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Euphoria Continues Chico Hamilton Legacy At Drom 3/16
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AMT Public Relations
Sunday, March 16 @ 7:15PM Sunday, April 27 @ 7:15PM Sunday, May 18 @ 7:15PM Sunday, June 22 @ 7:15PM DROM, 85 Avenue A (b/w 5th & 6th St), New York City; Train F to 2nd Ave) HOW: $15/Advance $20 (includes copy of new CD). To reserve, call DROM at 212.777.1157 New York, NY: The killer quintet EUPHORIA returns to DROM in a monthly concert series devoted to the work of NEA Jazz Master ...
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Fantasia Barrino Returns to Broadway
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All About Jazz
By John Wesley Reed Jr. Fantasia Barrino, American Idol winner, who went on to play the lead role in Broadway's The Color Purple, was among the rotating roster of guest stars in After Midnight, Broadway's hottest new musical, also featuring Dule' Hill, and The Jazz at Lincoln Center All-Stars. Presented by Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director, and Scott Sanders Productions, the production appeared at Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 West 47th Street, New York, NY February 4 thru February 9, 2014.
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Vocalist Michelle Walker Sings A Pre-Valentine's Day Show At The Kitano Feb. 13th
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Michelle Walker
Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker Performs @ Jazz at the Kitano on Thursday February 13, 2014 The Kitano Hotel Jazz Bar & Lounge 66 Park Avenue @ 38th Street (Grand Central Station) New York NY 10016 Tel: (212) 885-7000 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm Sets $15 Cover, $15 Min. RESERVATIONS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED Joining Michelle will be: TORU DODO, Piano MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Bass WILLARD ...
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2013 Grammy Winner Billy Vera Announces Catalina Jazz Dates For 2014
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Tamela D'Amico
Platinum selling singer/songwriter and 2013 Grammy winner Billy Vera is gearing up for a string of dates with his Big Band Jazz Orchestra at Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood along with special guest Tamela D'Amico. Billy is thrilled to continue to share with fans his first ever album recorded with a large jazz orchestra entitled Big Band Jazz- a tribute to the great black songwriters of the 20s, 30s, and 40s. “Play that again! That’s one of the most brilliant ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 7-13
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Winter jazz is heating up, thanks in part to the weekend's jump start of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival — a night of music at the Saint Paul Hotel sponsored by the festival as a casual fundraiser. A new weekly series gets underway at Jazz Central where there's also a memorial for its senior founder, Luis Santiago. Kurt Elling returns to the Dakota at the end of the week, and there's a lot more in-between. Big Gigs This Week Friday, ...
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Jazz This Week: Bill Charlap and Houston Person, Alarm Will Sound, Peter Martin, so Percussion, Willie Pickens, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's menu of jazz and creative music around St. Louis includes performances by three top pianists representing NYC, Chicago and St. Louis, plus local stops for two acclaimed touring new music ensembles, and much more. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, pianist Bill Charlap (pictured) and guest tenor saxophonist Houston Person open an four-night engagement continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Both men have played at the Bistro separately before, but this will be their first time ...
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Jazz Meets Sports At NJPAC
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Christine Saunders
Why do jazz musicians share a longstanding affection and admiration with athletes and vice-versa? Besides having some obvious commonalities—great hand-eye coordination, for instance—it all points to high-octane performance. “Preparation, performance and the ability to change things up and make decisions and movements freely, on the spot,” says Doug Doyle, News and Sports Director at WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM, listing both professions’ mutual traits. Doyle is also the host of the award-winning SportsJam on WBGO, a weekly 30-minute conversation with artists ...
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Dutch Jazz Archive Series
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the 1950s and '60s, when American jazz artists performed in Amsterdam, they often appeared at a hall called the Concertgebouw [pictured above]. The concerts were produced by Lou van Rees, the Netherlands' George Wein. Recordings of jazz performances there recently have begun to be released in the Netherlands, but the results are admittedly spotty, with some recordings frustratingly faint. The sound quality overall isn't marred—but the miking ranges from good to fair. One thing I did on valuable recordings ...
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