Jazz Clarinetist Harry Skoler & Vibist Ed Saindon Team Up For TWO ONES
Boston, MA (Top40 Charts/ Mixed Media) - This is a gorgeous release of original compositions featuring intimate portraits expressed through quintet and duo settings. The quintet's unique sound highlights the blend of clarinet, flute and vibes/piano, along with bass and drums. The Quintet features Harry/clarinet, ...
| Nicola Conte's New Album 'Rituals' Available Now
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Decca Records) - Decca Records presents Rituals, the third album from Italian musician Nicola Conte, available on May 19th! 2008 is the year of 'Rituals', which confirms the multifaceted talent of the artist and instrumentalist from Bari. Recorded between the end of 2005 and ...
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San Jose Jazz, West Valley Jazz Collaborate To Form San Jose Jazz Orchestra
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ San Jose Jazz) - San Jose Jazz and West Valley Jazz today announced a collaboration to provide enhanced performance and education programs to music fans throughout Silicon Valley. As part of the collaboration, the West Valley Jazz Orchestra will be renamed the 'San Jose ...
| Pat Yankee Stars In A Special Jazz Concert On June 14, 2009 In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation) - Pat Yankee, the noted jazz singer who won a 1999 Bay Area Critic's Circle Award for her tribute to Bessie Smith, will perform a special concert, "Remembering Sophie Tucker," at 2 p.m., Sunday, June 14, at the First Unitarian ...
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Moving People With His Voice: Brandon Burrows Releases Debut Album
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Great Scott Productions) - Despite being only 14 years-old, Brandon Burrows is already planning to follow a different path instead of going into the family business that is four generations-old. Today's release of his debut album, On The Move, the cover of which shows Burrows ...
| ASCAP To Add Seven Music Greats To Jazz Wall Of Fame At Jazz At Lincoln Center Event
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ ASCAP) - ASCAP President & Chairman Paul Williams has announced that ASCAP will add seven music greats to the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame on Tuesday, June 16, 2009. The invitation-only event will be hosted by Mr. Williams in The Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at ...
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Jazz Heritage Center Celebrates Grand Opening Of Its Media and Education Center With 'Jazz Ambassadors'
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Jazz Heritage Center) - The Jazz Heritage Center, San Francisco's only permanent complex dedicated to jazz history and culture, today unveiled details for the highly anticipated grand opening of its Media and Education Center, the second phase addition to the non-profit, ...
| Norah Jones To Perform First-Ever Private Engagement At Hawai'i Writers Conference Fundraiser
HONOLULU, HI. (Top40 Charts/ Jackson INK) - The Hawai'i Writers Conference (HWC) today announced that multiple Grammy award-winning recording artist Norah Jones will perform in a private, intimate engagement at their first annual Writers Block Gala fundraiser on Friday, September 4, 2009 at the Sheraton ...
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MAY 26 MARKS 83rd BIRTHDAY RECOGNTION OF MILES DAVIS
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ ROGERS & COWAN) - May 26, 2009 marks the 83rd birthday recognition of late jazz icon MILES DAVIS, while music fans across the globe continue to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of KIND OF BLUE, the most significant and all-time, best-selling jazz record ever. In celebration of ...
| Jazz Legend Chick Corea Endorses The Yamaha AvantGrand Hybrid Piano
Buena Park, CA.(Top40 Charts/ Yamaha Corporation) - Legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea recently took Yamaha's newly launched AvantGrand N3 hybrid piano for a "test drive." Initially skeptical about the world's first stringless piano to feature the sound, touch and action of a concert grand, the 67-year-old ...
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Government Of Canada Supports Vancouver International Jazz Festival
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (Top40 Charts/ Marquee Tourism Events Program) - The Honourable Jim Abbott, Member of Parliament for Kootenay-Columbia, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism), today announced the Government of Canada's investment ...
| 'Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden' Documentary & Concert Performance DVD/CD To Be Released On June 16, 2009
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Multi-Grammy award winning Michael Buble is scheduled to release a new DVD/CD "MICHAEL BUBLE MEETS MADISON SQUARE GARDEN" on June 16, it was confirmed today by 143/Reprise Records. The DVD/CD documentary will include a masterful Buble performance, which ...
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NEA Announces 2010 NEA Jazz Masters
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ National Endowment For The Arts) - The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced the recipients of the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters Award - the nation's highest honor in this distinctly American music. The eight recipients will each receive a $25,000 grant award and be ...
| Marcus Roberts Trio's 'New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1' Earning Raves
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - The Marcus Roberts Trio with Roland Guerin on bass and Jason Marsalis on drums will perform a six-night run at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center July 21 through the July 26. Roberts and company have a long association with Jazz at Lincoln Center ...
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Scotty Barnhart Prefers To Say It Plain On New Jazz Release
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Scotty Barnhart Official Website) - Scotty Barnhart has released his first solo offering Say It Plain. After 17 years as a featured soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra it was time to make his own statement. Say It Plain totally encapsulates his experience as an artist and ...
| Shula's 347 Grill Launches Live Jazz Each Thursday Night Beginning May 28, 2009
FORT WORTH, TX. (Top 40 Charts/ Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel & Spa) - Rick A. Harrison, General Manager of Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel and Spa, has announced that starting Thursday, May 28, at 6:30 p.m. until 10:00 p.m., Shula's 347 Grill will offer weekly live jazz every Thursday as well as food and drink ...
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Jim Campilongo Preps Album, Documentary
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Jim Campilongo Official Website) - Jim Campilongo has performed with artists such as Martha Wainwright and Norah Jones. He is currently recording his next studio release in Brooklyn, New York, and the disc's physical release will be August. Additionally, a new documentary ...
| The Great Jazz Trio's 'Chapter II' Rereleased
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Test Of Time Records) - Test of Time Records is proud to announce the release of a remastered Chapter II by the Great Jazz Trio. Chapter II is literally the next chapter in The Great Jazz Trio's history. After several live performances and almost a dozen albums together, the ...
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Lesley Spencer Releases Instrumental Classic Moments Musicaux
CHICAGO, IL. (Top40 Charts/ Lesley Spencer Official Website) - Lesley Spencer continues to release prolific instrumental music that heals the soul and her latest release, Moments Musicaux, her tenth full length album, is literally a masterpiece. Moments Musicaux offers a combination of piano solos ...
| American Jazz Repertory Orchestra To Open Independence Day Weekend In The Berkshires
PITTSFIELD, MA. (Top40 Charts/ Berkshires Jazz, Inc.) - The American Jazz Repertory Orchestra makes its Pittsfield debut on July 2 with a concert that features big-band renditions of Jazz instrumentals, plus a tip-of-the-hat to 'the great American song book.' Sponsored by Berkshires Jazz, the 16-piece ...
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