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Recording

Cheryl Lynne Skinner Producer At Elinez Music Announces 2nd Contemporary Muse MP3 Project Releases “Heartbeats”

Source: Cheryl Lynne Skinner
April 17, 2012

Louisville, KY: Composer-Musician Cheryl Lynne Skinner is happy to announce the 2nd Contemporary Muse MP3 Project at cheryllynneskinner.com. Elinez Music, Skinner’s independent label is excited to release an mp3 single each month April-July this summer. This year’s project will feature tracks from The Love Chronicles Collection exploring the stages and phases of “love“. The first flute instrumental dance track “Heartbeats” explores feelings of infatuation, attraction, “love at first sight” and new love that wants to dance. The MP3’s can be ...

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Education

Rhythmic Foundations With Miles Okazaki

Source: Marco Chelo
April 17, 2012

Guitarist Miles Okazaki, long time collaborator with Chris Potter, Steve Coleman and many others to start a weekly rhythm class at the New York Jazz Workshop. The class will be held In New York every Thursday evening from 7 to 9 pm at 853 Rehearsal Studios, 853 7th Avenue, (between 54th and 55th street). This course is a survey of the fundamentals of musical rhythm and time. It serves to strengthen and test rhythmic foundations for advanced students, and to ...

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Performance / Tour

SFJAZZ Collective Announces New Lineup & New Repertoire

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
April 17, 2012

SFJAZZ, the leading non-profit jazz institution on the West Coast and the presenter of the current 2012 SFJAZZ Spring Season and the upcoming 30th Anniversary San Francisco Jazz Festival, has announced the new lineup of its award-winning all-star octet, the SFJAZZ Collective. The new additions are saxophonist David Sánchez and drummer Jeff Ballard, replacing Mark Turner and Eric Harland, respectively. The SFJAZZ Collective lineup includes founding member and alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón, trumpeter Avishai Cohen, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, trombonist Robin ...

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Event

Women Get Their Groove On With Incredible, Percussive Participation During “Hit Like A Girl”; Voting Ends April 15 With A Live Show Featuring Finalists April 19

Source: JCM Media
April 17, 2012

San Jose, Calif., —Enter Music Publishing today reported incredible, rhythmic results for the “Hit Like A Girl” drum competition. From February 1 through April 15, 350 get-your-groove-on girls uploaded videos; 300,000 votes were cast during that time. Additionally, 750,000 visits were recorded over the same time period to the link hitlikeagirl2012.com “This event has made hittin’ history,” noted Phil Hood, co-founder and publisher of DRUM! Magazine and Enter Music Publishing. “The response to this competition is quite amazing and provides ...

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Event

2011 Guggenheim Fellow Earl Howard Premieres His Composition Project Superstring At Roulette May 12

Source: Heidi Howard
April 17, 2012

Earl Howard Ensemble Tom Chiu and Conrad Harris Saturday, May 12, 2012 8PM at Roulette Brooklyn 509 Atlantic Ave (corner of Atlantic and 3rd Ave) An evening of dynamic new music from live electroacoustic pioneer Earl Howard and FLUX Quartet violinists Tom Chiu and Conrad Harris. 2011 Guggenheim Fellow Earl Howard, a pioneer in the development of live electronic processing and extended instrumental techniques, presents the premiere of his Guggenheim project Superstring, with Wu ...

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Event

Pianist Sam Rudin Celebrates CD Release At The Freight & Salvage, May 17

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
April 18, 2012

Pianist Sam Rudin has been a popular fixture on the Bay Area jazz and blues scene since arriving from his native Philadelphia in 1980. Known until recently as Hurricane Sam, Rudin has regularly headlined at local clubs and at hundreds of outdoor events throughout California, as well as opening shows for artists including James Cotton, Jerry Garcia, and Taj Mahal. On Thursday 5/17, Rudin will bring his fully unique rhythm-charged piano stylings to the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, where ...

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Recording

Space Genetics: Volume 3 - New Music From Paul Scea And Eric Haltmeier

Source: Eric Haltmeier
April 17, 2012

With the release of Volume 3, SPACE GENETICS—the avant-jazz duo of Paul Scea and Eric Haltmeier—continue their exploration of the hybridization of improvisation, electronic music, jazz, and controllerism. Recorded in Ipswich, Massachusetts, the album features eight compositions that merge woodwind improvisations with digitally manipulated audio samples, analog and digital synthesizers, and an angular jazz sensibility. Their 2009 release, Volume 1, was created through an Internet-based collaboration. Scea and Haltmeier shared compositional ideas and audio samples online, working toward developing compositions ...

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Website

Contribute to the "Future Jazz" column at All About Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
April 16, 2012

Musicians, presenters, producers, record companies, managers, agents, radio stations, media, entrepreneurs and the many other contributors to the field of jazz are invited to identify and address areas where jazz can improve its economic vitality and cultural relevance. The Jazz Forward Coalition along with All About Jazz are establishing a vision for how we can collectively move jazz forward and as a result, improve its marketplace perception and economic sustainability. We're looking for ideas that encompass the entire field of ...

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