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International Songwriting Competition Announces 2105 Judges Panel
(ISC) has announced an impressive judges panel of top artists and music industry executives for the 2015 edition of the competition. The panel for the 2015 International Songwriting Competition includes many high-profile recording artists, as well as Presidents and CEOs from Atlantic, Epic, Elektra, Sony Music Latin, Warner Bros., Tommy Boy, Wind-Up, Alligator, Concord Music Group, among others. The ...
Weekend Extra: Steps Ahead, Still Ahead
The modern jazz sub-genre called jazz fusion emerged in the 1960s, attracted a wide audience and received extensive radio air play through the second half of the twentieth century. The music combined elements of rhythm and blues, jazz, rock, funk and, often, time signatures that were challenging for both musicians and listeners. Fusion came in for ...
International Jazz Day - Paris, France - April 30, 2015 - Join the celebration!
On April 30, 2015, the world will celebrate the fourth edition of International Jazz Day. In parallel with hosting UNESCO's ongoing 70th Anniversary celebration, Paris, France will serve as the International Jazz Day 2015 Global Host City. This special designation recognizes the historically significant influence that Paris, and more broadly France, has had on jazz music ...
International Jazz Day 2015: Paris Announced & Register Now!
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY | APRIL 30, 2015 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Dear Friends, We are just over two months away from the fourth annual International Jazz Day! This Jazz Day is particularly special—not only is Paris the 2015 Global Host City, but this year's celebration also coincides with the ongoing observance of UNESCO's 70th Anniversary ...
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova And UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock Announce Fourth Annual International Jazz Day
PERFORMANCES & OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO TAKE PLACE WORLDWIDE ON APRIL 30, RECOGNIZING JAZZ MUSIC AS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF FREEDOM International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert in Global Host City Paris, France will be a highlight of UNESCO’s 70th Anniversary Celebration Paris and Washington, D.C. – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Irina ...
Switzerland 1974
by John Kelman
Thank goodness for Cuneiform Records. Beyond releasing cutting edge new music from now-longstanding groups like The Claudia Quintet and relative newcomers like Norway's Pixel, the intrepid American label continues to unearth, restore and release wonderful archival finds like S.O.S.' Looking for the Next One (2013), and the equally impressive Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop-April '69 (2011), from ...
Ian Carr: Belladonna
by John Kelman
Ian Carr Belladonna Vertigo 1972 Today's Rediscovery? British trumpeter Ian Carr's Belladonna, a gem of an album that's also the coming out party for soon-to-be-legendary guitarist Allan Holdsworth. A album I'd not heard in the decade since I wrote the retrospective Ian Carr And Nucleus: '70s British Jazz Rock ...
Frank Zappa, due decenni dopo
by Mario Calvitti
Il 4 dicembre 2013 cadeva la ricorrenza del secondo decennale dalla scomparsa di Frank Zappa. Sono passati venti anni da quando una delle maggiori personalità musicali del XX secolo è venuta a mancare, stroncato da un male incurabile, lasciando un vuoto incolmabile nel mondo dell'arte contemporanea. Anche se la sua musica ha avuto un'enorme influenza su ...
Nora Germain: Little Dipper
by C. Michael Bailey
Jazz fiddlers are not exactly household renowned. Joe Venuti, Ray Nance, Stephane Grappelli, Michal Urbaniak, Svend Asmussen, Jean-luc Ponty and Regina Carter pop to the forefront, but then the list falls off quickly. Presently there emerges one Nora Germain (a name made to be in lights if there ever was one) who not only fiddles but ...
Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny, Danilo Perez, Jean-Luc Ponty, And More To Judge The 2014 International Songwriting Competition
14 RECORD LABEL PRESIDENTS AND CEOs JOIN WITH ICONIC RECORDING ARTISTS TO JUDGE THE 2014 INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION (ISC) The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) today announced its judging panel for the 2014 competition which is now accepting entries. This year, ISC has expanded on the participation of music industry executives, offering the opportunity for artists to ...
