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Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti 50th Birthday Celebrations
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AMT Public Relations
Special Performances, Recordings, and Events to Celebrate the 50th Birthday of Innovative Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti New York City, NY — Composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti today announced a robust 2015 season in anticipation of his 50th birthday (6.13.15). A champion of intercultural music and arguably one of the world’s most ingenious composers, Lukas is celebrating with world premieres at Roulette, two album releases, live performances with his jazz hybrid trio Hypercolor, a weeklong Stone residency, and more. See below for a complete ...
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A rare dose of jazz talent on display
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Trumpet prodigy Geoff Gallante was back at JD's Bistro in Port Charlotte FL on Friday night, February 20, sitting in for two sets with singer-pianist Danny Sinoff's trio. Gallante, now 14 (but sounding like a wily jazz veteran in his 40s), is an interesting talent. The Fairfax County, Virginia resident started playing the horn at age 4 and mastered it very quickly. Before he turned 6, he sat in with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson at Blues Alley in Washington DC. At ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 20-26
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
The Polar Vortex has returned! But so has the Twin Cities Jazz Vortex! This weekend marks the second annual Winter Jazz Festival sponsored by Shifting Paradigm Records and Jazz at Studio Z, along with performances from the Chris Lomheim Trio, Maryann Sullivan's Corner Jazz, Chris Bates' Good Vibes Trio, Lulu's Playground, a CD release from East Side, and more.... and then comes another week of music featuring Mr. Smooth Irv Williams, Chris Bates' (again) Red Five, Bela Fleck... That should ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 13-19
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
A bunch of jazzy Valentine's Day gigs, some new and old configurations, a rare visit from one of the kings of contemporary jazz and more warm up the winter this week. Valentine's Celebrations Friday, February 13. A young singer/pianist in the tradition of Sinatra, Andrew Walesch is heard around town (Parma, Crooners Lounge, Chanhassan Dinner Theater) in intimate ensembles and fronting big bands. Tonight he spins romance at Parma 8200. Friday-Saturday, February 13-14. Pianist/vocalist JoAnn Funk and bassist Jeff Brueske ...
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Jazz this week: Mary Stallings, Erin Bode, Dalton Ridenhour, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
With Valentine's Day and the annual Mardi Gras parade falling on the same Saturday this year, there's a bountiful selection of jazz and creative music performances on tap this weekend in St. Louis. Let's go to the highlights... Thursday, February 12 Guitarist Tim Fischer will lead a quartet in a free concert for the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University; and bassist Willem von Hombracht and saxophonist Eric Schugren will duet at Thurman Grill. Friday, February 13 Singer Erin ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 6-12
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
While it was very disappointing to have the Chris Potter Quartet postponed due to the latest East Coast snowstorm, it was gratifying to hear two stellar local bands filling in last week at the Dakota (a last-minute assemblage from Steve Kenny and the Atlantis Quartet). Potter will be rescheduled. Meanwhile we have another week of largely local jazz wizards to warm our hearts and ears, including some of our long-standing titans— Phil Hey, Kenny Horst, Bruce Henry, Chris Bates; one ...
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Berkshire County Musicians Embark On Tour Of Cuba
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Ed Bride Associates
Sister City Music Ambassadors Practice Grass-roots Diplomacy, Focusing on Musical Riffs instead of Political Rifts PITTSFIELD, MA: The Sister City Music Ambassadors have announced that the band will embark on a musical mission to Havana, Cuba, in February, on a specially designed people-to-people tour. Under the direction of Pittsfield, Massachusetts guitarist and leader Andy Kelly, the tour, which is still one of the few types of travel which is allowed for U.S. Citizens, was designed to include performances by the ...
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A guitar master's take on jazz - It's about much so more than the music
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Guitarist Pat Martino quickly set the tone with a blistering revisit of the boppish “Lean Years" at his concert Wednesday, February 4 with the Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra. “Lean Years," which first appeared on Martino's 1967 Prestige album Strings!, remains one of his signature tunes. The program also included two other Martino originals ("Inside Out" and 1974's “On The Stairs"), and a half-dozen covers of jazz standards that the Philadelphia native has recorded over the years. Those included Dave Brubeck's ...
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