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Naama Gheber Offers Highly Personal Take On The Great American Songbook On "Dearly Beloved," Her Debut Album, Set For April 10 Release

Naama Gheber Offers Highly Personal Take On The Great American Songbook On "Dearly Beloved," Her Debut Album, Set For April 10 Release

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity

Noted vocalist Naama Gheber makes her auspicious, radiant recording debut with Dearly Beloved, to be released April 10 on Cellar Music Records, preceded by the release of two singles—the title track on February 14 and “So in Love” March 13. The New York-based singer (by way of Beér Sheva, Israel), who first turned heads during her yearlong residency at Manhattan’s Mezzrow Jazz Club, engages the superb trio that has long supported her at that residency (pianist Ray Gallon, bassist David ...

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Performance / Tour

A fine ambassador for the Great American Songbook - and more

A fine ambassador for the Great American Songbook - and more

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes

To many fans, Danny Sinoff is a crooner for the new millennium. But to savvy jazz listeners, his piano chops are just fascinating. Maybe more so. He underscored his talent on both fronts on Friday, December 21, in a matinee concert for the South County Jazz Club in Venice FL with his regular trio-mates, bassist Scott Smith and drummer Patrica Dean. The program included a wide array of Broadway and movie soundtrack material. Five of the standards were written by ...

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Jazz saxophonists dig the Great American Songbook - and much more

Jazz saxophonists dig the Great American Songbook - and much more

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes

Saxophonists Peter and Will Anderson are steeped in the jazz and Great American Songbook classics, but their material is never fenced in by that repertoire. Such was the case on Friday, February 10 when they performed at a South County Jazz Club matinee concert with guitarist Felix Lemerle. The twin brothers brought an arsenal of instruments, with Peter (the older by 10 minutes) playing tenor sax and clarinet, and Will (the taller by 1 1/2 inches), playing alto sax, clarinet ...

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Advocacy

American Songbook Preservation Society...Singing the Great American Songbook

American Songbook Preservation Society...Singing the Great American Songbook

Source: Ron Kaplan

The American Songbook Preservation Society is a performance organization whose purpose is to continue the legacy of the great American Songbook by performing these works in public to audiences in America and abroad. The organization features highly accomplished musicians and singers performing these works for public benefit and educational purposes. As singer Tony Bennett has said..."This is America's classical music." What is the Great American Songbook, also known as the “Popular Standards"? It is largely composed of songs written between ...

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Opinion

"Jazz 911: Rescuing the Great American Songbook"

"Jazz 911: Rescuing the Great American Songbook"

Source: Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog

By Steve Provizer When you reach into the faux-velvet bag, there's a feeling of infinite possibility inspired by the virgin letters nestled inside. But you can only get that feeling after you've swept the last set of painstakingly-created words off the Scrabble board. Oddly, I went through the same process when I read Peter Ven Der Merwe's book-Origins of the Popular Style. The intensity and detail of his musical analysis broke down musical structures to the point where they began ...

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TV / Film

World Premiere Words and Music...Singing the Great American Songbook Documentary Film

World Premiere  Words and Music...Singing the Great American Songbook  Documentary Film

Source: Michael Ricci

Dear friends, I wanted to let you know our film will be making it's world wide debut and can be viewed as a live streaming event on the following dates. If any of you have any contacts or leads and referrals with your local community tv stations please let me know. I want our film to be seen by as many folks as possible. Thank you once again for your support! All love and good wishes, Ron Kaplan Words and ...

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Recording

Hiromi Kanda Transforms the Great American Songbook

Hiromi Kanda Transforms the Great American Songbook

Source: Michael Ricci

Hiromi Kanda doesn't just sing the standards, she embodies them. On her new album, Hiromi In Love-to be released March 16th on the Music Gate label -and the sensational videos that accompany the recordings, due April 13th on DVD, the stirring vocalist transforms each classic into a work of art. With an elegant visual style that matches the grandeur of the songs-timeless Great American Songbook gems such as “My Funny Valentine, “ “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning, ...

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Performance / Tour

Ron Kaplan/Kapland Records & American Songbook Preservation Society: Singing the Great American Songbook

Ron Kaplan/Kapland Records & American Songbook Preservation Society: Singing the Great American Songbook

Source: All About Jazz

MOTHER'S DAY~ MAY 11th, 2008 SPECIAL CONCERT! 3pm-6pm Bring your mom! The American Songbook Preservation Society...singing the great American Songbook is coming to Los Angeles! greatamericansongbook.org Join 17 great Singers as they perform songs from one of the most prolific groups of composers that ever lived! Special Guest performers for the afternoon: Cathy Segal-Garcia, Ron Kaplan, Dini Clarke, Denise Donatelli, Dewey Erney,Cheryl Barnes, Jimmer Bolden, Ann Mack,Cat Conner, Bili Redd, Calabria Foti,Mark Winkler, Gina Eckstein, Kevyn Lettau, Jack ...

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The Sovereign Music Series at Berklee College Gets Wonderful with the Great American Songbook: The Music of Stevie Wonder, Feb. 25, Berklee Performance Center

The Sovereign Music Series at Berklee College Gets Wonderful with the Great American Songbook: The Music of Stevie Wonder, Feb. 25, Berklee Performance Center

Source: All About Jazz

BOSTON, Jan. 17, 2007 - The Sovereign Bank Music Series at Berklee continues with The Great American Songbook: The Music of Stevie Wonder on Sunday, February 25, at 8:15 p.m. at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston. General admission tickets are $25.00 and available now at the Performance Center box office, or through Ticketmaster at www.ticketrmaster.com, or at 617-931-2000. For more information, call the Berklee box office at 617-747-2261. Under the direction of faculty members Ken Zambello and ...

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Jazz Pianist/Vocalist Patti Wicks Featured w/Don Payne Quartet in concert: "A Tribute to Classic Jazz & the Great American Songbook"

Jazz Pianist/Vocalist Patti Wicks Featured w/Don Payne Quartet in concert: "A Tribute to Classic Jazz & the Great American Songbook"

Source: All About Jazz

Wednesday evening, September 14, 2005 at 7:45pm, The Goldcoast Jazz Society presents The Don Payne Quartet, featuring Patti Wicks, with Dave Hubbard, tenor sax, Don Payne, bass and drummer Danny Burger in concert at the Amaturo Theater of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW 5th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A “Meet The Artists" Reception will follow the concert where the artists' CD will available for purchase. For further information please visit the Goldcoast Jazz Society's website at: ...

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