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Award / Grant

KPLU’s Jim Wilke Among Jazz Journalists Association Award Nominees

Source: Groove Notes
April 16, 2012

The Jazz Journalists Association posted their list of finalists for the 2012 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards last week. Nominees in the first 38 categories were chosen by the votes of the Professional Journalist Members of the Jazz Journalists Association. Nominations were made on the basis of work done in calendar year 2011, with the exception of Lifetime Achievement Awards categories, in which nominations are for a lifetime body of work. Members and others were able to submit their own ...

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Performance / Tour

Harmonica Master Charlie Musselwhite to Perform in New Hope

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
April 16, 2012

Harmonicist/vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Charlie Musselwhite, touring in support of his Grammy-nominated Alligator Records CD, The Well, will perform live at The New Hope Winery in New Hope on Friday, May 4, 2012. The Well is an authentic slice of Charlie's deep blues roots with musical flavors from Mississippi to Chicago to California, including help on one song from legendary vocalist and friend Mavis Staples. Amazon included The Well in its Top Ten Blues CDs of 2010, and Musselwhite won two 2011 Blues ...

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Festival

Winter Park-Fraser Valley Announces 30th Winter Park Jazz Festival

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
April 16, 2012

Winter Park-Fraser Valley today announced the dates for the 30th Winter Park Jazz Festival, to be held in Winter Park on July 21-22. Tickets go on sale Monday, April 9 at 10 a.m. (MT) and may be purchased by calling (888) 409-5974. General admission tickets are $40, V.I.P. cost $60 and Gold or Plaza tickets are $110. New this year - V.I.P. and Gold ticket holders will have assigned seating. “No more rushing to grab a seat!" says Winter Park-Fraser ...

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Recording

The Funk Ark: "High Noon" + Tour Dates + MP3

Source: Press Junkie PR
April 16, 2012

After a highly praised debut, Washington DC’s The Funk Ark is back with an even tighter follow up album. Less than a year has passed since the release of From The Rooftops on ESL Music and the world funk ensemble has established itself as one of the strongest players in the scene both in the studio and with their high-octane live performances. High Noon is the title of The Funk Ark’s sophomore release and was recorded and produced by Adrián ...

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Recording

The Germs, Drocs, Mick Fleetwood'z Zoo, Jerry Reed Headline Real Gone Music May Releases

Source: conqueroo
April 16, 2012

All of that plus the Grateful Dead's Dick's Picks, Volume 29 too. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Real Gone Music enters its first Spring with a potpourri of reissues that are definitely not garden variety, with releases ranging from hardcore punk to power pop to Motor City rock 'n' roll, doo-wop and Summer of Love fixtures the Grateful Dead, all due in late May. The only album by seminal Los Angeles punkers The Germs, (GI), will be reissued alongside the Drocs' ...

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Performance / Tour

Feinstein's At Loews Regency Presents The Return Of Bistro Award-winning Jazz Vocalist Nicole Henry In Her New Show Exploring The 1970s "So Good, So Right"

Source: Danielle Grabianowski
April 16, 2012

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York" by New York Magazine and “an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post will continue its Spring 2012 season with the return of Bistro Award-winning jazz vocalist NICOLE HENRY, who was heralded as “the vocal love-child of Whitney Houston and Sarah Vaughan" by The Miami Herald. In her new show So Good, So Right, the uniquely gifted songstress takes her audience back to the 1970s to embrace ...

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Performance / Tour

Wishbone Ash Set Us Spring Tour, Celebrate The Release Of ‘elegant Stealth’

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
April 16, 2012

DANBURY, CT - Wishbone Ash, one of the most influential guitar bands in the history of rock, kicks off the American leg of their tour on April 24, 2012. The tour, which began in Europe early this year, celebrates the release of Elegant Stealth, the group’s latest studio album. Elegant Stealth represents a benchmark in the evolution of Wishbone Ash. Signature twin-lead melodies and a powerhouse rhythm section frame 11 new tracks that reflect a diverse realm of styles and ...

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Advocacy

Philly Jazz Lovers Seek To Repair Coltrane House

Source: Michael Ricci
April 16, 2012

Music enthusiasts in the City of Brotherly Love are looking to rekindle a love supreme for the deteriorating John Coltrane House, a preservation effort that mirrors a broader mission to reclaim and promote Philadelphia’s rich jazz heritage. Cultural officials gathered more than 100 local jazz musicians on Friday for a group photo in front of the rowhouse where Coltrane, a renowned saxophonist, lived from 1952 to 1958. It became a national historic landmark in 1999. “We are serious about our ...

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