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Performance / Tour

This Week At The Cornelia Street Cafe, May 22-28!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
May 22, 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 The Cornelia Street Cafe is Proud to Announce “Spotlight On New Talent" A NEW monthly series, dedicated to showcasing some of the most brilliant up-and-coming jazz musicians This Week at The Cafe, ...

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Contest

American Jazz Museum Is A Finalist To Win A Toyota For Jazz Education

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
May 21, 2012

Toyota is giving 100 cars over 100 days to nonprofits, like the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, that could really use a new set of wheels to support the organization's education programs. And online voters will help decide which one gets a new ride every day. 100 Cars For Good The American Jazz Museum is a finalist to win a Toyota to support its on-going jazz education programs and initiatives. “A major challenge is getting kids from the metro ...

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Performance / Tour

Heart Of Brooklyn And WBGO 88.3 Fm Present Jazz: Brooklyn's Beat In June

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
May 21, 2012

Jazz: Brooklyn’s Beat Kicks off Summer in the Heart of Brooklyn — Six Exciting Events to Take Place at Brooklyn Cultural Institutions this June Brooklyn, NY: This June, Heart of Brooklyn and WBGO 88.3 FM will bring an eclectic mix of free and low-cost jazz performances to six of Brooklyn’s favorite cultural institutions with the annual series Jazz: Brooklyn's Beat. From samba dancing with the Prospect Park Zoo’s sea lions to boogying under the arch at Grand Army Plaza, this ...

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Education

Jazz Arts Group Announces 2012 Hank Marr High School Jazz Award Winner

Source: Michael Ricci
May 21, 2012

Columbus, OH The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) has announced its winner of the 2012 Hank Marr High School Jazz Award. This award demonstrates excellence in musicianship and performance amongst central Ohio's young students of jazz. Six extremely talented high school students auditioned for the $500 cash award and the chance to perform with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra and Artistic Director Byron Stripling at the July 20th JazZoo! at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium. First round adjudicators were Michael ...

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Performance / Tour

Underground Drummer/Composer Legend Richi Debonis (aka "RVZ"), Brings His Acclaimed Nowtet To The Highline Ballroom, Performing Selections From The Celebrated Recording "The Nowtet Plays Zep!" on June 22 at 7 PM

Source: James Keepnews
May 21, 2012

"Amazing trap set playing!" —Sonny Rollins “Could be the ultimate crossover...of all time." —Victor Lewis, drummer/composer (Dexter Gordon, Woody Shaw, Stan Getz, etc.) “Richi is one of the baddest drummers on the planet, He throws down with pocket, swing and edge. listen to his NOWtet Plays Zep, a masterpiece. Richi got groove!" —Chris Calloway, singer/actress “Richi plays his @$$ off!" —Frank Morgan, late legendary alto saxophonist “It blew me away." —Randall Klein, jazz promoter, San Fransisco Jazz Festival “I didn't ...

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Performance / Tour

Michele Rosewoman Trio With Special Guest Julian Priester At The Healdsburg Jazz Festival, June 8, 2012

Source: Seton Hawkins
May 21, 2012

On June 8, 2012 at 9:00 p.m., the pianist/composer Michele Rosewoman leads her trio, featuring bassist Andy McKee and drummer Billy Hart, with special guest trombonist Julian Priester, in a concert at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, performing a selection of original works by Rosewoman and by Priester. Hailed by AllAboutJazz.com as a “propulsive bandleader [who] guides the listeners and the players on a most seductive journey," Michele Rosewoman has made her mark in the jazz world by fusing Afro-Cuban influences ...

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Recording

Matthew Montfort Releases New Solo Scalloped Fretboard Guitar Recording

Source: Matthew Montfort
May 21, 2012

Ancient-Future.Com Records Releases Mini EP by Scalloped Fretboard Guitar Pioneer Matthew Montfort on May 22, 2012 Sympathetic Serenade for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar by Matthew Montfort (Ancient-Future.Com Records EP AF-2012) Sympathetic Serenade for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar By Matthew Montfort. Ancient-Future.Com EP AF-2012. audio (excerpt) When Matthew Montfort was working on his debut solo recording for scalloped fretboard guitar (a special guitar modified to enable ornaments characteristic of the sitar), he recorded a number of spontaneously improvised serenades. Were it not for ...

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Recording

Gunnelpumpers To Release Third Album, Tritonium

Source: Gunnelpumpers
May 21, 2012

Spiritflake Music will release Gunnelpumpers' third album, Tritonium, on June 9, 2010. The CD features a complete set performed in front of a live audience at Chicago's Elbo Room on October 19, 2010. The CD was mixed by Rob Ruccia at Uptown Recording in Chicago and produced by bassist and bandleader Douglas Johnson. The self-described “progressive, free improvisation" of the Chicago-based group is evident throughout Tritonium, which features only three tracks, including the nearly twenty-minute “McGroover". The other two titles ...

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