eric Lemon (bass) and Craig Haynes (drums). Each month also includes a veteran guest performer and this month it's the fabulous Vinnie Knight. Open mic for vocalists and instrumentalists follows so bring your axe! This month also marks the season finale with the third season starting in September. Hear straight-ahead jazz by world-class musicians and emerging artists in a laid-back, ...

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Radio

This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Class Of '26: Soundtrack Of The Jazz Age

Source: Don Mopsick
June 7, 2012

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, piano legend Dick Hyman, actor/playwright Vernel Bagneris, guitarist/singer/raconteur Marty Grosz, cornetist Bob Barnard and fiddler Andy Stein join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band to celebrate the Class of '26: The Soundtrack of the Jazz Age. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. Calvin Coolidge was in the White House, Wheatena was on the breakfast table, and for ...

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Obituary

Pete Cosey, 1943-2012

Source: Michael Ricci
June 7, 2012

Innovative guitarist 'knew what to do with just one note' Jazz guitarist Pete Cosey used electronic distortion and innovative methods of stringing and tuning his guitar to impress his signature sound on recordings by artists from bluesmen Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf to jazz great Miles Davis. “Pete's sound was something quite amazing," said Wendy Oxenhorn, executive director of the New York-based Jazz Foundation of America. “He took blues, funk, rap and jazz and combined it into a new sound." ...

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Festival

Tickets Now On Sale For 2012 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival Concerts On July 26, 27 & 28 At Missouri Theatre

Source: Dean Minderman
June 7, 2012

COLUMBIA, MO: Tickets are now on sale for the 2012 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival’s concerts on Thursday, July 26; Friday, July 27; and Saturday, July 28. Now in its third year, the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival will take place starting Monday, July 23 through Saturday, July 28 in Columbia, MO. The MNMSF already is established as one of the most noteworthy contemporary music events in the Midwest, attracting attention from composers, musicians, music educators and media around the ...

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Festival

The 2012 Copenhagen Jazz Festival, July 5-16, Announces Its Full Program

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
June 7, 2012

"New Orleans and New York are renowned for being the world epicentres of jazz, but leave State-side to find yourself in Europe, and there's truly only one city that approaches that same spirit, passion and swing: Copenhagen, called by some 'Europe's Jazz Capital'." —The Copenhagen Post “As I familiarize myself with the city of Copenhagen as well as its expansive jazz festival and all that it provides, I'm overwhelmed and impressed by this rich and varied cultural experience. Besides well-established ...

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Website

All About Jazz Improvements: May 2012

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2012

Your favorite jazz website continually improved throughout the month of May. If you like what you see, please help support our efforts by making a modest contribution to All About Jazz today. Every little bit helps! WHAT'S NEW! Event Upload Service We launched a free event upload service so musicians, presenters, agencies, venues and festivals can upload multiple concert dates to the All About Jazz calendar network. Read about it here. WHAT IMPROVED Comments We streamlined the posting, editing, deleting ...

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Performance / Tour

Saxophonist Geof Bradfield's Newly Commissioned "Melba!" To Premiere In Chicago July 21

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
June 6, 2012

Chicago saxophonist/composer Geof Bradfield will premiere his new suite for jazz septet, Melba!, at the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library in Chicago on 7/21. The piece is a tribute to the great jazz arranger and trombonist, Melba Liston (1926-1999), and was supported by a commission from Chamber Music America’s 2011 New Jazz Works program (with funding by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation). Several other performances will follow in September, starting 9/5 at the Square Room in Knoxville, Tennessee; 9/7 at ...

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Recording

Guitarist David Reinhardt (Django's Grandson) Impresses with "Colombe" (Cristal Records)

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
June 6, 2012

Born in 1986, David Reinhardt is the grandson of guitarist Django Reinhardt. He released his critically acclaimed first album in 2008 and has since developed his craft performing in front of audiences around the world. Colombe, dedicated to David's grandmother, features Florent Gac on piano and organ, and Yoann Serra on drums and includes a wide repertoire of original material, an Ivan Lins bossa classic, a Jimmy van Heusen classic “Here's That Rainy Day," and the Love Theme from the ...

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