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Pete Zimmer Quintet at Cecil's Jazz Club Friday, August 11th 9pm

Pete Zimmer Quintet at Cecil's Jazz Club Friday, August 11th 9pm

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

Please join the Pete Zimmer Quintet as they continue to celebrate Burnin' Live at the Jazz Standard this Friday at Cecil's Jazz Club in West Orange, New Jersey.

Pete Zimmer Quintet featuring: Michael Rodriguez - Trumpet Joel Frahm - Tenor Saxophone Toru Dodo - Piano David Wong - Bass Pete Zimmer - Drums

at Cecil's Jazz Club 364 Valley Road West Orange, NJ

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Carmen Lundy August 22 Jazz in the Plaza, East Orange, NJ

Carmen Lundy August 22 Jazz in the Plaza, East Orange, NJ

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

Carmen Lundy and the New Songbook Artists

Robert Glasper - piano Curtis Lundy - bass Jason Brown - drums Mayra Casales - percussion City Hall Plaza in East Orange, NJ August 22, 2006 7:30PM Free Jazz in the Plaza, East Orange, NJ

“Now, for those who've missed some or all of Lundy's seven previous albums, there's this two-disc set, recorded live at LA's Madrid ...

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Bik Bent Braam from the Netherlands tours the US and Canada 2 - 9 September

Bik Bent Braam from the Netherlands tours the US and Canada 2 - 9 September

Source: All About Jazz

Bik Bent Braam performs without a setlist - it employs a strategy known as “bonsai-ing" in which the musicians all provide input, calling out tunes in mid-phrase and deciding tempo and instrumentation, to generate a new musical direction for the ensemble. Pianist/composer Michiel Braam aims to allow his large ensemble to work with the same flexibility and nuances as a trio would. For this program he wrote 13 compositions, one for each band member, inspired by their specific qualities.

Line-up: ...

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The Carla Marciano Quartet US Tour Dates Announced

The Carla Marciano Quartet US Tour Dates Announced

Source: All About Jazz

Italian saxophonist Carla Marciano's quartet with Alessandro La Corte on piano, Aldo Vigorito on bass and Gaetano Fasano on drums, will play three dates in the United States from September 29th to October 7th. Marciano will perform music from her latest release A Strange Day on September 29th in New Haven at the Firehouse 12, on October 3rd in New York at the Italian Women in Jazz Festival (artistic director: Enzo Capua), and on October 7th in Hartford at the ...

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Sten Hostfalt/Matt Pavolka at Louis 649 NYC Friday August 11

Sten Hostfalt/Matt Pavolka at Louis 649 NYC Friday August 11

Source: All About Jazz



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Les Paul (Mon) Mingus Dynasty (Tues) Eric Frazier (Wed) Aug. 10-13 James Moody at The Iridium Jazz Club

Les Paul (Mon) Mingus Dynasty (Tues) Eric Frazier (Wed) Aug. 10-13 James Moody at The Iridium Jazz Club

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121

NEW SET TIMES BEGINNING JUNE 1, 2006 8:30 & 10:30PM, Fri. & Sat. 3rd Sets AT MIDNIGHT

Note: Set Times for Les Paul Remain at 8 & 10PM

EVERY MONDAY LES PAUL AND HIS TRIO JOHN COLIANNI - PIANO - LOU PALLO - GUITAR, NICKI PARROTT - BASS Note: Set Times for Les Paul ...

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Sound of the Sorcerer: The Music of Hermeto Pascoal @ Merkin Hall (9/9) with Bobby Sanabria Big Band, Jovino Santos Neto, Mike Marshall, Paquito D'Rivera

Sound of the Sorcerer: The Music of Hermeto Pascoal @ Merkin Hall (9/9) with Bobby Sanabria Big Band, Jovino Santos Neto, Mike Marshall, Paquito D'Rivera

Source: Kim Smith Public Relations

Kaufman Center Presents Opening Masters Reimagined Series Concert SOUND OF THE SORCERER: THE MUSIC OF HERMETO PASCOAL

Bobby Sanabria Big Band / Jovino Santos Neto / Mike Marshall / Paquito D'Rivera at Merkin Concert Hall, Saturday, September 9, 2006 at 8:30pm New York, NY, 8/07/06-In recognition of Brazilian Independence Day, musicians from widely divergent cultural and musical traditions will come together on the Merkin Hall stage to celebrate one of the most important composers living today, ...

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