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Performance / Tour

This Week At The Cornelia Street Cafe: April 16-23

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
April 16, 2012

The Cornelia Street Cafe is Proud to Announce “Spotlight On New Talent" A NEW monthly series, dedicated to showcasing some of the most brilliant up-and-coming jazz musicians NEW DATE JUST ADDED - May 3 - Alto saxophonist Ben van Gelder, performing music from his new recording, Frame of Reference Tuesday, April 17, 8:30 PM BLUE TUESDAYS: LAINIE COOKE Lainie Cooke, vocals; Tedd Firth, piano; Martin Wind, bass; Matt Wilson, drums; Joel Frahm, sax Wednesday, April 18, ...

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Recording

Matthias Broede, Harmonica Player, Pianist & Composer From Germany With New CD

Source: Matthias Broede
April 16, 2012

LINER NOTES by Karsten Mützelfeldt (Jazz Journalist, Germany, WDR, Deutschlandfunk, Jazz Thing) for the new CD “Space Between Intervals" recorded by Matthias Broede's SPEAK TRES: It's a matter of fact that in the history of Jazz the harmonica plays a role as small as its size and had to share its place in the polls with other “miscellaneous instruments". These reasons make it inevitable to write some introductive words. Even though Toots Thielemans isn't anymore the only name who ...

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Crowdfunding Campaign

Pablo Ablanedo Octet Kickstarter Project "Recontradoble"

Source: Pablo Ablanedo
April 16, 2012

Cambridge, MA: On March 9th, Buenos Aires-born, Cambridge-based composer and pianist Pablo Ablanedo had launched a crowd-funding campaign on Kickstarter.com to help record and produce his third album with his group, the Pablo Ablanedo Octet. After releasing two records on the Barcelona-based Fresh Sound New Talent label, Ablanedo and his group have decided to record and release their new record, which will be called Recontradoble, independently. Ablanedo is asking his fans and friends to come and be part of making ...

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Recording

Roger Chong’s Love Affair With Jazz - Toronto Guitarist/Composer Releases Fine New CD

Source: Dr. Jazz Operations
April 16, 2012

ROGER CHONG: SEND A LITTLE LOVE Music fans can now love the work of Roger Chong one more time. Inspired by the very positive response to his first jazz CD, Love Me One More Time, the Toronto-based guitarist and composer has quickly delivered an even more impressive sophomore effort, Send A Little Love (out on May 8, 2012). To record Send A Little Love, Roger followed the process that worked so well on Love Me One More Time. He reunited ...

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Contest

Enter the "Kenny Wheeler - The Long Waiting" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
April 15, 2012

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the CAM Jazz “Kenny Wheeler - The Long Waiting“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on May 14th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Kenny Wheeler at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at CAM Jazz About The Long Waiting Like few musicians in the history of music, Kenny Wheeler has been able to make his music a ...

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Education

Survey On Jazz Jam Sessions - Research Study By David Baker And Monika Herzig

Source: Monika Herzig
April 15, 2012

Dear Jazz student/performer/educator: You are invited to participate in a research study about the role of the Jazz Jam Sessions as a learning tool for jazz musicians. If you are a possible subject because you perform or teach jazz on any level please take this survey. Completing the survey should take no longer than 10 minutes. This is phase 2 of a preliminary study conducted in 2008 and your response is much appreciated even if you participated in the preliminary ...

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Recording

When Stillness Speaks: The Beautiful Silences & Rocking Details of Elin Furubotn’s International Debut Album

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
April 15, 2012

Norwegian singer-songwriter Elin Furubotn hears an entire world in the tiny, delightful details: a turn of phrase drifting from the next café table over, the deep silence of a Scandinavian mountain forest, the fleeting passage of thoughts and play of sounds. Widely respected in Norway for her genre-spanning work, Furubotn’s smiling curiosity and striking musical presence find a new path on Heilt Nye Vei (Ozella Music), her first international release. With her close collaborator, respected and creative Norwegian saxophonist Karl ...

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Festival

Jazz is Bustin' Out All Over the Nation's Capital

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
April 15, 2012

The DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) today announced its signature programs for 2012, which include: Jazz Meets the Classics at the Kennedy Center; Jazz in the 'Hoods presented by Events DC; Jazz ‘n' Families Fun Days at The Phillips Collection; Jazz at the Hamilton presented by The Washington Post; and Jazz at the Howard. The Festival will take place June 1-10. Jazz Meets the Classics, co-presented by the Kennedy Center on June 4th, will feature an all-star lineup performing unique and ...

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