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Grace Kelly with Strings: At the Movies
by Jack Bowers
Saxophonist Grace Kelly, who some years ago graduated from the Child Prodigy class in which she was a prominent member, has entered her third decade by recording for the first time with a string-based orchestra. The theme is At the Movies, and Kelly opens with a James Bond medley and closes with five themes from Walt Disney films. Besides playing soprano, alto, tenor and baritone sax, Kelly further shows her versatility by singing on more than half ...
Continue ReadingJim Miller & Friends At Rowan Planetarium On April 8
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Dennis Dougherty
The Rowan University College of Performing Arts Faculty Spotlight Series presents noted drummer Jim Miller and friends for a free concert event, which doubles as a live recording session, in the university’s Edelman Planetarium on Wednesday, April 8 at 8:00 p.m. The program includes six of Miller’s original compositions as part of an event that is being recorded for Miller's next CD. The musicians joining Miller include saxophonist E.J. Yellen (from Miller's days with the Philadelphia-area fusion unit REVERIE), renowned ...
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Composer/Bassist Alexis Cuadrado Presents Poetica, Featuring Rowan Ricardo Philips, Melcion Mateu, Miles Okazaki, Andy Milne & Tyshawn Sorey
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Composer/Bassist ALEXIS CUADRADO Presents POETICA: A multi-disciplinary new work by Alexis Cuadrado crossing languages and poetry in collaboration with authors/poets Rowan Ricardo Philips and Melcion Mateu In Residency at Seeds Brooklyn April 30 & May 1, 2, 3, 2014 Located at 617 Vanderbilt Ave Brooklyn, NY 11238 Featuring: Alexis Cuadrado - Composer & double bass, Rowan Ricardo Philips - Poetry, Melcion Mateu - Poetry, Miles Okazaki - Guitar, Andy Milne - Keyboards, Tyshawn Sorey ...
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Rock Icons Jimmy Dillon And Lorin Rowan Ready Debut CD Release From Their New Super-group Aptly Named San Francisco Music Club
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
San Francisco, CA: Veteran performers and recording artists Jimmy Dillon and Lorin Rowan have been playing music for many years, and now they rejoin forces with a group of talented singers and players to form San Francisco Music Club. Their new album, titled “Love and Freedom", is a journey through the back roads of some of the great music traditions and cultures in the US, Caribbean, and Africa. The group’s official CD release party will be held at the legendary ...
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Tribute Concert to John Coltrane at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ
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All About Jazz
This concert will be a tribute to John Coltrane, whose birthday is today, September 23rd. In honor of this influential legend, a saxophone trio (Denis DiBlasio, baritone; E.J. Yellen, tenor; and Umar Raheem, soprano) will perform works associated with 'Trane as well as original compositions and arrangements from drummer Jim Miller's upcoming second CD, “...It's Another," along with Randy Sutin on marimba and Tyrone Brown on bass. The addition of vocalist/educator Suzanne Cloud guarantees the evening will be both entertaining ...
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Drummer Jim Miller Presents a Coltrane Tribute Concert at Rowan University
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All About Jazz
Legendary Jazz Trumpeter Randy Brecker to Headline Rowan Festival
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All About Jazz
GLASSBORO -- Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and Philadelphia native Randy Brecker is the headliner for the gala closing night concert of the 33rd Annual Rowan Jazz Festival, festival director Denis DiBlasio has announced.
The festival, presented by the Maynard Ferguson Institute of Jazz Studies at Rowan University, will be held on February 5, 6 and 7, 2003. The concert will be held on Friday, February 7 at 8:00 p.m. in Pfleeger Concert Hall. Admission is $15. For tickets and information, call ...
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