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4th Edition South Florida Dominican Jazz Fest - Tributes "El Comandante" Mario Rivera Set for October 17
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Fernando Rodriguez
In October 2012, Landestoy Enterprises presented a completely new and exiting concept from the Dominican Republic: The South Florida Dominican Jazz Fest. A multicultural event that brought to Florida the best Jazz currently being made by musicians in the Dominican Republic as well as Dominicans living in the United States. October of this year is just around the corner and Miami is preparing itself for the 4th versión of this event. The level of success of the presentations have been ...
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Fred Hersch Debuts "My Coma Dreams" Three Years After Falling Gravely Ill
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All About Jazz @ Spinner
By now, everyone with a passing interesting in current-day jazz is familiar with the story of Fred Hersch, the HIV-positive pianist who was so ill with pneumonia in 2008 that he was put into a medically induced coma for two months. Around the time of the release of his 2010 trio album 'Whirl,' we checked in with Hersch to see how things were progressing and found an artist who literally had a new lease on life, ...
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Pianist Fred Hersch Survives Coma to Write a New Chapter to His Jazz Career
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All About Jazz @ Spinner
Even though it was Sunday, the Village Vanguard was packed to catch the last night of pianist Fred Hersch's weeklong run. Hersch had played the legendary club in New York's West Village before, even releasing a live album recorded there, and the room had the energy of an artist restaking his claim as one of current jazz's most important figures. He's released more than 30 albums as a leader and has played sideman to such legends as Stan Getz, Joe ...
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Bobby Shew & Rich Wetzel at Tacoma Jazz Music Festival - May 23rd & May 24th
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All About Jazz
Special guest star, legendary international trumpet artist, Bobby Shew.
It's coming up, May 23rd and 24th, Memorial Day Weekend. Friday night is jazz in participating night clubs, and Saturday is the main event where one ticket, $20, gets you into all events, five stages, over 32 bands, about a dozen clinicians, master classes, music vendors, beer gardens, as well as a family event. Students, players, and fans alike will see and hear a lot of great stuff, you will not ...
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