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Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Bring Holiday Jazz To The East Coast

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2005

The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis tours the Eastern U.S. with a special repertoire for the 2005 holiday season. For the first half of the concerts, the world-renowned big band will perform selections from Duke Ellington's “The Nutcracker, “ followed by a repertoire of jazz selections and holiday songbook favorites for the second half. The “Ellington Nutcracker Tour" will commence on December 9 in Zeiterion Theatre in New Bedford, Massachusetts and will take the band to Brookville, New ...

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Kobo Town Brings Nick "Brownman" Ali to Town at The Speakeasy

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

Kobo Town Brings Nick “Brownman" Ali to Town at The Speakeasy Toronto, ON - October 31, 2005 - Toronto-based Kobo Town will be performing their unique blend of traditional calypso, roots reggae and West Indian folk music at The Speakeasy with special guest Nick “Brownman" Ali. One of Canada's most acclaimed jazz trumpet players, Brownman was recently voted Toronto's Best Jazz Artist of 2005 by the readers of NOW Magazine – the city's most comprehensive and respected print media for ...

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Joyce and Dori Caymmi at Satalla - November 5th and 6th

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

This weekend at Satalla, join us in welcoming Joyce and Dori Caymmi, touring on the release of their new CD, Rio Bahia, on Far Out Records. Two sets nightly. Contact info.: Satalla 37 West 26th Street Manhattan 212 - 576 - 1155 November 05, 2005 Rough Guides presents Joyce & Dori Caymmi -Brazilian -Jazz -CD Release 7:30pm & 10pm - Admission $30 in advance/$35 at the door - advance tickets on sale at Smarttix. Described by Antonio Carlos Jobim as ...

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Gene Ess Group @ Water Street Lounge Nov 2 and Freddy's Backroom Nov 4, 2005

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

Guitarist, Gene Ess, draws the traits that identify his style with firm brush strokes. On the one hand, we have his jazz streak, and on the other hand, his exquisite sensitivity with the guitar, and as a final complement, his taste for sophisticated rhythms. The music from Gene's latest album “Sandbox and Sanctum - Song Cycle for Quartet" will be featured. Here are some of what the press is saying about Gene Ess: H. Allen Williams, Jazzreview Throughout Sandbox and ...

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Rich Sweeting, Tim Siciliano and Kim Clarke live at Las Margaritas

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

Venue:Las Margaritas Bar & Grill ....A new Venue for Jazz Lovers! Address:38-01 Broadway Astoria, NY 11103 Date:Saturday, November 5, 9:00pm -12:00 Telephone:718 7771707 Email Address:[email protected] Subway directions:R or V train to Steinway- Broadway Exit and walk 1 block West to 38th St. Or take the N train to Broadway and walk East to 38th (6 or 7 short blocks) LAS MARGARITAS is ...

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Dom Minasi and Michael Bisio at Deep Listening November 3 8:30 PM

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

Thursday, November 3 Dom Minasi and bassist Michael Bisio @ Deep Listening Space The Vanguard Series 8:30 PM 75 Broadway (Historic Roundout), Kingston, New York. For reservations, please call (845) 338-5984. http://www.deeplistening.org Upcoming Appearances: Sunday, November 6 - Borah Bergman / Dom Minasi Duo at the 5C Cafe, 68 Ave C, East 5th & Ave C in New York from 7 - 9:00 pm. Sunday, November 13 – DDT with Dom Minasi-guitar, Tomas Ulrich-cello and Ken Filiano-bass at the 5C ...

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Sugarloaf Music Presents Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 at the Lycian Centre

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

October 31, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES PRESS ROOM For Immediate Release 10/31/05 Contact: Craig Wachsman Sugarloaf Music, Inc. 845-258-5518 email: [email protected] Sugarloaf Music Series proudly presents Grammy Nominee & Winner of the Big Easy Music Award for Best Cajun Artist New Orleans Own Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band www.brucedaigrepont.com Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 7:30 pm at The Pavilion In the Lycian Centre Kings Highway Sugar Loaf, NY Reservations available (845) 986-6463 $25.00 includes admission and Free Cajun & ...

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Sarah Manning at Yoshi's November 21st, 2005

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

SAXOPHONIST SARAH MANNING’S FIRST ARTISTSHARE PROJECT CULMINATES WITH LIVE RECORDING AT YOSHI'S ON NOVEMBER 21ST http://www.sarahmanningmusic.com October 31st, 2005: According to famed jazz writer Nat Hentoff, twenty-something alto saxophonist and composer Sarah Manning “can swing as naturally as she breathes - an enlivening presence in the new generation of jazz makers. Manning plays and writes in what is unmistakably her own voice." On November 21st, 2005, the fierce young Bay Area saxophonist makes her debut at the renowned jazz club ...

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