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Pianist Mika Pohjola Presents A Stockholm Concert Series
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Mika Pohjola
Pianist and composer Mika Pohjola presents a weekly concert series at the Finnish Church (Finska Kyrkan/Suomalainen Kirkko) in Stockholm spanning July and August 2014. The series features notable guest artists from Sweden and Finland, in a duo and trio format, who will perform with Pohjola every Wednesday starting at 11:30 am. They will present music in the jazz and Scandinavian troubadour idioms, including jazz standards, original compositions and hymns. The series will feature Finnish singer-songwriter Fredrik Furu (July 2), Åland ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, June 20-26
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Get ready! The 2014 Twin Cities Jazz Festival is coming in just a few days! And there's some serious jazz and fun activities this weekend as we gear up for the biggest jazz event in the Upper Midwest! A favorite brass ensemble celebrates a CD release at the Icehouse; one of the kings of modern jazz brings his organ trio to the Dakota; two festival favorites team up to celebrate the Ella songbooks at The Jungle; a young favorite son ...
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Grand Funk Railroad & Petey Hop To Perform At The Ridgefield Playhouse On June 29 At 8 Pm
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Anne Leighton
Come hear Grand Funk Railroad To Perform at the Ridgefield Playhouse on June 29 at 8 PM The Ridgefield Playhouse is at 80 East Ridge Avenue, in Ridgefield, CT. Tickets are $80. Opening for Grand Funk Railroad is Petey Hop, a future classic rocker who has played over 3500 shows in the past 15 years and has the album, STEPPING STONE on sale on iTunes. His website is peteyhop.com Formed in 1969, Grand Funk was born out of the ashes ...
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"Newport Jazz Festival: Now 60" Tour Band Celebrates Iconic Rhode Island Festival
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
In Montreal, Ottawa, Rochester, Saratoga and Newport in June and August NEWPORT, RI – In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the world- renowned Newport Jazz Festival (August 1-3, 2014), the “Newport Jazz Festival: Now 60” Tour sets out on the second leg of its journey with stops in Montreal and Ottawa in Canada as well as Rochester and Saratoga in New York and Newport, RI. Featuring clarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen, vocalist/pianist Karrin Allyson, bassist Larry Grenadier, pianist Peter Martin, guitarist ...
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Jazz Vocalist Stephanie Jordan Headlines Urban League New Orleans Annual Gala
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Sylvain Music Notes
The Stephanie Jordan Big Band is the headline performer at the Urban League of Greater New Orleans Annual Gala on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans beginning at 8 p.m. Individual tickets are $250. This cosmopolitan event, which is the League’s signature fundraising event, directly supports programs each year that assist over 10,000 individuals and families in the areas of education & youth development, community & economic development and public policy & social justice advocacy. Tables ...
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Jazz This Week: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Marcello Benetti, Matt Kane, Dave Dickey Big Band, the 442s, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's lineup of jazz and creative music in St. Louis features visits from two different drummers leading quartets playing original music, plus the return of a well-known touring act with a revised lineup of players, several shows by local big bands, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the Route 66 Jazz Orchestra returns to Kirkwood Station Brewing Company; Cabaret Project St. Louis presents their monthly “Open Stage" at the Tavern of Fine Arts; and the Sidney Street ...
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Rob Mosher's Polebridge Brings Chamber Jazz For The Wild West To Five Canadian Cities June 28 – July 3, 2014
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Performances in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, London, Cambellford Music Inspired by Polebridge, MT, Population 88 - Schumann and Prokofiev Drunk at a Saloon Piano When composer/multi-instrumentalist Rob Mosher rounded the bend into Polebridge, Montana and caught sight of the old saloon piano sitting derelict behind the local mercantile, his imagination soared. He sprinted straight over to the out-of-tune upright and began penning the music that he’ll be performing throughout Canada with his stellar band Polebridge and which is featured on his ...
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Dimensional States For Orchestra: The Microtonal Music Of Sten Hostfalt At Shapeshifter Lab on June 19
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Sten Hostfalt
After the successful March 13 2014 debut concert performance of composer/guitarist Sten Hostfalts large microtonal ensemble Dimensional States (a 15-piece featuring 2 dancers) at ShapeShifter Lab Brooklyn NY, follows the second (11-piece) June 19 2014 incarnation of the unique orchestra exclusively performing Sten Hostfalt compositions. Constance Cooper - voice Robyn Siwula - viola Takuya Nakamura - trumpet Ole Mathisen - tenor saxophone Claire de Brunner - bassoon Stan Nishimura - ...
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