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John Ellis & Andy Bragen Present Mobro - A Narrative Chamber Piece At The Jazz Gallery, May 30 & 31
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
John Ellis & Andy Bragen Present The CD Release Celebration for MOBRO And the Official Launch of Ellis' New Label, Parade Light Records, May 30 & 31 at The Jazz Gallery, one set only @ 9:00 PM Featuring: Becca Stevens, Miles Griffith, Sachal Vasandani, Johnaye Kendrick, Shane Endsley, John Clark, Alan Ferber, Josh Roseman, Mike Moreno, Ryan Scott, Joe Sanders, Rodney Green, and Roberto Lange A New Work Commissioned by The Jazz Gallery in 2011, MOBRO marks the first CD ...
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Jamaican-British Soul-Jazz Chanteuse Zara McFarlane Makes Debut U.S. Tour In Support Of "If You Knew Her"
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Matt Merewitz
If You Knew Her, Released in Early 2014 on Peterson’s Soul-Inflected Brownswood Recordings Is Already One of 2014′s Most Acclaimed Recordings It’s a tough task for music critics to write about a singer that genuinely knocks their socks off. Zara McFarlane is the London based singer, who, in 2011 released Until Tomorrow, a debut album that had many critics in a spin. Sure, praise came thick and fast. They spoke of a caressing voice of sparkling clarity, a voice that ...
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The Stone Presents Weeklong Residency With Jazz Guitarist Eyal Maoz
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AMT Public Relations
Eyal Maoz Concert Residency Tuesday 7.15 – Sunday 7.20 at 8:00pm + 10:00pm nightly The Stone, Corner of Avenue C/2nd Street, NYC, Train: F/J/M/Z at Delancey-Essex $15/Students $10. No advanced ticket sales. “Maoz’s playing is just as often elegant, understated and even gorgeous... Wonderlech!” —Guitar Player Magazine “A cutting edge guitarist who combines the harmonic lyricism of Bill Frisell with the angst and skronk of Marc Ribot…keep your eyes and ears on this guy.” —John Zorn “NYC’s guitar shredder” —Time ...
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Andy Kahn's "Music By Intention" Show--A Tribute To The Great Amerian Songwriters--Comes To Philadelphia Ethical Society On June 22
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Bruce Klauber
Pianist, vocalist, composer and archivist Andy Kahn brings his critically acclaimed “Music by Intention” show—a tribute to America’s greatest composers and lyricists—to the Philadelphia Ethical Society on Sunday, June 22 for a 3 p.m. show. Tickets are $25 and are available only at the door. The Ethical Society is located at 1906 Rittenhouse Square. For directions and other information, call 215-735-3456 or visit phillyethics.org. Jazz Times magazine said it best: “Andy Kahn’s ‘Music by Intention’ program is 90 minutes of ...
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Jazz This Week: Jazz Edge Big Band with Russell Gunn and Keyon Harrold, Byron Stripling, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Alarm Will Sound, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Yes, St. Louis jazz fans, Jazz at the Bistro is closed for the next four months, but don't despair; while we wait with bated breath for the newly expanded and swankified Bistro to reopen in the fall, there's still a good deal of jazz and creative music to be heard around town, and StLJN will help you find it. Let's go to this week's highlights... On Thursday night, the 13th annual John L Baker Memorial Concert, featuring a big band ...
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New Orleans Swamp Donkeys - 2 New CDs - Summer Tour
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
New New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Two Hot New Studio Releases “Facebook Song" Takes Off “Charleston" & Other Classics Dazzle June 2014 NYC Schedule Including B.B. King's - June 9 May 2014 - Fresh off their appearance at JazzFest 2014, the hottest new jazz band in the Big Easy-The New Orleans Swamp Donkeys-have taken the bold step of simultaneously releasing two studio albums. Their first, entitled “Swamp Donkey," consists of a dozen standards from the early 20th century canon-rendered ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 23-29
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
A summery holiday weekend will set the stage for some steamy music, starting with some “good vibes" at Jazz Central, setting the stage for more hefty strings and one of the most sublime trios in jazz as we move toward the end of the month. Big Gigs This Week Friday, May 23. The Bridge Series at Jazz Central presents the Good Vibes Trio, headed by Chris Bates with pals Dave Hagedorn and Phil Hey. They're still celebrating the release of ...
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Mingus, Mingus and More Mingus
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
The Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra dug deeply into the music of bassist and composer Charles Mingus in a concert Wednesday night at Artis Naples' Daniels Pavilion. It underscored his imprint on jazz as a bassist, composer and social commentator. The concert included a wide range of ambitious Mingus works, even touching on his early days as an emerging jazz figure in Los Angeles in the late 1940s. The NPJO, actually a sextet, featured bassist Kevin Mauldin for this evening. The ...
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