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Eric Clapton Unplugged Gets Amplified With 2-CD/DVD Collection
Expanded And Remastered Version Of Eric Clapton’s Multi-Grammy Winning, Diamond-Certified Album Features Unreleased Music And Previously Unseen Rehearsal Footage 2-CD/DVD Collection Available October 15 LOS ANGELES, CA – Eric Clapton was already an acknowledged master of the electric guitar in January 1992 when he traded his signature Stratocaster for an acoustic Martin to record Unplugged. The ...
Enter The Jersey Jazz Noteworthy Poetry Contest
AN OPEN INVITATION TO THE JERSEY JAZZ POETRY CONTEST This is to invite you and anyone you know who loves jazz, to enter the JERSEY JAZZ Noteworthy Poetry Contest. Your entry shouldn’t be longer than the first one below. It need not rhyme or be a list of names. Garrison Keillor, host of the NPR flagship ...
Vijay Iyer / Mike ladd: Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project
by Mark Corroto
It's been nearly 70 years since the film The Best Years Of Our Lives won seven Academy Awards, including one for Best Picture (1946). The story revolved around three returning WWII veterans and their difficulties adjusting to civilian life. While those veterans came back to the economic powerhouse that was the United States, today's returning soldiers ...
Octobop: . . .Out of Nowhere
by Jack Bowers
With Octobop, what you see (and hear) is what you get: “octo," as in octet, and “bop," as in swinging, straight-from-the-shoulder jazz as practiced by the legendary masters who rewrote the music's vocabulary in the '40s, '50s and '60s. Saxophonist and prime mover Geoff Roach leads the California-based group on its sixth CD, Out of Nowhere, ...
Ode To Omni: October's Fire
by Hrayr Attarian
The Philadelphia based collective, Ode to Omni's debut album October Fire is heavily influenced by the 1970s spiritual jazz recordings, particularly those on the legendary now sadly defunct label, Strata East. A couple of gem's that instantly come to mind are The John Betsch Society's Earth Blossom (Strata East, 1972) and Billy Parker's Fourth World's Freedom ...
This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Wizard Of Oz With Vernel Bagneris
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz comes to life as Broadway actor Vernel Bagneris portrays all the characters of Oz in a new script for radio based on the original L. Frank Baum book. The brilliance of Harold Arlen’s art as a songwriter is displayed in new jazz arrangements and performances by ...
Jazz Band Master Class And Capital City Voices At Twins
Jazz Band Masterclass & Capital City Voices: The Region’s Up-and-Coming Jazz Artists Appear in Concert at Twins Jazz On Thursday November 14, jazz lovers can enjoy outstanding jazz compositions performed by three different ensembles under the direction of two of the region’s best known artist/educators: saxophonist/composer Jeff Antoniuk and pianist Wayne Wilentz. The featured musicians and ...
SOPAC Hosts Jazz In December Including Glenn Miller Orchestra
South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) 1 SOPAC Way South Orange, NJ, 07079 To purchase tickets, contact SOPAC at 973.313.ARTS or visit SOPACnow.org. FRI 12/06 at 8:00PM DAVID BENOIT “A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS” $40-$65 A wonderful holiday program conceived by Grammy nominated Jazz pianist David Benoit that will ...
Matthew Nicholl Named Executive Director Of Berklee Mediterranean Music Institute
Boston, MA – Matthew Nicholl has been named executive director of the Mediterranean Music Institute (MMI) at Berklee College of Music. In his new role, Nicholl will collaborate with MMI artistic director and seven-time Latin Grammy winner Javier Limon to develop curriculum supporting the performance, composition, and study of Mediterranean music and culture at the college's ...
Jazz Fusion Guitarist Hoyt Binder Announces Release Of Debut Album "Prayrie Go Round"
Contemporary jazz fusion guitarist Hoyt Binder announced the release date of his upcoming debut album, Hoyt Binder: Prayrie Go Round for November 6th. This release features Toss Panos on drums, Trevor Lloyd on violin and Paulo Gustavo on bass. The new album will be distributed worldwide and available via iTunes, Amazon and other music websites. Prayrie ...
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