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News: Performance / Tour

Donny McCaslin Quartet at Chris Jazz Cafe on March 5, 2010

March 1, 2010

The Donny McCaslin Quartet will be performing at Chris Jazz Cafe on March 5, 2010. McCaslin is touring in support of his recently released CD Declaration on the Sunnyside label. DONNY MCCASLIN QUARTET Donny McCaslin saxophone Ben Monder guitar Joe Martin bass Ted Poor drums February ...

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News: Festival

New Orleans' Kidd Jordan Featured at 15th Other Minds Music Festival

March 1, 2010

New Orleans saxophonist and jazz patriarch Kidd Jordan has been invited to perform at the 15th Other Minds Music Festival in San Francisco. Other Minds, in cooperation with the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, the Eugene and Elinor Friend Center for the Arts of the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, and the Polish Cultural Institute in ...

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News: Interview

Trombone Shorty Bursts onto National Scene

March 1, 2010

In 2010 alone, 24-year-old New Orleans singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and all-around musical powerhouse Troy “Trombone Shorty" Andrews has signed with Verve Forecast Records and performed on Good Morning America and ESPN's SportsCenter in the run-up to the Super Bowl. He has seen recordings he contributed to earn a Grammy award (Buckwheat Zydeco's “Lay Your Burden Down") and an ...

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News: Recording

Celebrated Jazz Vocalist Dena Taylor Releases Album "Certitude" Today

March 1, 2010

Critics Already Singing Praises for Artist's Sophomore Album Austin, TX - DA Productions is thrilled to announce today's release of Certitude, the second album from jazz vocalist Dena Taylor. Combining jazz, country and easy listening, this compilation of standards makes a great addition for a dinner party or the soundtrack to a romantic evening with someone ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #147: Chad Taylor

March 1, 2010

Chad Taylor is a very busy man, playing drums with his own band and with Digital Primitives, the Chicago Underground ensembles, Nicole Mitchell and many others. Taylor's trio recording, Circle Down (482 Music, 2009) features bassist Chris Lightcap and pianist Angelica Sanchez. In this interview, Taylor talks about the idea of collective leadership in music; the ...

News: Music Industry

New Chopin Museum Opens in Warsaw

March 1, 2010

Composers 200th birthday will be celebrated all year in his native Poland. A new museum focusing on the life of Frederic Chopin has opened in Warsaw. The last piano that Frederic Chopin composed on. A death mask made after he succumbed to what was probably tuberculosis. A lock of his brown hair. Those are among objects ...

News: Music Industry

Music Museum Expands with Archive, Library

March 1, 2010

CLEVELAND - There's always been room at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for the exciting, most popular relics, like Michael Jackson's “Thriller" jacket and John Lennon's Sgt. Pepper uniform. But most of the not-so-flashy mementos were tucked away in storage. Visitors will get a chance to see those hidden artifacts beginning later ...

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News: Education

Effect of Music on Cognitive Function

March 1, 2010

Playing an instrument seems to make learning math and foreign languages easier, but researchers arent sure why. Taylor Bredberg is an ardent fan of the indie band Grizzly Bear and the TV series “Lost," is an amateur filmmaker and a doodler of figures that bring to mind Tim Burton's kinetic grostesques. But if those interests make ...

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News: Event

40th Anniversary of Dolphy Day: Statue Unveiling, Music Scholarship and Performance on April 7th at Le Moyne College

March 1, 2010

Le Moyne College in Syracuse NY will commemorate the 40th anniversary of Dolphy Day with festivities to promote awareness of Eric Dolphy. On 7 April 2010, they will unveil a statue of Dolphy created by sculptors Kyle and Kelly Phelps. This will be followed by the announcement of a music scholarship in Dolphy's name (donations are ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Neil Young Sings "Long May You Run" at 2010 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony

March 1, 2010

A wide-ranging group of Canadian performers headlined the closing ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, including a surprise appearance by Neil Young, as well as songs from the likes of Michael Buble and Avril Lavigne. The performers had been kept as a closely guarded secret until the show, which followed the conclusion of the games, ...