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Augusto Baschera: A Musical Journey In Search Of The New
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Isabela Bianchi
Augusto Baschera is an important musician of the new generation of Brazilian jazz, who presents an innovative approach in the relationship between instrument and composition. He was born in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul, in the city of Ibiaçá, a place with less than 5,000 inhabitants. Growing up in a musical environment, with a father who was a musician and an older brother who was already on this path, he became active in the internationalization of his music ...
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Grammy Winner Neil Citron Releases Remastered Version Of Debut CD “In Search Of Higher Ground"
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Glass Onyon PR - William James
jny: Los Angeles - Declassified Records and SBI Music Inc. proudly announce the re-mastered release of “In Search Of Higher Ground”, the debut solo CD from Grammy winning guitarist, engineer and producer Neil Citron. Originally recorded in 1994, the digital versions of the record have been re-mastered from the original master tapes to further highlight the sonic beauty of this musical masterpiece. The 13 track album also features Keyboardist Erik Norlander, Drummer Walter Garces, Tony Franklin on Fretless Bass, and ...
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Jazz Vocal Veteran Lenora Zenzalai Helm Launches Web Programs "Vocal Jazz Online" And "The Vocal Musicianship Academy" For Serious Singers In Search Of A Career In Music
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Inque Public Relations
Former U.S. Jazz Ambassador and Berklee College of Music Grad Shares Her Passion of Singing with Up and Coming Artists “Lenora Zenzalai Helm possesses an astonishing voice…she improvises harmonic changes with undeniable ingenuity..." —Geoffrey Himes, the Washington Post Lenora Zenzalai Helm is making it possible for people that say they want to be a “singer” to take a giant step further and become a Vocal Musician through two accessible and affordable on-line programs: Vocal Jazz Online and its offshoot The ...
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Ken Peplowski Keeps It Fresh and Vibrant with "In Search Of. . . "
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
For someone who is playing within a tradition, it is important to keep inspiration high, to keep yourself challenged and contributing on a high level. Where perhaps some have fallen victim over time to a kind of creeping fungus of the repertoire, the same tunes played in the same ways time and again, Ken Peplowski has found ways to keep his music very much a thing of today. His newest, In Search of. . . (Capri 74108-2), is a particularly ...
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Bill Dixon:17 Musicians in Search of Sound: Darfur
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JamBase
By: Trevor Pour
At the onset of last calendar year, my sheltered ears had not yet channeled a singular note of Bill Dixon's extensive catalogue. It took not long, however, until I was introduced to Bill Dixon with the Exploding Star Orchestra, an album that would prove to challenge my views of free jazz and change my perspective on the capacity of sound to tap directly into emotion (see review here). Today, I have the good fortune to ponder Dixon's ...
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In Search of the Lost Riddim: The Jamaican Jazz Connection on February 26
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All About Jazz
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR JAZZ STUDIES IN COLLABORATION WITH HARLEM STAGE PRESENTS... In Search of the Lost Riddim: The Jamaican Jazz Connection Featuring Cedric Brooks (saxophone), Ernest Ranglin (guitar), Orville Hammond (piano), Wayne Batchelor (string bass), Desmond Jones (drums), Cecil Sonny Bradshaw (trumpet & piano), Larry McDonald (conga), and Douglas Ewart (reeds & percussion) Thursday, February 26, 2009 Conversation at 6:00 pm Concert at 7:30pm Harlem Stage @ Aaron Davis Hall
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In Search of the Black Fantastic
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Michael Ricci
In Search of the Black Fantastic by Richard Iton. For black entertainers, the pop cultural has always been political, the author argues.
When Paul Robeson declared, at the height of Cold War tensions, that black Americans would never fight for a nation that had “oppressed us for generations" in a war against the Soviet Union, the actor and civil rights advocate ignited a firestorm that damaged his career and opened a debate about the role black entertainers should play in ...
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