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Radio

Jamie Ousley's Worldwide Performance On WLRN's South Fla. Arts Beat, 4/27/12

Source: Ed Bell
April 27, 2012

South Florida Arts Beat Friday, April 27th, 2012 With JAMIE OUSLEY This grand musician is a professor of Jazz bass at Florida International University. He was recently named “Best South Florida Jazz Musician of 2011" by Boca Life Magazine and his previous CD, “Back Home", was named “Best South Florida Jazz Release of 2010" by The Palm Beach Post. His latest recording, “A Sea Of Voices", is a marvelous new Jazz release featuring diverse ...

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Recording

Bobby Broom's New Trio CD, "Upper West Side Story," Due For May 15 Release By Origin Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
April 26, 2012

Bobby Broom’s new CD, Upper West Side Story, is the guitarist’s tenth album in as many years—the culmination of a golden period of prolific creativity and steady artistic growth. Five of those recordings have featured his jazz trio with bassist Dennis Carroll and drummer Kobie Watkins, who’ve worked as a unit since 1997. Origin Records, Broom’s longtime label, will release the CD on May 15. Providing an intimate look at Broom’s musical personality and the trio’s fully developed group chemistry, ...

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Radio

This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: A Conversation With Benny Carter Biographer Ed Berger

Source: Don Mopsick
April 26, 2012

This week Riverwalk Jazz recalls the 9-decade career of saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, and arranger Benny Carter with music and memories from the maestro himself and an interview with Ed Berger, Associate Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. Berger was Carter’s road manager and one of the authors of the definitive biography, Benny Carter: A Life in American Music. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be ...

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Award / Grant

American Jazz Museum Awarded 2012 National Endowment For The Arts - Art Works Grant

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
April 26, 2012

The American Jazz Museum is pleased to announce the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS has released its 2012 Art Works Grant Awards Recipient listing. The American Jazz Museum is honored to be among those recipients. Specifically, the American Jazz Museum has received $16,000 to support the 2012 Rhythm & Ribs Jazz and Blues Festival. The Rhythm & Ribs Jazz and Blues Festival is a day-long indoor/outdoor event featuring 15 performances on three stages by local and nationally known jazz and ...

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Performance / Tour

Tribeca PAC Presents: Lost Jazz Shrines - Vocal Virtuosos of 52nd Street - May 11 to June 1

Source: Michael Ricci
April 26, 2012

Part 1: Mr. B & Sassy... A Passionate Affair: the Music of Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan Friday, May 11 Panel Discussion at 7PM, FREE “Influence & legacy of Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan” - Allan Harris & Somi to be interviewed by Willard Jenkins. Concert at 8:30PM General Admission $25 Students & Seniors $15 Featuring critically acclaimed vocalists Allan Harris and Somi The Lost Jazz Shrines series is dedicated to bringing legendary New ...

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Performance / Tour

Sean O'Bryan Smith Tours With Joe Taylor Group

Source: Sean O'Bryan Smith
April 26, 2012

The Joe Taylor Group Hits the Road! April 2012 Top-charting guitarist Joe Taylor returns to the road this summer accompanied by a star-studded rhythm section featuring Steve Holley and Sean O’Bryan Smith. Guitarist Joe Taylor is back on tour with The Joe Taylor Group. Continuing the fiery instrumental sensibility that landed his previous RCA Victor and Moonwatcher releases consistently at the top of the Billboard and R&R Charts, Joe has assembled a veritable super-group that will wow fans and newcomers ...

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Award / Grant

Best Ideas For The Philadelphia Arts Receive $2.76 Million In Funding

Source: Canary Promotion + Design
April 26, 2012

PHILADELPHIA, PA: Thirty-five ideas for the arts in Philadelphia will receive $2.76 million as winners of the 2012 Knight Arts Challenge. Now in its second year, the community-wide challenge funds the best ideas for engaging and enriching Philadelphia through the arts. Emerging from more than 1,260 submissions, the 2012 winners represent a wide range of Philadelphia’s creative thinkers, including artists Erica Hawthorne and Sean Stoops, small organizations like the Bearded Ladies Cabaret and the Little Berlin collective, and established institutions ...

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Performance / Tour

This Friday, April 27 - Pianist/composer Aruán Ortiz & Camerata Urbana Ensemble CD Release Party @ Ibeam

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
April 25, 2012

Pianist/Composer ARUÁN ORTIZ & CAMERATA URBANA ENSEMBLE CD RELEASE PARTY Presenting Music From Their New CD “SANTIARICAN BLUES SUITE" (Sunnyside Records) IBEAM MUSIC This Friday, April 27th @ 8:30PM Aruán Ortiz, piano, compositions Zoe Hillengas, flute Machiko Ozawa, violin Lynn Bechtold, violin Edmundo Ramirez, viola Brian Sanders, cello Pedro Giraudo, bass Enildo Rasúa, percussion Fransua Sayas, percussion

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