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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, June 6-12
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
With the Twin Cities Jazz Festival just three weeks away, we seem to be steadily building toward that climax with a busy jazz weekend and beyond. Former AQ owner Kenny Horst returns to the trapset; the Dave King Trucking Company wraps up a Midwest tour; the festival's “pre-game" series in Saint Paul Libraries launches with a new version of “Sambanova," the annual Jazz on the Prairie brings a full afternoon and evening of big band magic; Chris Bates' Red Five ...
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Jazz Standard Announces July Schedule Of Concerts
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AMT Public Relations
JULY @ JAZZ STANDARD Features James Cotton Band, Charles McPherson Quintet, Sean Jones Quartet, Donald Harrison Quintet with Special Guest Steve Turre, Kenny Barron Quartet featuring Stefon Harris New York City, NY: JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nation’s premier jazz clubs, offers another impressive month of music with jazz legends and rising stars throughout July. Blues master James Cotton makes his Jazz Standard debut July 2–6, followed by veteran saxophonist Charles McPherson appearing July 10–13. Trumpeter Sean Jones leads his ...
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Blue Note Jazz Festival: World Premiere Brad Mehldau & Christian McBride Produced By Jill Newman Productions
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Blue Note Jazz Festival & Jill Newman Productions World Premiere Brad Mehldau & Christian McBride - June 6 - 8, 2014 Pianist Brad Mehldau will replace pianist André Previn at Blue Note Jazz Club, 131 West 3rd Street, New York, NY, Friday, June 6 through Sunday, June 8, as part of the 2014 Blue Note Jazz Festival. Previn was initially scheduled to perform with bassist Christian McBride during that time frame and has had to postpone the engagement due to ...
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Blue Note Jazz Festival Presents Bobby McFerrin & Questlove Produced By Jill Newman Productions
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Blue Note Jazz Festival & Jill Newman Productions Presents: Mumbo Jumbo Bobby McFerrin and Questlove in Musical Dialogue - June 13, 2014 Blue Note Jazz Festival & Jill Newman Productions are proud to present Bobby McFerrin and Questlove in musical dialogue at The Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, New York, NY. This outstanding program takes place June 13, 8:30 pm. About Bobby McFerrin For decades Bobby McFerrin has broken all the rules. The 10-time Grammy winner has blurred the ...
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Anzic Records Artist Anat Cohen Live At The Village Vanguard, June 10-15, And More!
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
ANAT COHEN LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 10-15, 8:30 & 10:30 PM With NY3, Featuring Martin Wind & Matt Wilson Anat's Brilliant Rendition of “La Vie en Rose" Featured in The Major Motion Picture, The Other Woman (Twentieth Century Fox, 2014) Anat featured with Newport Now 60 at Major Summer Festivals, Including The Newport Jazz Festival on August 2, Celebrating 60 Years of The Newport Jazz Festival Anat Recently in the Studio, Recording the Follow Up ...
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Jazz This Week: Peter Brotzmann Trio, Peter Martin and Vivian Sessoms, Kurt Elling, New Mastersounds, Jamie Cullum, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's the first week of a new month, and a very busy one for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with several noteworthy headliners in town. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the all-star free jazz trio of saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, drummer Hamid Drake and bassist William Parker (pictured) performs at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center. If you have any interest at all in free jazz, this concert is an absolute must-see, as all three of the players are adventurous, ...
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A Stanley Zappa Trio Tours British Columbia From June 11th To The 15th
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Chris Rich
"A performance of contemporary improvised music in three unique settings with three emerging masters of the craft." Stanley Jason Zappa has put together a mini tour of remote inland communities in the vast province of British Columbia, Canada. Adventurous music undertakes a real adventure beginning on June 11th in Okanagan Wine Country and ending up in the inland metropolis of Prince George for The 2nd Annual Casse Tete festival of Experimental and Improvised Music on the 13th. Joining him on ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 30-June 5
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Summertime. And the jazzing is easy if you follow the live calendars, from Jazz Police, KBEM, Rhythm and Grooves and JazzINK. Seems none of us get it all, but all together we probably cover 90%! Some outstanding visitors drop in at the Icehouse this week, and the usual venues keep things boppin' along. Big Gigs This Week Friday, May 30. The Bridge Series continues at Jazz Central with a multi-generational ensemble headed by drum legend Eric Kamau Gravatt. Joining the ...
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