Capturing the Live Experience - Big Rude Jake Goes to the Crowd

Jake is a composer, blues shouter and musician with a diverse set of influences. The Big Rude Jake band successfully meshes the sounds of traditional jazz, jump blues, rockabilly and punk. The lyrical...

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The Hashem Assadullahi Sextet Reinvents 80's Pop, Classic Americana, and Much More

Hashem Assadullahi began his love affair with the saxophone in the Lone Star State, Texas, when he joined the 6th grade band - nearly 20 years ago. Now, Hashem leads the Hashem Assadullahi Sextet...

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Alma Micic Soars To New Directions With 3rd Album

Alma Micic was born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia. At the age of 16 she started performing with a local quartet and she's been soaring ever since. Alma attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music...

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From Italy, With Good Music

Piero Bittolo Bon is a rising star in Italian jazz. He was voted as one of the best Italian jazz musicians in 2010 Musica Jazz critic's poll and seemingly plays every possible instrument - and has one...

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The Sweet Sounds of Sweet Soubrette

"Take Amanda Palmer covering Radiohead and then take Phoebe Legere and drain out the jazz and replace it with Jenny Lewis circa The Execution Of All Things and then throw on some fishnet stockings and...

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Crowdfunding a Jazz Music Video with a Cinematic Twist

Rale Micic is a Serbian jazz guitarist and composer living in New York City. Greg MacDonald is a director who loves jazz and great cinema. Now the two are serving up a delightful project for anyone...

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Jazz + Crowdfunding + French Horn + Mark Taylor = Very Cool RocketHub Project

Jazz musician/composer Mark Taylor has tons of talent and is a super nice guy to boot. Here's what Time Out New York has to say about Mark and his unique instrument - "The French horn is a notoriously...

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Crowdfunding a Jazz Album - Behind the Scenes With Josh Deutsch and Nico Soffiato

Josh Deutsch and Nico Soffiato are good friends and musical collaborators.  I've had the chance to see them play live a few times here in NYC and really enjoy their music and vibe.  The duo struck up...

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