Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS & NEW YEAR!

Austin City Limits to Live-Stream Esperanza Spalding’s ACL Taping December 2nd @ 8pm CST

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Austin City Limits, Bassist, Concord Music Group, Esperanza Spalding, Heads Up, Radio Music Society, The Moody Theater, Vocalists

Episode Airs February 23rd on PBS Stations

Esperanza Spalding, AUSTIN CITY LIMITS

Austin, TX—November 30, 2012—Grammy-winning artist Esperanza Spalding makes her return to Austin City Limits (ACL) this weekend, and ACL announces the taping will be live-streamed in the U.S. on Sunday, December 2nd at 8pm Central Time. Fans can log-on to ACL’s YouTube www.youtube.com Channel to experience Esperanza Spalding perform live direct from The Moody Theater in downtown Austin. The live-stream will webcast the taping in its entirety and the broadcast episode will air February 23rd, 2013 on PBS stations as the full-hour season finale of ACL’s Season 38.

A Gospel According To Jazz Christmas: Kirk Whalum, Keiko Matsui and Amber Bullock

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Composer, Keiko Matsui and Amber Bullock, Kirk Whalum, Saxophonist

Online tickets go on sale today! Only $22

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John Daversa’s Artful Joy Official Release Party is this weekend!

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Arts, BFM Jazz, Composer, Culture, John Daversa, trumpeter

Saturday and Sunday October 13th & 14th
at the Blue Whale in Los Angeles

John Daversa’s Artful Joy Official Release Party

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Jazz for Obama 2012: The Jazz Concert for America’s Future – October 9 at Symphony Space

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DL Media, entertainment, History, Jazz for Obama 2012, Politics

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Harris, Sánchez and Scott -][- Ninety Miles Live At Cubadisco – [Concord Picante, 2012] –

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African American, Christian Scott, Concord Music Group, Concord Picante, David Sanchez, Harold Lopez-Nussa, Latin Culture, Rember Duharte, Saxophonist, Stefon Harris, trumpeter, Vibraphonist

Harris, Sánchez & Scott, NINETY MILES Live at Cubadisco

Harris, Sánchez and Scott -][- Ninety Miles Live At Cubadisco –Mp3– [Concord Picante, 2012] –

Perhaps better than any politician or diplomat, musicians – especially jazz musicians, whose craft is in many ways an improvised form of communication – understand inherently that when we look at each other as individuals and focus on the similarities, the divide between us is actually very short – less than a hundred miles.

Vibraphonist Stefon Harris, saxophonist David Sánchez and trumpeter Christian Scott first crossed that divide on their acclaimed two-disc CD/DVD package, Ninety Miles, released June 21, 2011. Recorded during the same trip, their first and only live performance, Ninety Miles Live At Cubadisco, is set for special U.S. digital release September 25, 2012 (international release dates may vary) on Concord Picante.

Joshua Redman Trio Launches Irish Tour; James Farm to Tour Europe in November

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Aaron Parks, Brad Mehldau Trio, Eric Harland, Gregory Hutchinson, Ireland, Joshua Redman, Matt Penman, Nonesuch Records, Reuben Rogers, The Bad Plus, Wigmore Hall Jazz Series

Joshua Redman

Following his recent European tour with The Bad Plus, Joshua Redman has arrived in Ireland with the Joshua Redman Trio, featuring Reuben Rogers on bass and Gregory Hutchinson on drums, to launch its Irish tour with a concert at The Button Factory in Dublin tonight. The five-day, five-city tour includes stops in Limerick, Cork, Dún Laoghaire, as well as a show at The Mac in Belfast, Northern Ireland. See below for all of Redman’s currently scheduled tour dates; for additional details and ticket links, go to nonesuch.com/on-tour.

Human Spirit -][- Live at the Earshot Jazz Festival (DIALOGUE) – [Origin Records, 2012 | Review] –

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Bass, Drums, Earshot Jazz Festival, Essiet Essiet, Mark Taylor, Matt Jorgensen, Origin Arts, Origin Records, Orrin Evans, Piano, Saxophone, Seattle, Thomas Marriot, Trumpet, Tula’s Jazz Club

Human Spirit, DIALOGUE

Human Spirit -][- Live at the Earshot Jazz Festival (DIALOGUE) –Mp3– [Origin Records, 2012 | Review] –

At a glance, this project has eight pliable originals plus the contributors has fourteen albums among them as leaders and sidemen. Human Spirit is the title from a previous album by trumpeter/composer Thomas Marriot, along with his cohorts Mark Taylor and Matt Jorgensen serve up an engaging brew of bop-influenced modern jazz also features two guest performers Orrin Evans and Essiet Essiet round out the quintet on their latest “Live at the Earshot Jazz Festival” (Dialogue) was recorded two-night engagement at Tula’s Jazz Club in Seattle, WA is currently available on the creative, innovative and eclectic Origin Records.

The First Annual Music Revolution Festival

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Andy Gonzalez, Chembo Corniel, Fort Apache Band, Giovanni Almonte, Music Revolution Festival, Natalie Fernandez, Polish National Home, The City of Hartford, The Evelyn Preston Fund, Truth Revolution Records

Music Revolution Festival

Truth Revolution Records, in partnership with The Evelyn Preston Fund, The City of Hartford and the Polish National Home are proud to bring to the people the first annual Music Revolution Festival. This two day festival will highlight local musicians, vendors, and of course MUSIC! This year we are featuring two major stars in Latin music: on Saturday we will feature Chembo Corniel and on Sunday, Andy Gonzalez from the Fort Apache Band. They will headline the show but we’ll have stellar performances by Argentinian power house performer, Natalie Fernandez and music for your soul brought to you by the moving sounds of Giovanni Almonte.

Al Jarreau and the Metropole Orkest – Live

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African American, Al Jarreau, Concord Records, entertainment, Male Vocalist, Music, Vince Mendoza, vocalese

Al Jarreau and the Metropole Orkest – Live

Al Jarreau and the Metropole Orkest – Live –Mp3– [Concord Records, 2012] –

Al Jarreau has little interest in boundaries or preconceived limitations. Since the mid-1970s, this versatile singer has applied his distinctive and instantly recognizable vocal style – a unique combination of lyrical swing and captivating vocalese – to a broad spectrum of musical genres. With this eclectic approach, he has earned much success along the way – enough to position him as the only vocalist in history to claim Grammy Awards in the three distinct genres of jazz, pop and R&B.