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News: Performance / Tour

Legendary South African Singer-Songwriter Heads to New York

July 10, 2009

A third generation white South African, Syd Kitchen is lauded in his home country as a musical figure of Dylan-esque proportions. A prominent fixture on the music scene since the 1970s, Syd's songs tell the story of his homeland as they seamlessly intertwine ancestral African rhythms with the harmonies of contemporary Jazz and Folk, creating an ...

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News: Education

Three Students Awarded Jazz Scholarships to Eastman

July 10, 2009

Gabe Condon of Penfield and brothers Jeffrey Krol and Matthew Krol of Painted Post will join Eastman School of Music's incoming freshman class in the fall as this year's recipients of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival /Eastman School of Music scholarship. The awards are sponsored by XRIJF producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona and funded ...

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News: Award / Grant

Neil Peart's Powerhouse Percussion Results in Third Consecutive Victory as Drummer of the Year in Enter Music Publishing's Drummies Awards

July 10, 2009

SAN JOSE, Calif., -- Neil Peart's lucky number may just be three. He can definitely play in three; he has been part of a highly successful trio, Rush; and, he has now garnered his third consecutive victory as “Drummer Of The Year” in this year's Drummies. Additionally, he won “Best Progressive Drummer. Enter Music Publishing, publishers ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Bill Carrothers Trio at Village Vanguard, July 14-19

July 10, 2009

Pianist, Composer, & Bandleader Bill Carrothers will be performing with his Trio (featuring Nicolas Thys on bass, Dre Pallemaerts on drums) at The Village Vanguard in NYC from Tuesday, July 14, 2009 thru Sunday, July 19th, 2009 Bill Carrothers Trio: Bill Carrothers - Piano Nicolas Thys - bass Dre Pallemaerts ...

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News: Festival

2009 Jazz-Blues-Music Fests for July Worldwide

July 10, 2009

Here is a list of links to July 2009 worldwide Jazz, Blues and Music fests...list is courtesy of JAZZ NEWS online...a great Jazz and Blues world music resource... Worldwide July 2009:Complete listingUSA July 2009:AK, FairbanksFairbanks Summer Arts Festivaltba July 2009AL, FlorenceW.C. Handy Music ...

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News: Festival

JVC Chicago Jazz Fest 2009 July Events Schedule

July 10, 2009

The JVC-sponsored Chicago Jazz Fest appears July 18th through July 20th at various city-wide club venues such as Andy's Jazz Club, House Of Blues, Jazz Showcase, Velvet Lounge, and the Green Mill Jazz Club (America's oldest jazz club--once owned and operated by 1920's Chicago gangster Al Capone)...click on the links below to get further details and ...

News: Interview

Interview: Buddy de Franco, '49-'52

July 10, 2009

For clarinetist Buddy De Franco, the years between 1949 and 1952 were experimental and disappointing. After spending the 1940s in Tommy Dorsey's band, Buddy decided in 1949 to try his hand at leading an orchestra. But his move came at a time when music tastes were shifting rapidly. Big bands no longer had the same power ...

News: Interview

Interview: Buddy de Franco, '43

July 10, 2009

In January 1943, Gene Krupa's 17-year-old band boy did something stupid. After receiving his draft notice, he decided that as a going-away present, he'd buy Krupa [pictured] a few joints. When he arrived at the theater in San Francisco where the Krupa band was playing, he handed Krupa his gift. The drummer placed the joints in ...

News: Interview

Interview: Buddy de Franco, Opus 1

July 10, 2009

There's a scene early in Martin Scorsese's New York, New York (1977) when Robert De Niro walks into a large dance club in Times Square on V-E Day prowling for a date. In the background, a big band is playing Opus One. As the camera pans the massive room on a boom, closing in on the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

An Assertive Trumpeter is Muted, but Not Shy

July 10, 2009

The trumpeter Tim Hagans makes an art and science out of assertiveness. Repeatedly during his first set at Birdland on Wednesday night he unfurled long arcs of eighth notes, clipping each one neatly at the end. His businesslike facility on the instrument, along with the hard gleam of his tone, was impressive even when it wasn’t ...