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Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Presents Mimi Jones In Society Hill On Thursday, May 17th!

Source: Jim Miller
April 10, 2012

Appearing at Jazz at the Playhouse for the last concert of this season is bassist/vocalist Mimi Jones and her band featuring Shirazetti Tinnin on drums and pianist Rachel Eckroth at the Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. 8th Street in Philadelphia on May 17th. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. For info: 215-517-8337 or 856-858-8914. Parking is right across the street. Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 nonprofit that assists our local jazz and blues musicians in crisis, ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Presents Trumpeter John Swana In Cheltenham On Wednesday, May 2nd!

Source: Jim Miller
April 10, 2012

Appearing at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Rd, Cheltenham, PA for this series' last concert of the season will be trumpeter John Swana and his band, featuring guitarist Steve Giordano, Lucas Brown on organ, and drummer Wayne Smith Jr. on May 2nd. One show: 7:30-9PM. $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Buffet. For info: 215-517-8337. This Jazz Bridge Neighborhood Concert Series is sponsored by Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 nonprofit that assists local jazz and blues musicians ...

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Event

Explore.org and Ground Zero Blues Club Presents America's Delta Blues: The Blessissippi Crossroads Concert

Source: Michael Ricci
April 10, 2012

Saturday, April 28, 2012 Ground Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, MS This April, dozens of Delta Blues greats from Mississippi and beyond will converge in Clarksdale, MS to play their hearts out to blues fans around the world. The event, America's Delta Blues: The Blessissippi Crossroads Concert, is an effort by philanthropic media organization explore.org and the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale to raise attention around the value of music and music technology education in the Mississippi Delta ...

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Event

Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfege’s Animated Film "Love Rain Down" Selected For Screening At Prestigious Palm Beach International Film Festival

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
April 10, 2012

New York, NY: 2012—Ghana-born Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège’s new animated short film for their song “Love Rain Down,” featuring one of the most popular cuts from their latest successful CD release AFropolitan, has been competitively selected for screening at the renowned Palm Beach International Film Festival for 2012. The film will be screened on Sunday, April 15th at 8:00 PM, at the Debilzan Gallery, 389 Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, Florida 33444 (561-266-2090). Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège are a ...

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Website

Composer/Guitarist Skip Heller Launches "Hardly Strictly Jazz" Column at All About Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2012

Genre-bending musician and longtime friend of All About Jazz, Skip Heller has launched “Hardly Strictly Jazz," a monthly column that focuses on great music that doesn't fit comfortably in a categorical box. If you're someone who prefers music to categorical boxes, this column is dedicated to you. We're kicking the column off with a look into a document that embodies the great American pioneering spirit: Sun Ra: The Eternal Myth Revealed Vol. 1. We hope this sets the tone for ...

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Recording

Guitarist Wayne Krantz Sets Release Date For New Record "Howie 61"

Source: Abstract Logix
April 9, 2012

Howie 61 is due out on April 17th on Abstract Logix Celebrating with five night stint at the Iridium Nightclub in NYC. New York, NY: Ever-evolving and improvisational New York guitarist, Wayne Krantz, announces the release of his tenth album, Howie 61, on April 17 through Abstract Logix Records. Better known for his preference of the trio format, the musical main-stay now enlists a multitude of world-class musicians in a variety of lineups, including Vinnie Colaiuta (Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa, ...

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Crowdfunding Campaign

Litchfield Jazz Camp Runs Indiegogo.com Fundraising Campaign For 2012 Scholarships

Source: Albert Rivera
April 9, 2012

Litchfield Jazz Festival has just launched an indiegogo.com fundraising campaign for its Litchfield Jazz Camp. The goal is to raise $10,000 to help send 10 youngsters in need, for one week each, to the 16-year-old summer camp. Litchfield Jazz Camp, located in Kent CT at the Kent School runs for 5 weeks from July 8 to August 10 and culminates in the world renowned Litchfield Jazz Festival which returns this summer to the Goshen Fairgrounds, in Goshen, CT August 10-12. ...

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Recording

Saxophonist Hailey Niswanger's 2nd CD, "The Keeper," Due For April 24 Release

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
April 9, 2012

Hailey Niswanger created an indelible impression in the jazz world with the release of her 2009 debut, Confeddie. Then 19, the saxophonist was even the subject of an enthusiastic Wall Street Journal profile by veteran jazz critic Nat Hentoff. The headline read: “This Teenager Has Got It.” Now 22, freshly graduated from the Berklee College of Music and newly residing in New York City, the alto and soprano saxophone dynamo is preparing to release her second CD, The Keeper (Calmit ...

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