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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Singer & Songwriter, Juliet Kelly, Puts the Glam Back into Jazz with Licorice Kiss UK Tour

July 29, 2009

“With her honey-tone vocals, insightful, personal lyrics, savvy original songs and intelligent choice of covers, she effortlessly mixes jazz, soul, pop and funk... one of the UK's finest singers in any genre." --TIME OUT Acclaimed jazz singer & songwriter, Juliet Kelly, tours her own brand of “glam jazz" around the UK to promote her new album, ...

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News: Event

August 6 Full Moon Jazz Excitement on Hollywood Beach, Florida

July 29, 2009

Full Moon Jazz on Hollywood Beach, Florida, on August 6, 2009 will feature very special artists Madd Jazz Quartet, Ira Sullivan and Oriente in the monthly free public performance series. Madd Jazz Quartet includes three young siblings from the family Maddox: Kevin (17), Chase (16), and Emily (14). Each began playing piano at an early age ...

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News: Obituary

George Russell, 1923-2009

July 29, 2009

George Russell died Monday night. Here are some of the facts of his life, outlined by the Associated Press. BOSTON (AP) -- Jazz composer George Russell, a MacArthur fellow whose theories influenced the modal music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, has died. His publicist says Russell, who taught at the New England Conservatory, died Monday ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Mysterium - An Electric Soundpainting Septet, Plays Brooklyn

July 29, 2009

Monday, August 24th, 10:30pm MYSTERIUM - AN ELECTRIC SOUNDPAINTING SEPTET Adam Caine - Electric Guitar James Ilgenfritz - Electric Bass Jeremy Danneman - Alto, Baritone Sax Lorenzo Sanguedolce - Tenor Sax Sam Kulik - Trombone Eric Eigner - Drumset

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News: Interview

Interview: Med Flory (Part 1)

July 29, 2009

Med Flory is perhaps best known as the co-founder of Supersax, the commercially successful reed ensemble started in 1972 that plays transcriptions of Charlie Parker's solos. But before Supersax, Med was one of the most dynamic alto saxophonists, arrangers and bandleaders on the New York and Los Angeles scenes in the 1950s. If you listen to ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Brazillian Legend Leny Andrade Retuns to Birdland from Rio

July 29, 2009

After a very successful week last summer at the legendary club Birdland in NYC, where Leny Andrade received a rave review from The New York Times, she's been invited back to Birdland and will go on tour to important Festivals and clubs in and around NY: The Litchfield Festival Summer Concerts on the Hudson in NJ, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Miles Davis/Gil Evans: Still Ahead at the Hollywood Bowl

July 29, 2009

Miles Davis/Gil Evans: Still Ahead at the Hollywood Bowl All-Star Jazz Line-up Celebrates Miles Davis and Gil Evans Partnership WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2009, AT 8 PM Media Sponsor: KJAZZ 88.1 The 2009 Jazz series at the Hollywood Bowl continues on Wednesday, August 5, at 8pm, with Miles Davis/Gil Evans: Still Ahead, featuring soloists Terence Blanchard, Jimmy ...

News: Recording

Michael Olatuja's 'Speak' on Backdrop/Obliqsound

July 29, 2009

Speak, the title of bassist Michael Olatuja's debut album, holds deep personal meaning for its creator, exemplifying in a single word the album's underlying themes of hope, encouragement, inspiration and positivity. The album, which will be released on July 28 on Backdrop, ObliqSound's sub-label focusing on modern electronic and groove-based music, tells the story of the ...

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News: Obituary

NEC Mourns the Death of Jazz Giant George Russell, Faculty Member from 1969

July 29, 2009

NEC Mourns Death of Jazz Giant George Russell 05 Hon. D.M. Composer, Theorist, Author of Lydian Chromatic Concept, was Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Emeritus MacArthur Fellow, NEA Jazz Master, Living Jazz Legend Taught at NEC from 1969 George Russell, author of the Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization that under-girded the pioneering modal experiments of John Coltrane and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Top Jazz Artists to Perform Free Concerts

July 29, 2009

Stockton, CA - Some of the best high school jazz musicians from throughout the country will gather at the Brubeck Institute on the campus of University of the Pacific from Aug. 9 through 15 for a one-week intensive jazz colony led by some of the top jazz artists and clinicians in the industry. The annual program ...