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The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance on the Most Recent Grammy Category Changes...
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The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance is shocked and disappointed by the news that the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has chosen to eliminate the Latin Jazz category from the GRAMMY awards. Latinos are the second-largest demographic group in the United States, at over 50 million people in the 2010 Census, and our contributions to jazz are an essential part of our country's past, present, and future musical heritage. The elimination of Latin Jazz from the GRAMMYs is an ...
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The Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance Presents Grammy Award Winners Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra in Concert Feb. 26th @ Symphony Space NYC.
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CubaNola: More Than the Spanish Tinge" concert to feature New Orleans' renowned saxophonist Donald Harrison Fresh from an historic journey to Cuba for the Havana Plaza Jazz Festival, Arturo O'Farrill returns to the Symphony Space stage on February 26th at 8PM with his GRAMMY Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO) for a powerful evening highlighting the profound connection between the music of Cuba and New Orleans, and to celebrate the release of their latest album, 40 Acres and a Burro. ...
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Afro Latin Jazz Alliance Partners with Famed Greenwich Village Jazz Club Fat Cat to Launch New York City All-Star Youth Big Band
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NEW YORKThe Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA) announced today its invitation to New York City's finest young musicians to sit under the directorship of Arturo O'Farrill, leader of the GRAMMY Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), and be a part of an elite all-city youth big band hosted by the famed Greenwich Village jazz club Fat Cat, called the Fat Afro Latin Jazz Cats. The best thing about my work is the chance to interact with young musicians, and this ...
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Jazz Alliance of Mid Michigan
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Michael Ricci
The Jazz Alliance of Mid Michigan or JAMM" preserves and promotes the tradition of live jazz music in Mid-Michigan. We are performers, listeners promoters and educators who all love jazz! 313-444-JAMM We are performers, listeners, promoters, and educators with a common interestwe love jazz! Our mission is simple: preserve and promote the tradition of live jazz across the Mid-Michigan area. Whether you are looking for jazz performances in the area or want to become a member, you are in the ...
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Afro Latin Jazz Alliance Appoints Eric Oberstein as Executive Director
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NEW YORKArturo O'Farrill, Director of the GRAMMY Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), announced today the appointment of Eric Oberstein, a distinguished arts administrator, producer, and educator, as Executive Director of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA), the non-profit O'Farrill created in 2007 to provide institutional support for the ALJO. Oberstein will commence his post as of August 2010.
It is with extreme pride that we appoint Eric Oberstein as Executive Director of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance," said O'Farrill. ...
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The Jazz Session #174: Redwood Jazz Alliance
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Michael Ricci
If all you know about Humboldt County, California, is Firesign Theatre and, uh, agriculture," then it's time you got to know the Redwood Jazz Alliance. Located behind the Redwood Curtain," the RJA is successfully bringing in major jazz artists to a community that wouldnt otherwise have access to them. In this interview, three board members Dan Aldag, Michael Eldridge and Eric Neel talk about the origins of the Alliance; its early success in attracting top-flight talent; and how the local ...
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Weingart, Gambale, Brechtlein and Del Puerto Announce Nu Jazz Alliance
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All About Jazz
Steve Weingart, Frank Gambale, Tom Brechtlein & Carlitos Del Puerto are proud to announce Nu Jazz Alliance" which previously performed under the name the Steve Weingart Band" at recent shows in the LA area. A European tour is being planned for September 2007, together with a Nu Jazz Alliance CD release later this year. The nucleus of Nu Jazz Alliance was formed in Los Angeles, California in 2004 for the recording of Steve Weingart's Dark Blue Dream" [Skeewa Music, 2006]. ...
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Jazz Alliance International Announces "Jazz Up Your Campus" Contest and www.gotjazz.info
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All About Jazz
Jazz Alliance International, Inc. (JAI), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to significantly expanding the global jazz audience through education, leadership and advocacy today announced its Jazz Up Your Campus" Contest and its new web site www.gotjazz.info, an innovative gateway into the world of jazz and the jazz lifestyle. Dig hip-hop?, R&B?, Pop?... www.gotjazz.info celebrates the continuum of jazz and demonstrate how jazz relates to today's most celebrated artists.
The www.gotjazz.info Jazz Up Your Campus" contest is designed to engage creative, culturally ...
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BMG Music Service Offers Jazz Alliance International's 'Hear And Now' Series To Members
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All About Jazz
Jazz Alliance International Presents Jazz Hear And Now! and Smooth Jazz Hear And Now!
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All About Jazz
Jazz fans are used to hearing about the jazz community" -- artists, clubs, and patrons, all united in their passion for America1s indigenous art form. But that community became a reality only three years ago with the creation of Jazz Alliance International (JAI).
JAI is the first worldwide organization to unite that community -- musicians, record labels, concert promoters and clubs, radio stations, retail stores, educators all with one goal: to expand the audience for America1s musical treasure. You can ...
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