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Irvin Mayfield And The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Kick Off 12-City Tour
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
IRVIN MAYFIELD AND THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA KICK OFF 12-CITY TOUR FEBRUARY 5-22, 2015 NEW ORLEANS, LA – Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) hit the road for a 12-city tour beginning in Miami, FL on February 5 and wrapping up in Fairfield, CT on February 22. In addition to Mayfield on trumpet, the 18-piece Orchestra includes such respected musicians as Victor Atkins on piano and Ed “Sweetbread” Petersen on saxophone. Jazz music was born in ...
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Looking Ahead: Southwest Florida jazz preview (February and March)
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
The 2014-15 jazz concert season is running hot in Southwest Florida. Here is a rundown of noteworthy jazz events, principally in the Sarasota to Naples territory, in February and March. Wednesday, February 4 – Guitarist Pat Martino is the Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra’s special guest. Daniels Pavilion, Naples. 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Monday, February 9, 2015 – Twin saxophonists Peter and Will Anderson are featured with their quintet in the Charlotte County Jazz Society‘s Artists Series. Cultural Center of ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, January 23-29
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
The Saint Paul Winter Carnival is just getting underway. And it may seem like a winter jazz carnival in the Twin Cities this weekend, most notably with the celebration of the life of broadcaster/jazz wizard Leigh Kamman at the Saint Paul Hotel, just off the epicenter of the Carnival in Rice Park. Also this weekend, the annual Winter Jazz Blast at McNally Smith with special guest Ingrid Jensen and the Century College festival with special guest Steve Davis, who continues ...
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Despite setbacks, Jazz music survives and thrives in Boston
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Michael Ricci
Jazz has become fringe
art. Sure, Chris Botti and Diana Krall still move tickets, but the talented students pouring out of Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory face a tough economic reality: Graduates often make more money behind the counter at Starbucks than blowing their horns. But young players can take heart in an upswing in the scene. The South End's Beehive has done so well booking jazz in the past seven years, the owners opened a ...
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Singer-Songwriter Alexa Ray Joel Returns To Cafe Carlyle, February 24-March 7
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Matt Gross
Café Carlyle is pleased to welcome back Alexa Ray Joel for a two-week engagement, February 24–March 7. Reviewing a previous engagement at the Café, The New York Times called Joel, daughter of music legend Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley, “a singer following her own heart,” adding, “Her original work... is firmly grounded in a pop tradition in which streams converge, from gospel to Tin Pan Alley. The songs are bluntly melodic, lyrically direct and catchy.” Since she was 15, ...
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Jazz this week: Arturo O'Farrill Sextet, Fidel Morales Trio, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's menu of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis has a bit of what Jelly Roll Morton once called “the Latin tinge," with two different touring Latin-jazz performers passing through town, plus the usual variety of local sounds, from Gypsy jazz and big band swing to funkified Beatles and New Orleans-style brass. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, January 21 Tonight, pianist Arturo O’Farrill (pictured, top left) and his sextet will make their debut at Jazz at ...
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Roy Ayers at The Addition
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Michael Ricci
By Walter Atkins The Addition, formally known as Yoshi's San Francisco, welcomed the celebrated and ageless acid jazz/funk vibraphonist Roy Ayers for a weekend stand on November 21, 2014. The new name was inspired by the club's location between Lower Fillmore and the Western Addition. The show kicked off the soft opening of the City's latest music venue. According to his official website, the respected and heavily sampled vibraphonist/vocalist is considered the “The Godfather of Neo Soul." Vocalist ...
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Phronesis Embark On Six-Date Irish Tour, 4-9 February
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All About Jazz
Brace yourself for a slice of Nordic noir as jazz trio Phronesis - hailed as “the most exciting and imaginative piano trio since EST” (Jon Newey, editor JAZZWISE) - bring their intelligent and dynamic sound on a Music Network tour from 4-9 February. Expect explosive live performances packed with intricate bass lines, hypnotic grooves and spiraling piano patterns. Making live music happen across the country, Music Network provides an opportunity to see some of the world’s foremost musicians at affordable ...
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