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MFM ZOOM Talk Event #5 with Mario Guarneri (US) and Axel Mueller (Germany)

Musicians For Musicians (MFM) PresentsMusic Is Essential ZOOM Talk Event #5 with Mario Guarneri and Axel Mueller Speaking about “What now?…The Case for Relevance of Music”

Date: Saturday, September 17, 2022
Time: 1pm to 2:30pm (ET)
Venue:  ZOOM
Ticket: free

Please register here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckdeysqTIpGNMM4hktNQmFYuaZoKRMzFvt

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Report: MFM ZOOM Talk Event #4 with Keith Levenson and David Belmont

MFM Presents: “Music Is Essential” ZOOM Talk Event #4 with Keith Levenson and David Belmont Speaking about how to be the Music Director/Conductor of “The Who” and retain your sanity.

Report by Dawoud Kringle

On Wednesday, August 17, 2022, MFM presented its fourth Music Is Essential Zoom Talk. MFM vice president David Belmont facilitated a conversation with MFM Board member Keith Levenson. The focus of the Talk was on exploring the musical direction for the Broadway and Rock World, how to run your music as a business, and other aspects of Keith’s music life.

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Al Kooper

A Homage to Al Kooper and Blood, Sweat and Tears’ “Child is Father to the Man”

Text by Bruce Gallanter (Downtown Music Gallery, July 8th, 2022)

“The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes and Freud” – Written by Al Kooper for the first album by Blood, Sweat and Tears, Child is Father to the Man

Father of my morning,
Once my child to the night
I see that you have minds to cop
And I can only watch the sickened sorrow

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Report: MFM ZOOM Talk Event #2 with Michael Harrison and Roger Blanc

Musicians For Musicians (MFM) Presents: “Music Is Essential” ZOOM Talk Event #2 with Michael Harrison and Roger Blanc Sharing an Experiential Workshop with Indian Ragas. 

Report by Dawoud Kringle

Michael HarrisonOn Thursday Aug 11, 2022, MFM presented its second Music is Essential Zoom Talk. The guest was composer/pianist Michael Harrison

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Festival Review: Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival (EJBF) July 2022

Text and photos by Fiona Mactaggart

This year’s lavish, multi-venue, ten-day juggernaut of an Edinburgh Jazz and
Blues Festival (EJBF) opened with a bang, with a ‘Mardi Gras’ in Edinburgh old
town’s Grassmarket and an Edinburgh Festival Carnival along the beautiful,
new town Princes Street getting the party started over the first few days. EJBF
has now screeched to a halt while some other festivals Edinburgh is famous for
have taken off, and it feels timely to reflect on some of this year’s jazz festival
offerings.

Bigger than ever this year, EJBF encompassed a wide range of jazz and blues
and prompted the feeling that there may have almost been as many bands
coming from overseas as from within Scotland itself.

EJBF

De Beren Gieren

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