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Mark O: Awakening
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Awakening is the sort of recording that makes demands of its listeners. Mark O'Leary (electric guitar), Steve Swallow (bass guitar) and Pierre Favre (percussion) manage to create a charmingly introspective record by insulating what is invariably solid jazz with a fusion of rocky harmonies. In a genre dominated by musicians keen on experimentation, being good by default may easily just streamline into mediocrity. As a whole, Awakening is anything but mediocre. It's a surprisingly pleasant recording propelled ...
read moreTakeru Saito: The Japanese Pianist Making His Mark On The Music Industry
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All About Jazz
Japanese pianist Takeru Saito has signed deals to perform with his band, The Takeru Saito Trio, in high-profile events in the United States during the next three years. Takeru Saito, a pianist, recording artist, and household name in Japan has formed partnerships with some of the most important jazz venues in the United States to perform in ongoing concert series for the next three years. These venues include Boston’s legendary Wally’s Cafe Jazz Club, which is one of the country’s ...
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Flutist Yulia Musayelyan’s 'Unsaid' Tastefully Combines Global Folk Traditions With Her Own Ingenuity To Leave An Irrevocable Mark On Modern Jazz
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Outside in Music
Flutist and composer Yulia Musayelyan is truly a global citizen, and her music reflects this multiculturalism with a brilliance flowing from her respectful and masterful synthesis of international folk styles as she carries them forward into the fold of modern jazz. Unsaid documents a decade of learning, creating, and refining as Yulia and her music have grown to become a powerful voice that is far greater than the sum of their constituent parts. Ten years passed since Yulia previously stepped ...
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Mark O'Shaughnessy: 1952-2017
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Funeral services are set for Mark O'Shaughnessy, founder and co-owner of the St. Louis venue BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups. O'Shaughnessy, a longtime advocate for St. Louis music and musicians who opened the first of the club's three incarnations back in 1976, died Saturday, May 27 in his apartment above BB's of complications of diabetes. He was 65. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. this Thursday, June 1 at Kutis Affton Chapel, 10151 Gravois Road. A funeral ...
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Jane Monheit Joins Jimmy Webb on October 11 At Landmark On Main Street
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Reva Cooper
Landmark on Main Street, one of Long Island’s premier concert venues, and Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the renowned summer arts day camp, will co-present Jimmy Webb and Jane Monheit on October 11th at 8:00 PM. The concert, Landmark’s 2014-15 opening night event, will for the first time team Jimmy Webb, the multi- Grammy winning composer and performer with Jane Monheit, the Grammy-nominated jazz singer and Usdan Center alumna. Tickets are available at landmarkonmainstreet.org, or by calling ...
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Jazz Vocalist Jane Monheit and Special Guest Mark O'Connor Take the Annenberg Center Stage This Spring
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AAJ Staff
Philadelphia, PA—The Annenberg Center continues its jazz series with a performance by Grammy nominee and audience favorite Jane Monheit. Known for a smoky, romantic jazz tone, Monheit is “endowed with improvisatory skill and a voice of singular plushness” (New York Times). She will be joined by Grammy®-winning fiddler, Mark O’Connor, the man dubbed “one of the most talented and imaginative artists working in music—any music—today” (New York Times). This performance will take place on Saturday, March 16 at 8 PM. ...
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Jazz This Week: Keith Fullerton Whitman, Scratch, Mark O'Connor, a Tribute to Women in Jazz, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
There's an eclectic selection of jazz and creative music coming up on St. Louis stages over the next few days, from classic bop to contemporary electronics. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University presents a free concert by an ad hoc ensemble dubbed “St. Louis Bebop," featuring trumpeter Randy Holmes, saxophonist Jason Swagler, pianist Ken Kehner, bassist Bob DeBoo and drummer Marty Morrison playing music associated with bop pioneers Charlie Parker and Dizzy ...
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New band Circuit makes its mark on London
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Jerzy Bielski
London-based modern jazz contemporary classical and rock group Circuit, featuring nine members from Poland, Italy, Denmark, and the UK are set to quite literally “explode" (a term written in their music) onto the scene in 2011. With their next set of gigs they'll prime their audience for the release of their debut album in September (with a guest appearance of renowned British multi-instrumentalist Stuart Hall, playing violin, banjo and guitar on it). Featuring such instruments as cello, harp and live ...
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Mark O'Connor: Tour Dates and Holiday LP
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JamBase
NEW COMMISSION 'THE IMPROVISED VIOLIN CONCERTO' PREMIERES AT BOSTON SYMPHONY HALL, MARCH 6 Multiple Grammy-winning composer, violinist and educator Mark O'Connor will undertake an expansive schedule of projects this year, including a nationwide tour and the release of a holiday album with a star-studded list of contributors. O'Connor will also continue work on his educational endeavors, which include his acclaimed String Camps, a personal Manifesto, and the expansion of his own teaching method. The tour begins this spring, and includes ...
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Mark O'Connor, John Patitucci & Julian Lage Debut Trio at Blue Note
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Michael Ricci
String masters Mark O'Connor, John Patitucci and Julian Lage will join forces for the first time as equal members of a new trio at the Blue Note from January 7 through January 9. All three will bring their unique, individual approaches to jazz with new compositions and concepts. BIO: The trio of Mark O'Connor, John Patitucci and Julian Lage will debut at the Blue Note from January 7 through January 9. The brand new project will be a collaborative effort ...
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