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Art After 5: Friday Nights at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Winter 2009

January 14, 2009

The New Year brings a new reason to celebrate every Friday night at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where Art After 5 brings the top names in jazz and international music to the Museum’s elegant Great Stair Hall. Each Friday evening the space becomes a lively concert hall, with table service, cocktails, elegant caf-style appetizers, and ...

All-Star Jazz Lineup Draws Nation's Top High School Jazz Bands to Savannah for Swing Central 2009

January 14, 2009

Aspiring young musicians to perform and study with esteemed clinicians including Associate Artistic Director Marcus Roberts, Wycliffe Gordon, John Clayton, James Ketch and Terell Stafford Savannah, Georgia - Savannah Music Festival (SMF) has selected twelve outstanding high school jazz bands from eight states across the nation to participate in the fourth annual SWING CENTRAL High School ...

Announcing the Winners of the Rhino Records "Genesis - 1970-1975" Box Set Giveaway!

January 14, 2009

A Hard Dose of Economic Reality

January 14, 2009

Out there in the tough real world, the CD distributors, essential businesses in the ecology of the music industry, are going to the wall. First Pinnacle, the physical distributor of record labels went into administration before Christmas. Leaving some jazz musicians in the unenviable position of being offered their stock/back catalogue back -but at a price. ...

Disc Shelf: A Place to Release Albums Online

January 14, 2009

Recently a service for musicians was opened. The service is called Disc Shelf and allows musicians to upload their music and present it to their listeners in form of albums: singles, EPs, LPs, promo discs and WIPs (work in progress). Each album receives a unique URL for distribution. The whole idea of the project is to ...

Emi Music Taps Boosey & Hawkes to Rep Legendary Blue Note Label for Synch Exploitation

January 14, 2009

EMI Music has tapped Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishing to represent legendary jazz imprint Blue Note Records for synchronization of its master recordings on a global basis. EMI appointed Boosey & Hawkes for its expertise in jazz repertoire as Blue Note celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. Founded in 1939, Blue Note has become one of ...

Free Jazzers Klaus Kugel and Mark Tokar Interviewed at AAJ

January 14, 2009

Bassist Mark Tokar is a key person in the Ukrainian free jazz scene. The same could be said about German drummer Klaus Kugel, who is a frequent guest at different jazz venues in the Ukraine. Their group with Lithuanian saxophonist Petras Vysniauskas already has some history behind it but only recently was christened Buchkys (which means ...

Valentine Nights with Bill Charlap & Freddy Cole - Jazz at Lincoln Center

January 13, 2009

Valentine Nights featuring Bill Charlap & Freddy Cole in The Allen Room February 13-14, 2009 Who/What: Jazz at Lincoln Center brings pianist Bill Charlap and his trio to The Allen Room to deliver a very special Valentine, enhanced with the romantic backdrop of Manhattans skyline. The experience is made complete by the lush vocals of Freddy ...

Alyssa Graham CD Release Event at Joe's Pub on January 16th

January 13, 2009

After touring the North East, Alyssa Graham will come home to NYC and celebrate the release of her Sunnyside debut, Echo at Joe's Pub. Since it's release Echo has been a NY TIMES CRITICS' CHOICE CD, has been hailed as “Stunning" by Jazz Times and has been praised by THE WASHINGTON POST when they described Alyssa ...

Mike Lorenz Quartet with Highbrid in Doylestown - Thursday, January 15th

January 13, 2009

This Thursday, January 15th, the Mike Lorenz Quartet and Highbrid make a joint appearance at Puck Live in Doylestown, PA. Both groups are frequent contributors to the Philadelphia jazz scene and feature a distinctly modern sound. Mike Lorenz Quartet Mike Lorenz is a young guitarist established in Lehigh Valley, PA leading a quartet of up- and-coming ...