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Press Release for Provincetown Jazz Festival
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Submitted on 03/12/09 -
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The 5th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival™ will be held on August 14 - 16, 2009 at the Provincetown High School in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
This is the only three-day Jazz Festival on Cape Cod and will feature:
- New York City Police Department (NYPD) Jazz Ensemble, New York's Finest Jazz Ensemble, is making their Cape Cod debut. This Big Band is...
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Press Release by Bart Weisman
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The Rippingtons Release Modern Art
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Submitted on 03/10/09 - The new album from The Rippingtons, Modern Art is out today (3.10) on Peak Records (Concord Music Group). The Rippingtons’ 18th release features an explosive lineup lead by founder Russ Freeman with special guests including smooth Jazz trumpet icon Rick Braun, Dave Karasony, Bill Heller, as well as new bassist Rico Belled and special guest, returning saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa....
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Jazz News by Glenn Holmes
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Legendary Nelson Family Revives, Renews and Releases Compilation CD Featuring Old School and New Sch
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Submitted on 03/10/09 - New York, NY, March 2009 - Songwriter and artist, Sharon Nelson, honors the legacy of her family with a compilation CD entitled 57th Street Sound. The CD is a mixture of Old School and New School including classic ballads and original music in Funk, R&B, Hip Hop, Jazz and Spoken Word.
The Nelson family has long been considered legendary...
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Press Release by Lyn K.
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Jon Faddis and The Chicago Jazz Ensemble Celebrate the 10th American Heritage Jazz Series
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Submitted on 03/06/09 - THE CHICAGO JAZZ ENSEMBLE®, AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JON FADDIS®, CELEBRATE THE 10th AMERICAN HERITAGE JAZZ SERIES featuring THE ART OF THE COMPOSER: MUSIC BY WILLIAM RUSSO & FRANK FOSTER with Special Guest VON FREEMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 20, at 8:00 pm at HARRIS THEATER
CHICAGO, March 6, 2009 - Artistic Director Jon Faddis and The Chicago Jazz Ensemble (The CJE) continue the celebration...
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Press Release by Carolyn McClair
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Keyboardist Pat Kelly has been named Keyboard Specialist and Special Projects Producer
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Submitted on 03/06/09 - DHR MUSIC NAMES PAT KELLY KEYBOARD SPECIALIST AND SPECIAL PROJECTS PRODUCER
CINCINNATI, March 6, 2009 - Keyboardist Pat Kelly has been named Keyboard Specialist and Special Projects Producer of DHR Music, a premier dealer for Benedetto, Breedlove and Hamer Guitars and Henriksen JazzAmps.
"Pat is a dynamic composer and producer whom I've known and respected for years as a musician...
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Press Release by Carolyn McClair
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Bill King at Café 939
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Submitted on 03/06/09 - Wednesday, April 1: BILL KING Pianist, composer, and publisher Bill King is a multitalented individual whose recording and production credits include Live! In Session by Liberty Silver; Magnolia Nights, Moment's Notice by Bill King and the Jazz Report All-Stars; From the Heart, a tribute to piano great Oscar Peterson; and most recently, with Bill King's Saturday Nite Fish Fry,...
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Press Release by Mitzi Dorbu
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Internet Radio Station Devoted to Thelonious Monk Compositions
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Submitted on 03/05/09 - AccuJazz.com Internet radio continues its weekly roll-out of new, creatively programmed jazz channels with "Composers: Monk," a radio stream exclusively playing the compositions of incomparable pianist/composer Thelonious Monk. The channel is free to use and available at all times.
Monk's otherworldly mastery of melody and harmony has not gone unrecognized. He has become one of the most recorded composers...
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Press Release by AccuJazz
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George Wein to Negotiate to Produce Jazz and Folk Festivals in Newport
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Submitted on 03/03/09 - GEORGE WEIN TO NEGOTIATE TO PRODUCE 2009 JAZZ AND FOLK FESTIVALS IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND NEW YORK, NY, March 3, 2009 - George Wein, producer of the seminal Newport Jazz Festival in 1954 and the first Newport Folk Festival in 1959, announced that his application to negotiate a license with the Department of Environmental Management to produce a jazz festival...
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Press Release by Carolyn McClair
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AccuJazz Internet Radio launches Avant-Garde Jazz channel
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Submitted on 03/03/09 - AccuJazz Internet radio continues its weekly roll-out of creatively programmed jazz channels with the release of its newest customizable radio stream, “Avant-Garde Jazz." The channel is completely free to use and available 24/7.
The channel plays plenty of great free jazz, from Albert Ayler to Han Bennink to David S. Ware, but casts a wide net in its inclusion...
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Press Release by AccuJazz
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The Steve Haines Quintet Release Stickdaboom On Zoho Records Debut
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Submitted on 03/03/09 - New York, NY-March 2, 2009- Bassist Steve Haines directs the Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. With that responsibility comes many things including the future of young people dedicating their lives to music. Haines has been involved with some other activities as well besides his educational obligations at the University. The...
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Press Release by Keith 'MuzikMan' Hannaleck
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Hammond B3 Legend Novello Redefines the Groove in B3 Soul
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Submitted on 03/02/09 - Press Release
Contact: Cheryl Hughey PRomotions - 314-660-1755/cherylhughey@charter.net
Hammond B3 Legend Novello Redefines the Groove in B3 Soul
with Multi-Platinum Songwriter/Producer Andy Goldmark
Moorestown, NJ/February 29, 2009
Legendary Niacin band member and Hammond B3 player Novello joined forces with nuGroove Records for the release of B3 Soul in conjunction with the NoGo label. B3 Soul is co-produced by the multiplatinum songwriter/producer Andy Goldmark. ...
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Press Release by Cheryl Hughey
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Jazz Artists Among Dead in Crash of Flight 3407
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Submitted on 03/02/09 - Members of the New York jazz community were among those shocked and dismayed by news of a fatal plane accident when they learned that two of their number were among the fatalities in the February 12th crash of Continental Flight 3407. Reed player Gerry Niewood and guitarist Coleman Mellett, en route to a performance with Chuck Mangione and the...
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Obituary by Peter Westbrook
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Fly Away The Songs of David Foster: Album Out March 9th!
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Submitted on 03/01/09 - Contante & Sonante is pleased to announce that orders for Fly Away The Songs of David Foster (the album) are now being accepted on www.cdbaby.com/tsodf and www.contanteysonante.com.
Fly Away has been produced and arranged by Tomi Malm and the concept has been to bring new life to some of the brighter gems in Foster's immense catalogue.
The album presents a spectacular cast of vocalists, including Bill Champlin,...
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Press Release by Mar Salinero
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Pamela Hart Joins Just Released
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Submitted on 02/28/09 - This is your personal Invitation to See and Hear Austin's First Lady of Jazz Ms. Pamela Hart as the featured performer with Just Released. Details are: Just Released Featuring Ms. Pamela Hart Hilton Garden Inn Downtown 18th Floor Lounge 500 North IH-35 South Austin, TX Friday, March 13, 2009 7:30 - 10:30 PM No Cover Charge! There's an...
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Press Release by William Jackson
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Join TISJA 2009, the ultimate jazz learning experience this summer in Taipei!
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Submitted on 02/28/09 - Join TISJA 2009, the ultimate jazz learning experience this summer in Taipei! One of the premier summer jazz education programs in Asia, the annual Taipei International Summer Jazz Academy is planning for its 6th year and larger scale, recruiting even higher-level jazz sensations from all over Asia to participate, and had helped many talented local jazz musicians to develop...
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Press Release by TIJEPA
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The Frank Giasullo Quartet Returns to the Riegelsville Inn
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Submitted on 02/27/09 - Who: The Frank Giasullo Quartet with Frank Giasullo on piano, Tony
Gairo on saxophone, Ron Glick on drums and Nicholas Krolak on
bass
Where: The Riegelsville Inn
10-12 Delaware Road
Riegelsville, Pennsylvania 18077
(610) 749-0100
What: The Frank Giasullo Quartet Returns to the Riegelsville Inn
The Music
Firstlight is the Frank Giasullo Quartet’s first CD. From the playful “Dr....
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Press Release by Gloria Miglionico
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The Kevin Brady Trio featuring U.S. pianist Bill Carrothers release new album
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Submitted on 02/27/09 - Press Release by: Livingroom Project Music Collective March 2009 The Kevin Brady Trio featuring Bill Carrothers release new album with the Fresh Sounds New Talent Record label in May 2009 ‘Zeitgeist’ the new release from the Kevin Brady Trio featuring U.S. pianist & composer Bill Carrothers After three successful tours of Ireland and numerous critically acclaimed festival performances, The...
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Press Release by Kevin Brady
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Great new Jazz artist - K.Son
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Submitted on 02/27/09 - Have you heard K.Son's "Now &Forever" Digital CD? I was truly impressed by this newcomer to the R&B/Soul/Smooth Jazz scene. He's got an awesome voice reminiscent of Ne-yo, Seal or maybe Montel Jordan. I first heard the killer single "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" on Solar Radio. His rendition of the song once made famous by "Tears for...
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Press Release by dustin
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Wynton Marsalis To Release New Album March 24th
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Submitted on 02/26/09 - On March 24, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, trumpeter and bandleader Wynton Marsalis will release his fifth Blue Note recording, He and She – an ambitious new album of 22 tracks that combines spoken word and Wynton’s signature Jazz style.
The album is tempered with flashes of humor and plenty of swing centered around the compelling and most elemental of subjects,...
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Press Release by Ontargetrita
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Austin's KLRU-TV Features Pamela Hart
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Submitted on 02/25/09 - Recently Austin's Own First Lady of Jazz Ms. Pamela Hart was featured on KLRU-TV Studio Presents "In Context". For those of you who may have missed the broadcast on Thursday, February 18 at 8:30 PM (CST) on KLRU, Austin's Cable Channel 18, an excerpt of Pamela's outstanding Live Performance is captured for you on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0cSsWd1CMk. Hear...
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Press Release by William Jackson
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New David Sanborn Dvd Release
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Submitted on 02/25/09 - David Sanborn - Live at Montreux 1984 Dvd In Stores Now
David Sanborn has been a frequent visitor to the Montreux Jazz Festival, either headlining in his own right, as a sideman or as part of nineties super group Legends. This Dvd focuses on his second headlining appearance in 1984 when he was touring in support of his Straight To...
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Press Release by Arlene Garcia
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Jazz Ensemble Iron City Knows How To Put The Flavor On It
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Submitted on 02/25/09 - The band takes the cue from groove masters such as Grant Green, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Melvin Sparks, and James Brown to create their own special blend of jazz and blues.
Iron City is Charlie Apicella (guitar), Beau Sasser (Hammond organ), and Alan Korzin (drums). They show avid listeners the way on Put The Flavor On It and those that enjoy...
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Press Release by Keith 'MuzikMan' Hannaleck
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The Rippingtons’ Modern Art Available For Pre-Order
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Submitted on 02/24/09 - Smooth Jazz pioneers The Rippingtons’ new album, Modern Art, is available now for pre-order.
The band’s 18th album is available March 10th via Peak Records (Concord Music Group), and features founder Russ Freeman alongside Dave Karasony, Bill Heller, Rico Belled and Jeff Kashiwa. Also featured is special guest trumpeter Rick Braun.
Modern Art breaks new stylistic ground, incorporating exotic...
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Press Release by Ontargetrita
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Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Supergroup “Five Peace Band” To Tour U.S. March 19-May 1
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Submitted on 02/24/09 - “The sound was familiar—that irresistible driving funk, capable of rising to ecstatic heights. Everything they played…was touched with the same magic.”
—The Daily Telegraph (London)
“The surprise is not that keyboardist Chick Corea and guitarist John McLaughlin have finally decided to form a band, but that it has taken so long. McLaughlin and Corea have known each other since the late...
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Press Release by Julie Murray Porter
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Download the music of the Clarinettist Luca Luciano
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Submitted on 02/24/09 - Luca Luciano is very much appreciated in the UK and overseas for his unique style and the quality of his compositions (“Masterful Clarinet" by Musician Magazine) and this latest project keeps faith to his uncompromised and sometimes controversial approach to jazz and the will to experiment and promote contemporary music.
Luciano strongly believes in the “internet revolution" and the...
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Press Release by Kailing Chang
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