Jazz Legend Wynton Marsalis Ends Decades Of Major Label Affiliation For Long-Term Partnership With The Orchard
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Ignition Marketing) - Today, The Orchard announced that world renowned trumpeter and jazz musician Wynton Marsalis has entered into a long-term, multi-faceted partnership with the entertainment services company. The exclusive recording and services agreement between Marsalis ...
| Rick DellaRatta And Jazz For Peace Kick Off Their Summer/Spring Series With 2 Landmark Concerts In Africa!
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Rick DellaRatta Official Website) - On the weekend of May 23, 2009, New York-based and internationally acclaimed jazz pianist, vocalist and composer Rick DellaRatta, will perform two landmark concerts in Rwanda, a country in the heart of Africa that over 14 years ago was ravaged ...
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Stevie Wonder To Play Montreal Jazz Fest
MONTREAL, Canada (Top40 Charts/ Montreal Jazz Festival) - The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal is extremely proud to offer our loyal fans another gorgeous gift as part of this 30th anniversary: a very special free outdoor concert by American music giant Stevie Wonder, in his first-ever visit ...
| New England Jazz Hall Of Fame To Honor Five New Inductees On May 17, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, MA. (Top40 Charts/ New England Jazz Hall Of Fame0 - Five newly-elected members will be inducted into the New England Jazz Hall of Fame on Sunday, May 17. Following the induction ceremony, the New England Jazz Alliance (www.Nejazz.org), which operates the Hall, will present a musical tribute ...
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Big Star's 'No 1 Record' And 'Radio City' Reissued On CD by Ardent/Stax
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Fantasy Records/ Concord Music Group) - Big Star released two albums in the early 70s, neither of which set sales records. Yet in the 35 years that have ensued, artists like R.E.M., Wilco, The Replacements, Teenage Fanclub, Primal Scream, Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey, The ...
| Brian Evans To Croon 'Amsterdam' For The Netherlands
LOS ANGELES, CA (Top 40 Charts/ Brian Evans Official Website) - Brian Evans, the crooner who has been performing as the opening act in the United States for such legendary talent as Jay Leno, Joan Rivers, Dionne Warwick, and Social Distortion, has announced that he has completed writing a song entitled ...
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Smooth Vocal Brazilian-Beat Music Focus Of Irene And Her Latin Jazz Band
Colorado Springs, CO (Top40 Charts/ CREATIVE SERVICE COMPANY) - There are a lot of ways to enjoy Irene and Her Latin Jazz Band and the 14 love songs on their second album, A Song of You. You can pick a samba or a rumba to dance to; sit back holding hands and listen to the lyrics; or invite some friends ...
| Louis Armstrong Collages - Free Exhibition At Jazz At Lincoln Center
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Jazz At Lincoln Center PR) - Who/What: Jazz at Lincoln Center presents a free art exhibition entitled The Collage Aesthetic of Louis Armstrong: "In the Cause of Happiness." The exhibition is open to the public and features large scale images of collages created by Armstrong ...
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Crooner Brian Evans To Open For Joan Rivers On May 16, 2009
LAS VEGAS, NV (Top40 Charts/ Brian Evans Official Website) - Crooner Brian Evans (www.brianevans.com) will perform as the opening act for the legendary comic Joan Rivers on May 16th at Harrah's Casino in Lake Tahoe. Evans, who has opened for Joan Rivers before, also has opened for Jay Leno, Social ...
| Brian Evans To Sing 'At Fenway'
LAS VEGAS, NV (Top40 Charts/ Brian Evans official Website) - Brian Evans has sung the national anthem for The Boston Red Sox several times, but he has bigger things in mind for his favorite baseball team. The singer, originally from Haverhill, Massachusetts, has made a career performing in Las Vegas, ...
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Crooner Brian Evans Performs 'I've Got The World On A String' In New Movie
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Brian Evans Official Website) - When a group of college band mates reunite 15 years after graduation to sing at a friend's wedding, they take a break from their less-than-perfect lives to spend a long weekend at a cozy Hamptons beach house with their spouses, children, friends ...
| Cool Sounds of Smooth Jazz Return to the Delaware River Waterfront
PHILADELPHIA, PA (Top40 Charts/ Delaware River Waterfront PR) - This August will mark the 12th season for the Smooth Jazz Summer Nights Concert Series at Penn's Landing. This series is one of the most captivating and musically exhilarating concert events on the Great Plaza, Columbus Boulevard at Chestnut ...
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15th Annual West Coast Jazz Party Sept. 3-6, 2009
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ West Coast Jazz Party) - Helping celebrate 15 swingin' years will be the Four Freshmen, Terry Gibbs, Jack Sheldon, Ken Peplowski, Ernie Andrews, Houston Person, Marilyn Maye, Paul Smith, Peter Erskine, Frank Capp Juggernaut plus special tributes by Debby Boone, Charlie Shoemake ...
| Gary Burton & Pat Metheny To Release Quartet Live On May 26, 2009!
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Concord Jazz) - Concord Jazz will release a live Gary Burton Quartet album, Quartet Live!, on May 26th. The album features three original members and jazz legends Gary Burton, Pat Metheny and Steve Swallow along with another new member, and perhaps one of the most prominent ...
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BLUE NOTE @ CUNY - JOE LOVANO, BRUCE LUNDVALL & GARY GIDDINS IN CONVERSATION
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - The City University of New York The Center for the Humanities 365 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016 Blue Note Records at 70 JOE LOVANO, BRUCE LUNDVALL & GARY GIDDINS in Conversation May 7th 2009, Thursday, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Elebash Recital Hall Thelonious ...
| BERNIE WILLIAMS TV & Radio News
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ ROGERS & COWAN) - After Debuting As The No 2 Contemporary Jazz Album In The Country, BERNIE WILLIAMS' Moving Forward Continues To Garner Strong Critical Praise, As Well As Support From Radio & TV - This Saturday (May 2nd), Catch A Bernie Williams Interview & Performance ...
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Jazz Heritage Center To Unveil Groundbreaking Exhibit
SAN FRANCISCO (Top40 Charts/ Jazz Heritage Center) - The Jazz Heritage Center today announced the unveiling of a groundbreaking new exhibit that chronicles a time when the U.S. government used American jazz musicians as front-line cultural diplomats instead of traditional symphony orchestras and ballet ...
| Riffs, Roots And Rhythm - 31 Days Of Jazz Kicks Off
ATLANTA, GA. (Top40 Charts/ Atlanta Festivals) - You can't stop the beat, Atlanta!� For 31 days, that is, with the 31 Days of Jazz, part of the 32nd Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival, presented by American Family Insurance. Atlanta's proudest educational musical and family-friendly festival officially kicks ...
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UK Jazz Singer & Songwriter Juliet Kelly Presents Glam Jazz with New Album Licorice Kiss
London, UK. (Top40 Charts/ Purple Stiletto Records) - With two critically acclaimed albums of original material under her belt - Aphrodite's Child (2003) and Delicious Chemistry (2005) - Juliet now presents her third and most ambitious album, Licorice Kiss (May 2009). Referencing influences as diverse ...
| Dustin Hoffman And Dale Franzen Announce 2009-2010 Second Season For The Broad Stage At The Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Broad Stage) - Artistic Chair Dustin Hoffman and Director Dale Franzen today announced the 2009-2010 programming for the 2nd season of The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center. The 2009-2010 season spans 81 performances, between ...
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