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Erik Truffaz & Amina Agossi Jazz Up The Lao People's Democratic Republic
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All About Jazz
Jazz gigs are nothing like buses in Lao, as two buses never come along at the same time in the capital city, Vientiane. Nevertheless, jazz fans can look forward to the dizzying prospect of two jazz gigs on consecutive nights in the Lao National Culture Hall on the 26th and 27th of November. Swiss-French trumpeter Erik Truffaz on Wednesday 26th and French-Beninoise singer Mina Agossi on Thursday 27th will give audiences two very different takes on modern jazz. Truffaz has ...
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Terell Stafford Quintet Pays Tribute to Lee Morgan in the Kimmel Center’s Jazz Up Close Series, Feb. 25
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All About Jazz
Terell Stafford Quintet continues the Kimmel Center's 2011/12 Jazz Up Close Series, which honors Philadelphia jazz legends, with a tribute to Philly born hard-bop trumpeter, Lee Morgan, on February 25, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in Perelman Theater. The quintet will perform a bebop-infused program of select works from the legendary composer, arranger and musician's catalogue of music, as well as works from Terell Stafford's latest 2011 release, This Side of Strayhorn. Trumpeter Terell Stafford will be joined on stage by ...
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Dozens of Musicians Jazz up Crystal December Caribbean Cruise
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Michael Ricci
This December, nearly two dozen jazz artists will dazzle music lovers aboard Crystal Cruises' Experiences of Discovery Jazz Cruise. With live performances from piano solos to harmonious trios, quartets and full seven-piece bands, the 10-day Caribbean itinerary roundtrip from Miami aboard the award-winning Crystal Serenity December 11, 2010.
The acclaimed Bill Allred Classic Jazz Band will headline, along with a variety of solo artists to fill the ship with the sounds of jazz in the classic styles of the '30s, ...
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The Tierney Sutton Band Scheduled to Jazz up Worcester in Smooth Style!
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Michael Ricci
Music Worcester presents The Tierney Sutton Band - One Night Only - Saturday, May 8, Tuckerman Hall (Tuckerman St., Worcester) 8PM.
The Tierney Sutton Band features legendary Jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton and her band of amazing, instrumental virtuosos Christian Jacob, Trey Henry, Kevin Axt and Ray Brinker.
From humble beginnings as a Wisconsin-born choir girl (unexposed to jazz until college) Sutton has grown up into her role as jazz vocalist. Educated at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Tierney became ...
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A Real Jazz Party! Second Annual Jazz up Down and Around with the Sun Ra Arkestra in Philadelphia on April 25th
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Michael Ricci
Join the Party! It's LifeLine's second annual JAZZ UP DOWN AND AROUND event thanks to funding by the William King Foundation and support by the University of the Arts, Philadelphia Jazz Heritage Project, All About Jazz and WRTI radio.
Hear jazz in all directions with:
Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen Warren Oree & The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble The University of the Arts Jazz Band.
APRIL 25, 2010 THE ...
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Thursday: Zubatto Syndicate Plans to Jazz up Seattle's Crocodile Nightclub
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Michael Ricci
There are no chairs to sit in when you listen to music at the Crocodile. An open floor has always worked best for the kind of music and audiences the famous rock club is known for. Since opening in 1991 the Belltown club closed late in 2007 and reopened under new owners in early 2009 the Crocodile, an integral part of Seattle's music history, has hosted the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Cheap Trick, R.E.M., Mudhoney, Yoko Ono and, last ...
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Jazz up Close with Sheila Jordan and Kurt Elling Paying Tribute to Billie Holiday at the Kimmel Center, Nov. to Dec.
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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
The Kimmel Center's Jazz Up Close series continues its season-long tribute to Philadelphia-born icon Billie Holiday, one of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time, fifty years after her passing. The featured artists represent today's gifted jazz vocalists who celebrate Holidays unforgettable stage presence and signature emotion in a style all their own. Each artist will cover a selection of songs from the Holiday catalogue as well as original works.
American jazz singer-songwriter Sheila Jordan channels Holidays emotional timbre and ...
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Music Festival to Jazz up Hope
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All About Jazz
HOPE, Maine - Four men with ties to the community hope to bring back the jazz era, at least to the local arena. Andy Stewart, owner of Hope General Store, Chris Rogers, Andy Swift and Bill Jones are staging the second annual Hope Jazz Festival Saturday, Aug. 16, in True Park, behind the General Store. The four men founded the festival last year and established a nonprofit organization called “Hope 4 Jazz" to build the festival slowly to a point ...
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Jazz up Summertime with Turner Classic's Big-Band Movie Marathon
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All About Jazz
When it rose in popularity between the Jazz Age and the advent of rock 'n' roll, big band music was aided by dovetailing nicely with the movies being made at the time. Turner Classic Movies takes advantage of this for a monthlong, 42-film Wednesday night festival of “Big Bands in the Movies." It begins with the 1937 Busby Berkeley-directed “Hollywood Hotel" (8 p.m.) featuring the work of a young Benny Goodman. It's followed by the 1941 “Las Vegas Nights" (10 ...
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Kimmel Center's Mellon Jazz up Close "Goes Global" Series Concludes with Western European Jazz Performance of Flamenco Inspired Rhythms, May 3
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All About Jazz
"[Mr. Perez] conducted a polyrhythmic dialogue between his two hands; at other times he used his left to lay the groundwork while his right took off in flight...he struck the perfect balance between elasticity and groove." --New York Times Kimmel Center's Mellon Jazz Up Close “Goes Global" series concludes with a performance of Western European jazz, led by flamenco guitarist Juanito Pascual, pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci and percussionist Jamey Haddad on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 7:30pm in ...
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