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Triple Bill Match&Fuse Tour with WorldService Project, Tubax and Owls Are Not
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WorldService Project
Match&Fuse presents: WorldService Project / Tubax/ Owls Are Not Match&Fuse support uncompromising and innovative music from across Europe, and this “Inspired border-crossing idea" has been making waves across the continent since 2011. On this tour, psych 1970s sci-fi prog from Italy mix with experimental drum and bass from Poland, and London's very own skronk swagger quintet WorldService Project. Check matchandfuse.com for full dates in Italy, Poland and the UK: OWLS ARE NOT (Poland) Trio Owls Are Not What present unique ...
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Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band at the Hostos Center on November 1
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Hostos Center Presents Multi-Grammy Nominated Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band Mega Concert Tribute to Composer Rafael Hernández Friday, November 1, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. Concert Celebrates Puerto Rican Heritage Month Features Members of the Bronx Arts Ensemble String Section and the 319th U.S. Army Band Bronx, NY - To kick off Puerto Rican Heritage Month, the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture will present the multi-Grammy nominated Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band on ...
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Jazz From Japan: Ai Kuwabara's Four-City Tour
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Japan Foundation Los Angeles
Fresh and modern Japanese jazz group ai kuwabara trio project will perform a series of concerts in November, sponsored by NPO Japan Foundation, Los Angeles. The band’s music is urban contemporary jazz with a strong, experimental feel and a flavor of funk. The band shows a regard for a wide-range of musical styles, featuring elements of progressive rock, classical, and even pop. They are led by 22-year-old jazz pianist Ai Kuwabara with Yusuke Morita on bass guitar and Shintaro Imamura ...
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Ted Nash Big Band: At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Oct 31- Nov 3
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Scott H. Thompson
Come enjoy the Ted Nash Big Band premiere performance of “Chakra" on October 31- November 3, 2013 at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. The newly released Nash masterpiece features a 16-piece big band with a long-form composition in seven movements. The intimate club setting will highlight the GRAMMY-nominated multi-instrumentalist's talents as a performer/composer/bandleader. Ted Nash - conductor, alto sax, alto flute; Ben Kono - alto sax, soprano sax, flute, clarinet; Charles Pillow - alto sax, clarinet, flute, piccolo; Dan Willis - tenor ...
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A Night In Maduro
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Reed Hadley
By Reed I. Hadley The word Maduro can take on meanings from a political official to a baseball or football player but in this case it simply means a luxuriously designed establishment offering nightly live entertainment and an exquisite selection of fine cigars. If you are in Tokyo looking for good jazz accompanied by great food and drinks with affordable prices; it also means you will feel right at home in the right place to be. Think of it as ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 25-31
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Seems lots of things are winding down — Fall 2013, farmers' markets. And the Artists Quarter. So far, there's no official word on a reprieve, replacement, relocation. Meanwhile, Minnesota Monthly, among others, wonders if this means a loss of opportunities for local jazz artists? That seems obvious — it surely is a loss of a first-class, world renowned venue. But take a quick look at the range of venues offering jazz this week. There's nothing like the Artists Quarter, the ...
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Maiden Voyage - The Music Of Herbie Hancock - At Twins Jazz
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The Phillips Agency
Concerts Friday Nov. 15th and Saturday Nov. 16th, 2013, will feature the music from Herbie Hancock's 1965 Blue Note Album, Maiden Voyage Performances are at Twins Jazz (1344 U Street NW Washington, D.C 20009) Shows are at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Admission is $20. Make reservations from twinsjazz.com A concept album relating to the sea and its inhabitants, Maiden Voyage became one of the most important jazz albums of the last century. Many of its musicians became modern jazz ...
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Jazz This Week: "A Night in Treme," William Parker's in Order to Survive, Harry Connick Jr., TKT Scholarships Benefit, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
No doubt about it, St. Louis this week definitely is in the grip of World Series fever. And with the first game of the fall baseball classic tonight, StLJN is getting word of some gigs featuring local jazz musicians being canceled or postponed to avoid conflicts with either the televised games tonight and tomorrow or this weekend's home games at Busch Stadium. Touring acts seem unaffected so far, and any cancellations we get here at StLJN HQ will be noted ...
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