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News: Award / Grant

Apply For Chamber Music America's Residency Project Funding Program

October 8, 2012

Application Deadline: November 16, 2012 Small music ensembles and presenters in jazz, classical and world are invited to apply to Chamber Music America's Residency Partnership Program. This grant opportunity supports ensembles and presenters in building audiences for jazz, classical/contemporary, and world small ensemble music through residency projects. Funding is specifically aimed at activities that take place ...

News: Recording

Trumpeter Dennis Angel Takes A Retro Ride Upon “timeless Grooves”

October 8, 2012

The Jason Miles-produced album is a jazzy R&B throwback; radio grooving to “Forever Funk” Scarsdale, NY: Having successfully released more than a half dozen diverse singles that charted and received radio spins around the globe, trumpeter Dennis Angel will release his debut album, the vintage sounding “Timeless Grooves,” on November 13th via Timeless Grooves Records. Angel ...

News: Event

Jazz Concert Benefit Dizzy Gillespie Memorial At Cotton Club on October 16, 2012

October 8, 2012

The Cotton Club Harlem 656 West 125th Street New York, NY 10027 7:30 PM Christopher Kennedy Lawford to host Jazz Concert Benefiting the Dizzy Gillespie Fund In NYC. The Historic Cotton Club Harlem, Ruby Flower Productions and a stellar line up of musicians present on October 16, 2012 the Dizzy ...

News: Education

Jazz Arts Group Announces 2012-13 PBJ & Jazz Family Concert Series

October 8, 2012

Columbus, OH - The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is pleased to return to the Lincoln Theatre for the 2012-2013 season of the Jazz Academy's PBJ & Jazz concert series presented by Bob Evans Farms. Due to popular demand, this year's season will continue to include two performance times per concert, beginning at 10:00 a.m. ...

News: Award / Grant

Chris Greco - Nominee - Hollywood Music In Media Awards 2012

October 8, 2012

Official Nomination Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2012. Chris Greco's jazz composition “Maia" is a nominee for the 2012 Hollywood Music in Media Awards event. This is the second consecutive year reed player Chris Greco has received a HMMA jazz composition nomination. Maia can be found on the release Trane of Thought on the independent GWS-Fourwinds ...

News: Event

20th Anniversiary Jazz Montana Festival

October 8, 2012

Celebrating our 20th Anniversary, Jazz Montana has partnered with The MSU School of Music and The Ellen Theatre to present you with an incredible jazz festival experience! Come join us for 4 fun-filled days of jazz music and learning. This year the festival will host 6 featured artists, and a jazz big band in concerts, masterclasses, ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Evolution of Christian Scott

October 7, 2012

This week, we take a closer look at the latest phase in the career of trumpeter Christian Scott, who will be in St. Louis to perform Wednesday, October 17 through Saturday, October 20 at Jazz at the Bistro The 29-year-old New Orleans native a couple of months ago released ...

News: Event

Tito Puente: Celebrating The History Of Latin Music And The Man Who Helped Create It

October 8, 2012

FREE SEMINAR SERIES “Tito Puente: Celebrating the History of Latin Music and the Man Who Helped Create It" This free seminar series will highlight the history of Latin Music and Tito Puente based on the book “Mambo Diablo: My Journey with Tito Puente" and the impact Tito had on music the world over. Hosted by author ...

News: Performance / Tour

St. Louis Jazz and Blues Vespers Concert Series Announces 2012-13 Season Schedule

October 8, 2012

The St. Louis Jazz and Blues Vespers series has announced their schedule of free concerts for the 2012-13 season. The concerts take place on the third Sunday of each month, except in December, starting at 6:00 p.m. at the Second Baptist Church of St. Louis, 9030 Clayton Rd. (1/3 mile west of the St. Louis Galleria ...

News: Opinion

Enthusiastically Disorganized Music

October 8, 2012

Why is it that, having found a perfect quote, I can never find it again when I want to quote it myself? Sitting on a plane recently, reading (laboriously) through The Rise of a Jazz Art World by Paul Lopes, I found what feels like the perfect -if really inaccurate—phrase to describe jazz, particularly for those ...