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Ulster Orchestra Unveils New Season

Source: All About Jazz
June 9, 2008

Alfie Boe, Cleo Laine and Charlie Chaplin are just some of the stars headlining the Ulster Orchestra's new season, unveiled today. Rousing fanfares were provided at the Elmwood Hall launch party by the Orchestra's Brass Quintet and 18 year old superstar clarinettist Julian Bliss played for the assembled guests. Bliss is just one of many talented young musicians and former BBC Young Musicians being featured this year - including the outstanding 16 year old pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, making his Irish ...

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Sonja Kristina and Prog Legends Curved Air Kick Off Summer Tour at Isle of Wight Festival

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
June 9, 2008

6/9/08 - London, UK - The original 'Rock Chick' Sonja Kristina has reunited with her band, progressive rock legends Curved Air, for some summer festival dates, kicking off with the Isle of Wight Festival on 13th June. Sonja Kristina's extravagant and flamboyant stage presence led to her being nicknamed at one point, 'the female Jagger'. The first female lead singer of a rock band in the UK, she blazed the way for bold rock icons from Siouxie Sue to Amy ...

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The Police Announce Final Concert of Their Reunion Tour

Source: All About Jazz
June 8, 2008

The Police, in conjunction with New York public television stations Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21, have announced that after fourteen months of a record-breaking tour, their much anticipated final concert, will take place on Thursday, August 7, 2008, at Madison Square Garden, featuring special guests the B-52's. In a groundbreaking partnership, tickets to the concert will only be available through a pledge to Thirteen/WNET and/or WLIW21. The concert is expected to be the largest single fundraising event in the history of public ...

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Remembering Master Drummer Max Roach

Source: Michael Ricci
June 8, 2008

When Max Roach died last August at 83, he was remembered for a number of things: his stature as a patriarch of bebop; his role in quickening the pulse of jazz drumming; his intelligent ambitions as a conceptualist and composer; his commitment to social justice and equality. What was sometimes buried in the mix was Mr. Roach's track record as a bandleader, which began in earnest in the 1950s. But this weekend at Iridium, a handful of Mr. Roach's former ...

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K.J. Denhert Draws Acclaim During First-Ever West Coast Tour

Source: All About Jazz
June 7, 2008

Award-winning, NYC-based singer-songwriter-guitarist K.J. Denhert - known for her soulful fusion of jazz, R&B, rock and folk - is in the midst of her first-ever itinerary of west coast dates. KJ and her longtime band, the super-tight NY Unit, drew an enthusiastic reception at Yoshi's in San Francisco last week, and at Temple Bar in Santa Monica this week. At the latter date, singer-songwriter Jackson Browne and contemporary blues icon Keb' Mo' were in attendance. Next up on Denhert's inaugural ...

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Kathy Brown Launches Ambassador's Concert Series

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2008

The launch, of what is intended to be a regular noontime concert series, hosted by United States Ambassador, Brenda La Grange, took place at the United States Embassy on Friday. Dr Kathy Brown was the featured musician. In addition to being a practicing medical doctor, the multi-talented Brown plays, sings, composes and arranges music. She's also a band leader and recording artiste. Seated at her Kurzweil K2500X keyboard half-way up the curvilinear iron stairs, she gave evidence of only some ...

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Sten Hostfalt & Blaise Siwula Live at Stain NYC June 7

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2008

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The Mirabai Ensemble Performs in Berkeley

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2008

The Mirabai Ensemble at Takara Sake 708 Addison Street @ 4th Berkeley, CA 94710 Saturday June 28th Advanced tix $20 / Door $25 8:00pm (doors at 7pm for sake tasting) THE MIRABAI ENSEMBLE is a groundbreaking ten-person vocal group that features a remarkable range of repertoire and improvisational styles. Imagine a group that can sing with the transparent, vibrato-less sound of a European early music group, ...

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