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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, November 22-28
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Heading into the first round of “winter" holidays, the temperatures are heading down but the joy of jazz is definitely heading upward, starting with a lively weekend from fresh vocals to circus-like caricatures in paint and music, coasting into Thanksgiving with the welcome returns of a young native son making a name for himself on the New York scene and one of the region's most accomplished ensembles. From Lulu's Playground to Phil Hey's Quartet, and everything in-between, jazz is alive ...
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Jazz This Week: Regina Carter, a Trio of Big Bands, a Benefit for Tony Simmons, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's notable jazz and creative music performances in St. Louis include the return of the premier violinist in jazz; concerts by three different local big bands; and more. Let's go to the highlights... The violinist in question is, as you might suspect, Regina Carter, who opens a four-night engagement this evening continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Carter (pictured) was here last in 2010, touring with a band that included accordion and kora players in support of ...
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30 Berklee Students To Perform With Alejandro Sanz At The Latin Grammy Awards On Thursday, November 21
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Berklee Media Relations
Berklee College of Music students have been invited to perform alongside Spanish superstar Alejandro Sanz during the 2013 Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas. The students were invited by Javier Limón, Artistic Director of the Mediterranean Music Institute at Berklee. The Latin Grammy Awards air on the Univision Network, Thursday, November 21 at 8:00 pm (ET/PT). Watch online. The opportunity for students to perform at the ceremony comes after an epic performance with Sanz the night he was awarded a ...
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Nicole Mitchell Premieres Collaborative Multi-Arts "Mandorla Awakening" November 22-23, 2013
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Michael Ricci
"A couple awakens in another environment. Perhaps it's a new planet, or perhaps it's another state of mind. Either way, transformation is in-evitable." This quote is from Nicole Mitchell's sci-fi narrative “Mandorla Awakening," which has developed into a multi-arts collaboration of new electro-acoustic music by creative flutist/composer Nicole Mitchell, choroegraphy by Lisa Naugle and video by Ulysses Jenkins, to premiere as a work-in-progress on November 22 and 23rd at 8pm at University of California Irvine's Experimental Theater (XMPL). The work ...
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NJPAC's Sunday brunch series at Dorthaan’s Place
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Christine Saunders
The finest in jazz is on the menu at Dorthaan’s Place, NJPAC’s Sunday brunch series. Anticipation runs high at Dorthaan’s Place, whether you’re there for the music, the food, the scene, Dorthaan, or all of the above. The Sunday brunch jazz series, hosted by Newark’s peerless “First Lady of Jazz” Dorthaan Kirk, made its debut during NJPAC’s 2012-2013 season with four events. For its sophomore staging, the schedule has grown to six concerts, with the first riveted into the schedule ...
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The Apophonics Play Cafe Oto To Launch Their First Album "On Air"
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John Eyles
The Apophonics—the trio of saxophonist John Butcher, bassist John Edwards and drummer Gino Robair—will play their first London gig at Café Oto on Wednesday 27th November to celebrate the launch of their debut album On Air. The three first played together in 2008 in the eight-piece Butcher group that recorded somethingtobesaid (Weight of Wax, 2009) at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. The idea of forming a trio came to fruition in 2011 with some concerts in France and Belgium. In ...
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Jazz This Week: Block, Gibson and Recoder, Jim Manley, Frank Catalano, Tom McDermott, Cornet Chop Suey, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's potentially another very busy weekend for fans for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with so many performances, workshops and film screenings going on that yr. humble StLJN editor got a bit behind schedule and worn out just assembling the basic info for all the events of interest. So, assuming you're willing to forgive this week's relative lack of description and/or commentary, let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University presents “Freedom ...
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Jay Messer Quintet Returns To Pittsfield For Dec. 6 Appearance
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Ed Bride Associates
Berkshires Jazz, Inc. resumes its First Friday programming on December 6 with a rare local appearance by the Jay Messer Quintet . The performance at Baba Louie’s Backroom wraps up the year’s final “First Fridays Artswalk” activities in downtown Pittsfield. Studying with guitar masters like Barry Galbraith, Herb Ellis, Attila Zoller and Tal Farlow, Messer developed a strong jazz style of his own at a young age. A musician with great jazz chops, as well as a producer, composer, and ...
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