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Event

Stephanie Jordan Added To International Jazz Day Sunrise Concert With Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Ellis Marsalis And Others In An All-star Concert In New Orleans

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
April 30, 2012

NEW ORLEANS, LA: Jazz Vocalist Stephanie Jordan of New Orleans has been added to a stealer line-up of jazz greats for the kick-off of the first annual International Jazz Day with a full day of events in New Orleans, Paris and New York. Jordan has been selected as a replacement for Grammy Award-winner Dianne Reeves. The inaugural International Jazz Day will be celebrated by millions worldwide on Monday, April 30, and will begin with an all-star sunrise concert in New ...

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Performance / Tour

Black Gandhi Appearing At Jiggs Corner Music Saloon In Butler, NJ

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
April 30, 2012

New York, NY: Using Reggae as a launching point, in large part due to its uplifting message and infectious rhythms, Black Gandhi is a Barcelona, Spain based group of philosophically like-minded musical stylists who play a contemporary and joyous blend of Reggae, Ska, Soul, Rock, Folk and Blues for the 21st century. In support of their latest CD, Into Light, Black Gandhi will be performing live, in English, at Jiggs Corner Music Saloon in Butler, NJ, at 9:00 PM on ...

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Festival

Southport Melodic Jazz Presents The Leon Greening Quintet and The Liane Carroll Trio The Royal Clifton Hotel on May 13th

Source: Su Williams
April 29, 2012

Expectations across England's North West are rising as this year’s Southport Jazz Festival launch approaches and Southport Melodic Jazz are once again putting on two concerts at their usual venue, The Royal Clifton Hotel, on Sunday 13th May. At 2pm, hard swinging pianist Leon Greening will be playing music from his debut CD Cookin' in Brooklyn along with a sizzling line up of Alex Garnett on sax, Martin Shaw on trumpet, Michael Janisch on double bass and Steve Brown on ...

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Event

May 1st Drum Clinic at Sam Ash in Edison (NJ) for Make-A-Wish Foundation

Source: Mauricio Zottarelli
April 29, 2012

Drummers Mike Donahue, Mauricio Zottarelli and percussionist Marcus Santos join forces on Tuesday May 1st, 2012 for an evening of music, drumming and to raise funds to a great cause Fellow artists Mike Donahue, Mauricio Zottarelli and Marcus Santos will join forces on May 1st, 2012 in a performance/drum clinic to raise funds for the NJ Make a Wish Foundation. The show will take place on May 1st at the Sam Ash music store in Edison (1831 Rt. 27 Edison, ...

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Festival

Tord Gustavsen Trio Headlines 13th Bray Jazz Festival, May 4-6

Source: Ian Patterson
April 28, 2012

The Bray Jazz Festival returns for its 13th edition over the May Bank Holiday weekend with a typically eclectic and exciting line-up that showcases all that is best in modern jazz. Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen gets the festival under way on Friday 4th, leading his trio of drummer Jarle Vespestad and bassist Mats Eilertsen. Gustavsen has been a leading light of the progressive Norwegian music scene for over a decade, and a trio of critically acclaimed albums for ECM have ...

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Website

More Social Sharing Opportunities at All About Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
April 27, 2012

We increased the social bookmarking options associated with our articles, news announcements, free MP3 downloads, photos and more. In addition to the All About Jazz recommendation, the Facebook Like, the Google +1, and the Tweet buttons, you can now click our new Share button and choose from over 300 more social bookmarking options like Pinterest, digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, LinkedIn and more. We also improved how we communicate with Facebook. Clicking the Facebook Like button will now include the image associated ...

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Recording

Swedish Guitar Virtuoso Johan Randén Releases Third CD "Summary" On Reingold Records

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
April 27, 2012

Lund, Sweden: Much to the anticipation of guitar aficionados around the world, on May 4, 2012, one of Sweden's youngest and most talented guitarists, Johan Randén, releases his third solo-album 'Summary' on Reingold Records, home to prog superstars the Flower Kings. 'Summary' is a musical journey that takes us through guitar picking à la Steve Morse in the country influenced track “Country Maniac", to beautiful bluesy and tasty woodwork à la Jeff Beck in “Floating Around". On this record Johan ...

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Festival

Marcus Miller: Casablanca, Morocco, April 24, 2012

Source: Mehdi El Mouden
April 27, 2012

By Mehdi El Mouden A number of great American jazzmen have visited Morocco to play in the numerous jazz festivals organized throughout the year, to name Archie Shepp,Randy Weston,Roy Hargroove,Peter Cincotti and many other American figures who made their stamp on Jazz History. This time was Marcus Miller's turn to tread Jazzablanca's stage on a memorable evening that enthralled connoisseurs, amateurs, and fans. In the midst of the applause and the standing ovation, Marcus explained that it's the first time ...

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