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Dan Pugach Quartet Live at the Berklee Performance Center

Dan Pugach Quartet Live at the Berklee Performance Center

Source: All About Jazz

The Dan Pugach Quartet is composed of an international cast of top-level musicians from Berklee College of Music. This talented group of artists has worked together in various capacities for the past few years and is now focused on performing its original compositions as well as inventive arrangements of the standard jazz repertoire. The group is already playing in venues in Boston area and getting ready for a tour in Japan.

The Quartet: Jeremy Sinclair - Trumpet

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A Tribute to Alice Coltrane

A Tribute to Alice Coltrane

Source: Michael Ricci

Hymns and Blues in the Name of Family Ravi Coltrane at the New York Society for Ethical Culture.

One of the revelations of “A Tribute to Alice Coltrane," the JVC Jazz Festival concert on Tuesday night at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, was a short film clip of Ms. Coltrane playing piano in Paris in 1959. She was smiling, running through fast bebop with the drummer Kenny Clarke and the saxophonist Lucky Thompson, and skating through ...

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Theo Croker to Perform at Rubin Museum of Art

Theo Croker to Perform at Rubin Museum of Art

Source: Mosnar Communications, Inc

Jazz sensation 20ish, Theo Croker is making a global name for himself within the jazz community. Croker the grandson of legendary jazz great Doc Cheatham is leading the family legacy in the jazz world. On June 20, 2008 Theo Croker will perform at the Rubin Museum of Art New York City. The show starts at 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Theo Croker Upcoming Appearances: June 20 - The Billy Hart Academy Featuring Theo Croker July 11 - The Theo Croker ...

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Philharmonic Jazz Spins Timeless Improvisations

Philharmonic Jazz Spins Timeless Improvisations

Source: All About Jazz

The Rochester International Jazz Festival last night gave local jazz fans a delightful taste of a long-standing jazz tradition -- Jazz at the Philharmonic. Conceived originally in New York City and on the road in the capitals of Europe, the JATP was basically an all-star show, with a wide range of jazz stars, playing great jazz standards in various configurations. Last night's version at the Eastman Theatre featured an all-star team of saxes Eric Alexander, Houston Person and Vincent Herring; ...

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All That Jazz, and then Some

All That Jazz, and then Some

Source: All About Jazz

It's the best time of year to be a jazz fan: For the next few weeks, Canada will be treated to the crme de la crme of the international jazz scene, playing at theatres, concert halls and large outdoor venues the likes of which are normally reserved for pop stars. But for the cognoscenti, the real action happens elsewhere, after hours. When the applause dies down in the big stages, performers and hardy fans alike gravitate to the small clubs ...

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Dom Minasi Trio at the Ottawa Jazz Festval

Dom Minasi Trio at the Ottawa Jazz  Festval

Source: All About Jazz



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Brubeck Brothers Quartet at Chris' Jazz Cafe on June 26, 2008

Brubeck Brothers Quartet at Chris' Jazz Cafe on June 26, 2008

Source: All About Jazz

The Brubeck Brothers Quartet touring in support of their new CD Classified on the Koch International Classics label, perform at Chris' Jazz Cafe on June 26, 2008.

BRUBECK BROTHERS QUARTET Chris Brubeck - bass and bass trombone Dan Brubeck - drums Chuck Lamb - piano Mike DeMicco - guitar

June 26, 2008 Sets starting @ 8 PM Chris' Jazz Cafe 1421 Sansom St

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Dan Pugach Quartet Live at the Berklee Performance Center

Dan Pugach Quartet Live at the Berklee Performance Center

Source: All About Jazz



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