BREAKING NEWS - NYC: 24TH INTERNATIONAL DUKE ELLINGTON STUDY CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN NYC MAY 19th-22nd, 2016, PRESENTED BY DECFA
The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts' presentation of the 24th International Duke Ellington Study Conference, presented this year by The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts from Thursday, May 19th through Sunday, May 22nd, 2016, at various venues in New York City. The Conference, which is attended by approximately 200 music scholars, lecturers, Duke Ellington historians and music and jazz fans from all over the globe, is held in different countries of the world on an irregular schedule. This year the Conference is being presented by The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts, which was founded in 2004 by Duke's granddaughter Mercedes Ellington, the noted dancer and choreographer, to protect and enhance the legacy of Duke Ellington, the musician, orchestra leader and composer who is universally regarded as the most prolific American composer of the 20th century. The conference, which will be held in various New York City venues associated with Duke Ellington's life and career, will feature screenings, lectures, the presentation of dissertations by noted musicologists and historians, performances of Ellington's musical compositions by renowned jazz singers, dancers and musicians, as well as a guided bus tour of the Harlem Ellington knew and loved, and a visit to the historic Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx where Duke and other jazz immortals are buried. Carmen de Lavillade, the world renowned dancer/choreographer who portrayed Madam Zajj in Duke Ellington's memorable TV special and recording, "The Drum Is A Woman," will introduce a screening of the heralded production, hosted by Mercedes Ellington, at the Paley Center for Media on the Conference's Opening Day, Thursday, May 19th. Ms. de Lavillade will be the recipient of this year's "Beyond Category Lifetime Achievement Award" which will be presented to her at an Awards Luncheon to be held at the MIST Harlem (46 West 116th Street in Harlem) on the final day of the conference, Sunday, May 22nd from 11:30 am - 2:00 am.copyright 2016 - See cabaret listings from all over the world at CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
Jazz/cabaret vocalist Mary Foster Conklin has announced her debut on WFDU 89.1 FM, hosting a weekly show every Sunday from 3:00 to 7:00 pm (Eastern Time), streaming on their HD2 channel, Jazz and What's More. The show began it's run on Sunday, March 5th. Yu can find it on the internet at 
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The Singing Experience May/ June 2016 Workshop "Here's To Us!" begins on Tuesday Evening, May 17th! There are 6 Sessions and here is The Schedule:
This recording had a long gestation, starting when Jim was born in Florence Alabama in1945. This was very close to the place where musical magic was to be made, the famous recording studios in Muscle Shoals. By coincidence, Percy Sledge was born in the same little town where his family and Jim lived, Leighton, Alabama. He had a major hit with his first recording in 1966, and the "Muscle Shoals Sound" was firmly established. Jim Speake had music in his life from an early age, because he sang along with his mother when she played the piano and sang. A track of his first recording session at four, can be found on Jim's first CD, "Jim Speake Sings My Generation." It was expected that he would go into the family business of farming. Instead, when Speake went to college, he earned degrees in Business Administration, University of Alabama and ultimately Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia. If he had followed my heart, he would have studied music. That was a road Jim did not take seriously until he moved to New York City in 2000. There, while studying acting and voice, Jim was lucky enough to meet some key people who have been vital to his development as a singer. At H.B. Studio, he met KT Sullivan. KT introduced Jim to Eric Michael Gillett. Eric Michael introduced him to Patrick DeGennaro. Patrick introduced him to Lennie Watts and Steven Ray Watkins. 2015 marked the tenth anniversary of his collaboration with these two talented men. Most of the arrangements on this recording were developed working with this same team. It is not a stretch to say thatSpeake would not have made this recording had he not met Lennie and Steven. He especially appreciates Lennie's support through this journey and also introducing him to Paul Rolnick.
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This May, Lucille brings her love for songwriting artists to 
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Acclaimed Broadway, film and television star, Tovah Feldshuh - nominated six times for the Tony and Emmy Awards - returns to 
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Erin Cross will present a tribute concert for Nancy LaMott to benefit pediatric cancer research at St. Jude's Children's Hospital on Sunday, May 1st, at 4:00 pm at 
SALON - that unique, multiple award winning, Weekly Open Mic Event, created and hosted by Mark Janas will return to 
The Sundays In Summer Cabaret Series begins its 7th season on Sunday, May 1st at 2:00 pm with Internationally renowned singer Tish Oney, performing at the 
The sixth annual "Night Of A Thousand Judys" the Pride concert to benefit The Ali Forney Center presented by The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, will take place at the 
One of our most popular and well-loved artists, Amanda McBroom, returns to 
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