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News: Contest

Enter the Abstract Logix "Jimmy Herring - Lifeboat" Giveaway Contest

May 23, 2009

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Abstract Logix “Jimmy Herring - Lifeboat“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select SIX winners to receive autographed copies of Lifeboat at the conclusion of the contest on June 21st. Click here to enter the contest (Following Jimmy Herring at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good ...

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News: Technology

JazzYourAss.com Relaunches with New Design!

May 23, 2009

The popular community for Jazz musicians JazzYourAss.com has been relaunched with a brand new design. The new layout promises to provide the sheets, lyrics and community features for popular standards even easier than before. This has been announced as one of a multitude of new updates for the site by the creators of the site on ...

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News: Event

Australian Blues Superstar Fiona Boyes Makes First Appearance in Columbus, Ohio June 4

May 23, 2009

Bear in the Chair Productions presents an evening with Australian Finger Pickin Blues Superstar Fiona Boyes. This one night engagement only will be her first ever performance in Columbus. Fiona Boyes has been nominated for 'Acoustic Album of the Year' 2009 Blues Music Awards, Memphis TN; nominated for 'Contemporary Female Blues Artist of the Year'- 2008 ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Carolina Jazz Connection with Larry Reni Thomas at Durham County (NC) Library's Summer Jazz Jam

May 23, 2009

By Larry Reni Thomas Durham County Library presents SUMMER JAZZ JAM, Sunday, June 28, 2009, 2-6 pm, at the East Regional Library, 211 Lick Creek Lane, Durham, North Carolina. The event, “Express Yourself at The Library," will celebrate summer reading and will include a jazz jam session led by guitarist Scott Sawyer, vocalist Bobby Hinton, drummer ...

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News: Recording

Levon Helm Reunites with Allen Toussaint

May 23, 2009

Levon Helm enlisted his old friend and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Allen Toussaint to join the Levon Helm Band in arranging two covers - Randy Newman's “Kingfish" and Billy Taylor's “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" - for Helm's new album 'Electric Dirt, ' out June 30. Helm claims ...

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News: Music Industry

Chick Corea Endorses the Yamaha Avantgrand Hybrid Piano

May 23, 2009

Legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea recently took Yamaha's newly launched AvantGrand N3 hybrid piano for a “test drive." Initially skeptical about the world's first stringless piano to feature the sound, touch and action of a concert grand, the 67-year-old jazz superstar was quickly won over. “My standard of comparison is the CFIIIS concert grand with a ...

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News: Festival

UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival

May 23, 2009

A two-day blowout of acts showcasing jazz, hip-hop, Reggae and Caribbean music. Headliners include Erykah Badu, Mavado, Leela James, De La Soul and many more. Enjoy Memorial weekend full of all kinds of jazz on the beautifull Bruin Campus. UCLA Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles Sun.-Mon., Noon. $25. (310) 206-0747. With ...

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News: Festival

Government of Canada Supports Vancouver Jazz Festival

May 23, 2009

The Honourable Jim Abbott, Member of Parliament for Kootenay-Columbia, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism), today announced the Government of Canada's investment of over $700 000 to support the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. “We are proud to be investing in the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, “ said Mr. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Marcus Roberts Trio at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

May 23, 2009

The Marcus Roberts Trio with Roland Guerin on bass and Jason Marsalis on drums will perform a six-night run at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center July 21 through the July 26. Roberts and company have a long association with Jazz at Lincoln Center and with Wynton Marsalis, dating back to Roberts' joining Marsalis' ...

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News: Recording

Phish Releases Greening Manual

May 23, 2009

Phish Releases Greening Manual For Phans Phish Before Phish split up in 2004, the band and many of their fans were certainly environmentally conscious in a friendly hippie sort of a way. But it wasn't always clear whether that concern by the band translated into any concrete actions, as those of us who remember the mess ...