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Roger Kellaway Trio with special guest Stefon Harris At the Jazz Standard May 25-28

Roger Kellaway Trio with special guest Stefon Harris At the Jazz Standard May 25-28

Source: All About Jazz

May 25-28 Roger Kellaway Trio with special guest Stefon Harris

Roger Kellaway - piano Russell Malone - guitar Jay Leonhart - bass Stefon Harris - vibraphone

At the Jazz Standard 116 East 27th Street (btw. Park and Lex.) 212-576-2232 Music charge: $25 / $30 Friday & Saturday Sets at 7:30 & 9:30PM Fri. & Sat. Third Set at ...

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All-Star Group Featuring John Abercrombie, Don Byron, Eddie Gomez And Lenny White Perform At Birdland May 24 - 27

All-Star Group Featuring John Abercrombie, Don Byron, Eddie Gomez And Lenny White Perform At Birdland May 24 - 27

Source: All About Jazz

Carlini Group is proud to present an All-Star collective featuring JOHN ABERCROMBIE, DON BYRON, EDDIE GOMEZ and LENNY WHITE May 24 - 27 at Birdland in New York City. Showtimes are at 9 pm and 11 pm. For tickets call (212) 581-3080 or click on the link below.

Combining extraordinary lyric gracefulness and a lithe, serpentine sense of rhythm into a fresh perspective on the meaning of freedom and interplay in and out of the jazz tradition has made guitarist ...

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Grammy Nominated Roberta Donnay, Releases Her New CD on June 7th

Grammy Nominated Roberta Donnay, Releases Her New CD on June 7th

Source: All About Jazz

Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Roberta Donnay has toured the past ten years promoting her previous CDs Back Before The Why, Bohemian, and Soul Reverse, which earned her television and film credits including Nash Bridges, The Young & the Restless, Days of Our Lives, One Life to Live, That's Life, along with films, Close Encounters and Reservoirs of Strength. Donnay's single, “Crack in the Sidewalk" was a hit on college and public radio, receiving rotation on 80 stations nationwide. Her song “One ...

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Rale Micic Quintet to perform music from album "Serbia"

Rale Micic Quintet to perform music from album "Serbia"

Source: All About Jazz

Blues Alley will present the Rale Micic Quintet on Wednesday evening, May 31. The quintet is comprised of Rale Micic, guitarist, Tom Harrell, trumpeter, Bob Reynolds, tenor saxophonist, Sean Conly, bassist, and Obed Calvaire, on drums.

Bob Reynolds has been described as “a sophisticated and communicative improvisor, and also a lyrical composer with natural gift for strong melodies."

A 2000 cum laude graduate of Berklee College of Music, he received the Charile Parker Scholarship, the Fredrick Cameron Webber Award, and ...

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Les Paul (Mon) Mingus Orchestra (Tues) Harvie S CD Release (Wed) May 25-28 Bud Shank w/Bill Mays Trio 80th Birthday at the Iridium

Les Paul (Mon) Mingus Orchestra (Tues) Harvie S CD Release (Wed) May 25-28 Bud Shank w/Bill Mays Trio 80th Birthday at the Iridium

Source: All About Jazz

EVERY MONDAY LES PAUL AND HIS TRIO MONDAY, JUNE 12TH LES PAUL 91ST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Tuesday, May 23 2006 MINGUS ORCHESTRA Alto Saxophone/clarinet/flute/soprano - Craig Handy Tenor Saxophone/soprano- Wayne Escoffery Trombone: Luis Bonilla Trumpet - Kenny Rampton Drums - Johnathan Blake Bass - Boris Kozlov Bassoon - Michael Rabinowitz French Horn - Bobby Routch Guitar - David Gilmore ...

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Vince Seneri Brings Burnin' Soul Jazz To Jazz-N-June Festival, in Huntsville, AL

Vince Seneri Brings Burnin' Soul Jazz To Jazz-N-June Festival, in Huntsville, AL

Source: All About Jazz

Hammond B3 jazz organist Vince “The Prince" Seneri will be blazing his way into Huntsville, Alabama. The Tennessee Valley Jazz Society is proud to present Vince Seneri as the headliner at the 2006 Jazz-N-June Festival. Vince will have his band with him, and his special guest Grammy award-winning jazz flutist Dave Valentin. The event will be held on Friday, June 9th, 8 PM, at the beautiful Early Works Museum, 404 Madison Street, Huntsville, Alabama, 35801. Mark your calendars, because this ...

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Randall "Big Daddy" Webster Returns To Irleand From Florida This May & June 2006

Randall "Big Daddy" Webster Returns To Irleand From Florida This May & June 2006

Source: All About Jazz

The Emerald Isle keeps drawing Randall “Big Daddy" Webster back to its shores from his home in Tallahassee, Florida - some thirty-eight times since 1991 all the while performing Blues as a solo acoustic artist, part of an acoustic duo, and with his full band “Big Daddy & Red Hot Java." There's an undeniable musical connection between Webster's Blues and Ireland. Say's Big Daddy, “The tradition of playing music from the Soul (Ceol Dan Anam in Irish) is much the ...

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Joe Chambers Performs at the Blue Room May 27th in Kansas City

Joe Chambers Performs at the Blue Room May 27th in Kansas City

Source: All About Jazz

Joe Chambers Quartet, featuring Logan Richardson Saturday May 27th, 2006 7:00pm to 12:30am Appearing at the Blue Room at the American Jazz Museum 1616 E. 18th St. Kansas City, MO 64108 Tickets are $15 Call the American Jazz Museum Box Office (816-474-6262) or visit Ticketmaster Composer and drummer extraordinaire Joe Chambers brings his quartet to the Blue Room May 27th. The evening also features ...

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