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Jazzical Fusion Plays Birdland
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Reed Hadley
By Reed I. Hadley The audience at NYC's legendary jazz spot Birdland were pleasantly surprised to experience the music of Jazzical Fusion, a new collective of jazz and classically-trained musicians featuring bandleader Maestro Martin Piecuch (woodwinds), Regan Ryzuk (piano) and Ron Murray on 7-string guitar, along with special guest Artie Dixon (drums). The trio/quartet performance mixes classical music, modern jazz, and the ancient folk music of Europe and the Americas to create a unique experience that has been called “a ...
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Award Winning Actress/Singer Eileen Howard Now Appearing In New York
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Eileen Howard
Jazz/blues singer and actor Eileen Howard will appear with The Daniel Bennett Group at Tomi Jazz, 39 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022 on Saturday, October 26, from 8:00 – 10:30pm. Howard is a relative newcomer to New York, having relocated this year from Columbus Ohio. This will mark her third collaboration with the highly creative and talented Daniel Bennett, composer and woodwinds player. An established performer in Central Ohio, Howard relocated when her husband was unexpectedly offered a ...
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Legendary Yes Singer Jon Anderson To Play Florida, Iceland And Progressive Nation At Sea
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Asheville, NC - Legendary vocalist Jon Anderson, YES's singer/songwriter for 35 years along with his successful work with Vangelis, Kitaro, and Milton Nascimento, will be performing shows in Miami Beach and Clearwater, Florida, as well as Iceland and the Progressive Nation At Sea 2014 cruise. The shows promise to deliver an exciting mixture of material from Jon Anderson's prolific solo career, collaborations with Vangelis and classic YES songs, along with new compositions, highlighted by humorous and enlightening stories told by ...
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Jazz This Week: Bill Watrous, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, William Cepeda, "Jazz Heaven," and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's menu of jazz and creative music in St. Louis features visits from two very different touring trombonists, plus a traveling extravaganza featuring Wynton Marsalis fronting a cast of 85 musicians and singers, and as usual, plenty of homegrown talent, too. Let's go the highlights... Tonight, trombonist Bill Watrous will be at Mineral Area College in Park Hills for a concert at the college's Fine Arts Theater, backed by the MAC Kicks Band. Watrous performed early in his career ...
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Roomful of Blues Celebrates 45 Years with New CD & Live Performance in New Hope
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Chris M. Slawecki
In celebration of their 45th anniversary, Roomful of Blues, the jumping, swinging, rocking, award-winning band, have released their new live CD, 45 LIVE, and will perform at Havana in New Hope on Friday, October 18, 2013. The album is a lightning-in-a-bottle blowout, showcasing the larger-than-life vocal and instrumental power of the band. The group has earned five Grammy Award nominations and a slew of other accolades, including seven Blues Music Awards. Twice, the prestigious DownBeat International Critics Poll selected them ...
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Loston Harris - Season Premiere Oct 22 - Bemelmans Bar
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Scott H. Thompson
LOSTON HARRIS RETURNS TO BEMELMANS BAR OCTOBER 22 NEW YORK CITY DEBUT OF NEW RELEASE “SWINGFULLY YOURS" CD Release Party - Nov 12 - Birdland Loston Harris proudly returns to his residency at Bemelmans Bar at The Carlyle on October 22, 2013 with the New York City debut of his brand-new release “Swingfully Yours" (Magenta Label Group). The long awaited CD by the singer/songwriter features swinging arrangements of timeless standards from the Great American Songbook. George Gershwin, Harold Arlen and ...
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Chico Hamilton's Euphoria Performs At Drom
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AMT Public Relations
CELEBRATING THE LIFE & MUSIC OF LEGENDARY DRUMMER CHICO HAMILTON Monthly Concert Series Featuring EUPHORIA EUPHORIA Presents Celebrating the Life & Music of Foreststorn “Chico" Hamilton, featuring Chico's longstanding Euphoria ensemble with Paul Ramsey (bass), Evan Schwam (flute + reeds), Jeremy Carlstedt (drums + percussion), Mayu Saeki (flute) & Nick Demopolous (guitar). In honor of the 92 year-old percussionist and band leader, his long-time working group Euphoria continues his legacy with a monthly concert series at DROM starting Sunday, November ...
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Vocalist Miss Justine In Collingswood, New Jersey Thursday, Nov. 7th!
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Jim Miller
The Jazz Bridge first Thursdays Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 West Collings Avenue in Collingswood, NJ—presents singer Miss Justine on Thursday, November 7th. Downbeat is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 856-858-8914, 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. Miss Justine has long personified just what Jazz singing is all about, and remains one of the singular interpreters of song and an inspiration to many vocalists in the ...
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