Jazz News

Jef Stott Releases "Arcana"

Source: Press Junkie PR
May 27, 2012

There’s a luminescent, nearly indescribable feeling you get when walking through the Playa, Burning Man’s center, after sundown. In this empty desert 50,000 people have joined forces with too much diesel and an endless supply of imagination to, as San Francisco-based artist Jef Stott says, share in this “container for radical self-expression.” The sentiment is so powerful that Stott devoted the opening song (and many of the following tracks) to it on his forthcoming record, Arcana (Six Degrees Records).

“Deep ...

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Enter the "Dexter Gordon - Night Ballads: Montreal 1977" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
May 26, 2012

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Red Cat Publicity Upcoming Events: Spring/Summer 2012

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
May 26, 2012

The Cornelia Street Cafe Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary! This July, 2012, The Cornelia Street Café, 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, Celebrates its 35th Anniversary The Cornelia Street Cafe opened for business on July 4, 1977, with a toaster oven and a cappuccino machine in one room. Over the last ...

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Todd Clouser and Erik Deutsch Crack New Music Seminar's 2012 "Artist On The Verge" Top 100 Chart

Source: All About Jazz
May 25, 2012

Guitarist/Composer Todd Clouser and Pianist/Composer Erik Deutsch were selected for the New Music Seminar “Artist On The Verge" Top 100 Chart. All About Jazz participated in the nominating process and both Todd and Erik were included on AAJ's recommendation list. About the NMS “Artist On The Verge" Program NMS “Artist On The Verge" (AOV) project offers emerging artists the opportunity of a lifetime! The New Music Seminar (NMS) presents the “Artist On The Verge" – Top 100 Chart, the most ...

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Doris Duke Foundation Announces First Class of Doris Duke Artists

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
May 25, 2012

Twenty-one of America’s most vital and productive performing artists in contemporary dance, jazz, theatre and multidisciplinary work were announced today as the first class of Doris Duke Artists, sharing a total of $5.775 million awarded in an unprecedented new initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF). Each member of the first class will receive an unrestricted, multi-year cash grant of $225,000, plus as much as $50,000 more in targeted support for retirement savings and audience development. Creative Capital, DDCF’s ...

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Catskill Chill Music Festival Artist Line-Up September 7-9

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
May 25, 2012

Catskill Chill Music Festival unveils their artist line-up for the third annual Chill at the picturesque Camp Minglewood in Hancock, New York. Taking place September 7th – 9th, the 2012 event will host over 40 bands on three stages during the 3-day camping festival.

Nestled in the Catskill Mountains, where the beauty of nature synchronizes with the euphoric sounds of live music, this intimate lakeside event has quickly become one of the most anticipated festivals of the year. The Chill ...

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Tedeschi Trucks Band Celebrates 1st Anniversary With Release Of Live Double-Disc Album "Everybody's Talkin"

Source: Sony Music Entertainment/Legacy
May 25, 2012

Everybody’s Talkin’ — released on May 22 — is the title of the uplifting, energy-packed sophomore recording by Tedeschi Trucks Band, the 11-piece ensemble led by husband-wife team Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi that recently marked their first anniversary with a Grammy win for their debut album Revelator. TTB (as their fans know them) shows off a stunning rate of musical progress on Everybody’s Talkin’, eleven tracks selected from a year’s worth of concerts from around the globe plus one ...

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"When I Left Home: My Story" by Buddy Guy

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
May 25, 2012

When I Left Home: My Story tells, for the first time, Buddy's picaresque story in his own unique voice, told as only he can tell it — with deep personal insight and unforgettable, candid portraits of all the key players of the first generation of electric blues artists, whose music changed the world forever. Buddy's on tour to support When I Left Home: My Story, too:

06/08/12 Red Bank, NJ: Count Basie Theatre 06/09/12 Montclair, NJ: Wellmont Theatre ...

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