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Denis Diblasio Quartet In Collingswood Thurs. Oct. 2nd!
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Jim Miller
Jazz Bridge First Thursdays Neighborhood Concert Series in Collingswood, NJ presents baritone saxophonist/flutist Denis DiBlasio and his Quartet on Thursday, October 2nd at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 East Collings Avenue. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and show time is 7:30 p.m. Information: 856-858-8914, 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. Denis DiBlasio represents a rarity in jazz: An artist acclaimed by both the critics and the general public. He spent five years with the legendary orchestra of Maynard Ferguson as ...
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Butch Reed Group In Cheltenham Wed. Oct. 1st!
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Jim Miller
Jazz Bridge First Wednesday Neighborhood Concert Series in Cheltenham presents drummer Harry Butch Reed and his group at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Road, on Wednesday, October 1st. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and show time is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. “Butch Reed is a prime example of a talented musician who’s worked to hone his craft over time, and has all the attributes of an exceptional drummer," wrote musicologist Mark F. ...
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Vocalist Michelle Walker Returns To Russia For An Extended Tour As A Cultural Ambassador Of Jazz
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Michelle Walker
Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker Tours Far East of Russia in September 2014 New York, NY - JGP Records announces the September 2014 tour schedule for jazz vocalist Michelle Walker. Michelle will present several special concerts throughout Russia on a tour from August 31 – September 15th. The concerts will feature her arrangements, music and original songs from her upcoming CD release project, “Love Misery”. The performances will be held at various outdoor Jazz Festivals, Philharmonic Halls and Jazz Clubs in ...
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Jeff Beck Soldiers On!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Jeff Beck is 70 years old. Most people that age are in a nursing home... Jeff is center stage with a white Stratocaster ripping through yet another tour de force of rock royalty. Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut (August 31, 2014) provided the battleground for perhaps the greatest living rock guitarist on this planet. The tour was to include ZZ Top, but they cancelled as bassist Dusty Hill injured his hip on the tour bus a couple of days earlier. ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, August 29-September 4
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Jazz does not take a holiday - but music makes the holiday weekend a real celebration. Labor Day typically marks the end of summer, return to school and cooler nights, but no reason to expect a cool-down of jazz offerings in the Twin Cities. Some special shows this weekend lead up to one of Saint Paul's favorite festivals, the Lowertown Concrete and Grass Music Festival at Mears Park, Thursday through Saturday, including a couple jazz acts as well as music ...
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Legendary Jazz Influencers Reign in the 2014-15 Season with Jazz at the Kimmel Ticketed and Free Events
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Michael Ricci
ALL STAR SITTIN’ IN JAM SESSION Kicks off the Jazz Season with Ticketed Performance Featuring Trombone Legend JEFF BRADSHAW, Jazz Vocalist LAURIN TALESE, Spoken Word Star URSULA RUCKER, Singer Songwriter SOMI, Hip-Hop Producer Kokayi, and Electro-Pop Chanteuse KATE FAUST Season Long Celebration of Jazz Features Kurt Elling, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis with Special Guest Vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant, Maceo Parker, Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, and Jason Moran and the Bandwagon Multi-Show Packages ...
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Roulette Announces Details Of Fall 2014 Performance Season
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Michael Ricci
Thirty-Four Experimental Music, Dance and Intermedia Performances in the Fall 2014 Season Season Highlights To Include: THE SUN RA ARKESTRA directed by Marshall Allen 29 SpaceTime: Julia Heyward and Perry Hoberman [DANCEROULETTE] Sally Silvers: Actual Size John Zorn’s Cobra! Henry Threadgill Annie Gosfield / JACK Quartet: Signal Jamming and Random Interference. A world premiere for string quartet and jammed radio signals Pauline Oliveros Brooklyn, NY: Roulette presents a ...
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Acclaimed Jazz Vocalist Alysa Haas To Perform At Artswestchester Jazz Fest
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Eric Taylor
Past and present collide with jazz vocalist Alysa Haas, but her upcoming performance at the ArtsWestchester Jazz Fest on September 4 is sure to be beautifully timeless. Combining Broadway standards and classics from the Great American Songbook with contemporary pop music, Haas courageously steps beyond the predictable and safe; her eclectic taste in covers reveals her stylistic and emotional range, baring no weaknesses as she gracefully transitions from one genre to another. Haas captures the emotional weight and film-noir sexiness ...
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