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News: Performance / Tour

Kinky Friedman Announces Hanukkah US Tour 2011

October 27, 2011

AUSTIN, Texas—The Kinkster is back on the road this holiday season with his Hanukkah Tour of 2011. Taking time off from finishing up a book with Billy Bob Thornton and formulating one with Willie Nelson, Kinky Friedman will visit 14 cities in the Midwest, West and Southwest, starting November 29. In addition, the tour is bookended ...

News: Advocacy

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces $50 Million Initiative to Support Performing Artists

October 27, 2011

Ed Henry, President of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF), announced on October 20 that a new special initiative of the Foundation will offer virtually unprecedented freedom to 200 individual artists in the fields of jazz, theatre and contemporary dance. Individuals selected by the Doris Duke Performing Artists Initiative will receive flexible, multi-year cash awards of ...

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News: Recording

New from Legacy: Tony Bennett's "The Classic Christmas Album"

October 27, 2011

14-time Grammy Award®-winning Columbia Records artist Tony Bennett turns his attention to his timeless catalog of Christmas recordings and personally picks 18 of his favorites—including one brand new, previously unreleased tune, “What Child Is This"—for The Classic Christmas Album. The new collection will be available everywhere starting October 11th through Columbia/RPM/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ...

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News: Recording

Sony Masterworks & Zenph Sound Present Oscar Peterson: "Unmistakable"

October 20, 2011

Sony Masterworks and Zenph Sound Innovations announce the fourth release in their ongoing collaboration, Oscar Peterson: Unmistakable is a collection of re-performances® created from unreleased recordings Peterson made during the seventies and eighties. The re-performances® capture the renowned jazz pianist playing at the height of his powers with some tracks never-before-heard by the public. Available September ...

News: Recording

Etta James "Heart & Soul / A Retrospective" On Hip-O Select / Geffen / Chess

October 20, 2011

For better than five decades, the great Etta James has been a musical force—a dynamo in concert; a major R&B hit-maker in the '50s, '60s, right into the '70s; a jazz Grammy® winner in the '90s; and an acknowledged influence on singers from Irma Thomas to Janis Joplin to Christina Aguilera. Throughout that time, James created ...

News: Performance / Tour

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials to Perform in Levittown on Saturday October 29

October 17, 2011

LIL' ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS TO PERFORM IN LEVITTOWN! Alligator recording artists Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials will perform as part of the 34th Annual Halloween R&B Spectacular at McStew's Irish Sports Pub in Levittown on Saturday, October 29, 2011. They will be playing songs from their most recent CD, Full Tilt. Chicago slide ...

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News: Festival

Annual Jazz Party at Sea Announces Lineup

October 16, 2011

The Annual Jazz Party At Sea is pleased to announce the lineup for the 12th Annual departure, November 4th through the 11th, 2012. We will set sail from New Orleans for seven nights aboard Norwegian Cruise Line's m/s Norwegian Star visiting Costa Maya, Belize City, Roatan and Cozumel. Featured artists include Renee Rosnes Quartet with Peter ...

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News: Recording

Cas Haley On Tour Now + Announces Christmas EP

September 29, 2011

Texas-based singer-songwriter Cas Haley will release a Christmas EP this coming November 8th on Easy Star Records. The release features four Holiday classics arranged by Cas, in some cases incorporating elements of Texas swing and reggae, but always focused on Cas's incredible voice. The fifth song on the EP, the title track “Gifts To Give," is ...

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News: Recording

Electric Cowbell Fall/Winter Vinyl Releases out October 11th

September 29, 2011

Electric Cowbell Records is hot on the heels of its critically acclaimed debut compilation 101 Things To Do In Bongolia, which is a sonic brochure of the label's first batch of singles from 2010-2011 with the addition of some bonus tracks and remixes. The compilation has sparked gushing quotes like, “Electric Cowbell is Brooklyn's hardest-working new ...

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News: Award / Grant

Omar Sosa Receives Latin GRAMMY Nomination for "Calma"

September 29, 2011

We are pleased to announce that Omar Sosa's solo piano CD, Calma, has received a Latin GRAMMY nomination for Best Instrumental Album. The 11th annual Latin GRAMMY awards will be held in Las Vegas on November 10, 2011. Released in February 2011, Calma is comprised of 13 solo piano improvisations, fusing stylistic elements of jazz, classical, ...