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RUSS LORENSON celebrates holiday CD release at Jazz at Pearl's in San Francisco
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Submitted on 11/11/06 - RL Productions and LML Music celebrate the release of Russ Lorenson's holiday CD, What I Want For Christmas, with a CD Release Event at Jazz at Pearl’s, 256 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133 on December 14, 2006. Showtimes are 8:00 and 10:00 pm.
Skip the Christmas caroling this year and spend a cozy winter's evening with Russ Lorenson...
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Press Release by George Russell
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Apart from Life - Peter Daley
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Submitted on 11/09/06 - ‘Apart from Life’: The long awaited debut album from Peter Daley
Release date 1st December 2006
Peter Daley who is an exceptional pianist and maestro in demand known for his versatility, command and performance on the keyboard. Now, for the first time, this mastery is brought together in a mix of tracks on his debut album. The album is diverse in...
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Press Release by Peter Daley
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Conference: International Society for Improvised Music
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Submitted on 11/07/06 - Announcing the Inaugural Conference of the International Society for Improvised Music
Ed Sarath, President
Time, Sound, and Transcendence: Forging a New Vision for Improvised Music Pedagogy and Practice
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
December 1-3, 2006
Featured Artists/Clinicians: Steve Coleman, Janne Murto, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Pauline Oliveros
Registration Form, Full Schedule, and Travel Information available online http://www.isimprov.org
The increasingly eclectic nature...
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Press Release by Sarah
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Gladys Knight / Ashley Stewart
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Submitted on 11/06/06 - Captioned Photo:
Photo by Dave Goodson
Legends Meet:
After 50 years of performing on the professional level, Gladys Knight has reached a perch in the recording industry rivaled by very few. In her tenure, she’s seen a lot of acts come and go. Here she greets an artist that has the potential to make a similar mark in his own right,...
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Press Release by david goodson
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The Gentle Side Of a Brazilian Master
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Submitted on 11/06/06 - At the age of 51, Brazilian guitar virtuoso Romero Lubambo has been reshaping his career in order to fulfill a long-time desire: to make music for normal people. This might seem quite obvious, but for a musician who has always dealt with the technical and cerebral complexities of modern jazz, it brings the fresh taste of adventure.
“There’s no technique...
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Press Release by Roberto Nascimento
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All that jazz is all in the family
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Submitted on 11/06/06 - All that jazz is all in the family With guidance from father, a young vocalist finds niche
By Robert Knox, Globe Correspondent | November 2, 2006
Leah Souza of Plymouth is saluted by critics as one of the "freshest faces in contemporary jazz" and already, at age 24, is recognized as a "superb" jazz vocalist. How did she become so...
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Jazz News by Leah Souza
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New CD
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Submitted on 11/05/06 -
Invisible Music Records presents the debut CD of the jazz collective featuring David Wells, Tony Gaboury, and Steve Grover entitled “The Garden Above”. This recording features original compositions, standards, and jazz compositions, including a unique interpretation of Sonny Rollins extended piece “The Freedom Suite”. The music of this trio is at times spacious, swinging, free, textural, intimate and...
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Press Release by Steve Grover
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Guitar Groove-A-Rama--The Title Says It All
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Submitted on 11/05/06 - The title
says essentially all you need to know. Legions of fans had been urging the
Duke to release an ultra guitar-drenched release. If that’s you, get this ticket
to Guitar Nirvana!
With Guitar
Groove-A-Rama, Robillard has shed virtually all excess baggage except bass and
drums, save infrequent contributions from sax/keyboard. Even his vocals are
de-emphasized on the 14...
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News Story by Gary Tate
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Announcement: 2nd Philippine International Jazz & Arts Festival, 2007
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Submitted on 11/05/06 -
Announcement: The Second Philippine International Jazz & Arts Festival, 2007
For music and arts fans who want to experience a big-time international festival as in Europe and the Americas, here’s one on Asian homeground, the “Philippine International Jazz & Arts Festival”, slated for February’s “Arts Month” of next year, 2007. For this city-wide event which is the Philippine’s biggest concert...
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Press Release by edgar avenir
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PCAMI* teams up with Tony La'katos
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Submitted on 11/03/06 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: PAUL COLLINS
816.377.1950
Paul Collins Artist Management International better known as PCAMI* is pleased to announce the addition of saxophonist Tony La’katos to our prolific musical family.
Tony La’katos is from Frankfurt, Germany and has been playing music since the age of six progressing to the point of winning a national jazz competition in 1977, then moving on...
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Press Release by Paul E. Collins
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Legendary Bassist Stanley Clarke Honored with Bass Player Lifetime Achievement Award
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Submitted on 11/03/06 - Legendary bassist Stanley Clarke was presented with this year’s Bass Player Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday, October 28, at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City, which was the site of the 2006 Bass Player LIVE! weekend bass conference/extravaganza. Presenters of the award to Clarke were solo artist and Flecktones renowned bassist Victor Wooten and funk and jazz...
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Jazz News by Diane Hadley
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Gigi MacKenzie Soars with Skylark
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Submitted on 11/03/06 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
To schedule interviews, please contact:
Cheryl Hughey at 314-660-1755 or cherylhughey@charter.net
Musician/Vocalist/Composer Gigi MacKenzie
SKYLARK TAKES FLIGHT AFTER TRAGIC FIRE
Los Angeles, CA – October 19, 2006
Gigi MacKenzie, daughter of famous television and recording artist Gisele MacKenzie, releases debut CD on Morpheus Music label after tragic fire.
“This CD literally came up from the ashes of disaster,” said Gigi...
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Press Release by Cheryl Hughey
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New CD
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Submitted on 11/03/06 - For Immediate Release
Invisible Music Records presents the debut CD of the jazz collective featuring David Wells, Tony Gaboury, and Steve Grover entitled “The Garden Above”. This recording features original compositions, standards, and jazz compositions, including a unique interpretation of Sonny Rollins extended piece “The Freedom Suite”. The music of this trio is at times spacious, swinging, free, textural,...
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Jazz News by Steve Grover
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New Release - QUIET PRESENCE
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Submitted on 11/01/06 - Press Reviews
CD - "QUIET PRESENCE"
Sax-of-Praise
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SAX-OF-PRAISE
OTHA T. CARPENTER, ESQ.
713-227-2833
Saxofpraise@aol.com
www.Saxofpraise.com
"QUIET PRESENCE" combines several original songs and a few classics. "Quiet Presence" is the name of the CD and debut single. The song embodies an earth felt groove with the soprano sax of Sax-of-Praise. "Hear Me Say I Love You", "In Yo Bass", Ride With Big J", and U-R Welcome...
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Press Release by Otha T. Carpenter, Esq.
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Chicago's Own Tammy Harris Set to Release Sophomore CD
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Submitted on 10/31/06 - Tamara (Tammy) Harris is a talented lyricist and vocalist from Chicago, Illinois who is earning her cap as a producer as well. Tammy's music is a smooth blend of traditional R&B soul music fused with elements of Jazz, Funk, and Pop. Tammy's style had been described by many as reminiscent of the timing of Phyllis Hyman, the vibrato of...
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Press Release by William Jackson
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Gino Empry 1923 - 2006
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Submitted on 10/31/06 -
Gino Empry was Canada’s best-known and most flamboyant publicist and talent booker -- and just about everything else in entertainment! Empry passed away on Saturday, October 14, 2006 in Toronto at the age of 83. It's hard to determine Empry's exact age for sure, since he never disclosed it, and looked decades younger than he actually was.
Over the decades...
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Obituary by Joe Curtis
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Big Band Broadway
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Submitted on 10/30/06 - For Immediate Release
Press: (718) 788-1212 / Grp5productions@aol.com
Tony Award Winner Debbie Gravitte
with the Russ Kassoff Big Band
in
Big Band Broadway
Birdland
Monday, December 4th — 7:00pm
315 West 44th Street, NYC
Information: (212) 581-3080 — www.birdlandjazz.com
www.bigbandbroadway.com
NEW YORK – Tony Award winner Debbie Gravitte will perform with the Russ Kassoff Big Band in Big Band Broadway at Birdland in New York City, located at 315 West...
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Press Release by Dan Regan
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Hottest Salsa Record in Years ready to be released featuring celebrated Vocalist Chamy Solano and re
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Submitted on 10/26/06 - Hottest Salsa Record in Years ready to be released featuring celebrated Vocalist Chamy Solano and renowned Trumpet Virtuoso and singer Joe King.
Orlando, Fl — October 26, 2006 — Legendary Salsa Band Orquesta Yarey announces the release of their new album titled “La Perfecta Combinación” in early November, under the independent label GREAT DANE RECORDS. “La Perfecta Combinación” translated as...
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Press Release by Serafin Garcia
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Didier Verna @-quartet: first album just released
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Submitted on 10/26/06 - After two years touring as a tenor with the Voice Messengers (a Paris vocal jazz big band), French guitarist, singer and composer Didier Verna comes back to his primary instrument, the guitar, leading a brand new group: the “@-quartet”.
Accompanied by three of the most solicited sidemen from the Paris Jazz scene (Gilles Naturel on bass, Guillaume Naud on...
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Jazz News by Didier Verna
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MACfest International Festival
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Submitted on 10/26/06 - Brand new national arts and culture festival makes its debut this November!
MACfest: set to put Mpumalanga on the map with fantastic line-up of music, dance, theatre, film and more!
Nkangala District (Steve Tshwete and Emalahleni): Today sees the launch of a benchmark-setting, brand new national festival that already has all the makings of being one of South Africa’s premier arts...
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Press Release by Jeemersan Govender
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George Benson & Al Jarreau -
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Submitted on 10/24/06 - The new album from multi Grammy winning Jazz icons George Benson & Al Jarreau titled "Givin it Up" is in stores now, released this week (10.24.06) on Concord Records. "Givin It Up" unites George Benson & Al Jarreau for the first time and features guest appearances from Paul Mcartney, Jill Scott, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, Chris Botti and more....
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Press Release by Glenn Holmes
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Nickels & Dimes-Blues Rock From Norway
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Submitted on 10/21/06 - Oslo, Norway--October 23, 2006--Steffen Nicolaisen (guitar &vocals), Arild Steinsrud (bass), and Nils H. Maehlum (drums) are Nickels & Dimes. The band formed in 1987 and in 2003, the original lineup reformed as Nickels & Dimes, then wrote and recorded their most recent and fourth album Midnight Overdrive.
This trio is a devout Hendrix worshipper and their music is a...
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Press Release by Keith 'MuzikMan' Hannaleck
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Launch of ModalJazz.com
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Submitted on 10/21/06 - ModalJazz.com are proud to announce the launch of www.modaljazz.com. The only site on the internet which is solely dedicated to modal jazz music - Video, Audio, Free sheet music, Learn to play, timeline, Gallery. We hope you enjoy our...
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Press Release by dolphin
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Sisters Euclid Celebrate The Music Of Neil Young
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Submitted on 10/19/06 - Many tribute releases tend to suffer from an excess of adulation, often reducing them to the level of sing-a-longs by professionals. Instrumentalists tend to be less hidebound by these considerations, and that’s the case with Run Neil Run, where the Sisters Euclid profoundly re-think 10 Neil Young tunes by twisting them in an off-kilter direction.
It doesn’t disappoint, and...
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Press Release by Gary Tate
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Cooper Tisdale & Friends Live in Atlanta – Available Now On Jammates Records
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Submitted on 10/17/06 - Atlanta / LaGrange Georgia … Cooper Tisdale & Friends Live in Atlanta (JAM-0627-CD) will hit the retail racks and digital download sites over the coming days and weeks. Tisdale’s third project delivers a stellar live set of contemporary rock/jazz fusion. Cooper offers up all original material chocked full of thoughtful melodies and a powerful performance by his bandmates. In...
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Press Release by Pat Patten
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