NYC ~ Geri Allen & Friends Celebrate the Great Jazz Women of the Apollo on Saturday, MAY 11 at the Apollo Theater!

Geri Allen and The Timeline QuartetPianist-composer-educator Geri Allen will present a special program titled "Geri Allen & Friends Celebrate The Great Jazz Women Of The Apollo," at The Apollo Theater in New York on Saturday, May 11.

Under Allen's musical direction, this concert production pays homage to the legendary women singers and instrumentalists who have graced the Apollo stage (celebrating such legacies as Nina Simone, Betty Carter, Nancy Wilson, Mary Lou Williams, Hazel Scott, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Melba Liston and other great jazz women).

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Watch the International Jazz Day All-Star Concert at www.jazzday.com April 30th!

The second annual International Jazz Day is being celebrated tomorrow in every country around the world. Organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, each year on April 30 International Jazz Day highlights jazz's unique power for advancing intercultural dialogue and understanding across the world. 

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Top 50 Jazz Albums for the Week of 29 April 2013 [JazzWeek]

Here are the top 50 jazz albums that received the most airplay on US, Canadian and internet radio stations for the week of 29 April 2013.

1. GIACOMO GATES Miles Tones: Sings the Music of Miles Davis (Savant)
2. AARON DIEHL The Bespoke Man's Narrative (Mack Avenue Records)
3. GERALD CLAYTON Life Forum (Concord)
4. MONTY ALEXANDER Uplift 2 (Jazz Legacy Productions)
5. THE VERVE JAZZ ENSEMBLE It's About Time (Verve Jazz Ensemble)
6. ERIC ALEXANDER Touching (HighNote)

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New Release ☛ Global Noize "Sly Reimagined The Music of Sly and The Family Stone" - US Street Date: June 11, 2013!

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When Sly and The Family Stone hit the scene back in the late ‘60s, the world – socially, culturally and politically – was in a state of upheaval.  And their music perfectly evangelized the moment.  Today, we stand dangerously at the edge of a similar precipice – and that message of celebratory potential and jubilant clarity is sorely needed.  With that concept squarely implanted in his mind’s eye, visionary conceptualist, producer, arranger, composer and keyboard wizard Jason Miles has created the extraordinary Sly Reimagined on the Zoho Roots label.

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