Jazz (03/07/2012)
Tenor Saxophonist Michael Pedicin's New CD Features His Working Band 'Live At The Loft'
 Tenor saxophonist Michael Pedicin fulfilled a longtime dream last fall by releasing an album of all ballads, a challenging form of which he is a master purveyor. In the process Pedicin, whose 40-plus-year career has included tours with Dave Brubeck and Maynard Ferguson, experienced a new ease with the ...
| Jazz (02/07/2012)
Jazz Greats Ronnie Laws, Phil Perry, Howard Hewett, And The Ralphe Armstrong Show To Perform At Inaugural Detroit Paradise Valley Music Festival
 The Detroit Downtown Development Authority has announced that the inaugural Detroit Paradise Valley Music Festival will take place in the Paradise Valley Cultural and Entertainment District from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Friday, July 13, Saturday, July 14, and Sunday, July 15. The weekend will feature ...
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Jazz (02/07/2012)
2012-2013 Jammin' At The Gem Performance Series Talent And Dates
 The Jammin' at the Gem Concert Series is back again with five stellar performances lined up. This season kicks off on September 29th with Chick Corea and Gary Burton and the Harlem String Quartet. Corea is one of the most well renown and respected composers in all of music and has received over fifty ...
| Jazz (29/06/2012)
Virtuoso Jazz Bassist John Patitucci Debuts Interactive Online Bass School June 29th
 ArtistWorks, the first collaborative, global learning community comprised of master musicians and ambitious amateurs, announces the June 29th launch of the online, interactive Bass Super School featuring the Rock & Pop Bass School with GRAMMY™ award-winning Rock/Pop/R&B bassist Nathan East (Eric Clapton/Stevie ...
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Jazz (26/06/2012)
Soul-Jazz Saxophonist Boney James Set To Make "Contact" With Atlanta On August 31, 2012
 As the excitement mounts for January's 10th anniversary sailings, The Smooth Jazz Cruise: The Greatest Party at Sea will present soul-jazz sax sensation Boney James in concert August 31st at The Frederick Brown, Jr. Amphitheater (The Fred) in Peachtree City, GA. Opening the show will be eclectic violinist ...
| Jazz (20/06/2012)
Spirited And Uplifting Story Of Indie Jazz Vocalist "Lucky Girl-A Portait Of Jacqui Naylor" Available On June 19, 2012
 Today, jazz vocalist and songwriter, Jacqui Naylor, will make her film debut with the national release of the film "Lucky Girl - A Portrait of Jacqui Naylor." The DVD is produced by ARTiDOCs (www.artidocs.com) and arrives in stores nationwide with distribution through eOne/Koch.
The ARTiDOCs crew ...
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Jazz (20/06/2012)
Acclaimed Jazz Singer, Pianist And Songwriter Tony Desare Joins Yamaha Piano Artist Roster
 Musical sensation Tony DeSare has joined Yamaha's exceptional piano artist roster, which includes Elton John, Jamie Cullum and Chick Corea. Dubbed the next Male Vocalist "Rising Star" in the 2009 Downbeat Critics Poll, DeSare has won widespread popular acclaim for his concert performances throughout ...
| Jazz (20/06/2012)
Dr. Michael White Album Released Today Via Basin Street Records + MP3!
 New Orleans Jazz luminary Dr. Michael White returns with Adventures In New Orleans Jazz, Part 2, released today on Basin Street Records. The second Adventures lays much closer to its roots than the internationally spiced Part 1. For an early taste of the album, watch Dr. White perform album track "Petite ...
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Jazz (19/06/2012)
Pre-teen Prodigy Bodes To Be A Jazz Legend 'Tomorrow'
 Before you dismiss the Aleks Girshevich Trio simply because the jazz combo is named after its prodigious 11-year-old Russian-American drummer-percussionist, Aleks Girshevich, listen to the scholarly piano etchings vividly composed by his father, Vlad Girshevich. Masters have been bewildered by the ...
| Jazz (13/06/2012)
The Song Project: Mark Rapp And Derek Lee Bronston - Redefining Jazz For A New Generation - Fri., & Sat., June 15 & 16, 2012
 TSP, featuring musicians MARK RAPP (trumpet, didgeridoo) and DEREK LEE BRONSTON (guitar, vocals) will ignite audiences with their live shows as they perform back-to-back shows as part of the opening Atlanta's newest music venue, THE VELVET NOTE in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Mark Rapp and Derek Lee Bronston, ...
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Jazz (13/06/2012)
Jazz / Rock Drummer Aaron Comess Preps Sextet Concert For July 11th At Smoke Jazz In New York City
 Respected jazz & rock drummer/multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer Aaron Comess has confirmed a July 11th sextet concert at Smoke Jazz in New York City. Comess has long ties to jazz, and has played with such greats as Roy Hargrove, Brad Meldau, Robert Glasper, Bilal, Roswell Rudd, Arnie Lawrence, ...
| Jazz (12/06/2012)
Beasley, Jones And Chancler Form Funk Power Triumvirate 3 Brave Souls Scheduled For June 12th Release On BFM Jazz
 Three generations of Miles Davis alumni having fun playing progressive roots music - keyboardist John Beasley, bassist Darryl Jones and master drummer Ndugu Chancler - join forces in a formidable new funk trio called 3 Brave Souls. Harnessing Beasley and Ndugu's hometown earthy undertones of New Orleans ...
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Jazz (11/06/2012)
Six Time Grammy Nominated Artist and American Idol Saxophonist Make Surprise Appearance at KSBR Birthday Bash Jazz Festival
 Saddleback College Radio Station KSBR (88.5 FM) is proud to announce that Grammy nominated saxophonist Dave Koz and American Idol saxophonist Mindi Abair were among the five surprise all-stars to grace the stage at the 2012 KSBR Birthday Bash Jazz Festival and Taste of the Bash. Koz, a six time Grammy-nominated ...
| Jazz (07/06/2012)
Stix Bones To Host Special Jazz Night Videotaping At New York's Renowned Metropolitan Room
 Stix Bones will host a special Jazz Night at the legendary Metropolitan Room in NYC on Saturday, June 9, 2012, from 4:00 to 5:30 PM. (Just the right time for a before dinner cocktail & savory appetizer!) The internationally esteemed Metropolitan Room is one of the most critically acclaimed venues in ...
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Jazz (07/06/2012)
TD Toronto Jazz Festival Free Music Series At Shops At Don Mills-June 22 Until July 1
 For the third consecutive year, the TD Toronto Jazz Festival brings the pre-eminent sound of the city to the prestigious Shops at Don Mills (1090 Don Mills Road at Lawrence Ave. East) in the Town Square for a series of FREE concerts. For additional information, please visit www.shopsatdonmills.ca or ...
| Jazz (04/06/2012)
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Bring Supafunkrock To Celebrate Brooklyn On June 29, 2012
 Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will bring NOLA to Brooklyn this summer, headlining at the Prospect Park Bandshell on June 29 as part of Celebrate Brooklyn! 2012, Brooklyn's free, summer-long performing arts festival. This show comes as part of a massive worldwide tour for the 6-piece outfit that includes ...
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Jazz (30/05/2012)
Canadian Urban Funk Singer Amanda Davids To Play NXNE And Headline A Stage At Oakville Jazz Festival
 Recently returning from a successful spring 2012 UK tour Amanda Davids has unleashed her debut EP "Distinguishable inDifference" on a world stage. Sharing a stage with world renowned producer Jazzie B "Soul to Soul" in Brixton, London, Davids continues to gather attention as a new force in urban soul. ...
| Jazz (30/05/2012)
Don't Miss April Hall This Saturday Night June 2nd At Regattabar In Cambridge, MA
 April Hall's "Room for Two" combines the intimate setting of duet performances with masterful interpretation and stunning vocals. Each track pairs her voice with one other instrument, boldly exposing every detail of the performance and revealing a rich landscape of normally hidden musical subtlety. ...
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Jazz (30/05/2012)
Jaga Jazzist At The Barbican: Perform With Britten Sinfonia + Lars Horntveth (16th June)
 Jaga Jazzist are unclassifiable, a 10-piece Norwegian collective whose music rampages across boundaries, combining jazz, electronics, post-rock and more with exhilarating energy and precision. Jaga are amazing live, they make the vast majority of live acts seem creatively stagnant and lethargic in comparison. ...
| Jazz (30/05/2012)
Miles Davis And Edith Piaf Take Center Stage
 The United States Postal Service and France's La Poste will honor renowned music icons Miles Davis and Edith Piaf on Forever Stamps on June 12 with First-Day-Of-Issue Ceremony taking place at the Rubin Museum of Art - The Theater from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.Deputy Postmaster General Ronald Stroman will be ...
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Jazz (29/05/2012)
Steve Smith & Vital Information Live! One Great Night (CD+DVD) 30th Anniversary Tour (May 31-June 27)
 LIVE! One Great Night - a CD + DVD set to be released May 29, 2012 on the BFM Jazz label - captures Vital Information in their natural habitat: A packed club with an audience of music lovers and the band in high gear, pulling out all the stops for the entire set. The all-star lineup of keyboardist Tom ...
| Jazz (28/05/2012)
Lua Hadar With Twist CD Release Performance Of Their New CD 'Like A Bridge,' On June 3, 2012
 Fresh from their Yoshi's debut and a sellout at their New York CD release, vocalist Lua Hadar with her band TWIST honors the 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge with their new offering, Like A Bridge. The West Coast CD Release will be at Berkeley's Jazzschool on Sunday, June 3 at 4:30pm, featuring ...
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Jazz (28/05/2012)
Tony Adamo's Miles Of Blu Featuring Mike Clark & Tim Ouimette
 Tony Adamo's 9 Miles of Blu single has been reissued as Miles of Blu. It features legendary drummer Mike Clark and trumpet player, music arranger, Tim Ouimette. Mike Clark is producing Adamo's new CD and Tim Ouimette is mixing and arranging the horns for all of Adamo's new music. Release date will be ...
| Jazz (25/05/2012)
The Mod Men Of Nutty Are The "Mad Men" Of Music; Nutty's CD 'Jetsetter Jazz' To Be Released, June26.
 Now that "Mad Men" is back on TV and Mid-Century styles and architecture are the essence of hipster chic, delve into the world of NUTTY - the band who performs Jetsetter Jazz - a cool mash-up of renowned pop/rock vocals and melodies gliding over timeless jazz tracks.
NUTTY harkens back to the ...
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Jazz (23/05/2012)
Chicago-based Jazz Vocalist Milton Suggs Releases "Lyrical, Volume 1" New CD on Skiptone Music Label, July 24, 2012
 In 2010 with his debut album as a leader, Things to Come, vocalist Milton Suggs established himself as an artist to be aware of and watch closely. He cements that idea with a strong showing in 2012 with the first volume in an anticipated series of albums simply and appropriately entitled, "Lyrical."
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| Jazz (23/05/2012)
Pioneers For A Cure - Songs To Fight Cancer Releases 'Best Jazz Songs of 2012' on iTunes
 Everyone knows someone with a cancer story or has already lost someone close to them. Pioneers For A Cure - Songs To Fight Cancer has enlisted over 100 artists to record new versions of classic public domain songs to allow their fans to support them while joining this noble battle against the world's ...
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Jazz (23/05/2012)
Dr. Michael White Unveils "Panama' MP3, Album Out 6/19 Via Basin Street Records!
New Orleans Jazz luminary Dr. Michael White returns with Adventures In New Orleans Jazz, Part 2, to be released June 19. His sixth release on Basin Street Records, the secondAdventures lays much closer to its roots than the internationally spiced Part 1. White's rendition of the jazz standard "Panama" ...
| Jazz (21/05/2012)
Featured This Week on The Jazz Network Worldwide, Multi-Instrumentalist, Producer Fernandez "Urban Blu" Billingslea's CD "Out Of The Blu" And A Sneak Peek Of "Awakening"
 The Jazz Network Worldwide is a place that shares the musical journey's of artistic expression of many of its members. Multi-instrumentalist, Fernandez Billingslea, fondly known as 'Dez' to his associates in the music industry, has lead a very exciting musical career. After numerous musical compositions ...
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Jazz (18/05/2012)
International Jazz Summer School & Music Festival, Sligo, Ireland On 24th-29th July 2012
 One of the worlds most unique music festivals, Sligo Jazz Project (SJP) has announced a stellar 16-strong summer school faculty and jazz festival line up for its 2012 main event, which runs from July 24-29 in the northwest of Ireland gateway city. Most significant is the return of jazz double bass legend ...
| Jazz (18/05/2012)
Jambalaya Brass Band To Perform For Crawfish For Cancer's 4th Annual Crawfish Boil
 Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing live at the Crawfish for Cancer's 4th Annual Crawfish Boil for the benefit of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) at the 79th St. Boat Basin Café in NYC on Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 4:00 to 5:00 PM.
At the Crawfish Boil benefit, along with ...
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