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FESTIVAL April 7, 2020

CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Canceled For June 19-27. Producers Working To Reschedule Festival To Fall 2020

CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Producers Marc Iacona and John Nugent announced today that the festival's 19th edition, originally scheduled for June 19-27, will be canceled on those dates due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but that they are working hard to reschedule the festival to fall of 2020. Iacona and Nugent said, “In the past two weeks since we announced our 2020 festival lineup, our world has been turned upside down. The health crisis we are experiencing has resulted ...
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RECORDING April 3, 2020

Alfredo Dias Gomes Releases His First Album Entirely Dedicated To Jazz

The restless drummer Alfredo Dias Gomes is back, with a new solo album, his 12th, now diving in an old passion: jazz, especially the world-famous classics. Alongside great musicians (Jessé Sadoc, trumpet / Widor Santiago, tenor sax / Jefferson Lescowich, bass / Lulu Martin, keyboard), Alfredo Dias Gomes is releasing Jazz Standards, his first album exclusively dedicated to jazz. Recorded in his own studio, the release is now available, as a physical CD and download on CD Baby, and on ...
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WEBSITE April 2, 2020

All About Jazz Top 10 Tracks: March 2020

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the 30 tracks featured in March, these ten represent our reader favorites as indicated by total listens. Musicians and record labels can submit full length MP3s for consideration here. Enjoy! TOP TRACKS Motion Doug Stone From: Motion 4:35 Lonely Hearts Petr Cancura From: Another Way Home 6:22 Blackfoot Blueprint, Greg Snedeker
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WEBSITE April 1, 2020

All About Jazz to Broadcast Live From Our Living Rooms: An Online Music Festival and Fundraiser

Thanks, in part, to our own fund drive, All About Jazz & Jazz Near You have pivoted to support livestream jazz events. The transformation, which started ten days ago, has a singular purpose: to raise awareness of livestream jazz events worldwide and help boost ticket sales or tip jar donations. We also built on the broadcasting work we started with last year's NEA Jazz Masters celebration concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. This rapid development made it possible ...
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WEBSITE March 31, 2020

Identify your venue or festival as a livestreamer at Jazz Near You

As part of All About Jazz’s commitment to support livestream events, we wanted to identify the venues that present them—that includes clubs, festivals, home concert presenters, schools and studios. We began the process by seeding the directory here. This page is also accessible from the Jazz Near You venue directory and by clicking VENUES on the Jazz Near You navigation bar. If your venue livestreams, please update your Jazz Near You page. If you are your page's administrator, simply click ...
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FESTIVAL March 30, 2020

Live From Our Living Rooms: An Online Music Festival and Fundraiser Runs April 1st through April 7th

All proceeds will provide emergency relief to New York City musicians whose freelance careers have been impacted by COVID-19. Presented by Sirintip, Thana Alexa, Owen Broder and nonprofit partner, MusicTalks Work for NYC’s musicians has come to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic as performances have been cancelled and venues have closed indefinitely. Live From Our Living Rooms Music Festival and Fundraiser will help to fill in the gap for struggling musicians by bringing the joy of music live-streamed ...
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WEBSITE March 29, 2020

Project Livestream Jazz: An Update—Plus All About Jazz's Binge-Worthy Content

With club closures, shelter in place and an uncertain future, we've pivoted our platform to collect, promote and broadcast livestream concerts to support our jazz musician friends. We've also revamped the weekly Jazz Near You newsletter to highlight livestream events as well as All About Jazz content you may have missed. To sign up for your free weekly newsletter, simply update the “Jazz Near You Subscription Settings" section on your member settings page. Project Livestream Jazz: An Update The Jazz ...
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WEBSITE March 28, 2020

WRTI 90.1 FM in Philadelphia To Feature Artists Who Upload their Livestream events to Jazz Near You

Jazz Near You's effort to promote livestream jazz events has received an added boost thanks to a collaboration with WRTI 90.1 FM in Philadelphia. In addition to accessing livestream events from the Jazz Near You website, the weekly Jazz Near You newsletter, the Jazz Near You app, and from external websites & blogs that embed the Jazz Near You livestream calendar widget and feed, WRTI will use the Jazz Near You's livestream calendar to promote the events that are uploaded ...
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