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Stan Kenton and His Orchestra: Concert Kenton
by Jack Bowers
There's no question that Stan Kenton led one of the more successful and popular orchestras of the storied Big Band Era, winning various yearly polls while drawing large crowds to his jazz concerts and dance performances from coast to coast. But Kenton always wanted something more: to enlighten as well as entertain. Music, he felt, should be cerebral as well as visceral. And so he formed the Neophonic Orchestra to play the sort of forward-looking jazz he felt many listeners ...
Continue ReadingChico Alvarez & Afrocaribe - Thursday 23 @ La Belle Epoque
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All About Jazz
June 23, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES THURSDAY 23 @ LA BELLE EPOQUE 827 Broadway (between 12 and 13 St) door opens 7:00PM, for dinner reservations call 212-254-6436 closest subway N-R-W-Q-4-5-6-L- to Union Square Dance Cuban Salsa with: Live music by CHICO ALVAREZ & AFROCARIBE MANOLO ALBO, piano CARLOS DEL PINO, bass GENE GOLDEN, conga drums LINO FERNANDEZ, timbales & bongo OSCAR ONOZ, trumpet CHICO ALVAREZ, vocals & percusssion Dance Lessons by Rodney Lopez @ 7:30 pm DJ ...
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Chico Alvarez & Palomonte to perfom at Midsummer Night Swing Fri. June 17, 2005, Josie Robertson Plaza at 6:30pm
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All About Jazz
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
