Multiple Grammy Award Winner Performs with Howard University’s Afro Blue Reunion Choir at the Warner Theatre June 7, 2011, Washington, D.C.— Adding to the remarkable array of celebrated artists who have been and are headline artists, the DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) proudly welcomes 10-time Grammy Award winner Bobby McFerrin to …
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What could be more significant than encouraging the creativity of our young people and developing an audience for America’s home-grown classical music? For Bret Primack, aka the Jazz Video Guy, not much. “The future of Jazz, in fact the future of this very planet, lies in the hands of our …
NEW ONLINE BASS SCHOOL A quiet revolution within the bass world is expected to start this month with the launch of the new online School of Bass headed up by Missy Raines. Bass players will now be able to learn the instrument online from one of the most popular figures …
By John Stevenson Reggae superstar Bob Marley spoke of a “natural mystic blowing through the air” on one of his many hit songs. Hristo Vitchev, the Bulgarian-born jazz wunderkind, also conveys a strong sense of the mystical and listeners get a fair taste of this aspect of things on his …
By John Stevenson You could call it a case of Shakespeare’s bout with the blues. That’s one way of describing Duke Ellington’s 1957 masterpiece, “Such Sweet Thunder”, written in response to a commission from the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, Canada. According to noted jazz commentator A. B. Spelman, the …
TORONTO, June 6, 2011 /CNW/ – Re:Sound Music Licensing Company announced today it has filed tariff proposals with the Copyright Board of Canada that would extend the term of several of its current tariffs and increase the potential income for music creators in Canada. Re:Sound’s proposed tariff rates largely reflect …
Alfred Music Publishing announces the distribution of Making Music with Mobile Devices, a new instructional resource guide from Course Technology PTR, a division of Cengage Learning. Making Music with Mobile Devices teaches how to employ modern day electronic devices for music making while on the go. In addition to spurring …
Hot on the heels of recent announcements that Adele eclipsed Madonna’s record for the longest spell at the top of the album chart, selling millions of records in the process, that Take That sold out a record eight consecutive shows at Wembley Stadium in minutes, and that The O2 Arena …
Interview by John Stevenson The word maverick is bandied about quite liberally when describing the talents of the young London-based, Cameroon-born singer-guitarist-composer, Muntu Valdo. This spring, he released “The One & The Many” on the Warner Jazz label to critical acclaim – a truly inventive CD that combines his ethnic …
