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Streaming On Jan. 24: '40 Years In Yiddishland: The Yiddish Book Center Celebrates The Klezmer Conservatory Band'

In 1979, 24-year old Hankus Netsky began organizing student jam sessions at Boston’s New England Conservatory to play the little known Eastern European folk music known as klezmer. The Klezmer Conservatory Band’s first gig followed in 1980 at NEC’s Brown Hall. Meanwhile, in Western Massachusetts, 24-year-old Yiddish literature graduate student Aaron Lansky launched a campaign to save the world’s Yiddish books, hoping to rescue the estimated 70,000 Yiddish books believed to be salvageable, a goal Lansky’s Yiddish Book Center surpassed ...
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Jazz Alive Swings Into 2021 With A New Season Of Jazz Tales

Jazz Alive, a Talbot County, Maryland based 501(c)(3) charitable foundation dedicated to the continuation and preservation of America’s indigenous art form, announces the lineup for a new season of their popular live YouTube show, Jazz Tales. Presented in an intimate setting that spotlights each musician's unique musical and personal tale, the show is hosted by Jazz Alive Founder, Pianist Fred Hughes. The hour and fifteen-minute show features live performances and interviews with invited guests who are masters of this great ...
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Jazz At Lincoln Center Premieres 2020 Holiday Virtual Concerts

Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates the holiday season with the premiere of Big Band Holidays on December 19, and A New Years Eve Celebration: Live From Dizzy’s on December 31—two new virtual concerts featuring iconic guest artists and emerging stars in jazz. Tickets for each virtual holiday event are available on jazz.org. Big Band Holidays Featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and guest vocalists Rubén Blades, Catherine Russell, Kurt Elling, and Ashley Pezzotti. Premieres on Saturday, ...
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Jazzthetica Exhibition By Photographer Tatjana Rantasha Runs At Belgrade's Youth Cultural Center

Running from the 24th of November, until the 12th of December, a photo exhibition of a selection of Macedonian jazz artists by photographer Tatjana Rantasha will take place at the Youth Center in Belgrade Serbia. The exhibition consists of 35 black and white photographs of various Macedonian jazz artists from different generations: Vlatko Stefanovski, Džijan Emin, Goce Stevkovski, Martin Gjakonovoski, Gordan Spasovski, Kiril Kuzmanov, Kokan Dimuševski, Sethstat, and others. Tatjana Rantasha is a renowned photographer with 15 years of experience ...
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International Award-Winning Jazz Vocalist Nicole Henry Celebrates Her 8th Annual Winter Concert – Now A Virtual Worldwide Event To Benefit Miami Music Project

Internationally acclaimed jazz recording artist Nicole Henry will premiere her virtual concert I Sing Because I'm Happy” on Saturday, December 19th at 8pm EST supported by presenting sponsor Savage Ticket. This 8th Annual Winter Concert, which benefits Miami Music Project, a 501(c)(3), will be filmed live from Pinecrest Gardens—a tropical oasis and beautiful outdoor concert venue in South Florida. For seven years this event usually sold out to a 400-seat audience in Miami Beach, but now fans from around the ...
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Pianist George Kahn George Kahn 'Some Good Jazz News' Virtual Viewing Party Premieres on Sunday December 6

West Coast Jazz Recording Artist George Kahn Presents SOME GOOD JAZZ NEWS A Virtual Video Premiere Party – Sunday December 6 at 6:00 PM PT Please join George Kahn along with Pat Kelley, David Hughes, Alex Acuña and special guests for SOME GOOD JAZZ NEWS, a Virtual Video Premiere Party This Sunday December 6. To celebrate the release of his 10th album, DreamCatcher, George has put together an hour of GOOD JAZZ NEWS including the premiere of three ...
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Tim Garland Launches His Winter Encounters Series

This December, Tim Garland launches his “Winter Encounters”—a series of unique trio performances, beautifully filmed and streamed from Oak Gable Studios. Each 45-minute set features a unique collaboration of world-class musicians followed by a live Q&A session with the artists, starting with Kit Downes & Norma Winstone on December 6th. Over the last 30 years, British saxophonist Tim Garland has forged a reputation as a highly distinctive and in-demand musician and composer. His vast CV includes world tours with Chick ...
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Jazz At The Mezz Celebrates One Year Anniversary With Unified Jazz Ensemble on November 15

On Sunday, November 15 Jazz Beyond Borders marks the one-year anniversary of its supper time world music and jazz concerts held monthly at Café Mezzanotte in Severna Park, Maryland. Listeners will enjoy a concert and a surprise gift to mark the occasion and a new fall menu will be unveiled featuring items from the restaurant’s organic garden. Currently the only live music series offered in mid-Anne Arundel County, the series has featured leading performing and recording artists since culture vultures ...
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