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Eric Hofbauer Crowd Funds American Grace

Source: Chris Rich
April 23, 2012

American Grace will be the culmination of a nine-year solo guitar project called the American Trilogy. Your donation will help complete the recording and production of jazz’s first ever solo guitar trilogy. Your donation will cover costs for studio time, CD manufacturing, design work, and distribution. The philosopher and educator Joseph Campbell once said that “Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.” This has been my mantra through many years of study, preparation and contemplation in the music I ...

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New Album From The Branford Marsalis Quartet Available On Vinyl Only For Record Store Day 2012

Source: Courtney Hawkes
April 23, 2012

CAMBRIDGE, MA: Legendary saxophonist Branford Marsalis and his tight-knit working band delivered Four MFs Playin' Tunes on deluxe 180-gram high definition vinyl just in time for Record Store Day 2012 on April 21, 2012. This is the first recording of the Branford Marsalis Quartet with an electrifying young drummer who joined the band three years ago and the results are a nimble and sparkling album, featuring ambitious original compositions by members of the band, a Thelonious Monk classic, and one ...

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Jazz Legend Eumir Deodato To Make Guest Appearance On Forthcoming CD By French-brazilian Guitar Virtuoso Marcelo Paganini

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
April 23, 2012

Paris, France: One of the most intriguing guitarists to emerge from South America, Marcelo Paganini, a French/Brazilian guitarist/composer/producer/multi-instrumentalist/actor/journalist, who is best known for his hit song “Blues de Ninguem” with Brazilian rock band Kamikaze, has resided in Paris since 1984, and through the years has garnered a number of impressive accomplishments to his credit. Marcelo, whose YouTube channel has had over 33,000 views, most recently created a new video for his 2007 single “Technodream", which is now available for viewing ...

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Performance / Tour

Fred Hersch with NEC Student Ensemble Perform "Leaves of Grass" at the New England Conservatory on April 26th

Source: Michael Ricci
April 23, 2012

Thursday, April 26th, 2012, 8:00 PM Leaves of Grass New England Conservatory 290 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA Admission: Free By Timothy J. O'Keefe As if a capstone ending to the preceding winter season, this spring, pianist Fred Hersch performs music from his Leaves of Grass (Palmetto Records, 2005) recordings at the New England Conservatory (NEC). On these recordings, Hersch creates music drawing inspiration from Walt Whitman's collection of poems entitled ...

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Italian Guitarist Mauro Vero Provides Romantic Escape On "Itinerari" CD

Source: Lauren Rogers
April 23, 2012

For those who can’t speak Italian, it won’t matter in appreciating the music of Mauro Vero. On his recent album Itinerari, Vero’s words are translated through the imagery of daydreaming. There is a sense of romantic escape on Itinerari that collapses the borders of language. That Vero would have the summer-baked portrait of an island on his cover is no coincidence; consider it a ticket to paradise. Vero has love in his heart, and it is most pronounced on “Maggie.” ...

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All About Jazz How-to Tips: Adding Venues, Festivals And Events

Source: All About Jazz
April 22, 2012

Since we started emailing a weekly local concert calendar a few weeks back, website calendar usage has increased significantly (we added over 1,000 events on March 31!). But our system is only as good as our data and we'd like to ask everyone to submit complete and accurate information and make it look as professional as possible. I've outlined tips (below) on how best to submit events and how to ensure that your events will appear in our weekly geo-targeted ...

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Music Industry

Mobo Winner Yolanda Brown Tops UK Jazz Charts

Source: Ivan Brown
April 22, 2012

Multi MOBO award winner YolanDa Brown has topped the UK iTunes and Amazon jazz charts with her debut album “April Showers, May Flowers". The album was released in February 2012 with tow special concerts at the London HMV Hammersmith Apollo accompanied by the London Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and special guests including Ian Shaw, Jacqui Dankworth, Omar and Nigerian saxophonist Mike Aremu. The album has risen to the top slot amidst much critical and music loving acclaim from public and aficionados ...

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"The First Third" From Phil Cavalieri Now Available

Source: Phil Cavalieri
April 22, 2012

Phil Cavalieri grew up in the rock and roll era, with much of his early learning on guitar coming from copying the greats of 1970's rock. Santana, Jerry Garcia and Jimi Hendrix all had heavy influence on the developing guitarist, but it was the improvisational forms of jazz that really caught Cavalieri's attention and started him down the path to musical revolution. Cavalieri is documenting his unique method of outside playing for fusion jazz guitar. You'll get an idea of ...

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