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News: Recording

Gary Burton & Pat Metheny to Release "Quartet Live!"

May 5, 2009

Concord Jazz will release a live Gary Burton Quartet album, Quartet Live!, on May 26th. The album features three original members and jazz legends Gary Burton, Pat Metheny and Steve Swallow along with another new member, and perhaps one of the most prominent jazz drummers of his generation, Antonio Sanchez. The 11-song album was recorded live ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Azar Lawrence - Making a Musical Statement! Tour Announced

May 5, 2009

There’s a reason jazz legends like McCoy Tyner, Benny Golson and Pharoah Sanders have been asking Azar to sit in with their groups lately. Sure, they are close friends and they’ve played together any number of times. They’ve all watched his reemergence onto the jazz scene in the past few years. But they want Azar to ...

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News: Award / Grant

NEC Honors Benjamin Zander, Joseph Maneri & Others, May 17

May 5, 2009

New England Conservatory to Confer Diplomas, Certificates on Graduates at 138th Commencement, May 17, in Jordan Hall Benjamin Zander, Faculty, Conductor, and Transformational Speaker, to Give Commencement Address Microtonal Composer Joseph Maneri and Zander to Receive Honorary Doctorates Thomas Oboe Lee, Sarah Bob, Roger Kellaway to Receive Outstanding Alumni Awards at Reunion Veronica Jochum to Receive ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Heath Brothers Are Back Where It All Began

May 5, 2009

"THAT'S MY home, man." Asked what returning to Philadelphia means to him, Jimmy Heath is terse and direct. But it's clear from the finality with which he asserts those words that Heath sees the concept of home as universal and needing little elaboration. The implications of returning to the place that formed you are too numerous ...

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News: Education

Academy of Music Opens in OK Lips, Allen and More to Teach

May 5, 2009

THE ACADEMY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC TO CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. MUSIC STUDENTS WITH THE OPENING OF ACM@UCO THE FLAMING LIPS, LILY ALLEN & MORE TO TEACH MASTER CLASSES The Flaming Lips The Academy of Contemporary Music, a trailblazing music school, is set to create a new model for music education as ...

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News: Recording

Peter Hand Big Band Debuts on Savant Records with Tribute to Harold Arlen

May 5, 2009

Composer, arranger and guitarist Peter Hand leads the Peter Hand Big Band featuring saxophonist Houston Person on the new release The Wizard of Jazz-A Tribute to Harold Arlen on Savant/HighNote Records. Recorded live in 2005 during Arlen's centenary celebration, this special concert has been newly remixed and mastered to capture all the swinging sounds from a ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Stars Celebrate Jazz Forum @ 30, Rose Theater on June 22nd

May 5, 2009

JAZZ FORUM ARTS presents JAZZ FORUM @ 30      A Once-in-a-Lifetime Celebration of Trumpeter Mark Morganelli’s Jazz Forum Lofts    “It would be hard to pick one special moment at the Jazz Forum, because   there were so many special moments.” --Dr. Barry Harris   Jazz Forum Arts Executive Director Mark Morganelli invites jazz fans to ...

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News: Education

New York Jazz Academy, New Jazz School for Kids and Adults, Opens on Manhattan's Upper West Side

May 5, 2009

New York Jazz Academy, New Jazz School for Kids and Adults, Opens on Manhattan's Upper West Side NEW YORK, NY -- The New York Jazz Academy, the Upper West Side's newest music school, will soon be opening its doors, and is now accepting summer and fall 2009 registration inquiries from all interested parents and students. This ...

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News: Recording

Reel Recordings Presents "Splinters" - Long Lost Britjazz Supersession

May 5, 2009

Reel Recordings is honored to present legendary British saxophonist Trevor Watts with his recording of the all-star collective SPLINTERS. Assembled by drummers John Stevens and Phil Seamen in 1972, SPLINTERS united Stevens and Seamen with tenor giant Tubby Hayes, altoist Trevor Watts, trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, pianist Stan Tracey, and bassist Jeff Clyne. Here is ...

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News: Event

L.A. Music Scene Vets Turn out for Peter Case Benefit Salute

May 5, 2009

A raft of stalwarts from L.A.s Americana music scene, including but not limited to those who started their careers at local clubs during the 1980s, turned up over the weekend at McCabes in Santa Monica. During three nights of shows to salute the music of Peter Case and help him pay down the bills from his ...