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DJ Shadow On Tour: All Basses Covered 2013
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Chris M. Slawecki
Having just come off a wildly successful two week run through Europe and Japan, DJ Shadow is about to kick off another stellar round of dates in North America this August and September with stops in Philadelphia, Boulder, Seattle, Toronto and more. While in the UK on July 21st, DJ Shadow took the decks on BBC Radio 1’s “Diplo and Friends” for a very special guest mix. There are few DJs who stand the test of time through their innovative ...
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Critcally Acclaimed Jazz Vibraphonist Gary Burton Launches the Annenberg Center's 13/14 Jazz Series
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AAJ Staff
Critically acclaimed jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton launches the Annenberg Center’s 13/14 jazz series (Philadelphia, PA: Seven-time Grammy Award-winning jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton commences the 13/14 jazz series at the Annenberg Center with a joyful birthday celebration. Hailed as an innovative musical giant that “makes jazz one of the gifts from God” (Jazz Weekly), Gary Burton is internationally recognized for his iconic jazz-rock sound and prodigious 50-plus-year career. Burton will be joined by Julian Lage on guitar, Antonio Sanchez on drums ...
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Derek Gripper - Kora Guitar at DROM on September 10th
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Scott H. Thompson
Derek Gripper - African Kora For Guitar First Time Ever Sept 10 - at DROM - One Night Only - 8pm Come see the music of the African string-instrument, the Kora, performed as never before - on the guitar! This is unique music from a rich culture that will broaden your personal musical horizons. South African Derek Gripper is the world's first guitarist to successfully translate the music of the 21-string West African kora onto solo ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 23-29
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
It never fails, the weekend before a major holiday seems packed with community events, concerts, etc. - sort of like a warm-up to the holiday? And the forecast indicates this weekend will be a warm-up in more ways than one. Outdoor festivals continue, with the return of the Freedom Jazz Festival at a new location on Saturday; the Dave King Trucking Company returns to the Artists Quarter for two nights; there's a farewell night at the Icehouse for Evan Montgomery ...
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Jazz This Week: Jon Wirtz and Nuskool, Darin Gray with Mars Williams and Tyler Damon, Dave Dickey Big Band, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Along with the return of something resembling more typical St. Louis weather for this time of year, this late-summer weekend offers an eclectic selection of live jazz and creative music in and around St. Louis. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the Denver based pianist Jon Wirtz and his trio Nuskool will be in town to perform at Robbie's House of Jazz. Wirtz (pictured) is doing some Midwest dates in support of his recently released album Tourist, which covers territory ...
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Michelle Walker Sings @ The Zinc Bar On Monday September 9th At 7pm
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Michelle Walker
Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker Performs @ The Zinc Bar Monday September 9, 2013 Zinc Bar Jazz Club & Lounge 82 West 3rd Street (btw Thompson & Sullivan) Greenwich Village New York NY 10012 Tel: (212) 477-ZINC Reservation Recommended. Visit the Zinc Bar Website to reserve your table. 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM $8 Cover Joining Michelle are TORU DODO, MICHAEL O'BRIEN and WILLARD DYSON. ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 16-22
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Those “dog days" of summer might be back, but it's the “cats" of live jazz that keep me going as we hurtle toward Labor Day Weekend. This weekend brings Maud Hixson back to Parma, Chris Bates' Red 5 back to the Artists Quarter, the Brad Bellows/Donald Washington Quartet back to the Black Dog, and the vocal duo of Ginger Commodore and Dennis Spears back to the Dakota. Veteran saxophonist Dave Brattain, never heard often enough, has back to back gigs ...
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Bass Clef: The Artists Quarter Becomes the "Hall of the Mountain King"
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Last night (August 15th) was a bonanza evening for lovers of jazz bass. The only drawback - two much-anticipated gigs, some 12 miles apart, at about the same time: At Jazz Central—that little studio with a growing fan base and ever-expanding schedule of innovative projects on the Southeast/Northeast boundary of Minneapolis, two generations of bass veterans were scheduled for pas a deux, avant-garde style. Every second Wednesday for the past six months, Chris Bates has hosted an improv evening, inviting ...
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