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U.S. - Tunisian Music Connections
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Sunday, February 28

6:00 PM (18:00 – Tunisia Time) - 12 noon EST (New York Time)
 
Artist Promotion

Insights on promoting yourself and your music to a global audience

with special guest

Lydia Liebman of Lydia Liebman Promotions

Moderated by Thomas Bellino
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Lydia Liebmanis a media and music industry professional with experience as a publicist, concert promoter, radio host, musician, producer and journalist
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March 14, 2021
6:00 PM (18:00 – Tunisia Time) - 12 noon EST (New York Time)

Collaboration and Cooperation:
Musicians working together toward a common goal


With special guest
musician, composer and educator Ben Allison


Ben Allison has developed an international reputation as a performer, composer and producer and is a leading voice in contemporary jazz. He performs worldwide with his groups Think Free, The Trio, and the Ben Allison Band.
Ben is also one of the creators of the innovative Jazz Composers Collective.


https://benallison.com/

March 28, 2021
6:00 PM (18:00 – Tunisia Time) - 12 noon EST (New York Time)

Creating your own reality:
Breaking down barriers to achieve success

With special guests Douglas Purviance and Fawzi Chekili
 
 
Fawzi Chekili has been leading several jazz projects over the last thirty five years in his home country and abroad, not only performing as a fine guitarist and composer but also creating several events featuring world renowned jazz artists.
 
Douglas Purviance has toured extensively with the Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band, The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band and the Mingus Big Band.  Currently he is the most wanted bass trombone player in the New York jazz scene and is playing with the Jimmy Heath Big Band; Christian McBride Big Band, Ron Carter’s Great Big Band and Jon Faddis’ New York Jazz Orchestra.

April 11, 2021
6:00 PM (18:00 – Tunisia Time) - 12 noon EST (New York Time)

With special guest
Master Guitarist, Rodney Jones



​Rodney Jones started playing the guitar at age 6. He has recorded two records for the Blue Note label, “The Undiscovered Few” and “Soul Manifesto”. He has toured worldwide, performed and recorded with a who’s who of music including Dizzy Gillespie, James Brown, Lena Horne, Quincy Jones, Christian McBride, Stevie Wonder, Elvin Jones, Kenny Burrell, Stan Getz, and countless others. He was the house guitarist for the Apollo Theatre for 9 years, and the staff guitarist for the Rosie O’Donnell Show for 6 years. He has written commercials and has more than 125 compositions recorded. He recently scored a documentary film for PBS about African American GIs in WW2. He served as Musical Director/Producer for Lena Horne, Ruth Brown, Gloria Lynne, Ernestine Anderson and others.. He has been a professor of Jazz Guitar Studies at The Juilliard School for 12 years and at The Manhattan School of Music for more than 20 years and has conducted clinics and workshops worldwide.

https://rodneyjones.com/


April 25, 2021
6:00 PM (18:00 – Tunisia Time) - 12 noon EST (New York Time)

​With special guest
​Fela Davis


​Fela Davis is a 2019 Hall of Fame inductee at Full Sail University and has over 17 years of experience in audio engineering. She is the founder and director of 23dB Productions and One of One Productions Studio that specializes in podcasting, video, and music production with clients Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams Podcast, SiriusXM, 23dB Productions has mixed for the likes of Swiss Chris, Ron Carter, Brian Blade, Jose Feliciano, Meshell Ndegeocello, Bilal and 6-time Grammy Award winner Christian McBride at various world wide tours including sold out shows in Asia, Europe, Canada, and across America. The 23dB crew has begun archiving The Jazz Museum in Harlem's oral history initiative Harlem Speaks, an interview series with musicians, authors, and other individuals who reflect on Harlem's rich history of jazz.
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https://soundgirls.org/the-road-to-23dbproductions-fela-davis/
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