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Performance / Tour

The Sony Holland Quintet Returns To Vitello's on May 6

Source: Sony Holland
April 4, 2012

The Sony Holland Quintet Sunday, May 6, 2012 @ 8pm One show only Vitello’s Jazz 4349 Tujunga Avenue Studio City, CA 91604 $15 Reservations: 818.769.0905 The Sony Holland Quintet returns to Jazz @ Vitello’s on May 6th. Sony’s debut appearance at Vitello’s earlier this year was a definite smash. “We had full house, an incredible band and excellent sound. That’s the kind of show every singer ...

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Performance / Tour

CD Release of “Armadillo In Sunset Park” at Mark Lamb Dance’s Second Saturday Sanctuary Salon

Source: Chris Rich
April 4, 2012

A New York City CD release celebration for a mini album of songs from Kyoko Kitamura will be found on Sat, April 7, 2012 at Metro Baptist Church , 410 W. 40th St. starting at 7:30pm This Mark Lamb Dance Salon will double as a release performance for “Armadillo In Sunset Park,” a set of songs written for Mark Lamb Dance released on March 20th 2012. “The mock serious chorus “always use rubber gloves when handling raw armadillo," never ceases ...

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Opinion

Enough With The Search For A "Jazz Savior"

Source: Groove Notes
April 4, 2012

Every so often, a barrage of articles and blog posts come out claiming that jazz has found the musician or musicians that are going to “save” jazz. More often than not, these musicians are achieving some current commercial success and popularity among a broad audience outside of the typical “jazz head” community. The newest jazz savior? Recently, bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding and keyboardist Robert Glasper have been deemed the new saviors of jazz. Both are very talented instrumentalists, and it is ...

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Advocacy

SFJAZZ Launches New Online Venue

Source: Michael Ricci
April 4, 2012

Are You Listening? A place for the conversation of jazz in today's culture. San Francisco: Today SFJAZZ is launching Are You Listening, for the jazz community to engage with one another and to contribute their thoughts, perspectives and financial support for the music. “With Are You Listening, we want to create an online space for the types of conversations that are going to take place in the SFJAZZ Center itself," said Kevin Causey, SFJAZZ Director of Development. The SFJAZZ Center ...

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Recording

Sonny Landreth's 11th Album, 'Elemental Journey,' is First All-Instrumental Outing

Source: conqueroo
April 4, 2012

May 22 release features Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Robert Greenidge and Steve Conn. BREAUX BRIDGE, La. — Sonny Landreth's 11th album, bearing the fittingly evocative title Elemental Journey, is something very different from the Louisiana slide wizard. Released on his own Landfall label on May 22, 2012, the new CD is Landreth's first all-instrumental effort and his most adventurous work to date. “From day one on the guitar, many genres of music have had an impact on me" says Landreth. ...

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Performance / Tour

Cuneiform Artists On Tour: April 2012

Source: Steve Feigenbaum
April 4, 2012

Gearing up for a busy spring season. Many artists on tour all over North America, Europe and even Australia! More stuff that we can announce next time, but this is still a good place to start for the month of April. BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC September 1 & 2 - Progday 2012 - Storybook Farm, Chapel Hill, NC BLIXT (Raoul Björkenheim/Bill Laswell/Morgan Ågren) May 17 - The Stone - Avenue C and 2nd street - NYC, NY May 19 - ...

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Recording

Vocalist Tessa Souter's 2nd Motema CD, "Beyond The Blue," Due May 8

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
April 3, 2012

Since her 2004 recording debut, Tessa Souter has established herself as a fearless innovator in vocal jazz—“broadly imaginative” (New York Times), “expressive... full of passion” (Philadelphia Inquirer), “direct and soulful” (Village Voice). NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan places her “at the top of my list of great talent.” On Souter’s new Beyond the Blue, her fourth CD and second for Motema Music, the London-born Anglo-Trinidadian New Yorker has raised the bar once again. Souter assembled a dozen classical melodies by ...

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Festival

Copenhagen Jazz Festival Announces Headline Acts

Source: Michael Ricci
April 3, 2012

Legendary saxophonist Wayne Shorter (US), sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar (IN), and afrobeat inventor Tony Allen (NG) will all be playing at this summer’s Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Also, three new festival posters have been revealed. The poster has been an important part of Copenhagen Jazz Festival since 1980. Every year a new artist is commissioned to design the poster. A tradition that throughout the years has resulted in very varied expressions. “This year’s festival posters are done by graphic designer Leo ...

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