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Pepsi & Beyonce Invite Fans to Kick Off Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show

Pepsi and Beyonce Invite Fans to Help Kick Off the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII
Halftime Show



Fans will have the chance to be a part of the First Ever Crowd-Sourced Super Bowl Halftime Introduction And Help Welcome Beyonce to the Stage


PURCHASE, N.Y., Dec. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Pepsi and Beyonce are inviting fans to help make this year’s Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show one of the most memorable and compelling shows ever.  Beginning on Saturday, December 29th, fans are encouraged to submit photos of specific “poses” in hopes of being selected for a chance of a lifetime – to appear in an on-air introduction welcoming Beyonce to the stage for the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show.

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Legendary Saxophonist Wayne Shorter to Release New Blue Note Recording “Without A Net” on Feb 5th, 2013 | Announces 2013 U.S. Tour Dates

WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET ANNOUNCES 2013 U.S TOUR DATES INCLUDING
APPEARANCES AT CARNEGIE HALL IN NYC & DISNEY HALL IN LA

 

SHORTER REVEALS COVER ART FOR NEW ALBUM WITHOUT A NET;
TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO BLUE NOTE RECORDS TO BE RELEASED FEB. 5

The legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter will make his triumphant return to Blue Note Records after 43 years with the February 5, 2013 release of Without A Net, his searing new album with his long-running Quartet featuring pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade. Shorter has revealed the album cover artwork for Without A Net, which features drawings by Shorter himself.

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VH1 Divas Adds Additional Stars | Airs Live Dec. 16th, 2013

VH1 Divas Adds A Performance By British Songstress Paloma Faith With Appearances By Elisha Cuthbert, Sheila E, Kat Graham, Ellie Kemper, Amber Riley And LA Reid

  

Red Carpet to be Live Streamed on DIVAS.VH1.com on Sunday, December 16

VH1 “DIVAS” Hosted by Adam Lambert Airs Live Sunday, December 16 at 9PM/8c
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NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — VH1’s popular franchise “VH1 Divas” announced today that British star Paloma Faith will be joining this year’s LIVE dance music tribute.  In addition Elisha Cuthbert , Sheila E, Kat Graham, Ellie Kemper, LA  Reid and Amber Riley will make an appearance and join the “VH1 Divas” dance party LIVE at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, December 16 at 9PM/8c on VH1.

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2013 Trumpet Awards Honorees to be Announced | Will Broadcast on TV One in Spring 2013

Trumpet Awards 2013 Honorees Announcement Scheduled by The Trumpet Awards Foundation


The Trumpet Awards Foundation will
hold a press conference to announce the selection of 2013 Trumpet Awards
honorees on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 10:00 am at the Hyatt Regency
Atlanta in International Ballroom South, Atlanta, Georgia. This is an
open event to press and media representatives.

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 10, 2012

The Trumpet Awards Foundation
will announce the honorees of the 2013 Trumpet Awards at a Press
Conference on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 10:00 a.m. at the Hyatt
Regency Atlanta in the International Ballroom South.

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The BLACK GIRLS ROCK! 2012 Special premieres Nov. 4th, 2012 | Hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross & Regina King

Tracee Ellis Ross and Regina King Set to Return as Co-Hosts to Affirm that
BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™
 

 
BET Networks and Beverly Bond Reunite to Shine the Spotlight on Black Girls Who Rock: Dionne Warwick, Kerry Washington, Susan Taylor, Alicia Keys and Dr. Hawa Abdi and Her Daughters for Their Achievements

Taping at the Loews Paradise Theatre October 13, 2012 in New York City; Network Premiere November 4, 2012 @ 8:00 pm/ET


NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™ 2012 special on BET is back for a third televised installment with heartfelt performances, tributes and special awards to celebrate the achievements of remarkable women of color.

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Grammy® Award-winning Bassist Esperanza Spalding to Host “Groundbreaking Music” for Magic Johnson’s New ASPiRE TV Network | Oct. 5th, 2012

ESPERANZA SPALDING TO HOST “GROUNDBREAKING MUSIC”
FOR MAGIC JOHNSON’S ASPiRE TV NETWORK

Tune in Friday, October 5 at 8:00 pm!


ASPiRE, the television network from Magic Johnson Enterprises, today announced its fall line-up of hosted weekly prime time program blocks featuring the best African-American films, music and comedy. A new weekly feature, “Groundbreaking Music,” hosted by Grammy® Award-winning bassist, vocalist, composer and bandleader  Esperanza Spalding, premieres Friday, October 5 at 8:00 pm, with “Earth Wind and Fire Live.” Other music and performance specials the show will air include “Beyond the Steps: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater” and “Dorothy Dandridge Singing at Her Best.”

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Jazz Fans Play Role For The Newport Jazz Festival® Gala Recording 2012 Project powered by ArtistShare®

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ Invites Jazz Fans to Play Role in the Future of Jazz Through Newport Jazz Festival® Gala Recording 2012 Project Powered by ArtistShare



First-ever CD Produced by Newport Jazz Festival Features Dianne Reeves, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Anat Cohen, Steve Wilson, Lewis Nash, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Lionel Loueke, Edmar Castañeda, Ingrid Jensen and Peter Martin.

NEWPORT, RI (PRWEB) September 28, 2012

George Wein and the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ invite jazz fans to take a front row seat for the future of jazz through the Newport Jazz Festival® Gala Recording 2012 Project powered by ArtistShare®.

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Legendary Percussionist Pete Escovedo Releases New CD, “Live From Stern Grove Festival” | Available NOW

LEGENDARY PERCUSSIONIST
PETE ESCOVEDO AND HIS BAND CAPTURED LIVE FROM STERN GROVE FESTIVAL

“What’s up, San Francisco? Are you ready to have a good time?” asks timbales player and band leader Pete Escovedo at the beginning of Live From Stern Grove Festival, his terrific new album that captures a live show he played earlier this year at the legendary 75-year-old San Francisco cultural venue and institution.
 
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Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Finalists Share Stage with Celebrities, Special Appearances

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Finalists Share Stage With Aretha Franklin, Herbie Hancock, Chris Botti and a Host of Others at Gala Concert Honoring Madeleine Albright, Made Possible by Cadillac


 
Festivities Celebrated “Women, Music and Diplomacy” and Featured Appearances by UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, Tipper Gore and Helen Mirren

Jamison Ross of Jacksonville, Florida, Wins 2012 Drums Competition


WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The 25th annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and “Women, Music and Diplomacy” All-Star Gala Concert came to a close with roaring applause and cheers as Tipper Gore joined first place winner Jamison Ross on drums in a rousing finale featuring Thelonious Monk’s classic composition “In Walked Bud.”

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Stefon Harris, David Sanchez & Christian Scott’s “Ninety Miles Live At Cubadisco” Coming Sept. 25th, 2012

Stefon Harris, David Sanchez And Christian Scott – Ninety Miles Live At Cubadisco – Out 9/25 On Concord Picante


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.

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