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USM JAZZ BAND SHOWCASING APEX TALENT AT BORNEO JAZZ FESTIVAL (Universiti Sains Malaysia)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
USM, PENANG, 18 May 2016 - The USM Jazz Band recently had its 10-piece band, dubbed the USM Mini Big >Band, performing at the internationally-acclaimed Borneo Jazz Festival held at Park City Everly Hotel in Miri, Sarawak ... Founded in 1998, the USM Jazz Band was established by Associate Professor Razif Mohd @ Jeep, a music lecturer at the university and a passionate Jazz musician....

Jonesboro-based Jazz Group to Present Pocahontas Concert (Arkansas State University)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
JONESBORO - KASU 91.9 FM, the public media service of Arkansas State University, and Marr Street Productions present The Jazz Writers Big >Band (JWBB) in concert, Sunday, May 22, at 3.30 p.m., at Marilyn's Music Hall and Clogging Company in Pocahontas, 111 N ... 'The Jazz Writers Big Band is a group of 18 musicians who perform music written and arranged ......

Mammal Hands - new album and UK tour.

Edit The Jazz Mann 18 May 2016
They have been compared to both Portico Quartet and GoGo Penguin for the way in which they navigate the choppy waters between contemporary dance music and jazz ... Together they have crafted a wonderful sounding record, the richness of which perfectly illuminates the band’s music ... The middle section where the Tabla enters is very influenced by hypnotic, trance related music and South African spiritual jazz....

the golden days of Nigerian rock

Edit The National 18 May 2016
The author is good on how celebrated Nigerian superstar Fela Kuti's late 1960s rejection of "pure Highlife" music (his new "Afrobeat" sound also incorporated R&B; and Latin jazz elements) helped to pave the way for the leaner, meaner sound of "Afro Rock", a genre pioneered by bands such as The Hykkers, who were Biafran transplants to Lagos....

Entries invited for national music contest

Edit The Hindu 18 May 2016
Musicians of Kozhikode can join the bandwagon of the National Music Competition organised by Prasar Bharathi through Akashvani Kozhikode ... The competitions are being held in vocal and instrumental music in both Carnatic and Hindustani streams. In western music, band music has also been added ... The band music could be in either pop, rock or jazz streams....

2016 Verandah Concert schedule (Hayes Presidential Center Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums will showcase some of Northwest Ohio's top musical groups this summer during its free verandah concerts ... Each event begins with an ice cream social at 6.45 p.m., and music starts at 7 p.m ... The 2016 verandah concert schedule is as follows. ... · July 13 - Honey Creek Preservation Jazz Band, playing Dixieland jazz ... 10 - The Rev....

5 New Jazz Releases You Need to Hear

Edit Rhapsody 18 May 2016
So goes the world of the Jazzbeaux, whose aim is to eliminate the snob of jazz-snobbery ... League, as well as other players in the band, came from the well-respected University of North Texas jazz music program in Denton, Texas ... “Naw-lins” ends with swatches of musical references, including the theme from the Andy Griffith Show ... The post 5 New Jazz Releases You Need to Hear appeared first on Rhapsody Music News....

Gwyneth Herbert

Edit Skiddle 18 May 2016
Award-winning composer and lyricist, strikingly original performer and musical adventurer Gwyneth Herbert comes to PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho ... With one foot in the jazz world and the other somewhere in the future, Gwyneth has released 6 critically-acclaimed albums (including the first UK Blue Note release in 30 years), toured across the world and shared stages with Boy George, Amy Winehouse and John Cooper Clarke....

USM Offers Summer Camps for youth in music, sports and a new STEM camp in energy and sustainability (University of Southern Maine)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
This summer, the University of Southern Maine offers several summer camps for all ages, including a STEM camp, music and theater camps, and sports camps ... USM's School of Music offers five camps taking place throughout June and July on the Gorham campus ... Camp will provide daily concert band experience, jazz, instrument sectionals, ensemble classes, guest presentations, non-musical recreational activities, and choral group experience....

Will Solomon’s debut album blends Lexington and Nashville sounds

Edit Lexington Herald-Leader 18 May 2016
What really got me to pick up the technique was just writing silly little songs with my friends, and then sitting in on Thursday night rehearsals for the Lexington-based band Wake as a teenageer.” ... a number of different bands, the main one being Johnnyswim, who he played with for four years....

WIU Summer Music Institute offers Camp Opportunities Throughout June (Western Illinois University)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
MACOMB, IL - The Western Illinois University Summer Music Institute will offer music camp opportunities to local junior high and high school students throughout the month of June ... The cost of the camps, for band and choir students is $575 ... The camp offers opportunities for small musical groups, a chance to develop and refine improvisation and live coffee house performances....

Chop and change: a fraught evening 'recomposing' Soweto Kinch’s jazz set

Edit The Guardian 18 May 2016
arrive at Cheltenham jazz festival in time for Soweto Kinch’s soundcheck; receive recording of soundcheck and rehearsal; using only those recordings, create 45 minutes of new music, to be played for the audience – straight after the gig ... The idea was to make music that carried the DNA of Kinch and his band, perhaps even an uncanny resemblance, but ultimately to create something new....

Tshwane listeners air their views on local music

Edit Mail Guardian South Africa 18 May 2016
The SABC has prioritised South African music, with the broadcaster recently announcing new policy requiring its 18 radio stations to play at least 90% local music.  ... What do you think of the new music quota for SABC radio stations?  I’m looking forward to hearing local music because it is scarce on Tuks FM ... I’d prefer the radio stations to play a mixture of local and international music. Letitia Wannenburg....
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