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News: Festival

Seabreeze Jazz Festival to Sizzle Northwest Florida Gulf Coast with Stellar Weekend of Smooth Jazz April 15-18th

March 2, 2010

Jazz-lovers and sun-seekers across the nation are getting ready to shake off those winter blues --- with a remedy of white sands, beautiful water, and a dose of the best in smooth contemporary jazz. The coastal beach setting of Panama City Beach will come alive for the 2010 ResortQuest Seabreeze Jazz Festival, April 15th-18th at the ...

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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 22, 2010

March 2, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 Steve Hobbs Vibes, Straight Up (Challenge) 233 247 -14 0 56 1 7 2 1 3 Ahmad Jamal A Quiet Time (Dreyfus) 221 257 -36 4 63 1 5 3 3 8 John Stein Raising The Roof (Whaling City Sound) 194 182 ...

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News: Interview

Korean Jazz Singer Youn Sun Nah Interviewed at AAJ

March 2, 2010

Since she moved to Paris in 1995, Korean jazz singer Youn Sun Nah has won over French and Korean audiences alike with her rather special voice; dramatic, sensuous and bluesy, it is a tantalizing cross between Bjork and Melody Gardot. Hers is a jazz soul. For years, she led the Youn Sun Nah 5Tet and has ...

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News: Recording

Tom Harrell - Roman Nights (High Note)

March 2, 2010

As a proud proponent of the “if it ain't broke, why fix it" philosophy to music-making, trumpeter Tom Harrell reconvenes his working band for this latest release. It's the same quintet on his last several records for High Note and a compelling example of the sort of dividends divisible from longevity with such an aggregation. These ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble in Concert: Chicago Jazz Legends at the Erie Art Museum on March 3

March 2, 2010

The Erie Art Museum Contemporary Music Series presents a special concert of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble on Wednesday March 3, 2010 at 8 p.m. at the Erie Art Museum in the second floor annex. After 35 years, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is still serving their special brand of 21st century Griot music to people worldwide. The ...

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News: Event

Bill Cosby Joins Herbie Hancock's Birthday Concert Celebrations

March 2, 2010

Comedian Bill Cosby will help to celebrate pianist Herbie Hancock's 70th birthday at an upcoming concert held in the jazz icon's honour. The gig, part of New York's CareFusion Jazz Festival, is set to feature The Cosby Show star alongside trumpeter Terence Blanchard and saxophonists Joe Lovano and Wayne Shorter. Festival producer George Wein says, “That ...

News: Technology

Music Mastermind Raises $5 Million for Technology That Helps Anyone Make Music

March 2, 2010

But Is Everyone Making Music A Good Thing? Two year old startup Music Mastermind has raised $4.85 million in Series A funding. Music Mastermind empowers anyone to create music and collaborate with known artists on a variety of platforms including web portals, mobile devices and gaming consoles. The company was co-founded by former Virgin Records America ...

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News: Education

Quiescence Music Celebrates 10 Years Online

March 2, 2010

The year was 2000, the cusp of a new millennium. The Internet was big and about to get a whole lot bigger. And composer-teacher Edward Weiss had an insight: I constantly saw business after business starting up online stores and selling products. But the same technology that could sell books and software could also be used ...

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News: Award / Grant

Czech Jazz Society Poll Won by Jaromir Honzak

March 2, 2010

Czech Jazz Society has announced the results of its Best Album of the Year poll. The jury, compromised of over sixty musicians, jazz club owners, record company producers, publicists and managers chose CD Little Things, recorded by base player Jaromir Honzak's quintet. The poll also saw surprising results for two debuts: base player Tomas Liska's CD ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Trumpeter Thomas Marriott Charts a Successful Path in Seattle

March 2, 2010

Thomas Marriotts Quartet will perform this Friday, March 5, at New Orleans Creole Restaurant, 114 First Ave. S., Seattle. For reservations, call 206-622-2563. from The Seattle Times: Here, in a narrow passage between a decorated brick wall and the stage at the New Orleans restaurant in Pioneer Square, is where the early education of trumpeter Thomas ...