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Jazz Musician of the Day: Delfeayo Marsalis

Jazz Musician of the Day: Delfeayo Marsalis

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Delfeayo Marsalis' birthday today!

Delfeayo Marsalis is one of the top trombonists, composers and producers in jazz today. Known for his “technical excellence, inventive mind and frequent touches of humor…” (Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times), he is “…one of the best, most imaginative and musical of the trombonists of his generation.” (Philip Elwood, San Francisco Examiner.) In January 2011, Delfeayo and the Marsalis family (father Ellis and brothers Branford, Wynton and Jason) earned the nation’s ...

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Acclaimed Vocalist Michael Mayo Returns To New England Conservatory For Performance With Students On November 10

Acclaimed Vocalist Michael Mayo Returns To New England Conservatory For Performance With Students On November 10

Source: Ann Braithwaite

New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Jazz Studies Department presents acclaimed vocalist and alum Michael Mayo in concert with jazz students on Thursday, November 10, 2022. The concert features Mayo sharing his unique approach to solo performance using live vocal looping, along with NEC vocalists and instrumentalists. It’s part of a four-day residency which also includes master classes and rehearsals with students. The 8 p.m. concert takes place in Brown Hall and is free and open to the public. Tickets required; ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Delfeayo Marsalis

Jazz Musician of the Day: Delfeayo Marsalis

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Delfeayo Marsalis' birthday today!

Delfeayo Marsalis is one of the top trombonists, composers and producers in jazz today. Known for his “technical excellence, inventive mind and frequent touches of humor…” (Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times), he is “…one of the best, most imaginative and musical of the trombonists of his generation.” (Philip Elwood, San Francisco Examiner.) In January 2011, Delfeayo and the Marsalis family (father Ellis and brothers Branford, Wynton and Jason) earned the nation’s ...

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Event

Hundreds Gathered For New Jersey Performing Arts Center's International Jazz Day Event Including Newark Mayor Baraka

Hundreds Gathered For New Jersey Performing Arts Center's International Jazz Day Event Including Newark Mayor Baraka

Source: AMT Public Relations

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) hosted a free musical celebration in honor of International Jazz Day 4/30 featuring performances by 100+ young New Jersey musicians with special guest Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Co-produced by NJPAC, City Verses, and Jazz House Kids, this popular concert unites youth musicians from NJPAC's City Verses jazz and poetry initiative, NJPAC's Jazz for Teens ensembles featuring James Moody Jazz Orchestra and The George Wein Scholars Ensemble, Jazz House Big Band, and local high ...

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Event

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center Celebrates International Jazz Day With Free Performances By 100+ Student Musicians, Mayor Baraka, And More

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center Celebrates International Jazz Day With Free Performances By 100+ Student Musicians, Mayor Baraka, And More

Source: AMT Public Relations

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka WBGO Radio Host Sheila Anderson NJPAC’s City Verses Jazz and Poetry Ensemble NJPAC’s Wells Fargo Jazz for Teens Ensembles JAZZ HOUSE Big Band Science Park High Big Band Arts High Afro-Latin Big Band The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) today announced a free musical celebration in honor of International Jazz Day April 30 featuring performances by 100+ young New Jersey musicians with special guest Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Co-produced ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Delfeayo Marsalis

Jazz Musician of the Day: Delfeayo Marsalis

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Delfeayo Marsalis' birthday today!

Delfeayo Marsalis is one of the top trombonists, composers and producers in jazz today. Known for his “technical excellence, inventive mind and frequent touches of humor…” (Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times), he is “…one of the best, most imaginative and musical of the trombonists of his generation.” (Philip Elwood, San Francisco Examiner.) In January 2011, Delfeayo and the Marsalis family (father Ellis and brothers Branford, Wynton and Jason) earned the nation’s ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Delfeayo Marsalis

Jazz Musician of the Day: Delfeayo Marsalis

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Delfeayo Marsalis' birthday today!

Delfeayo Marsalis is one of the top trombonists, composers and producers in jazz today. Known for his “technical excellence, inventive mind and frequent touches of humor…” (Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times), he is “…one of the best, most imaginative and musical of the trombonists of his generation.” (Philip Elwood, San Francisco Examiner.) In January 2011, Delfeayo and the Marsalis family (father Ellis and brothers Branford, Wynton and Jason) earned the nation’s ...

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Music Industry

RIAA Investigating Payola Like Fox Guarding The Henhouse [Op-Ed]

RIAA Investigating Payola Like Fox Guarding The Henhouse [Op-Ed]

Source: HypeBot

Paying for radio airplay, or payola as it is more commonly known, has been around since the 50s in one form or another, but has recently spiked. This has lead the FCC to request that the RIAA investigate- meaning the industry will, in effect, be policing itself. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Payola, or paying for radio airplay, has been with us since the 50s in one form or another. It’s visibility seems to ebb and flow, ...

Radio

FCC Asks RIAA To Invesitgate Payola (Again)

FCC Asks RIAA To Invesitgate Payola (Again)

Source: HypeBot

FCC Commissioner Mike O'Reilly has sent a letter to the RIAA asking it to investigate recent reports of payola- the practice of paying radio stations and other music services to play music. The request came on the heels of a Rolling Stone piece that suggested that payola, which some thought to be stamped out, was on the rise. “Recent reports from the radio industry’ press raise concerns regarding possible violations of federal laws and regulations that expressly prohibit payola,"  writes ...

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Radio

Payola At Radio Never Went Away, says New Report

Payola At Radio Never Went Away, says New Report

Source: HypeBot

Broadcast radio has been rocked by at least two payola scandals in the 1960s and again in 2004.  But payola- the illegal practice of paying to be played on the radio- is still rampant in the US, according to multiple reports. “Everyone knows it’s there,” Allen Kovac, CEO of the rock-focused Eleven Seven Label Group told RollingStone. “It’s a game that should’ve gone away a long time ago. [But] it’s prevalent enough that you’re not gonna get into the Top ...

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