Jazz For America

ByMatthias Kirsch 10/14/202010/14/2020

An outdoor concert, filmed live onstage on October 15th at City Winery in the Hudson Valley, New York, will support Joe Biden during this extremely important presidential race, which will certainly have an impact on this side of the pond, too.

The concert will be hosted by Dee Dee Bridgewater and will be streamed at 4pm Pacific and 7pm Eastern time. Performers are: Fred Hersch, Jazzmeia Horn, Joe Lovano, John Scofield, Christian McBride, Brandee Younger, Ravi Coltrane, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Melissa Aldana, John Patitucci, Eric Harland, Sean Jones, Miguel Zenon, and Aaron Goldberg.

You can contribute to watch the concert at http://www.jazzforamerica.com

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Mike Phillips – Pulling Off The Covers

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Caecilie Norby – Earthenya

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Saun & Starr Shining in Kreuzberg

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Zig Zag Jazz Club in Berlin

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6th Serious Series in Berlin

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Vinyl Keeps On Spinning

ByMatthias Kirsch 01/03/2016

And so the trend continues: HMV reports that they were selling up to one turntable a minute in the weeks before Christmas and now Amazon follows suit with news that their best selling audio product of last year was – drum roll – the turntable! Even though the seasonal hit was a relatively simple Jensen…

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