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Berklee Professor Phil Wilson Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
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Posted by: opi on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 07:10 PM |
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Phil Wilson, world-renowned trombonist and Berklee College of Music professor for 45 years, recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Trombone Association (ITA) at the 2010 International Trombone Festival at the University of Texas, Austin. He was presented with the award by Don Lucas, president of the ITA and a Berklee alumnus who studied under Wilson.
Wilson is a noted jazz educator and big band arranger who has performed and recorded with a who’s who of jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Woody Herman, Frank Sinatra, Clark Terry, Buddy Rich, Herbie Hancock, the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, and the NDR Big Band. Wilson directs the internationally acclaimed Berklee Rainbow Band, which he formed in 1965 during his first year on the faculty at Berklee.
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Harbor Conservatory's new Jazz Dept. open for new students (NYC)
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Posted by: gustavocasenave on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 08:35 AM |
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Harbor Conservatory
Jazz Department
1 East 104th St. #577
East Harlem
New York, NY 10029
The Jazz Department at the Harbor Conservatory, offers affordable jazz instruction and ensembles, open to new students. All instruments welcome.
Registration for the fall semester starts on Sept 7th, 2010.
For more information, contact Jazz Department Director, Mr. Gustavo Casenave at: 212 646 981 2641
Web: www.harborconservatory.org
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17th Annual Berklee City Music Festival and Scholarship Concert
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Posted by: opi on Friday, August 06, 2010 - 09:55 AM |
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Berklee College of Music presents its 17th annual Berklee City Music Scholarship Concert on Tuesday, August 10, 7:30 p.m., at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. Talented urban teens from the Boston area and Berklee City Music Network sites across the country will perform rock, pop, jazz, inspirational music and r&b songs. Following tradition, students will only learn of their scholarship awards when their identities are revealed from the stage at a break in the concert. Joy and tears spread quickly through the room from students and their families. In the past, Berklee’s City Music summer program has awarded an average of 10-11 scholarships at the end of the season.
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Arturo O'Farrill, Jimmy Heath, Jane Monheit in Usdan educational concerts
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Posted by: revacoop on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 12:20 PM |
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Usdan Center For the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), now entering its 43nd season and once again declared a “Best Of” class or camp for 2010 by TimeOutNY/Kids, will open its series of Festival Concerts, private on-site educational performances for its students, on Monday June 28 at the Center’s 200-acre woodland campus. In addition to these concerts, special workshops and master classes will be offered by visiting guest artists throughout the summer.
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Berklee Visits Kenya for Scholarship Auditions and Music Education Events
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Posted by: opi on Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 09:14 AM |
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Berklee College of Music, the world's leading institution for the study of contemporary music, will visit Kenya for the second straight year to hold events that include auditions and interviews (A&I) for scholarship opportunities, music education outreach, workshops, and clinics for area musicians and educators. The programs will be conducted by a team comprised of faculty members Dan Moretti and Ron Reid of the Contemporary Writing and Production Department, Michael Shaver from Admissions, Sam Skau from International Programs, and student ambassador Joey Guglielmo.
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Jeff Berlin’s Players School of Music To Host Its One Week Intensive Program
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Posted by: glassonyonpr on Monday, June 07, 2010 - 08:21 AM |
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6/5/2010 - Clearwater, FL – Musicians who want to learn how to play better will be pleased to hear that bass legend Jeff Berlin will hold a “One Week Intensive Music Program” from September 13 to 17, 2010. The event is widely regarded as one of the finest 5 days of music education available. Bass players, guitar players, drummers and keyboardists, beginners to advanced players will take private lessons everyday at their level to improve. Says Jeff, "I've said so many negative things about so much of music education, that my reputation is riding upon the very improvement that I promise to players who attend this event. 100% who attend MUST get better as players or I will have to answer for it! For this reason, I made sure that everybody on every instrument, on every musical level goes home better than when they first arrived!"
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A Free Bass Lesson from John Clayton
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Posted by: ArtistShare on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 10:25 AM |
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ArtistShare pays tribute to John Clayton, a stellar bassist and a valued part of the ArtistShare family. We invite you to experience his musical world by accessing an exclusive free online bass lesson. John, along with his brother Jeff, are working on a new ArtistShare fan-funded project, entitled "The New Song and Dance." Watch as The Clayton Brothers write, perform and record compositions and arrangements inspired by dance.
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Jazz Festival Comes of Age in Philadelphia
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Posted by: fluzi on Monday, January 25, 2010 - 11:35 AM |
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Please Touch Museum's Junior Jazz Festival is Philadelphia's only event dedicated to introducing young children to the wonderful world of jazz, and this year the festival is celebrating its 18th Birthday with five weeks of live music, theater performances, and educational activities focusing on musical expression and the history of jazz.
Top kid-friendly musicians will take the stage of the museum's theater on each weekend between January 30 and February 28. The schedule includes the renowned Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble (Jan. 30-31 and Feb. 20-21), a longtime festival favorite, along with the University of the Arts School of Music (Feb. 6-7), Louie Miranda (Feb. 13-15), newcomers the Francis Coates Ensemble (Feb. 27) and Putumayo Kids (Feb. 28).
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PlayJazzNow Releases Bebop and Odd Meter Playalong Tracks
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Posted by: billharrison on Monday, December 07, 2009 - 09:36 AM |
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The innovative jazz education website http://www.PlayJazzNow.com has just released a new series of downloadable backing tracks. The latest sets of tracks delve into both classic and contemporary jazz materials.
BEBOP STANDARDS is the new collection of tunes popularized by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and their “worthy constituents” in the 1950’s. PlayJazzNow offers a fresh take on some of the most beloved and often performed standards from this era, available exclusively as high fidelity mp3 files.
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Berklee Holds Scholarship Auditions in Istanbul for the First Time
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Posted by: opi on Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 11:05 PM |
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Berklee College of Music, the world's leading institution for the study of contemporary music, will be holding audition and interview events (A&I) in Turkey for the first time as part of the college’s World Scholarship Tour, offering talented musicians the chance to be awarded a scholarship to attend the college. The events, hosted by Modern Müzik Akademisi (MMA) in Istanbul, November 22 to 26, will include clinics, lectures, an information session, a jam session, and a music educator’s forum. For more information or to apply for an audition, visit berklee.edu/wst or email scholarships@berklee.edu.
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Berklee City Music Festival & Blowout Concert,Scholarships Awarded to City Teens
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Posted by: opi on Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 01:21 PM |
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Full Tuition Scholarships for Inner-City Teens
To Be Awarded at 16th Annual Berklee City Music
Blowout Concert August 11
– Berklee’s first City Music Festival presents FREE concerts August 8-10 –
Berklee College of Music presents its 16th annual Berklee City Music Blowout Concert, Tuesday, August 11, 7:30 p.m., at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA. The concert will feature rock, pop, jazz, inspirational music, and r&b performances by talented urban teens from the Boston area and City Music Network sites around the country. The evening will culminate in the awarding of full-tuition scholarships to attend Berklee beginning this fall. Recipients have auditioned for the scholarships, but the winners won’t be revealed until the night of the concert.
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Jane Monheit, Mateusz Kolakowski Among Performers at Usdan Festival Concerts
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Posted by: revacoop on Friday, June 19, 2009 - 08:11 AM |
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DAILY EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCES AND SPECIAL ARTIST WORKSHOPS AT AMERICA’S LARGEST NOT-FOR-PROFIT ARTS DAY CAMP
Usdan Center For the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), now entering its 42nd season and declared a “Best Of” class or camp for 2009 by TimeOutNY/Kids, NY Metro Parents and Long Island Press, will open its series of Festival Concerts, private educational performances for its students, on Monday June 29 at the Center’s 200-acre woodland campus. These will be in addition to many special workshops that will offer by the visiting artists for Usdan students. The Center’s 2009 season runs from June 29 to August 14. Usdan is located at 185 Colonial Springs Road, in Huntington, Long Island.
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Thelonious Monk Institute Brings Peer-to-Peer Program to Pittsburgh Schools
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Posted by: monkinstitute on Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 10:42 AM |
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Thelonious Monk Institute Brings Peer-to-Peer Jazz Education Program
to Pittsburgh Public Schools May 11-16
Featuring Internationally Acclaimed Artists Antonio Hart & Lisa Henry
Weeklong Series of Events Concludes with Concerts Open to the Public
at Little E’s Jazz Club May 15-16
Washington, D.C. – The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz will introduce its “Peer-to-Peer” jazz education program in the Pittsburgh public schools on May 11-16. Combining performance with information, these “informances” will be presented by five exceptionally gifted high school jazz students from Miami’s New World School of the Arts along with internationally acclaimed saxophonist and recording artist Antonio Hart, renowned jazz vocalist Lisa Henry, and distinguished jazz educator Dr. J.B. Dyas. Each school visit will include a concert for all students followed by jazz workshops for each school’s jazz band and choir, with the Miami students playing alongside and sharing ideas with their Pittsburgh counterparts.
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NEC to honor Joseph Maneri, Benjamin Zander & more, May 17
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Posted by: esp on Monday, May 04, 2009 - 09:29 AM |
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New England Conservatory to Confer Diplomas, Certificates on Graduates at 138th Commencement, May 17, in Jordan Hall
Benjamin Zander, Faculty, Conductor, and Transformational Speaker, to Give Commencement Address
Microtonal Composer Joseph Maneri and Zander to Receive Honorary Doctorates
Thomas Oboe Lee, Sarah Bob, Roger Kellaway to Receive Outstanding Alumni Awards at Reunion
Veronica Jochum to Receive Alumni Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award
New England Conservatory President Tony Woodcock will confer diplomas and certificates on 246 graduates at the 138th Commencement Exercises, Sunday, May 17 at 3 p.m. in NEC’s Jordan Hall. Longtime NEC faculty member, conductor, and transformational speaker Benjamin Zander will give the Commencement Address. Zander and Joseph Maneri, retired faculty member and microtonal composer, will receive honorary degrees. Among the graduates crossing the platform will be the first two to have completed the joint degree program between Harvard University and NEC. Composer-pianist Julia Carey and cellist Bong Ihn-Koh will each receive the Master of Music after having received bachelor’s degrees last year from Harvard.
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New Online Jazz Improvisation Lesson Available
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Posted by: jeffrz on Monday, April 27, 2009 - 09:34 AM |
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A new online lesson is available at scooby-sax.com . The lesson examines two transcribed solos of Sonny Rollins on “What Is This Thing Called Love.” The lesson highlights similarities and differences among the master take and the alternate take. Additionally, it presents a method of extracting ideas from the solos and internalizing them while simultaneously memorizing the harmony of the tune. Finally, the lesson examines ways of creating new lines based on the original solo material.
Download the new lesson from scooby-sax.com/online_lessons
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4/17: Berklee Presents Love and Hunger: A Play About Billie Holiday
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Posted by: opi on Monday, April 06, 2009 - 10:28 AM |
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Presenting Love and Hunger, a Play with Music about the life and work of Billie Holiday, April 17th, 7PM, at the David Friend Recital Hall. Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Grammy and Tony award-winning singer and actor. Written and produced by the students of: LHUM-P425 the Advanced Theatre Production Workshop and Terri Lyne Carrington's "Billie Holiday" Ensemble. Limited seating.
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Berklee College of Music Investing in Young Irish Musicians
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Posted by: opi on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 09:38 AM |
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Nick Balkin, 617-747-2247, nbalkin@berklee.edu
Berklee College of Music Investing in Young Irish Musicians
With Improvisation Workshops and Scholarship Auditions
April 13-19 at Dublin Institute of Technology, Newpark Music Centre
Boston, MA, March 20, 2009 – Berklee College of Music is investing in Ireland to bring young talent across the Atlantic to its Boston campus. Ireland, though rich in musical heritage, is underrepresented at Berklee, a multicultural melting pot that includes students from over 70 countries. The college's means of investment is two-fold: First is Berklee in Dublin, April 13-17, a series of improvisation workshops that allow students to study with Berklee's world renowned faculty. Second, April 18-19, is a visit by admissions reps and professors to audition and interview students for scholarships for summer and full-time study at Berklee in Boston.
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BERKLEE TO HOST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
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Posted by: opi on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 09:38 AM |
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Nick Balkin // 617-747-2247 // nbalkin@berklee.edu
BERKLEE TO HOST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
FOR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES, MARCH 27-28
MEIEA 2009 guests include keynote speakers Hal Vogel and Danny Goldberg
Executives from Nettwerk, Topspin, Bug Music, Electronic Arts, and more
Public access through online, walk-in registration
Boston, MA, March 11, 2009 – Berklee College of Music will host the annual Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA) conference, addressing such global topics as monetizing music for film and video games; the use of technology in guerilla marketing and distribution; new business models for touring; brand building through social media; and more.
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Berklee to Hold Scholarship Auditions in Australia for the First Time
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Posted by: opi on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 05:12 PM |
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Berklee College of Music, the world's premier college of contemporary music, will be holding audition and interview (A&I) events in Australia for the first time as part of the college’s World Scholarship Tour. Berklee’s A&I events offer talented musicians the chance to be awarded scholarships to attend the college. Auditions will be held in Melbourne on January 6, 2009, and in Sydney on January 13, 2009. For more information or to apply, visit http://www.berklee.edu/wst or email scholarships@berklee.edu.
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Apogee Celebrates Artistic Excellence with a Month of Events in New Orleans
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Posted by: apogee on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 09:13 AM |
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The Apogee Foundation has rolled out its international programs to discover, develop and celebrate American artistic excellence with a month of educational events, awards and concerts in New Orleans.
New York, NY and New Orleans, LA – The Apogee Foundation has launched its international programs to discover, develop and celebrate artistic excellence in America during a month-long series of events in New Orleans: the birthplace for some of America's greatest art forms and some of the world's greatest performing artists.
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Helen Merrill, Clifford Brown Acetate 12" on eBay
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Posted by: MichaelJ on Friday, June 27, 2008 - 10:22 AM |
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Wow, I noticed their is a 1954 acetate pressing of Helen Merrill's first s/t LP, on eBay. The listed number is Emarcy MG 36006. As I would be interested in purchasing, can any viewers provide additional information regarding early Emarcy acetate pressings. thanks a million, MichaelJ
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Education: Sligo International Jazz Summer School Ireland August 2008
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Posted by: edlee@eircom.net on Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 01:58 PM |
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SJP 2008 is a unique festival of jazz, combining education, inspiration and entertainment for musicians of all ages. SJP is Ireland's biggest jazz summer school and includes a festival featuring line-up comprising mainly members of the SJP teaching faculty, all world class performers in their own right. SJP 2008 will feature a new commission on the opening night with Irish and international jazz musicians, two Grammy winners and great jam sessions each night. SJP Students get free admission to all festival concerts. All faculty members take one masterclass and two ensemble sessions each day and up to 2 live performances during the week. The week culminates with a marathon Sunday afternoon concert featuring all participating jazz students. Festival details soon...
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New Release from Randy Hunter Jazz: Level Three Jazz Etudes for Saxophone
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Posted by: eJazzNews Reader on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 03:05 PM |
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Level Three; Jazz Etudes for Saxophone includes advanced jazz etudes & text covering a broad range of information. For students of improvisation & style, this method serves as a tool for practicing, developing, & understanding multiple aspects of playing jazz.
Twenty four etudes, incorporating six sets of chord changes, are included. The progressions are from standard tunes & a B flat blues.
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The Chicago Jazz Ensemble Presents The 2008 Louis Armstrong Legacy Program and C
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Posted by: McClairPR on Friday, May 09, 2008 - 10:58 PM |
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THE CHICAGO JAZZ ENSEMBLE® PRESENTS
THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG LEGACY PROGRAM AND CELEBRATION
MAY 20, 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM, AT THE CONCERT HALL
OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO MUSIC CENTER
Nine Chicago Area Public Schools Participated in Program
CHICAGO, May 8, 2008 – The Chicago Jazz Ensemble (CJE), with a grant and support from the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation and the Polk Bros. Foundation, presents the 2008 Louis Armstrong Legacy Program and Celebration (LALPC), which includes a Master Class with CJE Artistic Director Jon Faddis and members of the CJE on Tuesday, May 20, from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm at the Concert Hall of the Music Center at Columbia College Chicago, 1014 South Michigan Avenue.
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MUSIC, SHOWBIZ AND ENTERTAINMENT: An authoritative Jazz Biographical Work
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Posted by: eJazzNews Reader on Friday, March 09, 2007 - 12:00 AM |
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Maximillien de Lafayette new ambitious and impressive project has materialized; a massive encyclopedic set of 4 volumes on divas, jazz, cabaret and the world of entertainment: World Who's Who In Jazz, Music, Cabaret And Entertainment. This is a major undertaking and astonishing accomplishment at the highest level. It encompasses every known aspect, facet and genre of the performing arts and the world of entertainment.
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NumberOneFan Officially Kicks Off at WikiMusicGuide
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Posted by: eJazzNews Reader on Friday, March 09, 2007 - 12:00 AM |
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WikiMusicGuide formally started its new award called NumberOneFan (NOF) -- a distinction given to a few and carries the responsibility of making sure the favorite artist's page is always factual and updated, free of vandalisms and plagiarism. Only those who are chosen by the Admin Board are given the prestigious NOF logo with authorization to use for personal sites and as email signatures, provided they state the name of the artist to whom they are NumberOneFans. However, in the event of inactivity, the distinction can be removed at anytime by community consensus or by the WikiMusicGuide Admin Board.
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WORLD WHO'S WHO IN JAZZ CABARET MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
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Posted by: eJazzNews Reader on Friday, March 09, 2007 - 12:00 AM |
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World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment; the enchanting world of bright talents and ultimate artists!
By Gisele von Guntenbergersen, PH.D., Editor-in-Chief, World Art Celebrities Journal, vonguntenbergersen@worldartcelebritiesjournal.com
A new world who's who of entertainment, songs, singers and stage magic is on its way to world human stage and real life. It contains all the glitters, the stories, data, statistics and lists of lists of all those who left their mark on the world of music and showbiz; from progressive fusion rock, jazz and the year’s big buzz list to national music awards, and from San Remo Song Festival awards, airplay world official top 100 and sparkling divas to the ultimate entertainers, singers and songwriters. An unbelievable gigantic accomplishment by a world authority in the field, the prolific writer, author and producer, Maximillien de Lafayette. It is overwhelming. It is Homeric in the abundance of information it offers, the descriptive categories of live performances, styles, schools and music genres and rich biographic chronicles of singers, composers, musicians, writers, producers and giants of the industry it illustrates and the in-depth research of the fabric and divergent world of stars and showbiz.
Erika Luckett (Best International Singer of World Music), and National Public Radio's Marian McPartland occupy a special place of honor in the Who's Who. Maria Gentile, Sarah Jane Cion, Jill Corey, Peggy Judy received glowing reviews. Mark Murphy, best torch singer according to the World Who's Who.
Physicians, writers, humanitarians and stamp collectors have their Who's Who. Musicians, singers and divas don't. It is hard to believe. Finally, somebody with an alert mind decided to do something about it. And what a brilliant idea it was. And what a service the author of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment is rendering to the world community of music and performing arts. Now, divas, entertainers, music and showbiz executives, booking agents, music publishers, venues' proprietors, publicists, critics and the public will have access to and learn what they should learn about all those who entertained us for decades, entered our living rooms, dazzled us on stage and made us fall in love with icons, legends and stars.
It is expected to find in this Who's Who the biography and career highlights of famous stars, artists, composers, songwriters, comedians. Otherwise, the book will not be considered comprehensive and complete. After all, who's who and directories should include those who are known in the field. It is the rule of thumb. Does de Lafayette's Who's Who follow this path? Affirmative. The author walked 10 more miles to include all those who made significant contributions to the world of music and entertainment, regardless of their visibility, name recognition and status.
"Recognizing others' talents is the primordial duty of an honest historian and a well-informed critic. Household names or obscure but gifted artists have the same rights and are entitled to be recognized by the public. To do so, a responsible writer should not exclusively and constantly write about the rich and the famous. I have a strong medium here to offer those magnificent and unknown talents a maximum exposure. I did. I had to do it. So expect to hear and read about fabulous singers and musicians who were deprived from opportunities to be written up in newspapers and magazines..." said Mr. de Lafayette, author of the Who's Who.
In addition to biographical history of the stars, the author paid homage to distinguished music critics, writers and publishers, such as Frank Dain, Stu Hamstra, Michael Ricci and Gwen Calvier. Buy this book. You will treasure it for years to come.
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De Lafayette Encyclopedia Of Entertainment, Music, Jazz And Performing Arts (200
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Posted by: eJazzNews Reader on Friday, March 09, 2007 - 12:00 AM |
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De Lafayette Encyclopedia Of Entertainment, Music, Jazz And Performing Arts (2007-2012) 1st Edition
Thematic and Biographical Encyclopedia of Singers, Performers, Musicians and the Arts. Published by the Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists (FAMSPA) and Times Square Press.
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