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We'll Meet Again—American Jazz Standards with Jaimee Paul and Leif Shires at John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts on February 4, 2023
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Maura Dunno
Join the Pan American Symphony Orchestra for an evening of American jazz nostalgia with Nashville sensation, Jaimee Paul, singing favorites of the 1940’s such as the wartime hit, “We'll Meet Again." The performance will also feature selections from a swinging orchestral work, the “Zodiac Suite," by Mary Lou Williams, the talented, prolific African-American jazz composer, pianist, and arranger for Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and others. Considered a musician's musician, Williams was highly regarded for her swing-era music and ...
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Who Was Joe Kennedy Jr.?
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday I posted on a new box set from Fresh Sound featuring the complete recordings of Ahmad Jamal's Three Strings between 1951 and 1955. In the post, I wrote that in the late 1940s Ahmad played in a Pittsburgh group called the Four Strings that never recorded. The Four Strings folded after Joe Kennedy Jr., the quartet's violinist, left and Ahmad moved to Chicago. So who was Joe Kennedy Jr.? Bill Kirchner wrote me early this morning. Marc, Joe Kennedy ...
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Watch the 2019 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert from the Kennedy Center at All About Jazz or Jazz Near You!
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All About Jazz
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will honor the 2019 NEA Jazz Masters at a tribute concert held in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, hosted by Jason Moran. The concert will also be available via a live webcast at both All About Jazz and Jazz Near You. On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. ET, All About Jazz will present, in its entirety, the tribute concert including remarks by ...
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Vocalist Laurin Talese Returns To Minton's Harlem Following Recent Kennedy Center Performance
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ARE GROUP
After a busy start to 2017, vocalist Laurin Talese is preparing for her next series of performances to usher in spring, marked by a return to the legendary Minton’s Harlem on March 24th. She has enjoyed several sold-out shows at not only Minton’s, but also venues in Philadelphia and Atlanta as well. Most recently, Talese was handpicked to perform as part of The ASCAP Foundation’s showcase, “Songwriters: The Next Generation” at Washington, D.C.’s esteemed Kennedy Center. Later this spring, she joins the ...
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Jazz this week: A tribute to Ray Kennedy, "Music at the Intersection," Marquis Hill, Mike Dillon Band, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
If you're trying to shake the mid-summer doldrums after some punishing heat and humidity over the past few days in St. Louis, getting out to hear some live jazz and creative music could be just the thing. This weekend's musical menu features a benefit for the family of a well-known local musician, a visit from a fast-rising trumpet talent, a free evening of music at multiple venues in Grand Center, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, July 15 ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Remembering Ray Kennedy
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Next Friday, July 17 at the Sheldon Concert Hall, musical colleagues of the late pianist Ray Kennedy will present a concert paying tribute to the St. Louis native, who died in May after a long bout with multiple sclerosis. With proceeds benefiting Kennedy's widow and two young daughters, the show will be headlined by singer-guitarist John Pizzarelli, who featured Kennedy as the pianist in his working group for more than a decade, and Pizzarelli's dad Bucky, the veteran jazz guitarist ...
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The Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors Perform At The Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater On April 24
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Berklee Media Relations
Berklee College of Music presents the Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors, in a program featuring the members’ original compositions, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on April 24. The quintet is composed of students attending the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI). The concert is part of the Kennedy Center’s Conservatory Project, a showcase for outstanding students from America’s finest music colleges and conservatories. The Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors’ free performance takes place Friday, April ...
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Dimitrije Vasiljevic Performed At The Kennedy Center As Part Of The European Month Of Culture
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Danijela Milic/LeitmotivArts
Serbian pianist and composer Dimitrije Vasiljevic held a solo piano concert on May 12, 2014 at the the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. This event was part of a series of concerts held at the Millennium stage in celebration of the “European Month of Culture" in which artists from many European countries participated. Vasiljevic performed his original compositions “Ellipsis", “Ditto", “Ocean Express" and “Wardenclyffe". He also premiered his latest piano composition “Sacré-Cœur", introducing it in the program with words “broken ...
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Dimitrije Vasiljevic To Perform At The Kennedy Center As Part Of The European Month Of Culture
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Danijela Milic/LeitmotivArts
On the occasion of the European Month of Culture, pianist and composer Dimitrije Vasiljevic will perform in Washington, D.C. in a solo piano concert presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in collaboration with the Embassy of Serbia in the United States and LeitmotivArts. Vasiljevic will perform his original compositions from his upcoming solo piano album as well as works of some well-known American jazz masters in his own arrangements. Prior to moving to the United ...
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The Kennedy Center Announces The Full Schedule For Blue Note At 75
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Josh Johnson
A Celebration with performances by Fabian Almazan, Brian Blade, Terence Blanchard, Lou Donaldson, Robert Glasper, Derrick Hodge, Bobby Hutcherson, Norah Jones, Lionel Loueke, Joe Lovano, Jason Moran, John Patitucci, Danilo Pérez, Dianne Reeves, Kendrick Scott, Marlena Shaw, Wayne Shorter, Dr. Lonnie Smith, McCoy Tyner, and others Celebration to include an art challenge for young people led by ARTSEDGE and the Digital Youth Network WASHINGTON, D.C.—From May 3 to May 11, 2014, the Kennedy Center presents Blue Note at 75, marking ...
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