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Ginny's Supper Club - March 2015 Schedule - Johnny O'Neal, Bob Stewart & More!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Bob Stewart, Lakecia Benjamin, Joe Saylor & Friends, Music of Ray Barretto & Celia Cruz, Johnny O'Neal, Revive Big Band, Charenee Wade! Ginny's Supper Club 310 Lenox Ave. at 125th St. New York, NY 10027 Phone: 212-421-3821 Thursday March 5 Terrance McKnight Presents “Migration Music" with Bob Stewart's Double Quartet 7:00PM, $95 - includes multi-course dinner & wine In celebration of MoMA's upcoming Jacob Lawrence “The Migration Series", Terrance McKnight ...
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Chihiro Yamanaka Trio At Dizzy's In New York City, March 9
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SF Media
The Chihiro Yamanaka Trio will perform March 9, 2015 at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Jazz At Lincoln Center in New York, NY. The trio, led by jazz pianist/composer Chihiro Yamanaka, a Universal Music/Blue Note recording artist, features bassist Yasushi Nakamura and drummer Kush Abadey. Ms. Yamanaka’s group will perform two sets, at 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM. Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola is at 10 Columbus Circle at Broadway and 60th St. in New York City. Admission is $25 per set, or ...
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The hipster returns
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Jazz singer Giacomo Gates is full of surprises—for his audience, and his bandmates. His performances are richer for it. Such was the case Saturday night when he closed out February with a South County Jazz Club concert at the Glenridge Performing Arts Center in Sarasota FL.Gates' band for the night, and a pair of jazz bistro concerts scheduled Sunday, March 1 at JD's in Port Charlotte, included pianist Mac Chrupcala, bassist Don Mopsick and drummer Patricia Dean. He built an ...
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Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba! at Dizzy's Club & More!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
On the heals of the highly-acclaimed double CD set New Yor-Uba, Michele Rosewoman keeps the flame burning with a stretch of exciting performances! Try to keep up with this woman's energy, as she leads her evolving all-star ensemble on dates ranging from Jazz at Lincoln Center to the Kennedy Center! 2015 looks very promising for Ms. Rosewoman! PERSONNEL FOR UPCOMING DATES March 21 - The Egg - Albany Alex Norris: trumpet, flugelhorn Roman Filiu: alto and soprano saxophones ...
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Florida meets jazz singer Tess Collins
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Tess Collins took a circuitous route for her first concert before a Florida jazz audience. It began in her native Maine, wove through several major cities in China where she appears regularly (including Beijing and Shanghai) and her new home base London. The Southwest Florida stop coincided with a vacation visit with relatives on Florida's east coast. She came to the Gulf Coast on Thursday, February 26, to perform as a special guest of pianist Mac Chrupcala's trio at the ...
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Shawnn Monteiro "To Carmen With Love" Tribute With Mike Renzi at Chan's Fine Oriental Dining on
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Ginny Shea
Shawnn Monteiro Italian Tour Reunion featuring recent Grammy winner Mike Renzi (piano), Dave Zinno (bass), Steve Langone (drums) Saturday, February 28, 8pm $15 Chan's Fine Oriental Dining 267 Main St. Woonsocket, RI 02895 401-765-1900 A Tribute to Jazz, A Tribute to a Talent, and a Tribute to One Artist’s Effort to Keep a Memory Alive Tributes to the jazz greats of yesterday, performed by the artists of today, are many. But few of today’s ...
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Jazz this week: Peter Martin & Federico González Peña, Byron Stripling, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's calendar of jazz and creative music in St. Louis includes a duo concert pairing two prolific pianists, a return visit from a top trumpeter, three different big band performances, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Thursday, February 26 Pianist Kara Baldus, guitarist William Lenihan, and drummer Steve Davis will play a free concert for the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University, with Wash U provost Holden Thorpe also sitting in on piano. In keeping with the ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 27-March 5
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Homegrown and imports, new artists and veterans dot the jazz scene this week. As we again try to pull ourselves out of the deep freeze, the music at least remains hot and vibrant. Big Gigs This Week Friday, February 27. New York-based pianist Javier Santiago has spent the last two months on extended vacation in his home town, Minneapolis, giving us a number of opportunities to hear his ever-evolving jazz magic and new compositions. Tonight he's featured on the Jazz ...
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